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Entry 9 senses · 5 variants Webster, 1913

Jag

/(jăg)/ · IPA /d͡ʒæɡ/
01 n. A notch; a cleft; a barb; a ragged or sharp protuberance; a denticulation.
  1. 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. 2.
    A part broken off; a fragment.
  3. 3.
    A cleft or division.(Bot.)
  4. 4.
    A leather bag or wallet;[Scot.]
  5. 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.]
Phrases & compounds
Jag bolt — a bolt with a nicked or barbed shank which resists retraction, as when leaded into stone.
02 v. t. To cut into notches or teeth like those of a saw; to notch.
imp. & p. p. Jagged; p. pr. & vb. n. Jagging
  1. 1.
    To cut into notches or teeth like those of a saw; to notch.
Phrases & compounds
Jagging iron — a wheel with a zigzag or jagged edge for cutting cakes or pastry into ornamental figures.
03 n. A small load, as of hay or grain in the straw, or of ore.
  1. 1.
    A small load, as of hay or grain in the straw, or of ore.[Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.]
04 v. t. To carry, as a load; as, to jag hay, etc.
  1. 1.
    To carry, as a load; as, to jag hay, etc.[Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.]
05 n. Same as Judge-Advocate General.
  1. 1.
    Same as Judge-Advocate General.(Mil.) [Acronym]