AGUE

A'GUE, noun a'gu, 1. The cold fit which precedes a fever, or a paroxysm of fever in intermittents. It is accompanied with shivering.2. Chilliness; a chill, or state of shaking with cold, though in health.3. It is used for a periodical fever, an intermittent, whether quotidian, tertian, or quartan. In this case, the word, which signifies the preceding cold fit, is used for the disease.A'GUE, verb transitive To cause a shivering in; to strike with a cold fit.

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Ague. 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.”

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AGUE. → General scriptures concerning Le 26:16

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ague. Ague, n. a chilly fit, an intermitting fever

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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. 1. An acute fever. “Brenning agues.” P. Plowman.
2. 2. (Med.) An intermittent fever, attended by alternate cold and hot fits.
3. 3. The cold fit or rigor of the intermittent fever; as, fever and ague.
4. 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.