jag

jag
    n 1: a sharp projection on an edge or surface; "he clutched a
         jag of the rock"
    2: a slit in a garment that exposes material of a different
       color underneath; used in Renaissance clothing
    3: a flap along the edge of a garment; used in medieval clothing
       [syn: {jag}, {dag}]
    4: a bout of drinking or drug taking
    v 1: cut teeth into; make a jagged cutting edge
    

Jag \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 \Jag\, v. t.
   To carry, as a load; as, to jag hay, etc. [Prov. Eng. &
   Colloq. U.S.] JAG
    

JAG \JAG\, JAG \J.A.G\, n. (Mil.)
   Same as {Judge-Advocate General}. [Acronym]
   [PJC] Jaganatha
   Jagannatha
   Jagannath
    

Jag \Jag\ (j[a^]g), 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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            Arethuss arose . . .
            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 \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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92 Moby Thesaurus words for "jag":
      Vandyke, bacchanal, bacchanalia, bacchanalian, bat, bear, bender,
      binge, blaze, booze, bout, buck, bum, bust, carousal, carouse,
      celebration, chop, cleft, cog, comb, compotation, convey, crag,
      crena, crenellate, crenulate, crimp, cut, debauch, depression,
      drinking bout, drunk, drunken carousal, fang, ferry, gash, guzzle,
      hack, harrow, hump, incise, incision, indent, indentation, jab,
      jog, joggle, kerf, knurl, lug, machicolate, mill, nick, nock,
      notch, orgy, pack, peak, pecten, picot, pink, potation, projection,
      pub-crawl, puncture, rake, ratchet, sawtooth, scallop, scarify,
      score, scotch, serrate, slash, snag, snaggle, soak, souse, spire,
      spree, sprocket, spur, stab, steeple, symposium, tear, toot, tooth,
      tote, transport, wassail