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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Wandevill, n. [? Erron. for wander ill (Wander v. and Ill n. 4) or ? altered form of wambill, f. Wam(m)ill v. to feel nausea.] A disease of some sort. —a1605 Montg. Flyt. 312 (T).
The wandevill [H. wonbill], the wildfyre, the womeit, the weis, The mair, the migram, the mureill, the melt
