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813. mod. E. also vagarie, vagare, corruptly fagary, figary; appar. The people called Phœnices gave themselves to long vagaries, and continual viages by sea. Barnaby Rich , tr. of Hero dot us. I laid the weight Of mine Estate in Stewardship upon thee; Which kept thee in that year, after so many Sommer vagaries thou hadst made before. Brome, Jovial Crew, i. 2. A wandering of the thoughts; a wild freak; a whim; a whimsical purpose. She's gone; and now, sir Hugh, let me tell you you have not dealt well with me, to put this fagary into her foolish fancy. Brome , Sparagus Garden, ii. 2. They changed their minds, Flew off, and into strange vagaries fell. Milton , P. L., vi. 614. Same as vaka . vag as, n. vagationt (vā-gā'shon), n. [ L.vagatio ( n- ), a wandering, vagari , pp. vagatus , wander: see vagant .] A wandering; a roving about. Whene the mynde es stablede sadely with-owttene changynge and vagacyone in Godd. Hampole , Prose Treatises (E. E. T. S.), p. 14. Vagatores (vag-a-to'rēz), n. pl. [NL., vagabondize (vag'a-bon-diz), v. i.; pret. and pp. vagabondized, ppr. vagabondizing. [ sisting of the crows and their allies. The word has no standing in science, as it designates an artificial group recognized by no other authors of note.