- 1. n. A notch; a cleft; a barb; a ragged or sharp protuberance; a denticulation. Source: opted
- 2. n. A part broken off; a fragment. Source: opted
- 3. n. A cleft or division. Source: opted
- 4. v. t. To cut into notches or teeth like those of a saw; to notch. Source: opted
- 5. n. A small load, as of hay or grain in the straw, or of ore. Source: opted
- 6. v. t. To carry, as a load; as, to jag hay, etc. Source: opted
- 7. n. a sharp projection on an edge or surface Source: wordnet
- 8. n. a slit in a garment that exposes material of a different color underneath; used in Renaissance clothing Source: wordnet
- 9. n. a flap along the edge of a garment; used in medieval clothing Source: wordnet
- 10. n. a bout of drinking or drug taking Source: wordnet
- 11. v. cut teeth into; make a jagged cutting edge Source: wordnet
- 12. 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.) A cleft or division. Jag bolt, a bolt with a nicked or barbed shank which resists retraction, as when leaded into stone. 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. A small load, as of hay or grain in the straw, or of ore. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.] [Written also jagg.] Forby. To carry, as a load; as, to jag hay, etc. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.] Source: webster
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