bagging time

[Apparently from the practice of the country people working in the fields to have recourse to their bags at a certain time for a collation.] Baiting time; feeding time. on hoo'll naw cum agen till bagging -time." Tim Bobbin, p. 11. (S. in Boucher.) *băg-ging-lỹ, băg-gyng-lý, adv . [Eng. bagging ; suff. -ly .] Often held to mean arrogantly; in a swelling manner, boastfully; but Tyrwhitt, Stevens, ., consider it to mean squintingly, and with the latter view the context is in harmony. "I saugh Envie in that peyntyng, Hadde a wondirful lokyng; For she ne lokide but awrie, Or overt hart, alle baggyngly ." Romaunt of the Rose, 289-292 băg'-git, pa . par., a., & s. [BAGGED.] (Scotch.) A. & B. As participle & particip . adj .: In senses corresponding to those of the verb intransitive. B. As substantive (of persons): 1. A term of contempt for a child. 2. An insignificant little person, a "pestilent creature." 3. A feeble sheep.