JAGGEDEST

Adjective

jaggedest

superlative form of jagged: most jagged

Source: Wiktionary


JAGGED

Jag"ged, a.

Definition: Having jags; having rough, sharp notches, protuberances, or teeth; cleft; laciniate; divided; as, jagged rocks. " Jagged vine leaves' shade." Trench.

– Jag"ged*ly, adv.

– Jag"ged*ness, n.

JAG

Jag, n. Etym: [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.)

Definition: A cleft or division. Jag bolt, a bolt with a nicked or barbed shank which resists retraction, as when leaded into stone.

Jag, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jagged; p. pr. & vb. n. Jagging.]

Definition: 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.

Jag, n. Etym: [Scot. jag, jaug, a leather bag or wallet, a pocket. Cf. Jag a notch.]

Definition: A small load, as of hay or grain in the straw, or of ore. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.] [Written also jagg.] Forby.

Jag, v. t.

Definition: To carry, as a load; as, to jag hay, etc. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.]

JAGG

Jagg, v. t. & n.

Definition: See Jag.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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