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  1.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                    

    Swag \Swag\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Swagged; p. pr. & vb. n. Swagging.] [Cf. Icel. sveggja, sveigja to bend, to sway, Norw. svaga to sway. See Sway.] 1. To hang or move, as something loose and heavy; to sway; to swing. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]

    2. To sink down by its weight; to sag. --Sir H. Wotton. [1913 Webster]

    I swag as a fat person's belly swaggeth as he goeth. --Palsgrave. [1913 Webster]

    3. To tramp carrying a swag. [Australia] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

  2.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                    

    Swag \Swag\, n. 1. A swaying, irregular motion. [1913 Webster]

    2. A burglar's or thief's booty; boodle. [Cant or Slang] --Charles Reade. [1913 Webster]

    3. [Australia] (a) A tramping bushman's luggage, rolled up either in canvas or in a blanket so as to form a long bundle, and carried on the back or over the shoulder; -- called also a bluey, or a drum. (b) Any bundle of luggage similarly rolled up; hence, luggage in general.

    He tramped for years till the swag he bore seemed part of himself. --Lawson. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]