Word: restless
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...said, for a short walk, "to ??? me up a little." I had many times noted how nervous he had become. He started at any sudden sound, and often I had overheard him talking to himself. He had also complained of bad dreams; he certainly had been feverishly restless during these past few nights, and he had succeeded in infecting me with the same trouble. I knew that he was completely worn out, and I begged him to go home for a week or two and take the much-needed rest; whereat he only smiled dubiously, and muttered...
What matter tho' the restless pines...
...restless mind is ranging...
...wish he war n't so fur out,' said the captain. As for myself, I was in a miserably restless state; I could do nothing but wander aimlessly about, now and then straining my eyes after that sail. Finally I turned to the old skipper...
...swelling curves of his restless coils...