Jagg

4 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\ (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.]
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     {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]:

  jagg \jagg\, v. t. & n.
     See {Jag}.
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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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