What is the act or power of assailing; attack; assault. [R.] His most frequent assailment was the headache. Johnson called?
assailment — The act or power of assailing; attack; assault. [R.] His most frequent assailment was the headache. Johnson. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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