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Receptacle \Re*cep"ta*cle\ (r[-e]*s[e^]p"t[.a]*k'l), n. [F.
r['e]ceptacle, L. receptaculum, fr. receptare, v. intens. fr.
recipere to receive. See {Receive}.]
1. That which serves, or is used, for receiving and
containing something, as for examople, a {basket}, a
{vase}, a {bag}, a {reservoir}; a {repository}.
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O sacred receptacle of my joys! --Shak.
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2. (Bot.)
(a) The apex of the flower stalk, from which the organs of
the flower grow, or into which they are inserted. See
Illust. of {Flower}, and {Ovary}.
(b) The dilated apex of a pedicel which serves as a common
support to a head of flowers.
(c) An intercellular cavity containing oil or resin or
other matters.
(d) A special branch which bears the fructification in
many cryptogamous plants.
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Udder \Ud"der\, n. [OE. uddir, AS. [=u]der; akin to D. uijer, G.
euter, OHG. [=u]tar, [=u]tiro, Icel. j[=u]gr, Sw. jufver,
jur, Dan. yver, L. uber, Gr. o"y^qar, Skr. [=u]dhar.
[root]216. Cf. {Exuberant}.]
1. (Anat.) The glandular organ in which milk is secreted and
stored; -- popularly called the {bag} in cows and other
quadrupeds. See {Mamma}.
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A lioness, with udders all drawn dry. --Shak.
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2. One of the breasts of a woman. [R.]
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Yon Juno of majestic size,
With cowlike udders, and with oxlike eyes. --Pope.
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Bag \Bag\ (b[a^]g), n. [OE. bagge; cf. Icel. baggi, and also OF.
bague, bundle, LL. baga.]
1. A sack or pouch, used for holding anything; as, a bag of
meal or of money.
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2. A sac, or dependent gland, in animal bodies, containing
some fluid or other substance; as, the bag of poison in
the mouth of some serpents; the bag of a cow.
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3. A sort of silken purse formerly tied about men's hair
behind, by way of ornament. [Obs.]
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4. The quantity of game bagged.
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5. (Com.) A certain quantity of a commodity, such as it is
customary to carry to market in a sack; as, a bag of
pepper or hops; a bag of coffee.
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{Bag and baggage}, all that belongs to one.

{To give one the bag}, to disappoint him. [Obs.] --Bunyan.
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Bag \Bag\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bagged} (b[a^]gd); p. pr. & vb.
n. {Bagging}]
1. To put into a bag; as, to bag hops.
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2. To seize, capture, or entrap; as, to bag an army; to bag
game.
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3. To furnish or load with a bag or with a well filled bag.
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A bee bagged with his honeyed venom. --Dryden.
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Bag \Bag\, v. i.
1. To swell or hang down like a full bag; as, the skin bags
from containing morbid matter.
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2. To swell with arrogance. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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3. To become pregnant. [Obs.] --Warner. (Alb. Eng.).
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