SHAGS

Noun

shags

plural of shag

Source: Wiktionary


SHAG

Shag, n. Etym: [AS. sceacga a bush of hair; akin to Icel. skegg the beard, Sw. skägg, Dan. skj. 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.)

Definition: A kind of prepared tobacco cut fine.

4. (Zoöl.)

Definition: Any species of cormorant.

Shag, a.

Definition: Hairy; shaggy. Shak.

Shag, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shagged; p. pr. & vb. n. Shagging.]

Definition: To make hairy or shaggy; hence, to make rough. Shag the green zone that bounds the boreal skies. J. Barlow.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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