Reverse Dictionary: COLD (illness)

ADJECTIVES
..19C — CLOTCHY liable to colds → Eng. dial.

NOUNS
1440 — SNEKE — SNYKE a cold in the head → obs.
1533 — CATARRH the profuse discharge from nose and eyes with generally accompanies a cold, and which was formerly supposed to run down from the brain; a ‘running at the nose’ → obs.
1590 — SALT RHEUM a running cold; an irritating discharge of mucus from the nose; a running cold → obs.
1673 — SNURL a cold in the head → obs. (Bk.)
1737 — SNIVELDOM a slight cold causing one to snivel 
1770 — SNUFFLES a slight cold characterized by nasal congestion and discharge → sl.
1808 — SNIFTERS a bad cold in the head 
1808 — WAFF a cold; a slight attack or ‘touch; of illness → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1824 — A MORTH OF COLD a very heavy cold; intensity of cold, severe cold → Sc. & Ireland
1825 — SNIFFLES a slight cold characterized by nasal congestion and discharge  sl.
1843 — CRYING COLD a cold that makes the eyes run
1879 — RHEUM a cold in the head → Eng. dial.
1895 — SNICK a cold in the head (Bk.)
1898 — BAFF a cold; the effects of exposure to cold → Sc. (Bk.)
1905 — UNFAA a severe cold; a shivering fit; complete prostration from cold → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1914 — THE BUG a cold or illness, esp. the flu → Amer. dial.
1920 — STREAMER a severe head-cold → colloq.
1949 — BLINGER a bad cold → Amer. dial.
1954 — TISSICK a cold; an infection of the throat or lungs → Amer. dial.
1961 — NAUGHTON AND GOLD a cold → Brit. rhyming sl.
1968 — BOT a cold; a minor illness. → NZ colloq.
1990 — SILVER AND GOLD a cold → rhyming sl.

PHRASES
..20C — HE MUST HAVE BEEN DRINKING OUT OF A DAMP GLASS (or MUG or POT) refers to someone who has caught a cold or who has a touch of rheumatism → Brit.

VERBS
1712 — CATCH ONE’S DEATH to catch a bad cold → sl.