† flaten.
Obsolete. rare.
Apparently = flatus n. 2.
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blastinga1475
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pursiness1607
flatea1644
sufflature1660
flatulency1661
flatus1669
flatulence1858
gaseosity1968
a1644 F. Quarles Virgin Widow (1649) v. i There's a Malignant Hypocondriacall Flate within her, which fumes up, and disturbs her head.
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† flatev.
Obsolete.
intransitive. To feel nausea.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > digestive disorders > have digestive disorder [verb (intransitive)] > of person: feel nausea
wamble13..
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qualm1565
squeam1575
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nauseate1625
c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 98 Þat may be knowen..bi swetnes of þe mouþ, bi flating [v.r. wlattynge] whanne þat a man is fastynge.
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wlatingc725
unlusteOE
abominationa1398
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indignation1398
wambling1398
wlatness1398
nausea?a1425
walmingc1440
loathsomeness1536
qualming1565
subversion of the stomach1569
queasiness1576
pukishness1581
squeamishnessa1586
distaste1598
nausiness1598
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sickness1604
distasting1605
distasture1611
nauseation1628
nauseousness1628
qualmishness1643
nauseating1651
crop-sickness1654
squeasinessa1660
mawkishness1670
qualminess1778
wambliness1900
icky1969
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvii. cxii. 1006 Oyle wiþ scharp sauour..ymedled wiþ amurca ‘oyle drastes’ is nouȝt good to mete, for suche oyle exciteþ flatyngnesse [emended in ed. to wlatyngnesse] and spewynge.
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