Emily Dickinson Lexicon

WAG, v.i.

1. To be quick in ludicrous motion; to stir. 'Tis merry in hall, where beards wag all. – Shak. Tremble and start at wagging of a straw. – Shak.
2. To go; to depart; to pack off. I will provoke him to't, or let him wag. – Shak.
3. To be moved one way and the other. The resty sieve wagg'd ne'er the more. – Dryden.