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noun

Jag n. (Written also jagg)

A notch; a cleft; a barb; a ragged or sharp protuberance; a denticulation. "Arethuss arose... From rock and from jag." "Garments thus beset with long jags."

A part broken off; a fragment.

(Bot.) A cleft or division.

A leather bag or wallet; pl., Saddlebags. (Scot.)

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.)

Jag bolt, a bolt with a nicked or barbed shank which resists retraction, as when leaded into stone.

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Etymology of 'Jag'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Jag" Quotes from Famous Books

... road, with the last jag of rails still on it. Jedwort piled on his stakes, and threw on the crowbar and axe, while we ...

— The Man Who Stole A Meeting-House - 1878, From "Coupon Bonds" • J. T. Trowbridge

... one tablespoon of sugar and one small teaspoon of corn starch. Now break an egg into a howl, beat well and add four tablespoons of sugar and one cup of rich milk; pour this over the apples; with the jag iron cut the remainder of the paste into narrow strips and lay across to form squares. Bake in a moderate oven until the custard "sets." Place on ice in summer; eat slightly warm ...

— Favorite Dishes • Carrie V. Shuman

... having gone, he safely descended by the cord and reached his home. This help had come from a friendly spider who saw his plight from her perch at the top of the spire, and, weaving a web of extra thickness, she made one end fast to a jag of rock while the other fell within his grasp—for she, like all other of the brute tribe, liked the gentle cave-dwellers better than the remorseless hunters. Hence the ...

— Myths And Legends Of Our Own Land, Complete • Charles M. Skinner

... the branches into the enclosed space like flowers into a vase. They must be packed very closely, stem down. This is a slow and not particularly agreeable task for one's loving family and friends, owing to the tendency of pine-and balsam-needles to jag. Indeed, I have known it to happen that, after a try or two, some one in the outfit is delegated to the task of official bed-maker, and a slight coldness is noticeable when one refers to dusk ...

— Tenting To-night - A Chronicle of Sport and Adventure in Glacier Park and the - Cascade Mountains • Mary Roberts Rinehart

Words linked to "Jag" : cut, intemperance, flap, serrate, garment, dag, projection