A miserable death is famishment; But what care I?

We heard, indeed, thy mother and her son In prison died by wilful famishment. BRUCE.

Go on, Sir William Blunt: Pass briefly to the lady's famishment.

Fasting N. fasting; xerophagy^; famishment, starvation.

On many plantations, and particularly in Louisiana, the slaves are in a condition of almost utter famishment during a great portion of the year.

On many plantations, and particularly in Louisiana, the slaves are in a condition of almost utter famishment, during a great portion of the year.

On many plantations, and particularly in Louisiana, the slaves are in a condition of almost utter famishment during a great portion of the year.

On many plantations, and particularly in Louisiana, the slaves are in a condition of almost utter famishment, during a great portion of the year.