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Search phrase: wasting

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The Comedy of ErrorsCE V.i.316My wasting lamps some fading glimmer left,My wasting lampes some fading glimmer left; 
Henry VI Part 11H6 II.v.8These eyes, like lamps whose wasting oil is spent,These Eyes, like Lampes,whose wasting Oyle is spent,
Henry VI Part 11H6 III.iii.46By wasting ruin of the cruel foe;By wasting Ruine of the cruell Foe,

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The Rape of LucreceLuc.798 Poor wasting monuments of lasting moans. Poore wasting monuments of lasting mones.

Glossary

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consumptionwasting disease, venereal disease
corrosiveaggravating, destructive, wasting away
hecticwasting fever, persistent fever
languishwasting disease, drooping sickness
piningconsuming, wasting, eating away
prolixioustime-wasting, tedious, protracted
wastewasting, devastation, ravages
wastefulcausing the body to waste away, wasting
wastingdestructive, devastating, ravaging

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body, wasting awaywasteful
disease, wastinglanguish
time-wastingprolixious
wastingwasteful
wastingwaste
wastingpining
wasting awaycorrosive
wasting diseaseconsumption
wasting diseaselanguish
wasting feverhectic

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