Category:Shag

Shag, n. Etym: [as. sceacga a bush of hair; akin to icel. skegg the Beard, sw. skägg, dan. skj. Cf. Schock of hair.]

1. Coarse hair or nap; rough, woolly hair. True witney broadcloth, with its shag unshorn. Gay.

2. A kind of cloth having a long, coarse nap.

3. (com.)

Defn: a kind of prepared tobacco cut fine.

4. (zoöl.)

Defn: any species of cormorant.

Shag Shag, a.

Defn: hairy; shaggy. Shak.

Shag Shag, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shagged; p. pr. & vb. n. Shagging.]

Defn: to make hairy or shaggy; hence, to make rough. Shag the green zone that bounds the boreal skies. J. Barlow.