jag : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: jag	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for jag
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jag n a sharp projection on an edge or surface; "he clutched a jag of the rock" a slit in a garment that exposes material of a different color underneath; used in Renaissance clothing a flap along the edge of a garment; used in medieval clothing Synonym(s): jag, dag a bout of drinking or drug taking v cut teeth into; make a jagged cutting edge
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Jag \Jag\, v. t. To carry, as a load; as, to jag hay, etc. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Jag \Jag\, n. [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. (Bot.) A cleft or division. {Jag bolt}, a bolt with a nicked or barbed shank which resists retraction, as when leaded into stone.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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}.] {Jagging iron}, a wheel with a zigzag or jagged edge for cutting cakes or pastry into ornamental figures.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Jag \Jag\, n. 1. A leather bag or wallet; pl., saddlebags. [Scot.] 2. Enough liquor to make a man noticeably drunk; a small [bd]load;[b8] a time or case of drunkeness; -- esp. in phr. To have a jag on, to be drunk. [Slang, U. S. & Dial. Eng.]