▪ I. † bagge, v. Obs. rare.
[Origin not ascertained: cf. baggingly. From the ambiguous value of ME. gg, we do not know whether to pronounce badge or bag.]
To look askew, or obliquely; to leer, ogle, or glance aside; cf. asquint 2 c.
| 1369 Chaucer Bk. Duchesse 623 The trayteresse false and ful of gyle..That baggeth foule and loketh fayre. c 1380 Wyclif Serm. Sel. Wks. 1869, I. 191 Men þat..reulen hem bi þe firste reule, þat þei baggen not þerfro. |
▪ II. bagge
obs. form of bag and badge.