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What does "bag" mean?

Bag: 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.

Additional senses

  1. 2.A sort of silken purse formerly tied about men's hair behind, by way of ornament. [Obs.]
  2. 3.The quantity of game bagged.
  3. 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 coffee. Bag and baggage, all that belongs to one. -- To give one the bag, to disappoint him. [Obs.] Bunyan.
  4. 5.To put into a bag; as, to bag hops.
  5. 6.To seize, capture, or entrap; as, to bag an army; to bag game.
  6. 7.To furnish or load with a bag or with a well filled bag. A bee bagged with his honeyed venom. Dryden.
  7. 8.To swell or hang down like a full bag; as, the skin bags from containing morbid matter.
  8. 9.To swell with arrogance. [Obs.] Chaucer.
  9. 10.To become pregnant. [Obs.] Warner. (Alb. Eng. ).

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