If you are a pirate who doesn't get to shore very often to shop for fresh fruits and veggies, you might suffer from scurvy, a disease caused by vitamin C deficiency.
Covered or affected with scurf or scabs; scabby; scurfy; specifically, diseased with the scurvy.
Noun
a condition caused by deficiency of ascorbic acid (vitamin C)
Adjective S.
of the most contemptible kind; "abject cowardice"; "a low stunt to pull"; "a low-down sneak"; "his miserable treatment of his family"; "You miserable skunk!"; "a scummy rabble"; "a scurvy trick"
n.
Covered or affected with scurf or scabs; scabby; scurfy;
specifically, diseased with the scurvy.
n.
Vile; mean; low; vulgar; contemptible.
n.
A disease characterized by livid spots, especially about
the thighs and legs, due to extravasation of blood, and by spongy gums,
and bleeding from almost all the mucous membranes. It is accompanied by
paleness, languor, depression, and general debility. It is occasioned
by confinement, innutritious food, and hard labor, but especially by
lack of fresh vegetable food, or confinement for a long time to a
limited range of food, which is incapable of repairing the waste of the
system. It was formerly prevalent among sailors and soldiers.
Scurvy
That scurvy custom of taking tobacco.
[He] spoke spoke such scurvy and provoking terms.
Scurvy
Covered or affected with scurf or scabs; scabby; scurfy; specifically, diseased with the scurvy.
A disease characterized by livid spots, especially about the thighs and legs, due to extravasation of blood, and by spongy gums, and bleeding from almost all the mucous membranes. It is accompanied by paleness, languor, depression, and general debility. It is occasioned by confinement, innutritious food, and hard labor, but especially by lack of fresh vegetable food, or confinement for a long time to a limited range of food, which is incapable of repairing the waste of the system. It was formerly prevalent among sailors and soldiers.
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