1weaponsto whet, sharpen (a weapon):
(
s.xii1;
MS: 1155-60
)
aguiserent (Latin: exacuerunt) sicume glaive lur langue
Camb Ps 107.LXIII.3
♦
to sharpen, improve:
(
s.xiv2;
MS: s.xiv2
)
piles arabiks […]
acuic[ent] le penser e rendent le vewe […]
A-N Med ii 209
♦
pharm.med.(of medicament) to sharpen, render more active, pungent:
(
MS: s.xiiiex
)
e a
agucer cest oignement metez fens de columb e de castorie
Pop Med 291.218
4fig.to prick, spur:
(
s.xiiiex;
MS: s.xivin
)
L’enemi ne puit nul homme aforcer a nul pecchee mes qu’il en
aguse a ceo
Ancren1 214.21
1weapons(of weapons) sharp, sharpened:
(
s.xiii2/4;
MS: s.xiii2
)
l’espee Ki de dous parz est
agucee
Mirur1 123va42
2pharm.med.made pungent, more active:
(
c.1240;
MS: s.xiii3/4
)
oignement
aguissez d’elebre
A-N Med i 87
(
c.1300;
MS: s.xivin
)
enoynet la face oveke savon de France
agusé oveke nitre
A-N Med ii 157
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agucer (s.xii1)