jag
jag is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 5 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A part broken off; a fragment. Bp. Hacket.
- 2.(Bot.) A cleft or division. Jag bolt, a bolt with a nicked or barbed shank which resists retraction, as when leaded into stone.
- 3.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.
- 4.A small load, as of hay or grain in the straw, or of ore. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.] [Written also jagg.] Forby.
- 5.To carry, as a load; as, to jag hay, etc. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.]
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- bale
- basket
- battlement
- burden
- cargo
- contents
- cosmopolitan
- crenate
- crenated
- crenelle
- crenulate
- crimp
- cup
- cut
- dent
- dentate
- dentated
- denticulate
- denticulated
- depression
- dimple
- domestic
- embrasure
- even
- freight
- graves
- have
- home
- indent
- indentation
- inside
- lading
- load
- machicolation
- metropolitan
- nick
- notch
- palatial
- palmated
- provincial
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is jag.
- What is a part broken off; a fragment. Bp. Hacket called?
- What is a cleft or division. Jag bolt, a bolt with a nicked or barbed shank which resists retraction, as when leaded into stone called?
- What is 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 called?
- What is a small load, as of hay or grain in the straw, or of ore. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.] [Written also jagg.] Forby called?
- What is to carry, as a load; as, to jag hay, etc. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.] called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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