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.]
A"gue, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Agued (?).] To strike with an ague, or with a cold fit.
Heywood.