† baggev.
Obsolete. rare.
To look askew, or obliquely; to leer, ogle, or glance aside; cf. asquint adv. 2c.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (intransitive)] > look sideways
schule?c1225
to look asidec1230
bagge1369
gogglec1380
to look awryc1400
slizec1400
leer1530
to look askew1538
skew1570
gloat1576
to glance one's eye, look1590
squean1608
squinny1608
squint1610
sken1611
sleer1680
glime1684
skime1691
side-glance1799
1369 G. Chaucer Bk. Duchesse 623 The trayteresse false and ful of gyle..That baggeth foule and loketh fayre.
c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. (1869) I. 191 Men þat..reulen hem bi þe firste reule, þat þei baggen not þerfro.
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