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In my view, the Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children, under a free government ought to be instructed... No truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and privileges of a free people. Preface to 1828 Dictionary
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COUGH, n. A violent effort of the lungs to throw off offending matter; a violent, sometimes involuntary, and sonorous expiration, suddenly expelling the air through the glottis. The convulsion of the muscles serving for exspiration gives great force to the air, while the contraction of the glottis produces the sound. The air forced violently carries along with it the phlegm or irritating matter which causes the convulsion or effort of the muscles.
COUGH, v.i. To have the lungs convulsed; to make a violent effort with noise to expel the air from the lungs, and evacuate any offending matter that irritates the parts or renders respiration difficult.
COUGH, v.t. To expel from the lungs by a convulsive effort with noise; to expectorate; followed by up; as, to cough up phlegm.
To expel air, or
obstructing or irritating matter, from the lungs or air passages,
in a noisy and violent manner.
To expel from the lungs or air passages by coughing; --
followed by up; as, to cough up phlegm.
To bring to a specified state by
coughing; as, he coughed himself hoarse.
To cough down, to silence or put down (an objectionable speaker) by simulated coughing. A
sudden, noisy, and violent expulsion of air from the chest,
caused by irritation in the air passages, or by the reflex action
of nervous or gastric disorder, etc.
The more or less frequent repetition
of coughing, constituting a symptom of disease.
Stomach cough, Ear cough, cough due to irritation in the stomach or ear. | ||||||||