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n. [ Contr. from bellyswagger. ] A lewd man; also, a bully. [ Obs. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Swagged p. pr. & vb. n. Swagging ] [ Cf. Icel. sveggja, sveigja to bend, to sway, Norw. svaga to sway. See Sway. ] 1. To hang or move, as something loose and heavy; to sway; to swing. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To sink down by its weight; to sag. Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

I swag as a fat person's belly swaggeth as he goeth. Palsgrave. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To tramp carrying a swag. [ Australia ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. 1. A swaying, irregular motion. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A burglar's or thief's booty; boodle. [ Cant or Slang ] Charles Reade. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. [ Australia ] (a) A tramping bushman's luggage, rolled up either in canvas or in a blanket so as to form a long bundle, and carried on the back or over the shoulder; -- called also a bluey, or a drum. (b) Any bundle of luggage similarly rolled up; hence, luggage in general.

He tramped for years till the swag he bore seemed part of himself. Lawson. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Having a prominent, overhanging belly. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A prominent, overhanging belly. Smollett. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) Any large tumor developed in the abdomen, and neither fluctuating nor sonorous. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ imp. & p. p. Swaged p. pr. & vb. n. Swaging ] [ Equiv. to suage, abbrev. fr. assuage. ] See Assuage. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A tool, variously shaped or grooved on the end or face, used by blacksmiths and other workers in metals, for shaping their work, whether sheet metal or forging, by holding the swage upon the work, or the work upon the swage, and striking with a sledge. [ 1913 Webster ]

Swage block, a perforated block of iron, having grooved sides and adapted for use in heading bolts and swaging objects of large size. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To shape by means of a swage; to fashion, as a piece of iron, by forcing it into a groove or mold having the required shape. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act or manner of a swaggerer. [ 1913 Webster ]

He gave a half swagger, half leer, as he stepped forth to receive us. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A swagman. [ Australia ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Swaggered p. pr. & vb. n. Swaggering. ] [ Freq. of swag. ] 1. To walk with a swaying motion; hence, to walk and act in a pompous, consequential manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

A man who swaggers about London clubs. Beaconsfield. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To boast or brag noisily; to be ostentatiously proud or vainglorious; to bluster; to bully. [ 1913 Webster ]

What a pleasant it is . . . to swagger at the bar! Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

To be great is not . . . to swagger at our footmen. Colier. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To bully. [ R. ] Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who swaggers; a blusterer; a bully; a boastful, noisy fellow. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A swagman. [ Australia ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Inclined to swag; sinking, hanging, or leaning by its weight. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A bushman carrying a swag and traveling on foot; -- called also swagsman, swagger, and swaggie. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

Once a jolly swagman sat beside a billabong
Under the shade of a coolibah tree.
And he sang as he sat and watched his billy boiling,
`Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?' [ Waltzing Matilda, an Australian tune. ] [ PJC ]