"malaria" (oddly defined), 1715; antedates OED2 1740--

[Dan Goncharoff]

This link suggests the word is "malacia":

http://books.google.com/books?id=Td1EAAAAcAAJ&dq=Malaria%2C%20a%20Calm&pg=PA84#v=onepage&q=Malaria,%20a%20Calm&f=false

DanG


On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 9:45 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:

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> "Malaria, a Calm when the sea is quiet and still : also a queasiness,
> or squeamishness of Stomach : Also a tenderness of body."
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> This definition does not fit the OED's at all, as far as I can
> tell.  ("Malaria" seems an accurate OCR rendering, with the possible
> exception of the last letter, which is smudgy.)
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> John Kersey.  Dictionarium Anglo-Britannicum; or, A General English
> Dictionary."  The Second Edition, Corrected.  London, Printed by J.
> Wilde [etc.]  1715.  Pages not numbered.  (The first edition is 1708.)
>  GBooks.
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> Joel
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