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General scarcity of food; dearth; a want of provisions; destitution.

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  1. n. General scarcity of food; dearth; a want of provisions; destitution.
  2. n. an acute insufficiency
  3. n. a severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death
  4. General scarcity of food; dearth; a want of provisions; destitution. "Worn with famine." Milton. There was a famine in the land. Gen. xxvi. 1. Famine fever (Med.), typhus fever.
  5. General scarcity of food; dearth; a want of provisions;destitution. "Worn with famine." Milton.There was a famine in the land. Gen. xxvi. 1.Famine fever (Med.), typhus fever.
  6. n:100 n. a severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death