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▪ I. ague (ˈeɪgjuː) Forms: 4 aguwe, 4–6 agew, 4–7 agu, 5 agwe, 6 agewe, 4– ague. [a. OFr. ague:—L. acūta sharp, used subst. in med.L. for an ‘acute fever,’ fièvre ague: see acute a. 2.] † 1. An acute or violent fever. Obs.1377 Langl. P. Pl. B. xiii. 336, I cacche þe crompe..Or an ague in such an ang...
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Ague
Ague may refer to:
Fever
Malaria
Agué, Benin
Duck ague, a hunting term
See also
Kan Ague, a residential area of Patikul, Sulu, Philippines
Obsolete
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Duck ague
Duck ague, also buck fever or buck ague, is a hunting term for the yips, in which a marksman or hunter, before taking a shot with either a gun or bow in Scott, "now don't get buck ague".
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ague-tree
† ˈague-tree Obsolete name of the Sassafras.1597 Gerard Herbal 1341 For want of an English name we are contented to call it the Ague tree, of his vertue in healing the Ague. 1712 tr. Pomet's Hist. Drugs I. 65 Sassafras, call'd the Ague-Tree, is rather a Root than a Wood. 1753 Chambers Cycl. Supp., A...
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Colombo underboss 'The Claw' catches sentencing break thanks to his age ...
5 days ago00:35. A reputed Colombo Crime Family underboss caught a break from a Brooklyn federal judge Monday — after his attorneys argued that he's too old and sick to receive a lengthy prison sentence ...
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ague-cake
ˈague-ˌcake An enlargement of the spleen or liver caused by ague.1641 Milton Ch. Discip. ii. (1851) 42 A mere ague-cake coagulated of a certaine Fever they have, presaging their time to be but short. 1801 E. Darwin Zoon. II. 47 The liver, spleen, or pancreas; one or more of which are frequently so e...
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Frog mug
A frog mug (also known as a toad mug, surprise mug or ague mug) is a type of ceramic vessel mainly used for drinking beer or similar alcoholic beverages Ague is an illness involving fever and shivering.
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agued
agued, ppl. a. (ˈeɪgjuːd) [f. ague v. + -ed.] Affected as with ague; ague-shaken.1607 Shakes. Cor. i. iv. 38 Faces pale With flight and agued feare. 1787 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) II. 304 They calculate on the spirit of the nation, and not on the agued hand which guides its movements. 1819 Crabbe...
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William Barlais
After Isabella's death, he remarried to Alice, daughter of William of Mandelée, Lord of Scandaleon - on William Barlais' death, Alice remarried to Ague
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aguish
aguish, a. (ˈeɪgjuːɪʃ) [f. ague n. + -ish.] 1. Of the nature or character of an ague.1665–9 Boyle Occas. Refl. Contents, The immoderate Heat and Cold of the Aguish Fit. 1753 Hanway Trav. (1762) I. iii. xxvi. 110 The dews here fall heavy; and the heat of the sun..is productive of colds and aguish pai...
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Viburnum nudum
infusion of it to prevent recurrent spasms, use the root bark as a diaphoretic and a tonic, and take a compound infusion of it for fever, smallpox and ague
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Goddard Pemberton
He died on 1 August 1616 of the "new ague or sickness", and was buried at Rushden. His widow married Thomas Ireland.
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1616 deaths
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Meaning of "gambled" in "whose wasted right hand gambled against his left" (Aurora Leigh) From Aurora Leigh \- what is the meaning of **gambled** here? It's hard to understand. I first thought his wasted right hand wa...
The child is playing a game of chance, with one hand competing against the other, for want of a companion to play against. Here are a couple of examples from other works, to show how the phrase is used: > One summer afternoon at Capua I was sitting on a stone bench behind the stables of my villa, th...
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Assuerus Regimorter
school of Thomas Farnaby, and afterwards studied medicine at the University of Leyden, where he graduated M.D. 11 Feb. 1636, maintaining a thesis on ague
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