Obs. rare. [f. as prec., or from SQUEAMOUS a.] intr. To turn sick or squeamish.
1576. Turberv., Venerie, 363. And as for gaines men dive in every streame, All frawdes be fishe, their stomachs never squeame.
1765. C. Smart, trans. Phædrus, IV. vi. (Bohn), 515.
This threat is to the fools, that squeam | |
At every thing of good esteem. |