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Bag

Bag

(băg)
,
Noun.
[OE.
bagge
; cf. Icel.
baggi
, and also OF.
bague
, bundle, LL.
baga
.]
1.
A sack or pouch, used for holding anything;
as, a
bag
of meal or of money
.
2.
A sac, or dependent gland, in animal bodies, containing some fluid or other substance;
as, the
bag
of poison in the mouth of some serpents; the
bag
of a cow
.
3.
A sort of silken purse formerly tied about men’s hair behind, by way of ornament.
[Obs.]
4.
The quantity of game bagged.
5.
(Com.)
A certain quantity of a commodity, such as it is customary to carry to market in a sack;
as, a
bag
of pepper or hops; a
bag
of coffee
.
Bag and baggage
,
all that belongs to one.
–
To give one the bag
,
to disappoint him.
[Obs.]
Bunyan.

Bag

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Bagged
(băgd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Bagging
]
1.
To put into a bag;
as, to
bag
hops
.
2.
To seize, capture, or entrap;
as, to
bag
an army; to
bag
game
.
3.
To furnish or load with a bag or with a well filled bag.
A bee
bagged
with his honeyed venom.
Dryden.

Bag

,
Verb.
I.
1.
To swell or hang down like a full bag;
as, the skin
bags
from containing morbid matter
.
2.
To swell with arrogance.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
3.
To become pregnant.
[Obs.]
Warner. (Alb. Eng.).

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