also VAEGE, VAIGE, VAYGE, VEYAGE, VIAGE
CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES ADJECTIVES fine, handsome ...1604 obs. rare NOUNS 1. a journey by land or water; a voyage; an errand; a walk; especially used of an expedition attended with toil ...1834 Scot. & Eng. dial. 2. the vagina ...1986 US sl. VERBS 1. to wander; to go on an expedition, especially for the purpose of fetching something ....1882 Scot. 2. to deceive; to cheat ...B1900 Eng. dial. 3. to push; to butt, as an animal; to sidle ...Bk1905 Eng. dial. ETYMOLOGY adjective: apparently from Italian vago. Cf. vagisness (handsomeness, elegance) verb: variant fage (vb).; obsolete from vague n. and v.; obs. or dialect f. voyage; obs. Sc. from wage v., wedge n. EXAMPLE From: The English Dialect Dictionary, Joseph Wright, 1898-1905
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