‖n. [ L., a mound, fr. aggerere to bear to a place, heap up; ad + gerere to bear. ] An earthwork; a mound; a raised work. [ Obs. ] Hearne. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. aggeratus, p. p. of aggerare. See Agger. ] To heap up. [ Obs. ] Foxe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. aggeratio. ] A heaping up; accumulation; as, aggerations of sand. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. In heaps; full of heaps. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

n. One who brags; a boaster. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An adventurer; -- a term of contempt for a Northern man seeking private gain or political advancement in the southern part of the United States after the Civil War (1865). [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OE. daggen to pierce, F. daguer. See Dag a dagger. ] 1. A short weapon used for stabbing. This is the general term: cf. Poniard, Stiletto, Bowie knife, Dirk, Misericorde, Anlace. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Print.) A mark of reference in the form of a dagger [ † ]. It is the second in order when more than one reference occurs on a page; -- called also obelisk. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dagger moth (Zool.), any moth of the genus Apatalea. The larvæ are often destructive to the foliage of fruit trees, etc. --
Dagger of lath, the wooden weapon given to the Vice in the old Moralities. Shak. --
Double dagger, a mark of reference [ ‡ ] which comes next in order after the dagger. --
To look daggers, or
To speak daggers, to look or speak fiercely or reproachfully. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To pierce with a dagger; to stab. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Perh. from diagonal. ] A timber placed diagonally in a ship's frame. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Exaggerated p. pr. & vb. n. Exaggerating . ] [ L. exaggeratus , p. p. of exaggerare to heap up; ex out + aggerare to heap up, fr. agger heap, aggerere to bring to; ad to + gerere to bear. See Jest. ] 1. To heap up; to accumulate. [ Obs. ] “Earth exaggerated upon them [ oaks and firs ].” Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To amplify; to magnify; to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth ; to delineate extravagantly ; to overstate the truth concerning. [ 1913 Webster ]

A friend exaggerates a man's virtues. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Enlarged beyond bounds or the truth. -- Ex*ag"ger*a`ted*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

pos>a. That exaggerates; enlarging beyond bounds. -- Ex*ag"ger*a`ting*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. [ L. exaggeratio : cf. F. exagération. ] 1. The act of heaping or piling up. [ Obs. ] “Exaggeration of sand.” Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of exaggerating; the act of doing or representing in an excessive manner; a going beyond the bounds of truth reason, or justice; a hyperbolical representation; hyperbole; overstatement. [ 1913 Webster ]

No need of an exaggeration of what they saw. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Paint.) A representation of things beyond natural life, in expression, beauty, power, vigor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Tending to exaggerate; involving exaggeration. “Exaggerative language.” Geddes. “Exaggerative pictures.” W. J. Linton.

-- Ex*ag"ger*a*tive*ly, adv. Carlyle. [1913 Webster]

n. [ L. ] One who exaggerates; one addicted to exaggeration. L. Horner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Containing, or tending to, exaggeration; exaggerative. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who gags. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Founding) A piece of iron imbedded in the sand of a mold to keep the sand in place. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who carries about a small load; a peddler. See 2d Jag. [ Scot. ] Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From 4th Jag. ] One who, or that which, jags; specifically: (a) a jagging iron used for crimping pies, cakes, etc. (b) A toothed chisel. See Jag, v. t. [ 1913 Webster ]

Jagger spring, a spring beneath a seat, and resting on cleats or blocks in the body of a vehicle. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Hind jāgrī. Cf. Sugar. ] Raw palm sugar, made in the East Indies by evaporating the fresh juice of several kinds of palm trees, but specifically those of the palmyra (Borassus flabelliformis) and jaggery palm (Caryota urens). [ Written also jagghery and jaggary. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

An East Indian palm (Caryota urens) having leaves pinnate with wedge-shaped divisions, the petiole very stout. It is the principal source of jaggery, and is often cultivated for ornament. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A laggard. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Someone (especially a woman) who constantly finds fault.
Syn. -- scold, scolder, nag. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ See Seggar. ] 1. A pot or case of fire clay, in which fine stoneware is inclosed while baking in the kiln; a seggar. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The clay of which such pots or cases are made. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An assaulter whose weapon is a sand bag. See Sand bag, under Sand. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who lops; one who trims trees. [ Obs. ] Huloet. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Staggered p. pr. & vb. n. Staggering. ] [ OE. stakeren, Icel. stakra to push, to stagger, fr. staka to punt, push, stagger; cf. OD. staggeren to stagger. Cf. Stake, n. ] 1. To move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking; not to stand or walk with steadiness; to sway; to reel or totter. [ 1913 Webster ]

Deep was the wound; he staggered with the blow. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To cease to stand firm; to begin to give way; to fail. “The enemy staggers.” Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To begin to doubt and waver in purpose; to become less confident or determined; to hesitate. [ 1913 Webster ]

He [ Abraham ] staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief. Rom. iv. 20. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To cause to reel or totter. [ 1913 Webster ]

That hand shall burn in never-quenching fire
That staggers thus my person. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To cause to doubt and waver; to make to hesitate; to make less steady or confident; to shock. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whosoever will read the story of this war will find himself much staggered. Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]

Grants to the house of Russell were so enormous, as not only to outrage economy, but even to stagger credibility. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To arrange (a series of parts) on each side of a median line alternately, as the spokes of a wheel or the rivets of a boiler seam. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. An unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing, as if one were about to fall; a reeling motion; vertigo; -- often in the plural; as, the stagger of a drunken man. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. pl. (Far.) A disease of horses and other animals, attended by reeling, unsteady gait or sudden falling; as, parasitic staggers; apopletic or sleepy staggers. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. pl. Bewilderment; perplexity. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Stomach staggers (Far.), distention of the stomach with food or gas, resulting in indigestion, frequently in death. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) An American shrub (Andromeda Mariana) having clusters of nodding white flowers. It grows in low, sandy places, and is said to poison lambs and calves. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a staggering manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A kind of ragwort (Senecio Jacobaea). [ 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. 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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n. A lamb. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Waggeries [ From Wag. ] The manner or action of a wag; mischievous merriment; sportive trick or gayety; good-humored sarcasm; pleasantry; jocularity; as, the waggery of a schoolboy. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

A drollery and lurking waggery of expression. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being zigzag; crookedness. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The . . . zigzaggery of my father's approaches. Sterne. [ 1913 Webster ]