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   Jag (jăg), n. [Prob. of Celtic origin; cf. W. gag aperture, cleft, chink; akin to Ir. & Gael. gag.] [Written also jagg.]
   
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   1.  A notch; a cleft; a barb; a ragged or sharp protuberance; a denticulation.
   
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   From rock and from jag. Shelley.
   
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   Garments thus beset with long jags. Holland.
   
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   2.  A part broken off; a fragment.  Bp. Hacket.
   
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   3.  (Bot.) A cleft or division.
   
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   4. A leather bag or wallet; pl., saddlebags. [Scot.]
   
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   5.  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.]
   
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   Jag bolt, a bolt with a nicked or barbed shank which resists retraction, as when leaded into stone.
   
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   Jag, v. t.  [imp. & p. p. Jagged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Jagging (?).] To cut into notches or teeth like those of a saw; to notch. [Written also jagg.]
   
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   Jagging iron, a wheel with a zigzag or jagged edge for cutting cakes or pastry into ornamental figures.
   
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   Jag, n. [Scot. jag, jaug, a leather bag or wallet, a pocket.  Cf. Jag a notch.] A small load, as of hay or grain in the straw, or of ore. [Prov. Eng. &  Colloq. U.S.] [Written also jagg.]  Forby.
   
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   Jag, v. t. To carry, as a load; as, “to jag hay, etc.” [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.]
   
   
         
       

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   JAG, J.A.G, n. (Mil.) Same as Judge-Advocate General. [Acronym]
   
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