ague : Idioms & Phrases

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Ague cake

  • an enlargement of the spleen produced by ague.
Webster 1913

Ague drop

  • a solution of the arsenite of potassa used for ague.
Webster 1913

Ague fit

  • a fit of the ague. Shak.
Webster 1913

ague grass

  • noun colicroot having a scurfy or granuliferous perianth and white flowers; southeastern United States
    Aletris farinosa; ague grass.
WordNet

ague root

  • noun colicroot having a scurfy or granuliferous perianth and white flowers; southeastern United States
    Aletris farinosa; ague grass.
WordNet

Ague spell

  • a spell or charm against ague. Gay.
Webster 1913

Ague tree

  • the sassafras, sometimes so called from the use of its root formerly, in cases of ague. Obs.
Webster 1913

ague weed

  • noun gentian of eastern North America having clusters of bristly blue flowers
    Gentiana quinquefolia; Gentianella quinquefolia; stiff gentian; agueweed; five-flowered gentian.
WordNet

Dumb ague, ∨ Dumb chill

  • a form of intermittent fever which has no well-defined "chill." U.S.
Webster 1913

Face ague

  • (Med.), a form of neuralgia, characterized by acute lancinating pains returning at intervals, and by twinges in certain parts of the face, producing convulsive twitches in the corresponding muscles; called also tic douloureux.
Webster 1913

Fever and ague

  • a form of fever recurring in paroxysms which are preceded by chills. It is of malarial origin.
Webster 1913