bagging1 (baging)

[Verbal n. of bag1.] 1. The act of putting into bags. - 2. Filtration through canvas bags. Separation of "brown paraffin scale" is effected by bag ging and pre ing. Ure, Dict., III. 511. The first operation needed to fit spermaceti for use is technically termed bagging . The crude sperm oil, as brought in by the whalers, is placed in a reservoir, at the bottom of which are a number of pipes leading into long bags lined with linen, and temporarily closed at the bottom by tying cords round the mouths. W. L. Carpenter , Soap and Candles, p. 241. 3. Any coarse woven fabric of hemp, etc., out of which bags are made, or which is used for covering cotton-bales and for similar purposes. -4. In the northern counties of England, food eaten between regular meals; now, now, especially in Lancashire, an afternoon meal, tea" in a substantial form. N. E. D.