| Bag (bag) |
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| n. | (b g) |
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| Bag |
| [OE. bagge; cf.
Icel. baggi, and also OF. bague, bundle, LL. baga.] |
A sack or pouch, used for holding anything; as, a
bag of meal or of money.
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.
A sort of silken purse formerly tied about men's
hair behind, by way of ornament.
The quantity of game bagged.
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.
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To put into a bag] as, to
bag hops.
To seize, capture, or entrap; as, to bag
an army; to bag game.
To furnish or load with a bag or with a well
filled bag.
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To swell
or hang down like a full bag; as, the skin bags from containing
morbid matter.
To swell with arrogance.
To become pregnant.
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