Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ague"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Ague
the translation in Lev. 26:16 (R.V., "fever") of the Hebrew word
kaddah'ath, meaning "kindling", i.e., an inflammatory or burning
fever. In Deut. 28:22 the word is rendered "fever."
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ague \A"gue\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Agued}.]
To strike with an ague, or with a cold fit. --Heywood.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ague \A"gue\, n. [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.) 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.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ague
n 1: a fit of shivering
2: successive stages of chills and fever that is a symptom of
malaria [syn: {chills and fever}]
3: a mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
[syn: {acute accent}, {acute}]
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