Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Diseased, as rye and other grasses, by the attack of the fungus Claviceps purpurea. See
ergot .
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Examples
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After they had well ergoted pro and con, they concluded in baralipton, that they should send the oldest and most sufficient of the faculty unto Gargantua, to signify unto him the great and horrible prejudice they sustain by the want of those bells.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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After they had well ergoted pro and con, they concluded in baralipton, that they should send the oldest and most sufficient of the faculty unto Gargantua, to signify unto him the great and horrible prejudice they sustain by the want of those bells.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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After they had well ergoted pro and con, they concluded in baralipton, that they should send the oldest and most sufficient of the faculty unto
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1 Fran��ois Rabelais 1518
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