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Webster 1913 Edition
Gag
Gag
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Gagged
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Gagging
.] [Prob. fr. W.
cegio
to choke or strangle, fr. ceg
mouth, opening, entrance.] 1.
To stop the mouth of, by thrusting sometimes in, so as to hinder speaking; hence, to silence by authority or by violence; not to allow freedom of speech to.
Marvell.
The time was not yet come when eloquence was to be
gagged
, and reason to be hood winked. Maccaulay.
2.
To pry or hold open by means of a gag.
Mouths
gagged
to such a wideness. Fortescue (Transl.).
3.
To cause to heave with nausea.
Gag
,Verb.
I.
1.
To heave with nausea; to retch.
Gag
,Noun.
1.
Something thrust into the mouth or throat to hinder speaking.
2.
A mouthful that makes one retch; a choking bit;
as, a
. gag
of mutton fatLamb.
3.
A speech or phrase interpolated offhand by an actor on the stage in his part as written, usually consisting of some seasonable or local allusion.
[Slang]
Gag rein
(Harness)
, a rein for drawing the bit upward in the horse’s mouth.
– Gag runner
(Harness)
, a loop on the throat latch guiding the gag rein.
Webster 1828 Edition
Gag
GAG
,Verb.
T.
1.
To stop the mouth by thrusting something into the throat, so as to hinder speaking.2.
To keck; to heave with nausea.GAG
,Noun.