Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Jagged"
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)
Jagged \Jag"ged\, a.
Having jags; having rough, sharp notches, protuberances, or
teeth; cleft; laciniate; divided; as, jagged rocks. `` Jagged
vine leaves' shade.'' --Trench. -- {Jag"ged*ly}, adv. --
{Jag"ged*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
jagged
adj 1: having a sharply uneven surface or outline; "the jagged
outline of the crags"; "scraggy cliffs" [syn: {jaggy},
{scraggy}]
2: having an irregularly notched or toothed margin as though
gnawed [syn: {erose}, {jaggy}, {notched}, {toothed}]
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