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Definition of Famishing
1. famish [v] - See also: famish
Lexicographical Neighbors of Famishing
Literary usage of Famishing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Daniel Defoe: His Life and Recently Discovered Writings: Extending from 1716 by Lee, William, Daniel Defoe (1869)
"famishing Thieves. AJ, June.—Sir, You had a very good Story in your last, of a
couple of poor Hay-Makers, who, with Paleness and Trembling, being young in ..."
2. Diary of the American Revolution: From Newspapers and Original Documents by Frank Moore (1860)
"... to make money from the groans and famishing of their countrymen, Joshua Loring,
a native of the State, and commissary of prisoners at New York, is one. ..."
3. The Works of Henry Clay by Henry Clay (1863)
"... Orleans for the famishing Irish.—Letter of Thanks from two Irishmen.—Death of
Colonel Henry Clay, and General Taylor's Letter to Mr. Clay announcing the ..."
4. A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen by Robert Chambers (1835)
"... the famishing garrison, such was the melancholy condition to which they were
reduced, afterwards killed and ate. By the assistance of occasional, ..."
5. A biographical dictionary of eminent Scotsmen by Robert Chambers, Thomas Thomson (1853)
"... which the famishing garrison, such was the melancholy condition to which they
were reduced, afterwards killed and ate. By the assistance of occasional, ..."
6. Life of Jonathan Trumbull, Sen., Governor of Connecticut by Isaac William Stuart (1859)
"... furnishes troops for Rhode Island, and supplies the famishing there with food.
His Brief for the purpose. The enemy, much to his joy, abandon Newport. ..."
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