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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1685
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Quarm, alteration of e.m.E. qualme (c1530), quaume (a1555), quame (1565), a sudden feeling of sickness. —1685 Caldwell P. 159.
She pretending to be faint, and that some quarm came over her stomach


