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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1602-1646
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(Se-seke,) Sea-seik, adj. Also: - sick. [e.m.E. seasicke (a1566).] Sea-sick. — 1602 Colville Paraenese 16.
Eury slummering and seaseik passinger 1646 Rutherford Lett. (1894) 641.
The passengers are so sea-sick of a high fever, that they miscall one another
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