SEASICK, SEASICKNESS
ADJECTIVES
► NAUSEABUND seasick → 1861
NOUNS
► BERLEY ► BIRLEY ► BURLEY vomit, resulting from seasickness → 1981 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► FELLING OF OAKS seasickness → 17C colloq.
► MISERY BOWL a bowl used for vomiting by sufferers of sea-sickness → L19 sl.
► OONY seasickness → 1941 Aust. sl.
► QUEERS, THE sea-sickness → L19 sl.
► RACE FOR THE STEWARD’S BASIN sea-sickness → 20C jocular usage
VERBS
► BE A GOOD SAILOR to be exempt from sea-sickness → 1833
► FEED THE FISH ► FEED THE FISHES to be seasick, and vomit in consequence → 1926 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► GIVE UP THE SHIP to be seasick → Bk1942 Amer. sl.
► RACE FOR THE STEWARD’S BASIN to experience sea-sickness → 20C jocular usage
► TELL WHAT WOOD THE SHIP IS MADE OF to be seasick → 1580
► TRAVEL BY RAIL to be seasick → Bk1942 Amer. sl.
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