Parlous: alternatives and connections

To relinquish all claim to; -- used when an insured person gives up to underwriters all claim to the property covered by a policy, whi…

The relinquishment by the insured to the underwriters of what may remain of the property insured after a loss or damage by a peril ins…

Risk; danger; peril.

A disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station. Hence: Unseen peril; a device to…

Peril.

A disease, characterized by difficulty of breathing (due to a spasmodic contraction of the bronchi), recurring at intervals, accompani…

Of or pertaining to asthma; as, an asthmatic cough; liable to, or suffering from, asthma; as, an asthmatic patient.

Pertaining to, or relieving, a cough.

Beset; put in peril.

To put in peril; to beset.

A breach; ruin; downfall; peril.

Whooping cough.

a form of bronchitis characterized by excess production of sputum leading to a chronic cough and obstruction of air flow

A progressive wasting away of the body; esp., that form of wasting, attendant upon pulmonary phthisis and associated with cough, spitt…

To expel from the lungs or air passages by coughing; -- followed by up; as, to cough up phlegm.

of Cough

of Cough

Pertaining to, or indicating, a crisis, turning point, or specially important juncture; important as regards consequences; hence, of d…