ZIGZAG, V.t. To Move Forward Uncertainly, From Side To Side, As One Carrying The White Man's Burden.

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ZIGZAG, v.t. To move forward uncertainly, from side to side, as one
carrying the white man's burden. (From _zed_, _z_, and _jag_, an
Icelandic word of unknown meaning.)

He zedjagged so uncomen wyde
Thet non coude pas on eyder syde;
So, to com saufly thruh, I been
Constreynet for to doodge betwene.
Munwele
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"

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