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JAG, n. A small load.
A notch] a cleft; a barb; a ragged or
sharp protuberance; a denticulation.
Arethuss arose . . . Garments thus beset with long jags. Holland. A part broken off; a fragment.
Bp. Hacket. A cleft or
division.
Jag bolt, a bolt with a nicked or barbed shank which resists retraction, as when leaded into stone. 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. A
small load, as of hay or grain in the straw, or of ore.
[Prov.
Eng. *** Colloq. U.S.] [Written also jagg.] Forby. To carry, as a load]
as, to jag hay, etc.
[Prov. Eng. *** Colloq. U.S.] A
leather bag or wallet;
pl. 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.] | ||||||||