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† ˈwagship Obs.
[f. wag n.2 + -ship.]
1. Waggery, waggishness.
1607Middleton Fam. Love ii. (1608) B 4 b, No rather lets pierce the Rundlets of our running heads and giue 'hem a neate cuppe of wagshippe, to put downe their Courtship.
2. Used jocularly, with possessive pron., as a title for a wag.
1607Marston What you will iii. i. E 4, Pleaseth your excellent wagship to bee informed that [etc.]. 1640Brome Antipodes ii. ix. E 3 b, You shall to schoole, away with him; and take Their wagships with him. |