Qualm /(?)/

Qualm

n.
  1. Sickness; disease; pestilence; death. [Obs.]
    thousand slain and not of qualm ystorve [dead].
  2. A sudden attack of illness, faintness, or pain; an agony.
  3. Especially, a sudden sensation of nausea.
    For who, without a qualm, hath ever looked On holy garbage, though by Homer cooked?
    — Roscommon.
  4. A prick or scruple of conscience; uneasiness of conscience; compunction.