What is "wagged"

Abelian \A*bel"i*an\, Abelite \A"bel*ite\, Abelonian \A`bel*o"ni*an\, n. (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect in Africa (4th century), mentioned by St. Augustine, who states that they married, but lived in continence, after the manner, as they pretended, of Abel.

Buckra \Buck"ra\, n. [In the language of the Calabar coast, buckra means ``demon, a powerful and superior being.''
--J. L. Wilson.] A white man; -- a term used by negroes of the African coast, West Indies, etc.

Buckra \Buck"ra\, a. White; white man's; strong; good; as, buckra yam, a white yam.

Beadle \Bea"dle\, n. [OE. bedel, bidel, budel, OF. bedel, F. bedeau, fr. OHG. butil, putil, G. b["u]ttel, fr. OHG. biotan, G. bieten, to bid, confused with AS. bydel, the same word as OHG. butil. See. Bid, v.]

1. A messenger or crier of a court; a servitor; one who cites or bids persons to appear and answer; -- called also an apparitor or summoner.

2. An officer in a university, who precedes public processions of officers and students. [Eng.]

   Note: In this sense the archaic spellings bedel (Oxford) and bedell (Cambridge) are preserved.

3. An inferior parish officer in England having a variety of duties, as the preservation of order in church service, the chastisement of petty offenders, etc.

Staphyline \Staph"y*line\ (st[a^]f"[i^]*l[imac]n), a. [Gr. stafy`linos botryoidal, from stafylh` a bunch of grapes.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the uvula or the palate.

cushioning \cushioning\ n. soft or resilient material used to fill or give shape or protect or add comfort.

Syn: padding.

Wag \Wag\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wagged; p. pr. & vb. n. Wagging.] [OE. waggen; probably of Scand. origin; cf. Sw. vagga to rock a cradle, vagga cradle, Icel. vagga, Dan. vugge; akin to AS. wagian to move, wag, wegan to bear, carry, G. & D. bewegen to move, and E. weigh. [root]136. See Weigh.] To move one way and the other with quick turns; to shake to and fro; to move vibratingly; to cause to vibrate, as a part of the body; as, to wag the head.

No discerner durst wag his tongue in censure.
--Shak.

Every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.
--Jer. xviii. 16.

Note: Wag expresses specifically the motion of the head and body used in buffoonery, mirth, derision, sport, and mockery.

n. (context chemistry English) An explosive consisting of ammonium nitrate with hydrocarbons added.

a. (context AAVE archaic English) white n. (context rare AAVE derogatory English) A poor white person.

a. (alternative spelling of cross-party English)

n. (plural of dioxindole English)

n. 1 Formerly, an officer who attended magistrates and judges to execute their orders. 2 A messenger or officer who serves the process of an ecclesiastical court.

a. (context anatomy English) Of or pertaining to the uvula or the palate.

n. (context zoology English) Any member of the Clitellata.

vb. (present participle of overegg English)

a. Not easily deciphered; difficult to read.

vb. (present participle of cushion English)

vb. (en-pastwag)

adj. not easily deciphered; "indecipherable handwriting" [syn: indecipherable, unclear, unreadable]

n. artifact consisting of soft or resilient material used to fill or give shape or protect or add comfort [syn: padding]

1. n. a witty amusing person who makes jokes [syn: wit, card]

2. causing to move repeatedly from side to side [syn: waggle, shake]

3. [also: wagging, wagged]

1. v. move from side to side; "The happy dog wagged his tail" [syn: waggle]

2. [also: wagging, wagged]

See wag