tag (1)

[TEG.] tăg (2), *tagg, *tagge, s . [Sw. tagg =a prickle, a point, a tooth; Low Ger. takk a point, a tooth. Prob. connected with tack (1) s.] 1. Something hanging loosely attached or affixed to another; any small appendage, as to an article of dre ; a strip having means of attachment to a parcel or package, and on which an addre may be written, stamped or printed. "My carnation point with silver tags, boys." Beaum. & Flet.: Prophete , v. 3. 2. A metallic binding on the end of a boot-lace or the like, to stiffen and prevent it from raveling. 3. The tail of an animal; specifically, the white part of a dog fox's tail. "The fox meanwhile exhibiting every reluctance to take the open, next gets the credit of being a vixen; but his snowy tag has only to be seen to dispel that notion." Field, Feb. 27, 1886. 4. Anything tacked on to the end of another; specifically, the finish of a farce. "I heard him say it was no use his writing a tag , for Mr. Wright always spoke his own."-J. M. Morton. A Most Unwarrantable Intrusion. *5. Anything paltry or mean; tag-rag. "Will you go hence Before the tag return?" IMG:content-0753.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0754.png:[blocks in formation] 1. To fit with a tag or point; as, to tag lace. 2. To fit one thing to another; to tack on; to append; to add or join on at the end. "So that really verse in those days was but downright prose, tagged with rhymes." - Waller: Poems. (Pref.) *3. To wind up; to conclude. "Your tongue with constant flatt'ries feed my ear, And tag each sentence with, My life! my dear!" Pope : Wife of Bath , 109. 4. To join, to fasten, to attach. "Tagging one hypothesis to another."-Bolingbroke. Fragments of E ays, § 42. 5. To tip or touch, as in the game of tag or tig. *B. In trans .: To follow closely, or as an appendage. (Generally with after . )