Hypertext Webster Gateway: "shaggy"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Shaggy \Shag"gy\, a. [Compar. {Shaggier}; superl. {Shaggiest}.]
[From {Shag}, n.]
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
shaggy
adj 1: used of hair; thick and poorly groomed; "bushy locks"; "a
shaggy beard" [syn: {bushy}]
2: having a very rough nap or covered with hanging shags;
"junipers with shagged trunks"; "shaggy rugs" [syn: {shagged}]
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