swag

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. ]

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. 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 ]

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 ]

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 ]

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