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agucer (s.xii1)
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The form aguser is a cross reference to the following entry:

agucer (s.xii1)

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acuicer;  aguicer;  aguiser,  aguisier,  aguisser;  aguser,  agusier,  aguzer  (anguisser,  aguster (l. aguscer)  Five Med MSS 143.E286)  
  FEW:  *acutiare 24,125b Gdf:  aguisier 1,172a GdfC:  aiguisier 8,57c TL: aguisier 1,218 DEAF:  aguisier  DMF:  aiguiser  TLF:  aiguiser  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

v.trans.

1weaponsto whet, sharpen (a weapon): 
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  aguiserent (Latin: exacuerunt) sicume glaive lur langue  Camb Ps 107.LXIII.3
( 1160-74; MS: s.xvii )  Mout voissiez [...] espiez brunir, Saetes et dars aguiser  Rom de Rou wace ii 317.261
( s.xiii2; MS: c.1300 )  Jeo fiz la lame agucer […] por sun costé percer  Evang Nic Verse 1606
2to sharpen, heighten: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  trop secchesce en aguse la chalor  A-N Med i 235
♦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
3(of teeth) to grind, gnash: 
( 1190-93; MS: s.xiv1 )  Les denz anguisse e cruist e grunt  S Edm Life ANTS 1967
( 1190-93; MS: s.xiv1 )  Les denz anguisse e cruist e grunt  S Edm Life ANTS 1967
( c.1305; MS: c.1330 )  (the horse) Ben roinant le frein e aguzant le dent  BOZ Char 120
( MS: s.xiv1 )  […] irra en anguissanz ces dentz  Merlin’s Prophecy 162
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

p.p. as a.

1weapons(of weapons) sharp, sharpened: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  E getent feu e flambe e gros pels agusez  Rom Chev ANTS 878
( 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

See also:

anguisser1  enaguser 
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