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To seize, capture, or entrap; as, to bag an army; to bag game.
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.
The quantity of game bagged.
A sort of silken purse formerly tied about men's hair behind, by way of ornament.
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 sack or pouch, used for holding anything; as, a bag of meal or of money.
A bag-shaped net for catching fish.
Sugar cane, as it comes crushed from the mill. It is then dried and used as fuel. Also extended to the refuse of beetroot sugar.
A trifle; a thing of no importance.
A game played on an oblong board, having, at one end, cups or arches into or through which balls are to be driven by a rod held in the hand of the player.
The clothes, tents, utensils, and provisions of an army.
A romping, saucy girl.
A woman of loose morals; a prostitute.
A man of bad character.
Trashy talk.
The trunks, valises, satchels, etc., which a traveler carries with him on a journey; luggage.
Purulent matter.
One who has charge of the baggage at a railway station or upon a line of public travel.
One who takes care of baggage; a camp follower.
A two-masted Arab or Indian trading vessel, used in Indian Ocean.