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Webster 1913 Edition


Jag

Jag

(jăg)
,
Noun.
[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.

Jag

,
Verb.
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.

Jag

,
Noun.
[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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Jag

JAG

,
Noun.
A small load.