Obs. Also 7 fogue. [a. Fr. fougue, ad. It. foga.] Fury, passion; ardor, impetuosity.
1660. Dryden, Astræa Redux, 203.
| Henceforth their Fogue must spend at lesser rate, | |
| Than in its flames to wrap a Nations Fate. |
c. 1665. Mrs. Hutchinson, Mem. Col. Hutchinson (1885), II. 55. The governor only laughed at his fogue, and would not let him go till he showed a warrant from the council of war at London.
1683. W. Temple, Memoirs, Wks. 1731. I. 452. After some Fougue spent for about a Fortnight … those Ambassadors begin to grow soft and calm again.
