Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary -- Volume AB4. 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 (?).] To strike with an ague, or with a cold fit. Heywood. A·guilt" (?), v. t. To be guilty of; to offend; to sin against; to wrong. [Obs.] Chaucer. A·guise" (?), n. Dress. [Obs.] Dr. H. More. A·guise", v. t. [Pref a- + guise.] To dress; to attire; to adorn. [Obs.] Above all knights ye goodly seem aguised. A"gu·ish (?), a. 1. Having the qualities of an ague; somewhat cold or shivering; chilly; shaky. Her aguish love now glows and burns. 2. Productive of, or affected by, ague; as, the aguish districts of England. T. Arnold. -- A"gu·ish·ness, n. |