Definition of Agues

1. Verb. (third-person singular of ague) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Agues

1. ague [n] - See also: ague

Lexicographical Neighbors of Agues

agua de jamaica
agua de jamaicas
agua fresca
agua frescas
agua toad
aguacate
aguacates
aguardiente
aguardientes
ague
ague root
ague weed
agued
aguelike
agues (current term)
agueweed
agueweeds
aguilarite
aguilla
aguillas
aguinaldo
aguinaldos
aguing
aguise
aguised
aguises
aguish
aguishly
aguishness

Literary usage of Agues

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of Epidemics in Britain by Charles Creighton (1894)
"Either to this period, or to the undoubted aguish years 1727-28, belongs a curious statement as to "burning agues, fevers never before heard of to be ..."

2. Publications by Oxford Historical Society, Bostonian Society (1894)
"March (and) April, agues very frequent in Oxon, of severall sorts. April.—Apr. i, T., paid goodwife Watson the laundress her quarter, 41. ..."

3. Domestic Medicine: Or, a Treatise on the Prevention and Cure of Diseases by by William Buchan (1790)
"OF INTERMITTING FEVERS, OR agues. INTERMITTING fevers afford the beft oppor- •*• tunity both of ... agues."

4. The Cumulative Book Index by H.W. Wilson Company (1901)
"Fleming, May agues. Lady Evelyn; or. The lord of Royal Rest. (Eagle lib. no. 141.) D. 2<¡2p. pa. lue. 'OU. Street. — The baronet's bride. (Eagle ser.. 110. ..."

5. The Medico-chirurgical Review by James Johnson, Henry James Johnson (1845)
"This district used to be the constant seat of agues, in consequence of the land being ... The agues have left it, but their place is taken by Phthisis, ..."

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