Meanings
plural sickneses
- countableobsoleteuncountableObsolete spelling of sickness.
Thomas Tinker, and his wife and sone, all dyed in the first sicknes.
1651, William Bradford, The names of those which came over first, in the year 1620, and were (by the blessing of God) the first beginners, and (in a sort) the foundation, of all the plantations, and Colonies, in New England (And their families).
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