waggie 
waggie Cwag'i), «. [< uag^ + -ic, -y2.] The wag- 
tail, a bird. [Prov. Eng.] 
wagging (wag'ing), V. [< ME. wagfli/nge ; ver- 
bal n. of wagl, r.] A stirring; moving; wav- 
ing; oscillation; vibration. 
The folk devyne at wagimnge of a stre. 
Chaucer, Troilus, ii. 1745. 
A wanton wagging ot your head, thus (a feather will 
teach youX B. Jonton, Cynthia's Revels, ii. 1. 
waggish (wag'ish), a. [< wag'i + -ishl.] 1. 
Like a wag; abounding in sportive or jocular 
tricks, antics, sayings, etc. ; roguish in merri- 
ment or good humor; frolicsome. 
Jack, thou think'at thyself in the Forecastle, thou'rt so 
miggwh. Wycheitey, Plain Dealer, i. 1. 
2. Done, concocted, or manifested in waggery 
or sport : as, a waggish trick; " iiaggiuli good hu- 
mor," Ini„g, Sketch-Book, p. 431.=syn. Jocular, 
Jocose, humorous, sportive, facetious, droll. 
waggishly (wag'ish-li), «</(>. [< waggish + 
-It/'^.] In a waggish manner ; in sport. 
Let's wanton it a little, and talk wamuhly. 
D. Jonson, Epieoene, v. 1. 
waggishness (wag'ish-nes), n. [< waggish + 
-ness.^ The state or character of being wag- 
^sh; mi.schievous sport; wanton merriment- 
jocularity; also, a joke or trick. 
Biubechius reporteth a Christian boy in Constantinople 
had like to have been stoned for gagging mumggwhnett 
a long-billed fowl. 
Bacuii, Goodness, and Goodness of Nature (ed. 1887). 
waggle (wag'l), r. ; pret. and pp. waggled, ppr. 
waggUng. [= D. waggelen, totter, waver, = 
Dan. vakle, shake, vacillate, = MHG. wackeln, 
totter; freq. of wag'i. Another freq. form ap- 
pears in wagger.'] I. intrans. To move with a 
wagging motion; sway or move from side to 
side; wag. 
I know you by the waggling of your head. 
Shak., Much Ado, Ii. 1. 119. 
n. tram. 1. To cause to wag frequently and 
with short motions; move first one way and 
then the other. 
She (Mrs. Botibol) smiles, ... and if she 's very clad 
to see you, waggU$ her little hand before her face as If to 
blow you a kiss, as the phrase is. 
Thackeray, Book of Snobs, iviiL 
2. To whip ; beat ; overcome ; get the better 
of. [Slang.] 
waggle (wag'l), n. [< waggle, r.] A sudden, 
short movement first to one side and then to 
the other; a wagging. 
A cnrioas waggle of the focosaed image. 
Nature, XXXVrn. 224. 
waggon, waggonage, etc. See wagon, etc. 
Wag-haltert (wag'hal't^r), «. [< m-«^1, v., + 
obj. hulUr'i. Cf. wag'^.^ One who wags (or 
wags in) a halter; one likely to come to the 
gallows; a rascal; a thief : chiefly humorous. 
I can tell yon I am a mail traghalter. 
Martlon, Insatiate Countesae, i. 
waging-board (wa'jing-bord), «. The board 
or talile on which potters' clay is waged. See 
w<igi; v. ^, 7. 
wagmoiret, «. [A form of quagmire, accom. to 
M«.'/l.] A quagmire. 
For they bene like fonle wagmoiret overgrast. 
Spemer, Shep. Cal., September. 
Wagnak. n. Same as hnag-nouk. 
Wunerlan (viig-ne'ri-an'), «. [(.Wagner {see 
def.) + -ian. The G. surname Wagner is from 
the noun wagner, a wagon-maker, cartwright, 
= E. wagoner.'^ Of or pertaining to any one 
named Wagner. Speclflcally-(a) Of or pertaining 
to Rudolph Wagner (18f)5-64), a Ocniian anatomist and 
physiologist. (6) Pertaining or relating to Richard Wag- 
ner <1813-83X a celebrated Herman musical composer.or to 
his music-dramas; characterized by the ideas or the style 
of WagMcr. See ra^nerurm.- Wagnerian corpuscles, 
the tac tilt oorpusiles of Wagner. See corpuscle.— ^ax- 
nerlan spot, the germinal spot. .See nucleuluK, i. 
Wagnenani8m(vag-ne'ri-an-izm), n. [< Wag- 
nerian + -ism.} Wagnerism. Contemporarii 
Rev., LI. 448. -^ 
Wagnerism (vag'ner-izm), «. [< Wnqner + 
-ism. ] 1 . The art theory of Eichard Wagner, 
espeeiallv as concerns the musical drama, in- 
cluding the genera) style of composition based 
on that theorv. Among the many characteristics of 
if. ^"SP *™ * ** • "'* <^''iO'"" ot a general subject in 
which the mythical and heroic elements are (iruniinent • 
the amalgamation of poetry, music, action, and scenic ef- 
fect InUi the most intimate union as equally important 
cooperating elements : the deserticm of the conventionali- 
ties ot the common Italian ojiera, especially of Its sharply 
deflned and contrasted movtmenta and its tendency to 
the display of mere virtuosity; the aluindant use of lead- 
ing motives as a means to continuous and reiterated enjo- 
tlonal effect ; the Immense elalwratlon of the orchestral 
parts, so that In them is furnished an unbroken presenta- 
tion of or commentary on the entire plot; and the free 
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use of new and remarkable means of effect, both scenic 
and instrumental. The Wagnerian ideal is often called 
(sonietinies derisively) "the music of the future," from 
tlie title of one of Wagner's essays. While Wagnerism is 
best exemplified in the great dramas of Wiigner himself 
Its qualities may be seen more or less in almost all the 
dramatic music of the last half of this century. 
2. The study or imitation of the music of 
Richard Wagner. 
Wagnerist (viig'ner-ist), w. [< Wagner -I- -ist.'] 
An adherent of Richard Wagner's musical 
methods ; an admirer of his works. Also Waq- 
nerite. 
wagneritel (wag'n^r-it), «. [Named after F. 
M. von ir«(/n<!r (1768-1851), head of the Bava- 
rian mining department. ] A transparent min- 
eral having a vitreoresinous luster, wine-yellow 
or honey-yellow in color. It is a tluophosphate 
of magnesium. 
Wagnerite^ (vag'ner-it), n. [< Wagner + 
^te-.] Same as Wagnerist. Tlie American, 
Wagner's corpuscles. See Wagnerian and cor- 
pa.'icle. 
wagon, waggon (wag'on), n. [Early mod. E. 
also in pi. waganes; < D. wagen, a wagon or 
wain, = AS. wiegn, E. wain : see wain^. Hence 
F. tcagon, a railroad-car.] 1. A four-wheeled 
vehicle; a wain; specifically, a four-wheeled 
vehicle desigiied for the transport of heavy 
loads, or (of lighter build) for various purposes 
of business, as the delivery of goods pm-ehased 
at a shop, or of express packages; loosely, 
such a vehicle, similar to the lighter business 
wagons, used for pleasure. The tjpical heavy 
wagon IS a strong vehicle drawn by two or three horses 
yoked abreast, the fore wheels much smaller than the 
hmd pair, and their axle swiveled to the body of the 
wagon to facilitate turning. 
They trussed all their harnes in waganes. 
Bemerg, tr. of Froissart's Chron., I. Ixii. 
Reeling with grapes, red waggmu choke the way. 
Byron, Beppo, st. 42. 
Soine of the inland traffic was still done by means of 
pack-horses. . . . But there were also wai/jron*, which by 
the divine permission, started for every town of note in 
England. 
J. AMon, Social Life in Reign of Queen Anne, II. 166. 
2. An open four-wheeled vehicle for the con- 
veyance of goods on railways. [Great Britain.] 
— 3t. A chariot. ■" 
Then to her yron wagon she betakes. 
And with her beares the fowle welfavourd witch. 
SpeTiaer, F. Q., I. v. 28. 
^ .. „ Proserpina, 
For the flowers now, that frighted thou let'st fall 
From Diss waggon! Shak., W. 1'., iv. 4. 118. 
wagon-lock 
used to contain the freight or passengers. Also 
iingon-hed. 
wagon-brake (wag'on-briik), «. A brake used 
on a wagon. 
wagon-breast (wag'on-brcst), n. In coal-min- 
ing, a breast in which tlie wagons or mine-cars 
are taken up to the working-face. Pemi. Surv. 
Glossary. 
wagon-ceiling (wag'on-se"ling), n. A semi- 
circular or wagon-headed ceiling; a wagon- 
vault. See wagon-headed. 
wagon-coupling (wag'on-kup"ling), n. A cou- 
pling for connecting the fore and hind a.xles of 
a wagon. In a carriage it is also called reach 
ov perch. E. H. Knight. 
wagon-drag (wag'on'-drag), )!. Same as drag, 
wagoneri, waggoner (wag'on-er), ». [= D. wa- 
Sre««ar, a wagoner, = OUXi.'wugannri, a wagon- 
maker, MHG. wagener, G. )fff(/«e»-, wagon-maker, 
cartwright, driver; as wagon -t- -e?-i.] 1. One 
who conducts or drives a wagon; a wagon- 
driver. 
The waggoner . . . cracked his whip, re-awakened his 
music (bells), and went melodiously away. 
Dickens, Bleak House, vl. 
2t. One who drives a chariot ; a charioteer. 
Gallop apace, you fiery.footed steeds. 
Towards Phrebus' lodging ; such a waggoner 
As Pliaethon would whip you to the west. 
Shak., B. and J., iii. 2. 2. 
3. [cap.'] The constellation Auriga. See.liiriga. 
By tills the Northerne wagoner had set 
His sevenfold tenie behind the stedfast starre 
That was in Ocean waves yet never wet. 
Spenser, F. Q,, I. ii. 1. 
wagoner^t (wag'on-er), «. An atlas of charts : 
a name formerly in use, derived from a work of 
this nature published at Leyden in 1584-5 by 
Wagenaar. 
wagoner-bookt (wag'on-6r-buk), n. Same as 
wagoner^. 
wagonesst, waggonesst (wag'on-es), n. [< wag- 
on -t- -ess.] A female wagoner. [Rare.] 
That she might serve for wagonesse, she pluck'd the wag- 
goner backe, 
And up into his seatc she mounts. Chapman, Iliad, v. 838. 
wagonette. waggonette (wag-o-nef), n. [Also 
wagonet; < F. wagonef; as wagon + -ette.] A 
4. A tool for trimming the edges of gold-leaf to 
size for a book, it consists of a frame carrying four 
edges of cane for cutting the gold-leaf, which does not 
adhere to cane as It would to metal. E. //. Knight. 
6. In mining, a car ; a mine-car.—Couestoga wax- 
on, a type of broad-wheeled wagon for the transportation 
of merchandise, made at Conestoga in Pennsylvania ori- 
ginally for freighting goods over the deep soil of south- 
ern and western Pennsylvania : afterward it became the 
common vehicle of settlers going out on the prairies. 
The road seemed actually lined with Conestoga wagons 
each drawn by six stalwart horses and laden with farm 
produce. Josiah Qitincy, Figures of the Past, p. 206. 
Gipsy wa^on. See Gipey.— Skeleton wagon. See 
skeleton. 
wagon (wag'on), v. t. [< leagon, «.] To trans- 
port, convey, or carry in a wagon : as, to ii-agmi 
goods. [CoUoq.] 
Burnside having answered for the safety of the road, it 
had lieen determined to wagon a portion ot the [bridge] 
equipages to l-Yedericksburg. 
Coiiife tie J'aris, Civil War in America (trans.), IL .^63. 
wagonage, waggonage (wag'on-aj), «. [< wagon 
+ -age.] 1. Slouey paid for carriage or con- 
veyance by wagon. 
Wagonage, indeed, seems to the commissariat an article 
not worth economizing. 
Jefferson, To Patrick Henry (Correspondence, I. 158). 
2. A collection of wagons. 
wagon-bed (wag'on-bed), n. Same as wagon- 
box. 
In the grassy piazza two men bail a humble show of flgs 
and cakes for sale In their wagon-beds. 
Ilowells, The Century, XXX. 672. 
wagon-boiler (wag'on-boi'l^r), n. A kind of 
steam-boiler having originally a semieylindri- 
cal top, the ends and sides vertical, and the 
bottom flat, thus having the shape of a wagon 
covered with an arched tilt. Improved forms 
have the sides and bottom slightly curved in- 
ward. 
wagon-bow (wag'on-bo), n. A bent slat of 
wood used, generally in combination with oth- 
ers, to support the top or cover of a wagon. 
wagon-box (wag'on-boks), n. The part of a 
wagon mounted upon the wlieels and axles, and 
Wagonette. 
pleasure-vehicle, either with or without a top, 
holding six or more persons, it has at the back 
two seats facing each other, running lengthwise, and 
either one or two in front, running crosswise. 
The . . . carriage ... was of the iraraonc^Je fashion, 
uncovered, with seats at each side. 
Trollope, South Africa, I. xv. 
wagon-hammer (wag'oii-liam'''er), n. An up- 
riglit bolt connecting the tongue and the dou- 
bletree of a vehicle. Upon it the doubletree 
swings. E. H. Knight. 
wagon-headed (wag'on-hed"ed), a. Having a 
round-arched or semicylindrical top or head, 
like the cover or tilt of a wagon when stretched 
over the bows ; round-arched : as, a wagon-hcttdcd 
roof or vault.-wagon-headed ceiling, cylindrical 
or barrel vaulting, or a ceiling imitating the form of such 
vaulting. 
wagon-hoist (wag'on-hoist), n. An elevator or 
lift used in livery-stables, can-iage-faetories, 
etc., to convey vehicles up or down. 
wagon-jack (wag'on-jak), n. A lifting-jack for 
raising the wheels of a vehicle off the ground, 
so that they can be taken off for greasing, re- 
pairing, etc. 
wagon-load (wag'on-lod), n. The load carried 
by a wagon : as, a wagon-load of coal ; hence, 
figuratively, a large amount: as, a verv little 
text serves for a wagon-load of comment. 
wagon-lock (wag'ou-lok), n. In a vehicle, a 
device for retarding motion in going downhill. 
It operates as a brake by bringing a shoe to bear against 
the face of one rear wheel, or both. It differs essentiiilly 
from a w.-igon-drag or whecldrag used for the same pur- 
pose, the drag being a shoe placed under one of the wheels. 
A Cham used to prevent a wheel from tundng in descend- 
ing a hill, by locking the wheel to the body of the wagon 
is essentially a wagon-lockinjj device, but the term in the 
I nited States always implies some form of friction hand- 
brake. Wagon-locks are used on stages and other veliicles 
m mountainous districts, and are pieferiecl to the wheel- 
