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Wag
King James Dictionary
or WAG, To move one way and the other with quick turns to move a little way, and then turn the other way as, to wag the head.
Every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head. Jeremiah 18 . Matthew 27 . Wag expresses particulary the motion of the head and body used in buffoonery, mirth, derision, sport and mockery. It is applied also to birds and beasts as, to wag the tail.
WAG,
1. To be quick in ludicrous motion to stir.
Tis merry in hall, where beards wag all.
Tremble and start at wagging of a straw.
2. To go to depart to pack offf.
I will provoke him tot, or let him wag.
3. To be moved one way and the other.
The resty sieve waggd neer the more.
WAG, n. A droll a man full of low sport and humor a ludicrous fellow.
We wink at wags, when they offend.
The counselor never pleaded without a piece of packthread in his hand, which he used to twist about his finger all the while he was speaking the wags used to call it the thread of his discourse.
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Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Entry for 'Wag'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/w/wag.html.
