ague cake

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ague cake - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  ague \a"gue\ ([=a]"g[-u]), 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.
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     2. (Med.) A fever characterized by paroxysms of high fever
        and shaking chills.
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     3. The cold fit or rigor of malaria or any other intermittent
        fever; as, fever and ague.
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     4. A chill, or state of shaking, as with cold. --Dryden. AS
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     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.]
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