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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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ague
▪ 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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elf
▪ I. elf, n.1 (ɛlf) Forms: 1 ælf, ylf (app. recorded only in pl. ylfe), 3 alve, 5 alfe, 5–7 elfe, 4– elf. pl. elves: 1 ylfe, 3 alven, 6–7 elfes, Sc. elvis, 8 elfs, 6– elves. See also elven, auf, oaf1. [OE. ælf str. masc. = OHG. alp (MHG., mod.G. alp nightmare, ON. álfr (Da. alf) elf:—OTeut. *alƀo-z;...
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coagulate
▪ I. coagulate, ppl. a. ? Obs. (kəʊˈægjʊlət) [ad. L. coāgulāt-us, pa. pple. of coāgulāre: see next.] 1. as adj. Coagulated, clotted; congealed.c 1386 Chaucer Can. Yeom. Prol. & T. 258 Combust matiers, and Coagulat. 1584 R. Scot Discov. Witchcr. xiv. i. 294 1602 Shakes. Ham. ii. ii. 484 O're-sized wi...
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cake
▪ I. cake, n. (keɪk) Also 4 kaak, 4–6 kake, 6 Sc. caik. [ME. kake, cake, 13th c., identical with, and prob. a. ON. kaka fem. (mod.Icel. and Sw. kaka, Da. kage) in same sense, pointing to an OTeut. *kakâ-. An ablaut-derivative from the same root kak- is OHG. chuohho (MHG. kuoche, Ger. kuche), MLG. kô...
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leaf
▪ I. leaf, n.1 (liːf) Pl. leaves (liːvz). Forms: α. sing. 1 léaf, 2–4 lef, 3 (6) leif, (3 lief, lieif, 4 lyeave), 3–6 lefe, (3 leve), 4–5 leyf, leff, (4 lyf), 4–6 leef, (4, 6 leof), 6 leaffe, leefe, (leave, laif), 6–7 leafe, 3– leaf. β. pl. 1 léaf, Northumb. léofo, hléofa, léofa, 3–4 levis, 3–6 leve...
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