| What does bag mean? | we found 4 entries for the meaning of bag |
Udder \Ud"der\, n. [OE. uddir, AS. [=u]der; akin to D. uijer, G.
euter, OHG. [=u]tar, [=u]tiro, Icel. j[=u]gr, Sw. jufver,
jur, Dan. yver, L. uber, Gr. o"y^qar, Skr. [=u]dhar.
[root]216. Cf. Exuberant.]
1. (Anat.) The glandular organ in which milk is secreted and
stored; -- popularly called the bag in cows and other
quadrupeds. See Mamma.
A lioness, with udders all drawn dry. --Shak.
2. One of the breasts of a woman. [R.]
Yon Juno of majestic size, With cowlike udders, and
with oxlike eyes. --Pope.
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Bag \Bag\, v. 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. ).
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) | ![]() |
Bag \Bag\, n. [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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) | ![]() |
Bag \Bag\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bagged(?); 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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) | ![]() |
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