GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Shag , n. [AS. sceacga a bush of hair; akin to Icel. skegg the beard, Sw. skägg, Dan. skjg.  Cf. Schock of hair.]
   Coarse hair or nap; rough, woolly hair.
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   True Witney broadcloth, with its shag unshorn.
   Gay.
   
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   A kind of cloth having a long, coarse nap.
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   (Com.) A kind of prepared tobacco cut fine.
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   (Zool.) Any species of cormorant.
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   Shag, a. Hairy; shaggy.
   Shak.
   
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   Shag, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shagged ; p. pr. & vb. n. Shagging.] To make hairy or shaggy; hence, to make rough.
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   Shag the green zone that bounds the boreal skies.
   J. Barlow.
   
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