QUALM

qualm. Qualm, n. a sudden fit of sickness, a faintness

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Qualm (?), n. [[AS. cwealm death, slaughter, pestilence, akin to OS. & OHG. qualm. See Quail to cower.]] 1. 1. Sickness; disease; pestilence; death.
thousand slain and not of qualm ystorve . Chaucer. 2. 2. A sudden attack of illness, faintness, or pain; an agony. “ Qualms of heartsick agony.” Milton.
3. 3. Especially, a sudden sensation of nausea.
For who, without a qualm, hath ever looked On holy garbage, though by Homer cooked? Roscommon. 4. 4. A prick or scruple of conscience; uneasiness of conscience; compunction. Dryden.