colical, a. ? Obs.
(ˈkɒlɪkəl)
Also (erron.) cholical.
[f. as prec. + -al1.]
1. Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of, colic.
| 1657 Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 113 Colicall dolours. 1681 tr. Willis' Med. Wks. ii. xxvii. 170 The Colical grief doth belong to the infoldings of the Abdomen. 1721 Gay in G. Colman's Posth. Lett. (1820) 8 The Cholical humour in my stomach. 1765 Huxham Sea Water in Phil. Trans. LV. 8, I have known it bring on colical pains. |
2. Subject to colic.
| 1603 Florio Montaigne ii. xxxvii. (1632) 425 This chollicall kinde of life. 1672 Sir T. Browne Lett. Friend iv. (1881) 129 Cholical persons will find little comfort in Austria. |