eager (most of the S. uses are obs.)
1.
pungent, acrid
Sonn. cxviii. 2
“With compounds we our
palate urge”
; (of air) keen, biting Ham. I. iv. 2; (of
speech)
R2 I. i. 49
“two tongues,”
3H6 II. vi. 68
“eager words.”
2.
ardent, impetuous
R2 V. iii. 75
“this cry,”
3H6 I. iv. 3
“the foe,”
Lucr. 1298
“an eager
combat.”
