"jag" - meanings, definitions, synonyms, thesaurus and antonyms

\Jag\, n. [Prob. of Celtic origin; cf. W. gag aperture,
cleft, chink; akin to Ir. & Gael. gag.] [Written also
{jagg}.]
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.

\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}.]

{Jagging iron}, a wheel with a zigzag or jagged edge for
   cutting cakes or pastry into ornamental figures.

\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.

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

\Jag\, n.
1. A leather bag or wallet; pl., saddlebags. [Scot.]

2. 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.]