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Rough with long hair or wool.

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  1. n. Rough with long hair or wool.
  2. n. Rough; rugged; jaggy.
  3. adj. used of hair; thick and poorly groomed
  4. adj. having a very rough nap or covered with hanging shags
  5. Rough with long hair or wool. About his shoulders hangs the shaggy skin. Dryden. 2. Rough; rugged; jaggy. Milton. [A rill] that winds unseen beneath the shaggy fell. Keble.
  6. Rough with long hair or wool.About his shoulders hangs the shaggy skin. Dryden.
  7. j:100 s used of hair; thick and poorly groomed s having a very rough nap or covered with hanging shags