单词 | tag |
释义 | tagn.1 1. Originally, one of the narrow, often pointed, laciniæ or pendent pieces made by slashing the skirt of a garment; hence, any hanging ragged or torn piece; also, any end or rag of ribbon or the like. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > hanging or overlapping part lapc897 tippetc1300 tag1402 labey1497 toque1505 flip-flap1529 flap1530 slipe1540 lambeau1562 lappet1573 flappet?1578 fall-down?1796 wrap-over1935 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > ragged or torn piece tatter-wagc1400 tag1402 tatter1402 flake1608 tatter-wallop1808 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > trimmings or ornamentation > border or edging > parts of dag1399 tag1402 tatter1402 jag1530 cut1563 Vandyke1827 tab1834 tabc1880 the world > space > relative position > support > hanging or suspension > [noun] > that which hangs or is suspended > raggedly tatter-wagc1400 tag1402 tatter1402 tatter-wallop1808 tag-rag1827 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > [noun] > piece of > rag > a rag clout?c1225 rata1250 ragc1390 shrag?a1400 tatter-wagc1400 tatter1402 jag1555 libbet1627 tatter-wallop1808 tat1839 tag1840 trollopa1843 fent1844 raggle1888 lappie1892 1402 Polit. Poems (Rolls) II. 69 Of suche wide clothing, tateris and tagges, it hirtith myn hert hevyly. c1500 Rowlis Cursing 135 in Laing Anc. Poet. Scotl. Ruffy Ragmen [a devil] with his taggis Sall ryfe thair sinfull saule in raggis. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 152 Thae tarmegantis with tag and tatter Full lowd in Ersche begowth to clatter. 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 313 The skyrtes of his goune all pounced in cuttes and tagges. 1840 W. M. Thackeray Paris Sketch Bk. I. 16 Crumpled tags of ribbon. 1884 St. James's Gaz. 10 May 6/1 The tags of drapery and other accessories. 1889 Cornhill Mag. Feb. 124 With tags of ribbon sticking out in unexpected places. 2. A small pendent piece or part hanging from, or attached more or less loosely to the main body of anything. With numerous specific applications, e.g. a. A matted lock of wool on a sheep; a tag-lock; a twisted or matted lock of hair. ΚΠ a1641 J. Smyth Berkeley MSS (1883) I. 157 What money was..made by sale of the locks, belts and tags of Sheep. 1888 Harper's Mag. June 137/2 Her reddish-brown hair, which grew in a fringe below her crown, was plaited into small tags or tails. b. A shred of animal tissue. ΚΠ 1724 A. Ramsay Health 186 Bones corrupt and bare, Through ulcerated tags of muscles stare. 1897 J. Hutchinson Archives Surg. VIII. No. 31. 214 Under atropine the pupils dilated, but shewed numerous tags of adhesion. 1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. III. 716 They [adhesions] are then seen as filamentous tags on the outside of the intestine. 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VII. 612 A small tag of fibrin from the valve. c. A shred of metal in a casting: see quot. ΚΠ 1863 C. Lyell Geol. Evid. Antiq. Man ii. 10 Some of the moulds in which the bronze instruments were cast, and ‘tags’ as they are called, of bronze, which are formed in the hole through which the fused metal was poured. d. A final curl, twirl, or flourish added to a letter, sometimes used as a mark of contraction. ΚΠ 1867 F. J. Furnivall Percy Folio I. 18 (note) To many of the final d's is a tag, which often means nothing, and often means s. e. figurative. An appendage; the tail-end (of any proceeding). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > [noun] > the latter part eveningOE enda1200 eventide?c1225 finea1350 tail1377 latter (last) enda1382 issue1484 latter day?1498 waning1561 last days1572 heel1584 sunsetting1593 fall1596 lag-end1598 posterior1598 sunset1599 dotage1606 exit1615 stern1623 waning timea1639 last1683 heel piecea1764 shank1828 tail-end1845 tailpiece1869 tag1882 teatime1913 end-point1921 1703 R. Steele Tender Husband i. i Seem to have come into the World only to be Taggs in the Pedigree of a Wealthy House. 1882 H. S. Holland Logic & Life (1885) 317 Death is but the tag of this life. 3. a. A point of metal or other hard substance at the end of a lace, string, strap, or the like, primarily used to facilitate its insertion through an eyelet-hole, as in a bootlace or stay-lace, but when externally visible often made ornamental, as on the ‘points’ in use before buttons; an aglet.The first two quots. are of doubtful sense. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > ornamental textiles > ornamental trimmings > [noun] > other label1440 tag1570 O1587 velvet-guard1598 seam1687 looping1690 patte1835 sequin1857 flot1872 torsade1872 Sicilian embroidery1882 astrakhan1887 goffering1889 fob1894 strass1926 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > fastenings > lace, cord, or string > tag of aglet1365 dagc1400 tag1570 auglet1594 point-tag1649 taba1825 1501–2 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1900) II. 33 Item, for taggis to ane Franch sadill and mending of it xij d. 1507 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1901) III. 270 Item, for taggis, bukkilles, and small graith to thaim, xv. s.] 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Aiiiv/2 Ye Tag of a poynt, ferretrum. 1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Vn fer d'aiguillette, a tagge. 1592 J. Lyly Gallathea v. i. sig. F4v Thy Maister could make siluer pottes of tagges of poynts. 1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. 56 With long silver or golden Tags hanging down before. a1734 R. North Examen (1740) iii. viii. §15 593 Now comes the Tag to this fine Lace. 1832 C. Babbage Econ. Machinery & Manuf. iv. 25 The simple art of making the tags of boot-laces. 1861 T. Wright Ess. Archæol. I. vii. 133 The object..is part of the metal tag at the end of the belt. b. figurative. ΚΠ 1575 G. Gascoigne Fruites of Warre lxi, in Posies sig. Hviiv Is witte nowe wente so wandring from thy minde? Are all thy points so voide of Reasons taggs? 1611 T. Middleton & T. Dekker Roaring Girle sig. E4 Heere's the point [Draws her sword] that I vntrusse, 'thas but one tag, 'twill serue tho to tye vp a rogues tongue. ΚΠ 1567 T. Drant tr. Horace Pistles in tr. Horace Arte of Poetrie sig. Cvijv Scotfree we may hould tagge, In frendly chat this sommers night. 1678 V. Alsop Melius Inquirendum Introd. 18 To hang on a String only with those who jump in with our own Points to a Tag. 1682 N. O. tr. N. Boileau-Despréaux Lutrin iv. 318 At Trent, when Concord in a Bag Came Post from Rome, they hit it to a Tag! 4. a. An ornamental pendant; a tassel; a ribbon bearing a jewel, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > [noun] > pendant ornaments pendantc1400 tasselc1400 tarsel1459 pend1488 pendace1488 drop1502 pendle1567 tag1570 tasse1570 tasselet1577 lustre1682 fiocco1694 dewdrop1880 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > ornamental textiles > ornamental trimmings > [noun] > tassel tasselc1400 tarsel1459 tag1570 tasse1570 job1659 fiocco1694 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Aiiiv/2 Ye Tag of a purse, appendix. 1686 London Gaz. No. 2132/4 Lost.., a black laced Palatin with Diamond Tags upon black Ribon. 1765 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting (ed. 2) I. vii. 145 The first lady has tags of a particular form, exactly like those on the dress of my duchess of Suffolk. 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) vi. 55 Our good child..passed in review all her gowns, fichus, tags, bobbins, laces, silk stockings, and fallals. 1890 Spectator 14 June 834/2 The sculptor..has filled up part of the arch with long heavy tassels hanging from the saddle-cloth. Throughout the work there seems to be an excess of tag and small decoration. b. plural. A footman's shoulder-knots. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > trimmings or ornamentation > epaulette or shoulder knot shoulder pointa1627 shoulder-knot1676 epaulette1783 wing1810 tags1837 shell1847 1837 J. Morier Abel Allnutt xxx. 175 A stout footman staggering under a long cane and matted tags, and with difficulty waddling in his stiff plushes. 1843 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) ix. 102 With such great tags upon his liveried shoulder. 5. A catkin of a tree. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > inflorescence or collective flower > [noun] > of particular type, shape, or arrangement > catkin(s) or unisexual in florescence chatc1400 tappette1561 catkin1578 chaton1578 kitekin1578 taglet1578 tag1597 cat's tail1611 nucament1633 tassel1646 catling1665 iulus1668 amentum1720 jul1725 ament1783 pussycat1850 lamb's tails1882 1597 J. Gerard Herball i. 17 The catkins or tags which grow on nut trees and Aller trees. 1878 H. B. Stowe Poganuc People xvii. 147 The tremulous tags of the birches and alders shook themselves gaily out in the woods. 6. The tip of the tail of an animal, esp. when distinct in colour or otherwise; the tail-piece of an angler's fly. (Much earlier in tagged adj. 3.) ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > rump and tail > [noun] > tail > tip of tag1681 on tip-tail1837 1681 J. Chetham Angler's Vade Mecum xxxv. 154 Some red warpt in for the tag of his tail. 1787 T. Best Conc. Treat. Angling (ed. 2) 106. 1863 C. Kingsley Water-babies i. 37 A great brown sharpnosed creature, with a white tag to her brush. 1867 F. Francis Bk. Angling xiii. 395 Tie on the tag, which is usually a bit of tinsel. 1886 Field 27 Feb. 268/1 The fox..gets the credit of being a vixen; but his snowy tag has only to be seen in order to dispel that notion. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXV. 449/1 Two of the best grayling flies are a very small apple-green dun and the red tag. 7. The strip of parchment bearing the pendent seal of a deed. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > marking > imprinting > sealing > [noun] > attaching of seal > material attaching seal double queuec1475 labela1513 sealing-thread1591 tag1688 stock1711 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xv. 21/1 A writt sealed vp, haueing two taggs or Labells Or, in a feild Gules. 1872 C. Innes Lect. Sc. Legal Antiq. v. 235 A small piece of the seal shall stick at the tag of the brief. 1887 J. B. Sheppard in Lit. Cantuar. (Rolls) I. 341 (note) The originals have now both lost their seals, although the slits for the tags remain. 8. a. A tab or tie-label attached by one end to a package, to luggage, etc.; also, a label pinned on as a badge, etc. Also figurative = tab n.1 7a. Originally and chiefly U.S. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > that which identifies or distinguishes > labelling > [noun] > label, tag, or ticket bill1474 schedule1523 label?1577 libel1603 tessera1656 check1812 price ticket1830 etiquette1831 sticker1862 tag1864 price tag1880 tab1883 tally1909 mailing label1959 swing-ticket1962 swing label1968 1864 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Tag..2. Any slight appendage..; specifically, a direction card or label. 1891 Cent. Dict. Tag..2 (c). A strip of leather, parchment, strong paper, or the like, loose at one end, and secured to a box, bag, or parcel, to receive a written address or label. 1908 Times 26 Dec. 10/2 A new system of street collecting for public charities by means of tags or labels,..tried at San Francisco recently on behalf of the Children's Hospital... The advent of ‘tag day’ is well advertised. a1910 Mod. Price List Tags with strings in packets. Extra large tags with ruled lines. 1961 Times 5 Jan. 4/3 After the interval Surrey drafted in extra men to help Prosser keep a tag on Farooq. b. Sometimes applied to a tab or loop by which a coat or the like is hung up. c. Electronics. A small metal projection to which a wire may be soldered or attached. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > transmission of electricity, conduction > wire as conductor > [noun] > means of connection terminal screw1857 crossover block1892 tag1919 1919 R. Mordin Strowger Automatic Telephone Exchange ii. 34 The tags are arranged in ten sets of three rows, and pass completely through holes in the tag board, so that it is possible to wire the tags on either or both sides of the board. 1958 Pract. Wireless 34 63/2 All earth leads on the pre-amplifier are taken to one point, actually to a soldering tag on the input coaxial socket. 1971 Hi-Fi Sound Feb. 71/1 Never, under any circumstances, solder connections to the tags with them already on the cartridge. d. (See quot. 1935.) North American slang. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [noun] > number plate number-plate1869 registration plate1883 identification plate1901 plate1919 licence plate1926 tag1935 index plate1973 1935 A. J. Pollock Underworld Speaks 118/1 Tag, an automobile license plate. 1971 Maclean's Sept. 34/1 The license plates (‘tags’), laws unto themselves, somehow manage to contradict and complement each other at the same time. 1976 Billings (Montana) Gaz. 18 June 7 c/3 [They] observed a Thunderbird with Louisiana tags circling the block. e. Computing. A character or set of characters appended to an item of data in order to identify it. ΘΚΠ society > computing and information technology > data > [noun] > label tag1948 tagging1948 mark-up1980 1948 Theory & Techniques for Design of Electronic Digital Computers (Moore School of Electr. Engin., Univ. of Pennsylvania) IV. xxxix. 1 To introduce..a new element called a stop order tag which may be attached to the words stored in the memory. 1961 H. D. Leeds & G. M. Weinberg Computer Programming Fund. v. 151 Bits 0, 1, and 2 (often called the prefix of the word) and bits 18 to 20 (called the tag) specify the operation. 1963 IBM Jrnl. Res. & Devel. 7 337/2 If it is desired to translate the text with the aid of a microglossary, the text is preceded by a tag specifying the pertinent field. 1978 J. P. Hayes Computer Archit. & Organization iii. 149 The processor merely has to inspect the operand tags to determine the specific type of operation to be performed, e.g., a fixed-point double-precision addition. f. An epithet; a label or popular designation. colloquial. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > name or appellation > [noun] > nickname or additional name to-namec950 eke-name1303 surnamec1330 bynamec1374 nickname1440 addition1472 epitheton1570 by-term1579 epithet1579 agnomination1590 adjunct1598 apathaton1598 byword1598 nurse-name1605 familiar name1611 suradditiona1616 sobriquet1646 agname1652 last name1695 agnomen1809 cognomen1811 soubriquet1818 nickery1823 handle1838 cognomination1843 moniker1851 eponym1863 adname1890 tag1961 1961 Webster's 3rd New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. 1972 Times 7 Aug. (Jamaica Suppl.) p. iii/4 The lost goodwill..and the loss of the tag of still being the safest Caribbean country for investment. 1976 Daily Tel. 20 July 3/2 The Black Panther tag, probably coined by the press, was the worst of it. 1982 Oxford Star 4–5 Feb. 3/2 Cassells doesn't let the tag of Third Division top scorer bother him too much. g. A price (cf. price tag n. at price n. Compounds 2); hence, an account or bill. Cf. tab n.1 7a. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > [noun] cheapc1025 lofa1200 feer?c1225 pricea1382 apricec1460 tag1968 society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > account or statement of > [noun] > invoice or bill bill1420 invoice1560 factory1615 invoy1617 facture1668 Williamc1859 check1868 price tab1886 tag1968 1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 3 Feb. b2/3 (heading) Petrofind raises fuel oil price, bulk gas tag. 1977 Mod. Railways Dec. 474/2 BR stresses, too, that if there's a gulf between the price of the basic, low-cost vehicles customers have been using in old-style wagonload working and the tag on a late-1970s air-braked, 75 mile/h vehicle, there's a comparable contrast in the service obtainable. 1979 ‘D. Meiring’ Foreign Body xviii. 197 Even if they went broke, the bank would pick up Sagr's crude-oil tag and pay it. 9. a. Something appended or added to a writing or speech, esp. by way of ornament or improvement, e.g. the moral of a fable, etc. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > parts of a written composition > [noun] > addition or appendix supplement1523 appendix1549 referendary1581 supply1584 postscript1596 corollary1603 annexary1605 annexe1625 appendage1651 streamer1696 tack1705 taga1734 rider1813 pendant1837 overmatter1887 afterword1890 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [noun] > embellishment > an) ornament(s) coloursc1405 rhetoricc1425 gaudc1430 flower1508 flourish1603 embellishment1632 flosculation1651 floscule1669 gayness1670 floresa1734 taga1734 a1734 R. North Examen (1740) ii. v. §74 360 To avoid the Fastidium of noting all the Author's Tags joined to his Relations of this Time. 1872 W. Minto Man. Eng. Prose Lit. i. ii. 134 A tag of statistics is very chilling. 1879 L. Stephen Hours in Libr. 3rd Ser. 15 [Massinger] is fond of adding little moral tags..to the end of his plays. 1885 Manch. Examiner 13 Oct. 4/7 Each paragraph..would serve..as a tag by way of peroration to a debating club harangue. b. A brief and usually familiar quotation added for special effect; a much used or trite quotation. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > literary criticism > [noun] > practice of citing or quoting > that which is quoted concordance1538 citation1548 remnant1601 traverse1608 quotation1618 tag1702 quote1885 cite1941 1702 S. Parker tr. Cicero Five Bks. De Finibus i. 5 With Tags of Metre translated from the Greek..we can dispense well enough. 1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt II. xvii. 48 I don't talk in tags of Latin, which might be learned by a schoolmaster's footboy. 1893 A. Jessopp Stud. Recluse vii. 225 Putting in tags and rags of French..to conceal poverty of style. 1897 Sat. Rev. 18 Dec. 701 The Latin tag holds: ‘Quem Deus vult perdere, prius dementat.’ 1902 J. Buchan Watcher by Threshold iii. 175 Stories from Procopius and tags of Roman law. c. The refrain or catch of a song or poem; the last words of a speech in a play, etc. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > part of poem > [noun] > refrain refraid?a1439 repeat?1497 refrain1530 rearfreight?1567 tag1717 rondeau1787 ephymnium1910 society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > a song > [noun] > refrain refraid?a1439 overword?a1513 refrain1530 foot1538 counterverse1570 faburden1580 burden1598 holding1598 chorus1601 foreburden1603 bob1606 ludden1607 down1611 nonnya1616 rame?c1625 tag1717 overcome?a1800 overturn1825 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > a play > [noun] > words spoken by actors > specific group of play-end1616 tag1717 1717 J. Gay Three Hours after Marriage i. 25 The tag of the Acts of a new Comedy. 1755 C. Charke Narr. Life 205 Concluding the Play with Jane Shore's Tag, at the End of the first Act of that Tragedy. 1793 H. Walpole Let. to Miss A. Berry 18 Oct. They have brought to my recollection the tag of an old song. 1815 W. Scott Let. 7 Nov. (1933) IV. 121 I am..anxious to store the heads of my young damsels with something better than the tags of rhimes. 1830 H. Lee Mem. Manager II. viii. 104 The tag; which is the technical phrase for the last lines of any play. 1876 N. Amer. Rev. 123 480 And, to borrow the tag of an old story, ‘There—my lord—I leave you’. d. A musical phrase added to the end of a piece in composition or performance (see also quot. 1978). Esp. in Jazz. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > section of piece of music > [noun] > passages in jazz jazz1918 break1926 chorus1926 stop time1929 tag1929 lick1932 riff1933 ride1935 release1936 sock chorus1936 rideout1939 screamer1940 stop chords1941 chase1942 stop chorus1942 mop1945 1929 N.Y. Times 20 Oct. ix. 8/6 Tag, ending added to a musical composition. 1932 Melody Maker June 507/3 The tag..implies that this is a band record. 1943 Riverboat Jazz (Brunswick Records) 7 He comes in to play a tag—just a few notes. 1958 P. Tanner in P. Gammond Decca Bk. Jazz xi. 130 A tradition has grown up..of concluding with a short drum break and a tag ensemble coda. 1960 H. O. Brunn Story Orig. Dixieland Jazz Band v. 59 The Dixieland Band's stock ending, the ‘dixieland tag’, faithfully concluded every number. 1978 Amer. Speech 1975 50 301 Tag, added ending of a song, often repeating the final words and designed to make a complete and satisfying arrangement. e. Linguistics. An interrogative formula used to convert statements into questions. Cf. tag question n. at Compounds 2 below. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > other grammatical categories or concepts > [noun] > use of interrogative > formula to create question tag1957 1957 Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. xxviii. 17 An understanding of tags implies an understanding of sentence order and the role of accent. 1963 F. T. Visser Hist. Syntax Eng. Lang. I. ii. 175 The type ‘oh, Biffin told you, did he? (or He did?)’. This type differs from that illustrated in the preceding section in the fact that statement and tag with to do are either both positive or both negative. 1973 Archivum Linguisticum 4 69 Tag constructions can convey much to the discriminating listener. 1977 Language 53 742 An auxiliary verb typically can appear in the tag of tag questions. a. The masses; people of the lowest social status. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > the lowest class > [noun] > the rabble commona1350 rascala1382 rascaldry?1457 routc1475 tag and ragc1535 riff-raff1545 rabble1549 rascabilia1557 rabblement1565 bran1574 rascability1583 rascality1583 canaille1588 canalliary1600 canaglia1607 taga1616 ribble-rabble1635 volge1639 rabble rout1650 tag-rag and bob-tail1660 mobile1676 mobility1690 mob1691 rag-tag (also rag, tag) and bob-tail1725 kennel1726 rough scruff1814 rough scuff1816 tag-rag1826 rascalry1827 rascalment1832 doggery1843 polloi1856 raggle-taggle1958 a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) iii. i. 247 Will you hence, Before the Tagge returne? View more context for this quotation a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Tag, the rabble. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > the lowest class > [noun] > the rabble commona1350 rascala1382 rascaldry?1457 routc1475 tag and ragc1535 riff-raff1545 rabble1549 rascabilia1557 rabblement1565 bran1574 rascability1583 rascality1583 canaille1588 canalliary1600 canaglia1607 taga1616 ribble-rabble1635 volge1639 rabble rout1650 tag-rag and bob-tail1660 mobile1676 mobility1690 mob1691 rag-tag (also rag, tag) and bob-tail1725 kennel1726 rough scruff1814 rough scuff1816 tag-rag1826 rascalry1827 rascalment1832 doggery1843 polloi1856 raggle-taggle1958 c1535 F. Bygod Treat. Impropriations (K.O.) Your fathers were wyse, both tagge and rag. 1554 H. Machyn Diary (1848) 50 Huntyd, and kyllyd tage and rage with honds and swords. 1566 J. Partridge Worthie Hystorie Plasidas 1041 To walles they go, both tagge and ragge, their Citie to defende. 1610 A. Cooke Pope Joane in Harl. Misc. (1809) IV. 95 That you have made Levites..of the scurvy and scabbed, of the lowest of the people, tag and rag. a1626 L. Andrewes Serm. (1641) 181 This is the time when all hypocrites, atheists, tag and rag come. 18.. R. Southey Devil's Walk xxiii With music of fife and drum, And a consecrated flag, And shout of tag and rag, And march of rank and file. 1809 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. II. vi. viii. 163 Every Tag having his Rag at his side, to finish his pipe..and laugh at his flights of immortal dullness. 11. In servants' vocabulary: A lower servant. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > types of servant > [noun] > subordinate under-servant1548 subservant1652 tag1857 1857 T. Wright Dict. Obsolete & Provinc. Eng. Tag, one who assists another at work in a secondary character. Northampt. 1860 Athenæum 17 Nov. 664 Servants..with their own distinction of ranks, the ‘Pugs’ and the ‘Tags’. 12. A disease in sheep; = tag-sore n. at Compounds 2: see quots.Cf. tagged adj. 5a, which is evidenced much earlier. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of sheep > [noun] > other disorders of sheep pocka1325 soughta1400 pox1530 mad1573 winter rot1577 snuffa1585 leaf1587 leaf-sickness1614 redwater1614 mentigo1706 tag1736 white water1743 hog pox1749 rickets1755 side-ill1776 resp1789 sheep-fag1789 thorter-ill1791 vanquish1792 smallpox1793 shell-sicknessc1794 sickness1794 grass-ill1795 rub1800 pine1804 pining1804 sheep-pock1804 stinking ill1807 water sickness1807 core1818 wryneck1819 tag-belt1826 tag-sore1828 kibe1830 agalaxia1894 agalactia1897 lupinosis1899 trembling1902 struck1903 black disease1906 scrapie1910 renguerra1917 pulpy kidney1927 dopiness1932 blowfly strike1933 body strike1934 sleepy sickness1937 swayback1938 twin lamb disease1945 tick pyaemia1946 fly-strike1950 maedi1952 nematodiriasis1957 visna1957 maedi-visna1972 visna-maedi1972 1736 Compl. Family-piece iii. 425 Of the Tag or Belt in Sheep. Sheep are said to be tagged or belt, when they have a Flux, or continued running of Ordure, which lighting upon the Tail, the Heat of the Dung, by its scalding, breeds the Scab. 1756 Compl. Body Husb. 694 The Tag is situated in the inner part of the Tail; it consists of Scabs and Sores. 1807 Prize Ess. & Trans. Highland Soc. Scotl. 3 434 A disease..affecting the tail, has been denominated Tag. 13. slang. A person who follows another as a detective or spy. Cf. tag v.1 4b, tail n.1 6b. ΘΚΠ society > law > law enforcement > investigation of crime > [noun] > detective > who watches or follows shadow1859 peeper1908 tail1914 tag1966 the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > secret observation, spying > procedures used in spying > [noun] > following > person engaged in shadow1859 shadower1889 tail1914 tag1966 1966 ‘A. Hall’ 9th Directive vii. 62 Who were the tags? The thin one, and the one with the splay-footed walk? 1972 J. D. Buchanan Professional v. 62 Guerin realized he had a tag... Guerin would walk and stop, the tag would do the same. 1979 ‘A. Hall’ Scorpion Signal xii. 139 Ignator went through the lights at yellow... I don't think he was going through on the yellow because he'd discovered the tag. Compounds C1. General attributive. tag-like adj. ΚΠ 1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. IV. 160 Ragged sloughy material, which often projects in tag-like pieces into the abscess cavity. C2. tag alder n. U.S. local name for some species of alder, esp. Alnusincana, A. serrulata, and (on the Pacific coast) A. rubra. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > birch and allies > [noun] > alder and allies aldereOE alderna1325 prick tree1551 black alder1578 aln1589 sporkenwood1599 alder1648 alder buckthorn?1742 orl1747 alder1755 arn1791 Turkey alder1822 Oregon alder1842 berry alder1863 tag alder1891 1891 Lancet 3 Oct. 772/1 Tag alder. tag axle n. North American a non-powered set of wheels on a truck, etc., attached so as to support extra weight. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicle moving on wheels > [noun] > parts of vehicle moving on wheels > axle > types of crank-axle1725 floating axle1907 tandem axle1956 tag axle1971 1971 M. Tak Truck Talk 163 Tag axle, the hindmost axle of a tandem-axle tractor if that axle serves only to support additional gross weight. 1977 Telegraph-Jrnl. (St. John, New Brunswick) 1 June 3/5 He said in an interview that the Motor Vehicles Branch no longer allows extra weight when a third ‘tag axle’ is added to tandem drive trucks. tag-belt n. = tag-sore n. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of sheep > [noun] > other disorders of sheep pocka1325 soughta1400 pox1530 mad1573 winter rot1577 snuffa1585 leaf1587 leaf-sickness1614 redwater1614 mentigo1706 tag1736 white water1743 hog pox1749 rickets1755 side-ill1776 resp1789 sheep-fag1789 thorter-ill1791 vanquish1792 smallpox1793 shell-sicknessc1794 sickness1794 grass-ill1795 rub1800 pine1804 pining1804 sheep-pock1804 stinking ill1807 water sickness1807 core1818 wryneck1819 tag-belt1826 tag-sore1828 kibe1830 agalaxia1894 agalactia1897 lupinosis1899 trembling1902 struck1903 black disease1906 scrapie1910 renguerra1917 pulpy kidney1927 dopiness1932 blowfly strike1933 body strike1934 sleepy sickness1937 swayback1938 twin lamb disease1945 tick pyaemia1946 fly-strike1950 maedi1952 nematodiriasis1957 visna1957 maedi-visna1972 visna-maedi1972 1826 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Agric. vii. 1013 Pinning, tag-belt.., excoriation brought on by diarrhoea. tagboard n. (a) U.S. a type of strong cardboard, used esp. for making luggage labels; (b) Electronics a board of insulating material containing two or more parallel lines of tags (sense 8c above), so that a component can be mounted between each pair. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > electronic devices or components > [noun] > insulating strip or board tagboard1912 tag strip1942 society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > material for making paper > paper > materials made from paper or pulp > [noun] > cardboard > types of index board1850 carton1891 third1891 poster board1899 tagboard1912 triplex board1921 ivory board1926 1912 Walden's Directory of Papers (Eastern ed.) p. liii Paper and card board..translucents, tag boards, etc. 1952 E. J. Labarre Dict. Paper (ed. 2) 301/1 Tag paper or board is a very strong and tough product made on the Fourdrinier (Bristol), used for making the well-known luggage and shipping tags. 1956 Wireless World Mar. 125/1 A plain tagboard, carrying resistors and capacitors. 1973 G. Davey Fun with Hi-Fi iii. 25 (caption) Layout and tagboards of Mullard 510 amplifier. 1976 National Observer (U.S.) 23 Oct. 20/1 (advt.) Each issue is 42 or more pages long, bound in sturdy tagboard. tag-boat n. U.S. local a boat towed behind a small steamer or sailing vessel; a tender, cockboat. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > boat attendant on larger vessel > [noun] > ship's boat ship-boatc1440 tag-boat1877 1877 S. O. Jewett Deephaven 128 I got into the schooner's tag-boat quick. tag day n. North American = flag-day n. (b) at flag n.4 Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > philanthropy > [noun] > charitableness or alms-giving > day for collecting for charity flag-day1894 tag day1908 1908Tag day [see sense 8a]. 1916 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 4 July 6/3 Friday, August 4, is to be tag day for the Italian Red Cross Society. 1949 Courier-Jrnl. (Louisville, Kentucky) 3 Sept. 10/1 The conference agreed [upon]..a tag day on which Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts will solicit funds during the Kentucky State Fair. tag-end n. the last part or remnant of anything; a remaining scrap or fragment; = fag end n. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > [noun] > the latter part > mere butt end1597 fag endc1600 faga1627 tag-end1807 rag enda1869 the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > that which is left or remainder > [noun] > remaining fragment stobc1420 end1481 stump1516 fragment1531 stuba1533 remainder?1570 remain1572 fag1582 snub1590 remnant1597 butt1612 heeltap1776 hagsnar1796 tag-end1807 shank1828 nuba1834 nubbin1857 snar1892 1807 C. Wilmot Let. 15 May in M. Wilmot & C. Wilmot Russ. Jrnls. (1934) ii. 245 I believe..we have been solemnising..the Tag end of those very May Day ceremonies which scandaliz'd ould Cato near two thousand years ago. 1818 S. T. Coleridge Gen. Introd. or Treat. on Method 21 in Encycl. Metrop. I Not made up of miserable clap-traps, and the tag-ends of mawkish novels, and endless sermonizing. 1900 Westm. Gaz. 8 Nov. 3/2 The mania for gold embroidering and braiding and the gold tag ends of present-day fashions. tag-fastener n. tag-holder n. a device for attaching tags or labels. tag line n. U.S. = punchline n. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [noun] > jest or pleasantry > a jest or joke > punchline tag line1926 boffo1934 payoff line1934 zinger1970 1926 G. Ade Let. 14 Sept. (1973) 113 The prosecutor asks: ‘Do you know him?’ She studies him carefully and then pulls the tag line: ‘No, I don't recognize him at all.’ 1941 B. Schulberg What makes Sammy Run? iii. 44 One of those long dirty stories for which the only justification would be the tag line at the climax. 1982 Fortune 6 Sept. 53/1 One recent ad. shows a stunning model wearing nothing but a solitaire diamond necklace. ‘She can't flaunt a fur on the Côte d'Azur,’ reads the tagline. tag-lock n. a matted lock of sheep's wool, esp. one of those about the hinder parts; = dag-lock n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > body and parts of > fleece > matted cot1471 tag-lock1615 ket1786 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > body and parts of > fleece > on particular parts of the body > clotted with dung tag-lock1615 dag-locks1623 dag1731 1615 T. Adams Lycanthropy 17 in Blacke Devill They will plucke our fleeces; leaue vs nothing but the tag-locks. 1884 Cent. Mag. Feb. 519/2 The tag-locks and pulled wool were mostly worked up in the..small factories into stocking-yarn [etc.] for the farmer's use. tag-machine n. a machine for making tags or labels. tag-needle n. a needle for attaching labels to bags, bales, etc. tag-phrase n. an automatically repeated or over-used phrase. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > saying, maxim, adage > self-evident truth, axiom > [noun] > trite saying, commonplace commonplace1560 household word1574 scholium1830 commonplaceism1831 banality1861 bromide1906 stock response1925 tag-phrase1933 1933 R. Tuve Seasons & Months iv. 110 All these uses of the seasons-introduction appear and reappear, sometimes elaborately, sometimes in a mere conventional tag-phrase. 1963 Times 21 Feb. 16/7 Mr Horst Buchholz, whose mixture of American and Indian accents is given an even more goon-like quality by the over-used attempt to inject local colour with the tag-phrase ‘isn't it?’ tag question n. Linguistics a question formed by the appendage of an interrogative formula to a statement; a formula used in this manner (cf. sense 9e above). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > other grammatical categories or concepts > [noun] > use of interrogative > types of question x-question1924 tag question1933 reversed polarity1957 wh-question1957 1933 O. Jespersen Essent. Eng. Gram. xxviii. 304 Note especially tag-questions..like: He was angry, wasn't he? 1957 R. W. Zandvoort Handbk. Eng. Gram. (new ed.) v. ii. 224 A certain type of compound sentence, consisting of a statement followed by an appended question (or ‘tag question’) modelled on the main clause... You are not ill, are you? 1982 Amer. Speech 57 95 Lakoff..considers tag questions (He can work, can't he? and He is honest, isn't he?) as declaratives—assertions. tag-sore n. pustular excoriation of a sheep's tail set up by the irritation of diarrhoeal flux. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of sheep > [noun] > other disorders of sheep pocka1325 soughta1400 pox1530 mad1573 winter rot1577 snuffa1585 leaf1587 leaf-sickness1614 redwater1614 mentigo1706 tag1736 white water1743 hog pox1749 rickets1755 side-ill1776 resp1789 sheep-fag1789 thorter-ill1791 vanquish1792 smallpox1793 shell-sicknessc1794 sickness1794 grass-ill1795 rub1800 pine1804 pining1804 sheep-pock1804 stinking ill1807 water sickness1807 core1818 wryneck1819 tag-belt1826 tag-sore1828 kibe1830 agalaxia1894 agalactia1897 lupinosis1899 trembling1902 struck1903 black disease1906 scrapie1910 renguerra1917 pulpy kidney1927 dopiness1932 blowfly strike1933 body strike1934 sleepy sickness1937 swayback1938 twin lamb disease1945 tick pyaemia1946 fly-strike1950 maedi1952 nematodiriasis1957 visna1957 maedi-visna1972 visna-maedi1972 1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Tag-sore, a disease in sheep. Cyc. tag strip n. Electronics a strip of insulating material on which are mounted a line of tags (sense 8c above). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > electronic devices or components > [noun] > insulating strip or board tagboard1912 tag strip1942 1942 Electronic Engin. 15 238/2 Such tag strips are found in medium wave receivers, as well as in short wave apparatus. 1960 Pract. Wireless 36 405/1 A tag-strip provides a convenient anchoring point for leads. tag-tail n. a worm with a yellow tag or tail; also, a parasite, a hanger-on. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > division Vermes > [noun] > member of (worm) > with yellow tail tag-worm1602 tag-tail1653 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > [noun] > servile flatterer > parasite clienta1393 lick-dishc1440 maunche present1440 scambler?a1513 smell-feast1519 parasite1539 hanger-on1549 parasitaster1552 waiter at the table1552 lick-trencher1571 hang-by1579 shadow1579 trencher-fly1590 trencher-friend1590 fawnguest1592 pot-hunter1592 lick-spigot1599 trencherman1599 shark1600 tub-hunter1600 zany1601 lick-box1611 by-hangera1626 cosherer1634 shirk1639 panlicker1641 clientelary1655 tantony1659 led friend1672 sponger1677 fetcher and carrier1751 myrmidon1800 trencher-licker1814 onhanger1821 tag-tail1835 sponge1838 lick-ladle1849 lick-platter1853 sucker1856 freeloader1933 bludger1938 ligger1977 joyrider1990 1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler iv. 95 There are..divers other kindes of worms..as the marsh-worm, the tag-tail,..the gilt-tail. View more context for this quotation 1681 J. Chetham Angler's Vade Mecum iv. 26 Tagtail Is a Worm of..a pale flesh colour, with a yellow tag on his tail. 1835 C. A. Davis Lett. J. Downing, Major (new ed.) xxxvi. 311 You are surrounded by sich a raft of snuffle-nose, scabby set of tag-tails, that I can't have nothin more to do with you. 1864 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Tag-tail..a person who attaches himself to another against the will of the latter; a dependent; a sycophant; a parasite. 1875 ‘Stonehenge’ Man. Brit. Rural Sports (ed. 12) i. v. xi. §3. 312 The Tagtail is common in good strong clays which are well-manured for turnips, mangold-wurzel, &c. tag-wool n. wool made from tag-locks. tag-worm n. = tag-tail n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > division Vermes > [noun] > member of (worm) > with yellow tail tag-worm1602 tag-tail1653 1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 26 His baites are flies and Tag-wormes, which the Cornish English terme Angle-touches. 1839 T. C. Hofland Brit. Angler's Man. (1841) ii. 10 The little gilt-tail, or tag-worm, Is of a pale yellow towards the tail. Draft additions 1993 a. Also electronic tag. An electronic device attached to a person or thing for monitoring purposes, esp. to record the movements of mental patients or offenders under house arrest, or to deter shoplifting. ΘΚΠ society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > [noun] > devices for > specific meter1832 time stamp1855 telemeter1877 tape recorder1892 slot-meter1899 motor meter1903 check meter1909 Recordak1928 Thermo-Fax1953 ultramicrofiche1967 ultrafiche1971 electronic tag1980 1976 Economist 3 Jan. 4/3 Road-pricing is a well-known concept. Other schemes include fitting an electronic identification tag to all public vehicles to give them priority at traffic lights.] 1980 Fortune 25 Feb. 115/2 A determined-enough shoplifter can remove any electronic tag—but not readily. 1982 Times 16 Oct. 9 Instead of going to prison he would wear something. The offender's tag would be a metal band... The offender's tag could contain an electronic receiver. 1983 Discount Store News 25 July 36/1 We are considering a large-scale purchase of a new system of electronic shoplifting control—tags on garments, etc. 1988 Times 9 Feb. 5/1 The tag, designed for the petty criminal, can be fitted to the leg, neck or wrist. It is controlled by a central computer, which rings the offender at home at random intervals. b. A nickname or other identifying mark written as the signature of a graffiti artist, often in an elaborately decorative style. Cf. sense 8f. slang (originally U.S.). ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written text > an inscription > [noun] > graffiti > signature of graffiti artist tag1980 1980 N.Y. Times Mag. 19 Oct. 44/5 It is close to a decade since the advent in New York of graffiti tags, often simply newly minted nicknames or random combinations of letters. 1984 New Yorker 26 Mar. 98/3 The proliferation of ‘writing’..along with its..development from scrawled felt-tip ‘tags’ on city walls to spray-can ‘pieces’..has been a visible part of New York's daily life. 1987 Times 11 Nov. 3/1 Gang members..used coloured paint and red pencils to deface hundreds of buses in Birmingham with their nicknames, or ‘tags’. 1990 Daily Tel. 3 May 4/8 Vandals have imported graffiti materials from America to ape New York ‘tag teams’—gangs who vie to leave their personal trademarks in daring or eye-catching places. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022). tagn.2adj. A. n.2 1. A children's game in which one player pursues the others until he touches one of them, who in turn becomes pursuer; = tig n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > hiding or chasing game > [noun] > tag tick1622 hide-and-seek1724 tag1738 tig1816 touch-last1825 touch1828 widdy widdy way1832 touch and run1844 tiggy1845 widdy1859 Tommy Touchwood1876 pom-pom-pull-away1883 pull-away1883 squat tag1883 stoop tag1898 he1900 it1969 shadow tag1969 1738 Gentleman's Mag. Feb. 80/1 In Queen Mary's Reign, Tag was all the Play; where the Lad saves himself by touching of cold Iron. 1766 H. Brooke Fool of Quality I. v. 177 After they were cloyed with Hide and Seek, they all played Tagg till they were well warmed. 1864 M. C. Harris Louie's Last Term 179 There's Eva Leonard beckoning to me to come and play Tag. 1903 Smart Set 9 78 The merry hornet played a game Of tag about my head. 2. Baseball. The act of putting out a runner by touching him with the ball (or with the gloved hand holding the ball) while he is off base. Also tag-out. Cf. tag v.2 2a. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > [noun] > putting player out > actions K1861 double play1867 assist1877 put-out1882 force-out1896 rundown1908 pickoff1911 strike-out1911 tag1941 punch-out1973 1941 Baseball Mag. Sept. 439/1 A big league infielder..confessed..‘I've made the tag with the empty glove outstretched.’ 1941 Baseball Mag. Sept. 439/3 Some stars..use a two-handed tag. 1952 N.Y. Herald-Tribune 16 Aug. 11/1 Only Lockman's cut-off of Hartung's throw and the subsequent tag-out of Mathews at third averted further damage to the home forces. 1971 L. Koppett N.Y. Times Guide Spectator Sports i. 21 The rules forbid a runner to leave the ‘base~path’—an imaginary direct line between bases—to avoid a tag. B. adj. Of, pertaining to, or designating a form of professional wrestling between single alternating representatives of two teams (usually of two men each).One team-member cannot enter the ring until the other tags or touches hands with him on leaving it. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > wrestling > [adjective] > types of wrestling Cumberland1823 catch-hold1872 Graeco-Roman1888 all in1930 tag1955 1955 Sun (Baltimore) 16 May 16/7 (heading) 6-man tag bout tops mat card. 1955 Sun (Baltimore) 16 May 16/7 For the first time in the history of wrestling, a six-man tag team bout will be staged. 1963 Economist 7 Sept. 819/1 The confused spectacle of tag wrestling (four in a ring). 1966 Times 28 Feb. (Canada Suppl.) p. xiv/7 The average card in Canada has a tag match (two-man teams with the members taking turns to maul each other). 1972 J. Mosedale Football viii. 115 He teamed with his old idol Nagurski in tag team matches. 1974 Greenville (S. Carolina) News 23 Apr. 8/2 In other bouts, Sandy Scott and Johnny Weaver downed Gene Lewis and Bill White in a special tag team event. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022). Tagn.3 = day n. 8c. Usually der Tag. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > a day or twenty-four hours > [noun] dayOE journeyc1305 joura1500 dog day1669 nycthemeron1682 lunar day1686 political day1706 twenty-four1735 nycthemer1837 mail-day1844 Tag1914 1914 J. M. Barrie (title) Der Tag. 1914 O. Seaman in Punch 9 Dec. 470/1 [German Crown Prince loq.] Thank Father's God that I can say My constant aim was Peace; I simply lived to see the Day (Den Tag) when wars would cease. 1916 O. Seaman Made in England 35 For now the psychologic Tag has come To put the final lid on Christendom. 1918 Times 9 Dec. 9/3 The wonderful day, the great Der Tag, Which Prussians had vow'd with unmannerly brag Should see Old England lower her flag. 1924 J. Buchan Three Hostages ix. 125 We'll fix the 10th of June for Der Tag... The round-up of all must be simultaneous. 1939 C. Day Lewis Child of Misfortune iii. iii. 290 You're saving it up for Der Tag... A time will come when those persons will be very sorry. 1966 P. Flower Fiends of Family xvi. 187 ‘Der tag,’ Maggie said. ‘At long last, the day of the great adventure.’ 1975 I. Melchior Sleeper Agent ii. 133 When der Tag comes, when his usefulness is Kaput, we'll slap him in detention. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online September 2018). tagv.1 1. a. transitive. To furnish or mark with or as with a tag (in various senses). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > tailor or make clothes [verb (transitive)] > other fur13.. buttonc1380 lashc1440 pointa1470 set1530 tuft1535 vent1547 ruff1548 spangle1548 string1548 superbody1552 to pull out1553 quilt1555 flute1578 seam1590 seed1604 overtrim1622 ruffle1625 tag1627 furbelow1701 tuck1709 flounce1711 pipe1841 skirt1848 ruche1855 pouch1897 panel1901 stag1902 create1908 pin-fit1926 ease1932 pre-board1940 post-board1963 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making other clothing > make other clothing [verb (transitive)] > carry out specific processes stock1520 sole1570 toe1608 tag1627 foot1663 refoot1827 re-cover1896 the world > space > relative position > support > hanging or suspension > hang or suspend [verb (transitive)] > furnish with something hanging hang1451 tag1705 string1845 1503 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1900) II. 202 For ane curpal and ane tee to the harnes sadill, tagging..of the samyn.] 1627 W. Hawkins Apollo Shroving ii. i. 20 What did you giue me? Nothing but a dozen of rotten silke points. You must tagge them better ere I trusse vp your request. 1630 W. Davenant Just Italian iv. sig. G1 I must e'en goe tagge points in a Garret. 1705 Hudibras Redivivus iv. vi Their Hair tagg'd with Pearls of Sweat. 1707 in W. McDowall Hist. Dumfries (1873) 461 The expense of tagging, tongueing, transporting and hanging of the said three bells. 1800 Watkins Biogr. Dict. at Bobart Mr. Granger says that on rejoicing days he used to tag his beard with silver. 1842 Ld. Tennyson St. Simeon Stylites in Poems (new ed.) II. 54 All my beard Was tagged with icy fringes in the moon. 1899 A. Conan Doyle Duet iv. 41 The dim watery..sunlight..tagged all her wandering curls with a coppery gleam. b. To furnish with a tag, tab, or label; to label. Also spec., to mark and record (animals) so that their migrations can be traced.In quot. 1907 to patch, as with a label. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > that which identifies or distinguishes > labelling > label, tag, or ticket [verb (transitive)] ticket1611 label1731 betag1763 relabel1834 mislabel1835 tablet1864 tag1883 sticker1912 flag1934 the world > animals > zoology > study or treat zoologically [verb (transitive)] > mark and record animals tag1953 1883 Fisheries Exh. Catal. 203 Photographs..showing..the..tagging the fish, and the process of manipulation of the eggs and young fish at the hatchery. 1896 Daily News 30 Jan. 3/7 After inspection each animal will be tagged and described so that identification will be easily made upon landing. 1907 Macmillan's Mag. May 540 The..cloak of brown sackcloth, sometimes tagged here and there with red and green. 1908 Daily Chron. 26 Feb. 8/5 They should be..wrapped in tissue paper and tagged, so that their covering need not be disturbed in a search for any particular colour. 1953 P. M. Scott & J. M. M. Fisher Thousand Geese vi. 58 The expedition was confined to camp, except for short dashes..to tag a few whooper cygnets. 1974 Nature 19 Apr. 642/2 Anglers tagged 954 bass..on the coast of Devon. c. To furnish (a speech or composition) with a verbal tag, or tags, as quotations; to supply (prose or blank verse) with rhymes. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > rhyme > rhyme with [verb (transitive)] > compose (rhymed verses) > supply with rhymes tag1687 1687 Reflect. on Hind & Panther 32 He hath put them into an unusual dress, and hath tagg'd 'em with Rhimes. 1690 Waller's Poems ii. Pref. Really Verse in those days was but down-right prose, tag'd with rhymes. a1696 J. Aubrey Brief Lives (1898) II. 72 (Milton) Dreyden..went to him to have leave to putt his Paradise Lost into a drama in rhymne. Mr. Milton recieved [sic] him civilly, and told him he would give him leave to tagge his verses. 1714 A. Pope Chaucer's Wife of Bath in R. Steele Poet. Misc. 9 And tag each Sentence with, My Life! my Dear! 1823 Examiner 705/2 Canning tags his speeches with poetry. 1841 I. D'Israeli Amenities Lit. II. 220 The Scriptures..were tagged with rhymes for ballads. d. Biology and Chemistry. = label v. 5. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > laboratory analysis > processes > [verb (transitive)] > labelling label1935 tag1939 pulse-label1961 the world > matter > chemistry > chemical assay or analytical chemistry > analyse chemically [verb (transitive)] > by process of specific types of chemical analysis > analyse using other techniques refract1845 tag1939 1939 Amer. Jrnl. Physiol. 127 557 The radioactivity ‘tags’ the atoms. 1947 Ann. Rev. Microbiol. 1 271 The foregoing method is..not limited to ‘tagging’ the antigen by means of glucosamine analyses. 1969 Times 9 Apr. 7/2 DNA sub-units tagged with radioactive marker atoms were fed to bacteria. 1977 Sci. Amer. (U.K. ed.) July 46/3 The antigens were first visualized by tagging their antibodies with a fluorescent dye that could be seen under ultraviolet radiation. e. Computing. To label (an item of data) in order to identify it for subsequent processing or retrieval. ΘΚΠ society > computing and information technology > data > database > use data [verb (transitive)] > label tag1959 1959 M. H. Wrubel Primer of Programming for Digital Computers iii. 56 We must..tag the instructions to be modified..so that those instructions and no others will be modified by adding the contents of the loop box. 1971 Computers & Humanities 6 43 It is a simple matter to enter and tag automatically categories of information indicated by font and/or format... Such tagging is a part of the Dissly service. 1983 Trans. Philol. Soc. 33 This is a program which identifies and tags idioms which it finds in an Idiom list. 2. To append as an addition or afterthought; to fasten, tack on, or add as a tag to something. (Chiefly of things non-material.) ΚΠ 1704 J. Swift Tale of Tub ii. 61 To this System of Religion were tagged several subaltern Doctrines. 1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. Introd. 10 The barbarous custom..of tagging new names to the old ones. 1833 M. Scott Tom Cringle's Log I. i. 2 Before the time when a gallant action or two tagged half of the letters of the alphabet to a man's name, like the tail of a paper kite. 1836 W. Irving Widow's Ordeal in Magnolia for 1837 264 They could not help expressing their wonder..why the duke should have tagged this supernumerary day to the end of the year. 1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair Before Curtain p. viii I have no other moral than this to tag to the present story of ‘Vanity Fair’. 1916 T. MacDonagh Lit. in Ireland 150 The first two verses of the better version..are essential poetry; the three that are tagged on in the song-books are no such thing. a. To fasten, stitch, or tack together; to join. Also figurative. Obsolete, (except as in 3b). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > fasten [verb (transitive)] > together bind1535 tie1585 ingrapple1599 fibulate1656 tag1681 1681 Heraclitus Ridens 20 Sept. 2/2 He..has a great share of the Joyners Trade in tagging ends of Sedition. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 290 His Cloaths were tagg'd with Thorns, and filth his Limbs besmear'd. 1706 D. Defoe Jure Divino vii. 6 Tagging Fig-leaf-Vests, To hide his Body from the Sight of Beasts. a1745 J. Swift in Wks. (1958) VIII. 45 Resistance, and the succession of the house of Hanover, the whig writers perpetually tag together. b. To join or string together (verses, rhymes). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > compose (poetry) [verb (transitive)] > join verses or rhymes tag1720 1720 D. Manley Power of Love p. viii Adjusted into proper Periods, with necessary Monosylables to tag them together. 1752 H. Fielding Amelia III. viii. v. 149 I have been sometimes longer in tagging a Couplet, than I have been in writing a Speech. 1849 C. Brontë Shirley III. vii. 159 He writes verses, they say—tags rhymes. 1887 J. R. Lowell Democracy & Other Addr. 207 It shows a pretty knack at tagging verses. c. intransitive. To serve as a tag (in a verse, etc.). ΚΠ 1878 R. Browning Poets Croisic lxxiv Thetis, who Is either Tethys or as good—both tag. 4. a. To trail or drag behind; to follow closely, follow in one's train. Frequently const. after, along, (a)round, on. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > order of movement > following behind > follow behind [verb (intransitive)] followOE to follow ona1325 suec1390 ensuec1500 to follow alonga1594 tag1676 hark after1899 the world > movement > progressive motion > order of movement > following behind > follow behind [verb (intransitive)] > follow closely to tread on any one's heels or toesc1384 hang?a1513 dog1519 tag1676 to be on someone's tail1925 to be on someone's wheel1941 1676 W. Wycherley Plain-dealer i. i I hate a harness, and will not tag on in a faction, kissing my leader behind, that another slave may do the like to me. 1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature (1834) I. 596 They range the world with a boisterous rabble tagging at their heels. c1794 Search after Perfect i. iv, in New Brit. Theatre (1814) III. 55 Why should a nurse and child come tagging after her? 1822 J. F. Cooper Spy II. xii. 307 Pooh! Pooh!..if you tag after a troop of horse, a small bit of a joke must be borne. 1897 R. Kipling Captains Courageous ix. 214 Don't go taggin' araound after them whose eyes bung out with fatness. 1900 G. Ade More Fables (1902) 113 The men..wanted to Tag along, but Clara drove them back. 1902 E. Banks Autobiogr. Newspaper Girl 24 I'm an American girl and can take care of myself, and I won't have anybody tagging round after me. 1930 J. Dos Passos 42nd Parallel ii. xi. 164 She followed his talk breathless the way she used to tag along after Joe and Alec down to the carbarns when she was little. 1933 D. L. Sayers Murder must Advertise iii. 41 He used to tag round with that de Momerie crowd. 1946 ‘P. Quentin’ Puzzle for Fiends (1947) ix. 70 So you're ready to tag along with me, eh, Gordy? 1948 C. Day Lewis Otterbury Incident 43 Toppy's kid sister..tagged on, which was rather a bore. 1957 Economist 23 Nov. 661/2 There is a Yemeni home public. Its upper crust has been most critical of the recent tendency to tag along with Egypt and do deals, including an arms deal, with Russia. 1960 S. Barstow Kind of Loving i. vi. 126 Two or three more people sitting outside the room where they actually take the blood. Me and the Old Man tag on to the line. 1960 L. Cooper Accomplices i. iv. 37 He was sick of the sight of those damned Batemans... Couldn't we ever go anywhere without them tagging on? 1960 C. Day Lewis Buried Day ii. 44 I would tag around with him, hardly understanding a word he said because of his thick East-Anglian dialect. 1973 J. Pattinson Search Warrant v. 80 I guess I'll tag along. Just for the ride. b. transitive. To follow closely, to dog. Also spec., to follow as a detective or spy. Cf. tag n.1 13, tail v.1 5b. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > order of movement > following behind > follow [verb (transitive)] > follow closely to foot and handc1300 to follow foot-hot1513 shadow1602 tantony1675 to stick to ——1801 to tread or follow on the kibes of1820 bedog1858 tag1884 hotfoot1902 society > law > law enforcement > investigation of crime > investigate or discover as a detective [verb (transitive)] > follow tail1907 tag1966 the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > secret observation, spying > procedures used in spying > surveillance [verb (transitive)] > follow tail1907 tag1966 1884 C. H. Farnham in Harper's Mag. Feb. 394/1 The Indians are wandering.., tagged at their heels by death and starvation. 1966 ‘A. Hall’ 9th Directive vii. 63 Why did you tag me here? 1975 ‘A. Hall’ Mandarin Cypher viii. 123 If I thought I was tagged here because Chiang had blown me I was wrong. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > support > hanging or suspension > hang or be suspended [verb (intransitive)] > hang down > trailingly trikea1350 trilla1400 trailc1412 train1584 dragglec1594 tag1617 traipsea1777 streel1847 trape1875 1617 J. Moore Mappe Mans Mortal. ii. viii. 153 They which weare long garments..doe take and gird them vp, lest they should tag in the way. 6. transitive. To cut off tags from (sheep). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > sheep-shearing > shear sheep [verb (transitive)] > manner, technique, or part beard1429 belt?1523 feazea1642 shirl1688 dag1706 tag1707 clat1838 tomahawk1859 rough1878 to open up1886 pink1897 crutch1915 barrow1933 slum1965 1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry (1721) I. 243 Before they are shorn, great care ought to be taken to tag them, as they call it, which is to clip away the Wooll of their Tails, and behind, that the Dung may not hang on it. 1853 T. D. Price Diary 17 Mar. (MS.) Tagged the ewes in the forenoon. 1863 H. S. Randall Pract. Shepherd iii. 141 Tagging sheep before they are let out to grass. a1890 [implied in: New Amer. Farm Bk. 436 (Cent. Dict.) Tagging or clotting is the removal of such wool as is liable to get fouled when the sheep are turned on to the fresh pastures. (at tagging n. a)]. Draft additions 1993 To decorate with a graffiti tag or tags. Also absol. slang (originally U.S.). ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written text > an inscription > inscribe [verb (transitive)] > inscribe with graffiti tag or tags tag1980 1980 N.Y. Times Mag. 19 Oct. 50/5 SE 3, a 19-year-old graffiti graduate, remembers tagging around his family's brownstone on the Upper West Side. 1985 Chicago Tribune 7 July iii. 5/1 For nearly a year, the seven-member Graffiti Groove Crew has been tagging doors, garages, buses, elevated train stations and just about everything else with their logo. 1987 Guardian 14 Oct. 13/5 Danny's friends had talked of how they hated this man..and would love to tag his house. 1990 New Musical Express 28 July 10/1 Rap Kids don't drink much and were once inclined to tag previously paint-free walls. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2022). tagv.2 1. transitive. To touch or hit (a person), as in the game of tag; = tig v. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > hiding or chasing game > [verb (transitive)] > tag tig1821 tag1878 tick1913 1878 F. H. Hart Sazerac Lying Club 166 One of them, who had been ‘tagged’ seven times in succession, got tired, and proposed to change to playing house. 1891 Jrnl. Amer. Folk-lore 4 222 One player, who is ‘it’, attempts to tag, or touch, one of the other players. 1969 I. Opie & P. Opie Children's Games ii. 64 In Monmouthshire, Gloucestershire, and Oxfordshire, they speak of ‘tagging’ each other. 2. Baseball and Softball. a. To put out (a runner) by touching him with the ball (or with the gloved hand holding the ball) while he is off base. Also with out. Cf. tag n.2 2. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > play baseball [verb (transitive)] > put out > a runner peg1862 nip1868 to throw out1876 nail1888 to pick off1888 tag1907 1907 ‘B. L. Standish’ Dick Merriwell's Magnetism xxxviii. 243 He tagged Spratt, and this made the second man out. 1944 E. S. Gardner Case of Black-eyed Blonde 64 Keep cutting corners, Mason, and I'm going to catch you off first base one of these days, and then I'll tag you out. 1971 L. Koppett N.Y. Times Guide Spectator Sports i. 21 No one is attempting to tag him. 1976 Billings (Montana) Gaz. 28 June 1- c/2 (caption) Dave Konzen, of Buck's Bar slow pitch softball team, is tagged out as he slides against Heidelberg of Tacoma, Wash. 1982 S. B. Flexner Listening to Amer. 34 Someone had the bright idea of forcing the runner out by throwing the ball to the base ahead of him or by tagging him with the ball rather than throwing the ball at him. b. intransitive. to tag up: of a runner to (return to and) touch one's base after a fly ball is caught. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > play baseball [verb (intransitive)] > action of runner overrun1612 slide1891 pinch-run1919 reach1932 to tag up1942 1942 Baseball Digest Dec. 52 Fletcher tagged up at third after the catch and then started for the plate. 1971 L. Koppett N.Y. Times Guide Spectator Sports i. 20 The runner ‘tags up’, waits at his base until the ball is caught, and still beats the throw to the next base. 1978 G. Wright Illustr. Handbk. Sporting Terms 89/2 If the ball is caught..the base runners, unless tagging up.., may not advance. c. transitive. To make a hit or run off (a pitcher). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > play baseball [verb (transitive)] > actions of batter pop1867 foul1870 poke1880 pole1882 bunch1883 line1887 to foul off1888 rip1896 sacrifice1905 pickle1906 to wait out1909 pull1912 single1916 pinch-hit1929 nub1948 tag1961 tomahawk1978 1961 Webster's 3rd New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. 1974 Greenville (S. Carolina) News 23 Apr. 8/5 Seaver was taken out of the game after being tagged for hits by the first two batters in the Pittsburgh sixth. Draft additions 1993 b. Boxing. To strike (an opponent), esp. with a powerful blow. slang (originally U.S.). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > box [verb (transitive)] > actions parry1672 punish1801 pink1810 shy1812 sling1812 mug1818 weave1818 prop1846 feint1857 counter1861 cross-counter1864 slip1897 hook1898 unload1912 to beat a person to the punch1923 mitt1930 tag1938 counterpunch1964 1938 N.Y. Times 18 Aug. 24/4 Ambers hooked a left to the jaw... He then tagged the Negro with a hard left to the jaw. 1959 Sat. Evening Post 26 Sept. 75/2 ‘You were very good, Eddie.’..‘No. It was just that no one had ever tagged him before.’ 1986 Ring Aug. 10/3 If he fights me like he fought Colin Jones, I'll beat him. And if I tag him the way I tagged Shufford, he'll go down. 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