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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
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.
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.