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Webster 1913 Edition


Shaggy

Shag′gy

,
Adj.
[
Com
par.
Shaggier
;
sup
erl.
Shaggiest
.]
[From
Shag
,
Noun.
]
Rough with long hair or wool.
About his shoulders hangs the
shaggy
skin.
Dryden.
2.
Rough; rugged; jaggy.
Milton.
[A rill] that winds unseen beneath the
shaggy
fell.
Keble.

Webster 1828 Edition


Shaggy

SHAG'GY

,
1. Rough with long hair or wool.
About his shoulders hangs the shaggy skin. Dryden.
2. Rough; rugged; as the shaggy tops of hills.
And throw the shaggy spoils about your shoulders. Addison.