Somewhat ill or prone to illness. Synonyms:ailing, indisposed, peaked, poorly, seedy, sickly, unwell."Feeling a bit indisposed today" , "You look a little peaked" , "Feeling poorly" , "A sickly child" , "Is unwell and can't come to work"
... He could nose it out, in some way, as surely and readily as a bear could find a bee-tree. But to keep the record straight, I will further say that after his discharge he turned over a new leaf, quit the use of whisky, and lived a strictly temperate life. He was "under the weather" when the regiment left Helena, and so was detailed to serve as a nurse at the hospital, and was thus engaged in my tent. Since making that bad break at Owl Creek I had avoided whisky as if it were a rattlesnake, but somehow, while ... — The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865 • Leander Stillwell Read full book for free!
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