Dag

8 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dag \Dag\ (d[a^]g), n. [Cf. F. dague, LL. daga, D. dagge (fr.
     French); all prob. fr. Celtic; Cf. Gael. dag a pistol, Armor.
     dag dagger, W. dager, dagr, Ir. daigear. Cf. {Dagger}.]
     1. A dagger; a poniard. [Obs.] --Johnson.
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     2. A large pistol formerly used. [Obs.]
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              The Spaniards discharged their dags, and hurt some.
                                                    --Foxe.
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              A sort of pistol, called dag, was used about the
              same time as hand guns and harquebuts. --Grose.
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     3. (Zool.) The unbranched antler of a young deer.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dag \Dag\, n. [Of Scand. origin; cf. Sw. dagg, Icel. d["o]gg.
     [root]71. See {Dew}.]
     A misty shower; dew. [Obs.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dag \Dag\, n. [OE. dagge (cf. {Dagger}); or cf. AS. d[=a]g what
     is dangling.]
     A loose end; a dangling shred.
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           Daglocks, clotted locks hanging in dags or jags at a
           sheep's tail.                            --Wedgwood.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dag \Dag\, v. t. [1, from {Dag} dew. 2, from {Dag} a loose end.]
     1. To daggle or bemire. [Prov. Eng.] --Johnson.
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     2. To cut into jags or points; to slash; as, to dag a
        garment. [Obs.] --Wright.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dag \Dag\, v. i.
     To be misty; to drizzle. [Prov. Eng.]
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dag
       n 1: 10 grams [syn: {dekagram}, {decagram}, {dkg}]
       2: a flap along the edge of a garment; used in medieval
          clothing [syn: {jag}]
       [also: {dagging}, {dagged}]

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  DAG
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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  DAG
       
          1.  {Data Address Generator}.
       
          2.  {directed acyclic graph}.
       
          (1997-08-30)