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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.

Jag n. (Written also jagg) A small load, as of hay or grain in the straw, or of ore. (Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.)

J.A.G, JAG n. (Mil.) Same as Judge-Advocate General. (Acronym)

verb

Jag v. t. (past & past part. jagged; pres. part. jagging) (Written also jagg) To cut into notches or teeth like those of a saw; to notch.

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

Jag v. t. To carry, as a load; as, to jag hay, etc. (Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.)

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Jag" Quotes from Famous Books

... there is a possibility at any time of confusing an o with an a, or a u with an n, the u and a should be underscored and the n and o overscored. Quotation-marks should be enclosed in half-circles—thus, "/jag"/—to show whether they are beginning or end marks. And instead of a period, a small cross should be used, or else the period be ...

— News Writing - The Gathering , Handling and Writing of News Stories • M. Lyle Spencer

... much to tell you about, mother. Can I order some more jam? And Jaggers could scoff some more eggs, couldn't you, Jag? Waiter, two more poached eggs and some more strawberry jam. You see, dear, we haven't done anything exciting yet. That's all been the luck of the battle-cruisers and destroyers. They've had a topping ...

— A Tall Ship - On Other Naval Occasions • Sir Lewis Anselm da Costa Ritchie

... and some liquor, though I thought he'd had enough. He fell down the stairs afterwards and made trouble for me when I saw him home." Watson paused and resumed with a meaning smile: "It's pretty hard to remember what happens when you've got on a big jag!" ...

— The Lure of the North • Harold Bindloss

... he slowly, "I kum purty nigh doin' it. But I jes' thought as how 'twan't Jim a shootin', but his jag, an' then I seemed ter see his kids a hangin' on th' gate a waitin' fer him t, come home, an' his wife a worritin' about him, an' I jis couldn,t do it. ...

— Volume 1 of Brann The Iconoclast • William Cowper Brann

... McNorton—"the man was picked up in the street, fighting drunk, and taken to the police station, where he developed delirium tremens. Apparently he has been on the jag all the week, and to-day's booze finished him off. The local inspector in searching him found this piece of paper in his pocket and connected it with the disappearance of Miss Cresswell, the matter being fresh in his mind, as only this ...

— The Green Rust • Edgar Wallace

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