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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  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.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Jag \Jag\ (j[a^]g), n. [Prob. of Celtic origin; cf. W. gag
     aperture, cleft, chink; akin to Ir. & Gael. gag.] [Written
     also jagg.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. A notch; a cleft; a barb; a ragged or sharp protuberance;
        a denticulation.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Arethuss arose . . .
              From rock and from jag.               --Shelley.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Garments thus beset with long jags.   --Holland.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A part broken off; a fragment. --Bp. Hacket.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. (Bot.) A cleft or division.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. A leather bag or wallet; pl., saddlebags. [Scot.]
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     5. 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.]
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     Jag bolt, a bolt with a nicked or barbed shank which
        resists retraction, as when leaded into stone.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  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.]
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Jagging iron, a wheel with a zigzag or jagged edge for
        cutting cakes or pastry into ornamental figures.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  jagg \jagg\, v. t. & n.
     See Jag.
     [1913 Webster]

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 ]

  Jagg \Jagg\, v. t. & n.
     See Jag.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  jagg
     n.
     (alt form en jag) (sense: a load of hay or wood)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  jagg
     n.
     (alt form en jag) (sense: a load of hay or wood)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  jagg
     n.
     (alt form en jag) (sense: a load of hay or wood)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  jagg
     n.
     (alt form en jag) (sense: a load of hay or wood)

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     v. 使成锯齿状;使成缺口

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