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AGUES
Verb
agues
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ague
Anagrams
• Gause, gause, suage, usage
Source: Wiktionary
AGUE
A"gue, n. Etym: [OE. agu, ague, OF. agu, F. aigu, sharp, OF. fem. ague, LL. (febris) acuta, a sharp, acute fever, fr. L. acutus sharp. See Acute.]
1. An acute fever. [Obs.] "Brenning agues." P. Plowman.
2. (Med.)
Definition: An intermittent fever, attended by alternate cold and hot fits.
3. The cold fit or rigor of the intermittent fever; as, fever and ague.
4. A chill, or state of shaking, as with cold. Dryden. Ague cake, an enlargement of the spleen produced by ague.
– Ague drop, a solution of the arsenite of potassa used for ague.
– Ague fit, a fit of the ague. Shak.
– Ague spell, a spell or charm against ague. Gay.
– Ague tree, the sassafras, -- sometimes so called from the use of its root formerly, in cases of ague. [Obs.]
A"gue, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Agued.]
Definition: To strike with an ague, or with a cold fit. Heywood.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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