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noun

Jag n. (Written also jagg)

A notch; a cleft; a barb; a ragged or sharp protuberance; a denticulation. "Arethuss arose... From rock and from jag." "Garments thus beset with long jags."

A part broken off; a fragment.

(Bot.) A cleft or division.

A leather bag or wallet; pl., Saddlebags. (Scot.)

Enough liquor to make a man noticeably drunk; a small "load;" a time or case of drunkeness; esp. in phr. To have a jag on, to be drunk. (Slang, U. S. & Dial. Eng.)

Jag bolt, a bolt with a nicked or barbed shank which resists retraction, as when leaded into stone.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Jag" Quotes from Famous Books

... lights;" and in any modern woodcut you will see that where the lines of the drawing cross each other to produce shade, the white interstices are cut out so neatly that there is no appearance of any jag or break in the lines; they look exactly as if they had been drawn with a pen. It is chiefly difficult to cut the pieces clearly out when the lines cross at right angles; easier when they form oblique or diamond-shaped interstices; but in any case some half-dozen ...

— Ariadne Florentina - Six Lectures on Wood and Metal Engraving • John Ruskin

... be it from me to cast slurs at your father's high spirits. I said I envied him his jag and that's the truth. The same candour compels me to confess that I was pickled to the gills myself when I arrived here. Fact! I made love to all the nurses and generally disgraced ...

— The Straw • Eugene O'Neill

... Minneapolis Orpheum a chap with a jag came weaving his way out from the auditorium and over to the ...

— Continuous Vaudeville • Will M. Cressy

... you," Benton growled. "You'll get your check in a minute. You're a fine excuse for a cook, all right—get drunk right on the job. You don't need to show up here again, when you've had your jag out." ...

— Big Timber - A Story of the Northwest • Bertrand W. Sinclair

... forward-cocked knees. Always, in the hundreds of times he went over the scene in that room afterward, he remembered how cool and smooth the magazine covers felt to the palms of his flattened hands. For he associated the papery surfaces with the apprehension he then had that Istra might give him up to the jag-toothed grin of Carson Haggerty, who would laugh him out of the room and out of ...

— Our Mr. Wrenn - The Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man • Sinclair Lewis

... cur'us," said Theodore. "You know I had old Sam this morning, bringing in a little jag of wood for Armidy, and lengthened out the traces to fit the old waggin. Well, all I know about it is what I guess. I see from the looks they must 'a' concluded to go to the village with some eggs ...

— McClure's Magazine, March, 1896, Vol. VI., No. 4. • Various

... usual, I sold him his little jag. I didn't say anything to him, but thought it was high time I was going out and looking up another customer. I finally found another man who gave me a decent bill—between seven and eight hundred dollars—and he promised me that he would handle my ...

— Tales of the Road • Charles N. Crewdson

... thoroughly with one tablespoon of sugar and one small teaspoon of corn starch. Now break an egg into a howl, beat well and add four tablespoons of sugar and one cup of rich milk; pour this over the apples; with the jag iron cut the remainder of the paste into narrow strips and lay across to form squares. Bake in a moderate oven until the custard "sets." Place on ice in summer; ...

— Favorite Dishes • Carrie V. Shuman

Words linked to "Jag" : dag, intemperance, jaggy, projection, intemperateness, serrate, flap