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Webster 1913 Edition
Shag
Shag
,Noun.
[AS.
sceacga
a bush of hair; akin to Icel. skegg
the beard, Sw. skägg
, Dan. skj[GREEK]g
. Cf. Schock
of hair.] 1.
Coarse hair or nap; rough, woolly hair.
True Witney broadcloth, with its
shag
unshorn. Gay.
2.
A kind of cloth having a long, coarse nap.
3.
(Com.)
A kind of prepared tobacco cut fine.
4.
(Zool.)
Any species of cormorant.
Shag
,Adj.
Hairy; shaggy.
Shak.
Shag
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Shagged
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Shagging
.] To make hairy or shaggy; hence, to make rough.
Shag
the green zone that bounds the boreal skies. J. Barlow.
Webster 1828 Edition
Shag
SHAG
,Noun.
1. Coarse hair or nap, or rough wooly hair.
True Witney broadcloth, with its shag unshorn. Gay.
2. A kind of cloth having a long coarse nap.
3. In orinthology, an aquatic fowl, the Pelecanus graculus; in the north of England called the crave.
SHAG
,Adj.
SHAG
,Verb.
T.
1. To make rough or hairy.