aiguilleur, n.m., (rail.) pointsman, switcher.
*aiguillier, n.m., needle-case, book. V. étui.
*aiguillier, n.m., needle-maker.
aiguillière, n.f., garfish-net, net for catching hornfish; needle-maker.
*aiguillon, n.m., goad, spur, incentive, incitement, encouragement, stimulus, motive; sting (of insects, serpents); (bot.) prickle, stimulus. Briser l’— de; to take the sting out of.
*aiguillonner, v.a., to goad, to prick; to incite, to spur on, to stimulate.
*aiguillot, n.m., (nav.) pintle.
aiguisé, -e, part., whetted, sharpened. Une croix aiguisée; (her.) a pointed cross.
aiguisement (-mān), n.m., whetting, sharpening.
aiguiser, v.a., to whet, to sharpen, to make sharp; to set an edge on; to point. — l’appétit; to sharpen the appetite. — une épigramme; to give point to an epigram. — ses couteaux; to prepare for battle. — ses dents; to prepare to eat heartily.