Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Obsolete form of
agnail . - noun A French gold coin bearing a figure of the paschal lamb, first issued by Louis IX., and not struck after Charles IX.
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At the end of this period St. Paulinus, warned by an agnel, sent out the young saint to evangelize the British.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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Sometimes, on the other hand, the joke is trivial enough, as in the English-French word-play of _anel_ for _agnel_ (or _-neau_), which substitutes "donkey" for "lamb"; or, in the other, on the comparison of a proper name,
A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 George Saintsbury 1889
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