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thule | bag |

As a proper noun thule

is the ancestors of the canadian inuit.

As a noun bag is

a flexible container made of cloth, paper, plastic, etc.

As a verb bag is

to put into a bag.

thule

English

Alternative forms

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Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • The ancestors of the Canadian Inuit.
  • The northernmost location of the ancient world.
  • * 1844 , (Edgar Allan Poe), ”, page 41, first stanza, lines 5–6:
    • I have reached these lands but newly // From an ultimate dim Thule .
  • * 1969 , V.E. Watts (translator), (author), The (Consolation of Philosophy) , bk III, ch. v, page 89:
    • For distant India tremble may // Beneath your mighty rule, // And Thulé ? bow beneath your sway // Far in the Northern sea, // But if to care and want you’re prey, // No king are you, but slave.
  • * ibidem , footnote 5:
    • 5. To the Romans Thulé , variously identified as Iceland or Mainland in the Shetland Isles, marked the extreme northern limit of the known world, just as India here stands for the farthest east.

    Derived terms

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    References

    * (OED) (2nd ed., 1989), “ ?Thule”

    bag

    English

    (wikipedia bag)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A flexible container made of cloth, paper, plastic, etc.
  • (label) A handbag
  • A suitcase.
  • A schoolbag, especially a backpack.
  • One’s preference.
  • (label) An ugly woman.
  • (label) The cloth-covered pillow used for first, second, and third base.
  • (label) First, second, or third base.
  • (label) A breathalyzer, so named because it formerly had a plastic bag over the end to measure a set amount of breath.
  • (label) A collection of objects, disregarding order, but (unlike a set) in which elements may be repeated.
  • A sac in animal bodies, containing some fluid or other substance.
  • A sort of silken purse formerly tied about men's hair behind, by way of ornament.
  • The quantity of game bagged in a hunt.
  • A scrotum.
  • (label) A unit of measure of cement equal to 94 pounds.

    • Synonyms

    * (flexible container) poke (obsolete), sack, tote * (handbag) handbag, purse (US) * (preference) cup of tea, thing * (ugly woman) dog, hag * (in mathematics) multiset

    Hyponyms

    * (flexible container) bindle

    Verb

    (bagg)
  • To put into a bag.
  • To catch or kill, especially when fishing or hunting.
  • To gain possession of something, or to make first claim on something.
  • (label) To furnish or load with a bag.
  • * Dryden
  • To bring a woman one met on the street with one.
  • To laugh uncontrollably.
  • To criticise sarcastically.
  • (label) To provide artificial ventilation with a bag valve mask (BVM) resuscitator.
  • To swell or hang down like a full bag.
  • To swell with arrogance.
    • (Chaucer)
  • To become pregnant.

    • Derived terms

    {{der3, airbag, air bag , bagboy , baggage , bagger , baggy , bag lady , bag lunch , bag of bones , bag of tricks , bag snatcher , beanbag , binbag , carrier bag , clutch bag , dilly bag , dime bag , doggy bag , double bagger , douche bag , dumb as a bag of hammers , face like a bag of spanners , handbag , gladstone bag , goody bag, goodie bag , grab bag , holdall, carryall, tote, tote bag , in the bag , kitbag , let the cat out of the bag , mixed bag , moneybag , overnight bag , paper bag , plastic bag , schoolbag , shopping bag , shoulder bag , sickbag , sleeping bag , teabag , toolbag , windbag}}

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