English Dictionary: jag | by the DICT Development Group |
6 results for jag | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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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.] |