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Something mean and paltry; the rabble. [Obs.] Tag and rag, the lowest sort; the rabble. Holinshed.

to some public or private charity or fund are solicited promiscuously on the street, and tags given to contributors to wear as an evidence of their having contributed. Such solicitation is now subject to legal restriction in various places.

The lowest class of people; the rabble. Cf. Rag, tag, and bobtail, under Bobtail. If the tag-rag people did not clap him and hiss him, I am no true man. Shak.

The language of the Tagals; Tagalog.

The language of the Tagalogs. It belongs to the Malay family of languages and is one of the most highly developed members of the family.

Same as Tagsore. [Obs.]

That which is pointed like a tag. Hedgehogs' or procupines' small taggers. Cotton.

A little tag.

A peculiar combination of pulleys. Brande & C.

Of or pertaining to Tagliacozzi, a Venetian surgeon; as, the Tagliacotian operation, a method of rhinoplasty described by him. [Also Taliacotian, and Tagliacozzian.]

r a celebrated Italian family of professional dancers. He ought certainly to exchange his taglioni, or comfortable greatcoat, for a cuirass of steel. Sir W. Scott.

An entangled lock, as of hair or wool. Nares.

The white-lipped peccary.

f a sheep to the wool from excoriation produced by contact with the feces; -- called also tagbelt. [Obs.]

A worm which has its tail conspicuously colored.

A large flying squirrel (Pteromys petuarista). Its body becomes two feet long, with a large bushy tail nearly as long.

The white-lipped peccary.

Adjustment. [R.]

Same as Ajutage.

icularly favorable to success, or to any desired end; benefit; as, the enemy had the advantage of a more elevated position. Give me advantage of some brief discourse. Shak. The advantages of a close alliance. Macaulay.