aguey

So, pretty soon we wuz workin 'like bees, an' chattin 'by spells, as neighbors should, about the harvestin', an 'the hard work, an' the aguey, an 'the Republican rally, an' the thrivin 'business of them wicked saloons when politics wuz flyin' all abroad, an 'other subjects harmonious to the company.

Dialect Tales 1883

In the aguey mists of Marlb'ro 'banked before him like a frost.

Tales of the Chesapeake George Alfred Townsend 1877