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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
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