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6 definitions found 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 1.6 [wn]: jag n : a bout of drinking or drug taking v : cut teeth into make a jagged cutting edge
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