Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Jag"
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. [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.
1. A leather bag or wallet; pl., saddlebags. [Scot.]
2. Enough liquor to make a man noticeably drunk; a small
``load;'' a time or case of drunkeness; -- esp. in phr. To
have a jag on, to be drunk. [Slang, U. S. & Dial. Eng.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
jag
n 1: a sharp projection on an edge or surface; "he clutched a jag
of the rock"
2: a slit in a garment that exposes material of a different
color underneath; used in Renaissance clothing
3: a flap along the edge of a garment; used in medieval
clothing [syn: {dag}]
4: a bout of drinking or drug taking
v : cut teeth into; make a jagged cutting edge
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