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Jag

Jag (jag)
n.(?)
Jag
[Prob. of Celtic origin; cf. W. gag aperture, cleft, chink; akin to Ir. *** Gael. gag.] [Written also jagg.]

  1. A notch] a cleft; a barb; a ragged or sharp protuberance; a denticulation.

    Arethuss arose . . .
    From rock and from jag.     Shelley.

    Garments thus beset with long jags. Holland.

  2. A part broken off; a fragment.
    Bp. Hacket.
  3. A cleft or division.

    Jag bolt, a bolt with a nicked or barbed shank which resists retraction, as when leaded into stone.

Jag

Jag (jag)
v. t.
Jag
  1. To cut into notches or teeth like those of a saw] to notch.
    [Written also jagg.]

    Jagging iron, a wheel with a zigzag or jagged edge for cutting cakes or pastry into ornamental figures.

Jag

Jag (jag)
n.
Jag
  1. A small load, as of hay or grain in the straw, or of ore.
    [Prov. Eng. *** Colloq. U.S.] [Written also jagg.] Forby.

Jag

Jag (jag)
v. t.
Jag
  1. To carry, as a load] as, to jag hay, etc.
    [Prov. Eng. *** Colloq. U.S.]

Jag

Jag (jag)
n.
Jag
  1. A leather bag or wallet;
    pl.
  2. Enough liquor to make a man noticeably drunk; a small "load;" a time or case of drunkeness; -- esp. in phr. To have a jag on, to be drunk.
    [Slang, U. S. *** Dial. Eng.]












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