ague
ague (ā"gu) , noun
[Old English agu, ague, Old French agu, French aigu, sharp, Old French fem. ague, Late Latin (febris) acuta, a sharp, acute fever, from Latin acutus sharp. See Acute.]
1.
An acute fever. [Obsolete]
Brenning agues.
2.
(Medicine) A fever characterized by paroxysms of high fever and shaking chills.
3.
The cold fit or rigor of malaria or any other intermittent fever; as, fever and ague.
4.
A chill, or state of shaking, as with cold. — Dryden
Collocations (5)
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. — Shakespeare
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. [Obsolete]
Ague ({not transcribed}) , transitive verb
To strike with an ague, or with a cold fit. — Heywood