What does "shag" mean?
Shag: A kind of cloth having a long, coarse nap.
Additional senses
- 2.(Com.) A kind of prepared tobacco cut fine.
- 3.(Zoöl.) Any species of cormorant.
- 4.Hairy; shaggy. Shak.
- 5.To make hairy or shaggy; hence, to make rough. Shag the green zone that bounds the boreal skies. J. Barlow.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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