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aguesce (s.xiii1)
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aguesce (s.xiii1)

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aguesse;  acués  (anguesce)  
  FEW:  acutus 24,128b Gdf:  aguesse 1,169c GdfC: ∅ TL: agüece 1,215 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  aigüesse  / agüesse  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

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1sharpness, acuteness: 
( MS: s.xiii1 )  aciem: (J) aguesce  Gloss Nequam1 255.170
( MS: s.xiii )  aciem: acués  TLL ii 117
( MS: s.xiii )  acutiem: aguesce  TLL ii 86
♦sharp edge: 
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv2 )  E par fer est entendu a (n) guesce de sutil engin  Apoc giffard 3478
( s.xiv1; MS: s.xivm )  Por ceo furent les aguesces […] des coignes rebatuz  Samuel ANB 70.691
2med.pathol.acuteness: 
( s.xiiim?; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  par l’aguesce de l’affliction  A-N Med ii 31
3culin.pharm.pathol.med.pungency: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  et si aguesce de sanc est en cause […]  A-N Med i 236
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