Jag

7 definitions found

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

  Jag \Jag\, n. [Scot. jag, jaug, a leather bag or wallet, a
     pocket. Cf. {Jag} a notch.]
     A small load, as of hay or grain in the straw, or of ore.
     [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.] [Written also {jagg}.] --Forby.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Jag \Jag\, v. t.
     To carry, as a load; as, to jag hay, etc. [Prov. Eng. &
     Colloq. U.S.] JAG

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

  JAG \JAG\, JAG \J.A.G\, n. (Mil.)
     Same as {Judge-Advocate General}. [Acronym]
     [PJC] Jaganatha
     Jagannatha
     Jagannath

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

  Jag \Jag\ (j[a^]g), n. [Prob. of Celtic origin; cf. W. gag
     aperture, cleft, chink; akin to Ir. & Gael. gag.] [Written
     also {jagg}.]
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     1. A notch; a cleft; a barb; a ragged or sharp protuberance;
        a denticulation.
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              Arethuss arose . . .
              From rock and from jag.               --Shelley.
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              Garments thus beset with long jags.   --Holland.
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     2. A part broken off; a fragment. --Bp. Hacket.
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     3. (Bot.) A cleft or division.
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     4. A leather bag or wallet; pl., saddlebags. [Scot.]
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     5. 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.]
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     {Jag bolt}, a bolt with a nicked or barbed shank which
        resists retraction, as when leaded into stone.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Jag \Jag\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Jagged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Jagging}.]
     To cut into notches or teeth like those of a saw; to notch.
     [Written also {jagg}.]
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     {Jagging iron}, a wheel with a zigzag or jagged edge for
        cutting cakes or pastry into ornamental figures.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  jag
       n 1: a sharp projection on an edge or surface; "he clutched a jag
            of the rock"
       2: a slit in a garment that exposes material of a different
          color underneath; used in Renaissance clothing
       3: a flap along the edge of a garment; used in medieval
          clothing [syn: {dag}]
       4: a bout of drinking or drug taking
       v : cut teeth into; make a jagged cutting edge
       [also: {jagging}, {jagged}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  92 Moby Thesaurus words for "jag":
     Vandyke, bacchanal, bacchanalia, bacchanalian, bat, bear, bender,
     binge, blaze, booze, bout, buck, bum, bust, carousal, carouse,
     celebration, chop, cleft, cog, comb, compotation, convey, crag,
     crena, crenellate, crenulate, crimp, cut, debauch, depression,
     drinking bout, drunk, drunken carousal, fang, ferry, gash, guzzle,
     hack, harrow, hump, incise, incision, indent, indentation, jab,
     jog, joggle, kerf, knurl, lug, machicolate, mill, nick, nock,
     notch, orgy, pack, peak, pecten, picot, pink, potation, projection,
     pub-crawl, puncture, rake, ratchet, sawtooth, scallop, scarify,
     score, scotch, serrate, slash, snag, snaggle, soak, souse, spire,
     spree, sprocket, spur, stab, steeple, symposium, tear, toot, tooth,
     tote, transport, wassail