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English Dictionary: jagg by the DICT Development Group
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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\, 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]:
   Jagg \Jagg\, v. t. & n.
      See {Jag}.

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.
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