Bag

[Norm. Fr. bage, bag, coffer, L. Lat. baga, coffer, O. Fr. bague, Pr. bagua, bundle, Sp. baga, a rope for fastening loads on beasts of burden, Gael. bag, balg, bolg, builg, wallet, belly, W. baich, burden, balleg, purse, A-S. bælg, belig, bag, budget, belly, Goth. balgs, pouch, Ger. balg, case, skin.]

1. A sack or pouch, used to hold, preserve, or convey any thing; as, a bag of meal or of money.
2. A sac, 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. Specifically, a sort of silken purse tied to the hair by way of ornament.
4. (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 corn.

To give one the bag, to disappoint him. [Obs.] Bunyan.

v. t. [imp. & p. p. BAGGED; p. pr. & vb. n. BAGGING.]

1. To put into a bag; as, to bag hops; to bag game.
2. To seize, capture, or entrap; as, to bag an army.
3. To load with bags. “A bee bagged with his honeyed venom.” Dryden.
4. To cause to swell like a bag. [Obs.]

How doth an unwelcome dropsy bag up the eyes! Bp. Hall.

v. i.

1. To swell like a full bag; as, the skin bags from containing morbid matter. Wiseman.
2. To swell with arrogance. [Obs.] Chaucer.
3. To become pregnant; to breed. [Obs.]

Some are of opinion that they will be bagged if they taste but of a little salt. Holland.