waggishness

[Eng. waggish; -ne .] The quality or state of being waggish; frolicsome merriment; pleasantry, jocularity, humor. "For the sake of his waggishne I requested that he would supply me with a couple of specimens of his best brands."-London Daily Telegraph . wag'-gle, v . i . & t . [A frequent. from wag (q.v.).] A. In trans .; To move with a wagging motion; to wag or sway from side to side quickly and frequently. "The crow waggling along the shore." May: Lucan, Pharsalia , ν. B. Transitive: To cause to wag quickly and frequently; to wag or move one way and another. wag-gle, s. [WAGGLE, v.] A quick, frequent wagging or movement one way and another. "And whenever a puff of wind went by the hat on the head stirred ominously, the sleeves had a dreadful wag gle."-London Daily Telegraph . a is to steel, as the gold does not adhere to it. wagon-boiler, s. Steam-eng.: A boiler having a semicircular top and flat or concave bottom. So called from the resemblance of its shape to that of a wagon covered with its tilt. *wagon-borough, *waggon-borough, The part of a camp in which the wagons and baggage are kept. IMG:content-0605.png:[blocks in formation]