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Webster 1913 Edition

Verb.

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imp. & p. p.

Swagged

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p. pr. & vb. n.

Swagging

[Cf. Icel.

sveggja

sveigja

to bend, to sway, Norw.

svaga

to sway. See

To hang or move, as something loose and heavy; to sway; to swing.

[Prov. Eng.]

To sink down by its weight; to sag.

Sir H. Wotton.

swag

as a fat person’s belly

swaggeth

as he goeth.

Palsgrave.

Noun.

A swaying, irregular motion.

A burglar's or thief's booty; boodle.

[Cant or Slang]

Charles Reade.

Verb.

To sink down by its weight; to lean.