Tag (?), n. [Probably akin to tack a small nail; cf. Sw. tagg a prickle, point, tooth.] 1. Any slight appendage, as to an article of dress; something slight hanging loosely; specifically, a direction card, or label.[1913 Webster]
2. A metallic binding, tube, or point, at the end of a string, or lace, to stiffen it.[1913 Webster]
3. The end, or catchword, of an actor's speech; cue.[1913 Webster]
4. Something mean and paltry; the rabble. [Obs.][1913 Webster]
Tag and rag, the lowest sort; the rabble. Holinshed.[1913 Webster]
5. A sheep of the first year. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.[1913 Webster]
Tag, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tagged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tagging (?).] 1. To fit with, or as with, a tag or tags.[1913 Webster]
He learned to make long-tagged thread laces.
His courteous host . . . Tags every sentence with some fawning word.
2. To join; to fasten; to attach. Bolingbroke.[1913 Webster]
3. To follow closely after; esp., to follow and touch in the game of tag. See Tag, a play.[1913 Webster]
Tag, v. i. To follow closely, as it were an appendage; -- often with after; as, to tag after a person.[1913 Webster]
Tag, n. [From Tag, v.; cf. Tag, an end.] A child's play in which one runs after and touches another, and then runs away to avoid being touched.[1913 Webster]