lage

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noun

Water; any weak alcoholic beverage.

OriginIrish lag ← Old Irish lac ← Proto-Celtic *laggos →
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Meanings

nounlage (uncountable)
  1. UKobsoleteuncountablethieves' cantWater; any weak alcoholic beverage.

    I bowse no lage, but a whole gage / Of this I'll bowse to you.

    1641–42, Richard Brome, A Jovial Crew, or the Merry Beggars, act 2
verblage (third-person singular simple present lages, present participle laging, simple past and past participle laged)

present singular third person lages · participle present laging · participle past laged · past laged

  1. UKobsoletethieves' cantTo drink.

    I saye by the Salomon I will lage it of with a gage of Benebouse; then cut to my nose watch.

    1566, Thomas Harman, A Caveat or Warning for Common Cursitors

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)leh₁g-
  2. Proto-Celtic*laggos
  3. Old Irishlac
  4. Irishlag“weak”
  5. Englishlage

Probably from Irish lag (“weak”), from Old Irish lac, from Proto-Celtic *laggos, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh₁g-.

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Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

lage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lage

MLA

“lage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lage. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lage,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lage.

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