tag

n. [ Probably akin to tack a small nail; cf. Sw. tagg a prickle, point, tooth. ] 1. Any slight appendage, as to an article of dress; something slight hanging loosely; specifically, a direction card, or label. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A metallic binding, tube, or point, at the end of a string, or lace, to stiffen it. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The end, or catchword, of an actor's speech; cue. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Something mean and paltry; the rabble. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Tag and rag, the lowest sort; the rabble. Holinshed. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A sheep of the first year. [ Prov. Eng. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Tagged p. pr. & vb. n. Tagging ] 1. To fit with, or as with, a tag or tags. [ 1913 Webster ]

He learned to make long-tagged thread laces. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

His courteous host . . .
Tags every sentence with some fawning word. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To join; to fasten; to attach. Bolingbroke. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To follow closely after; esp., to follow and touch in the game of tag. See Tag, a play. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Tag, v.; cf. Tag, an end. ] A child's play in which one runs after and touches another, and then runs away to avoid being touched. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One of a Malayan race, mainly of central Luzon, next to the Visayans the most numerous of the native peoples of the Philippines. Nearly all are Christians and many are highly educated. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. The language of the Tagals; Tagalog. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. 1. (Ethnol.) Any member of a certain tribe which is one of the leading and most civilized of those native of the Philippine Islands. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. The language of the Tagalogs. It belongs to the Malay family of languages and is one of the most highly developed members of the family. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Far.) Same as Tagsore. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

. A day on which contributions to some public or private charity or fund are solicited promiscuously on the street, and tags given to contributors to wear as an evidence of their having contributed. Such solicitation is now subject to legal restriction in various places. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, appends or joins one thing to another. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is pointed like a tag. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hedgehogs' or procupines' small taggers. Cotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. pl. Sheets of tin or other plate which run below the gauge. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A device for removing taglocks from sheep. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

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