sickness (siknes)

[ I pray yow for that ye knowe wele that I have grete sekene e , that he will telle yow what deth I shall deye, yef he knowe it. Merlin (E. E. T. 8.), i. 51. I do lament the sickne of the king. Shak., Rich. III., ii. 2. 9. Trust not too much your now resistle charms, Those age or sickne soon or late disarms. Pope, To Mi Blount, 1. 60. 2. A disease; a malady; a particular kind of disorder. He that first cam doun in to the sisterne, aftir the mouWyclif, John v. 4. Can we carry on any summer campaign without having a yng of the watir, was maad hool of what euere sikne e he large portion of our men on the sick -list? The Century , XXXVI. 676. To be or go on the sick-list, to be or become invalided, or disabled from exertion of any kind by sickne . sick-listed (sik'listed), a. Entered on the sick list; reported sick.