[f. WAG v. + -ING2.] That wags (in the senses of the verb).
1398. Trevisa, Barth. De P. R., XVII. cxxxvii. (Bodl. MS.). Poudre þereof … fastneþ wagginge teþe þat beþ in poynte to falle.
a. 1400[?]. Morte Arth., 3660. Fro þe wagande wynde owte of þe weste rysses, Brethly bessomes with byrre in berynes sailles.
1541. Bk. Properties Herbs, C iv b. Yf a man haue wagginge tethe and he eate of this herbe, they shall fasten agayne.
1565. Cooper, Thesaurus, Pætus,… he that hath wagginge and stirryng eyes.
1591. Sylvester, Du Bartas, II. iii. iii. Law, 1336. So that a wagging leaf,… Yea, the least crack shall make thee turn thy back.
1883. Whitelaw, Sophocles, Ajax, 199. Whose scornful wagging tongues to thee Are grievous.
1888. Meredith, Poet. Wks. (1912), 570. There lived with us a wagging humourist [sc. a dog].
1918. Sunday at Home, June, 609/1. A herd of pigs went by or goats with wagging beards.
