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   Famine (?), n. [F. famine, fr. L. fames hunger; cf. Gr.  want, need, Skr. hāni loss, lack, hā to leave.] General scarcity of food; dearth; a want of provisions; destitution. “Worn with famine.”  Milton.
   
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   There was a famine in the land. Gen. xxvi. 1.
   
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   Famine fever (Med.), typhus fever.
   
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