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Entry 6 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Shag

/shăg/ · IPA /ˈʃæɡ/
01 n. Coarse hair or nap; rough, woolly hair.
  1. 1.
    Coarse hair or nap; rough, woolly hair.
    “True Witney broadcloth, with its shag unshorn.” — Gay.
  2. 2.
    A kind of cloth having a long, coarse nap.
  3. 3.
    A kind of prepared tobacco cut fine.(Com.)
  4. 4.
    Any species of cormorant.(Zool.)
02 a. Hairy; shaggy.
  1. 1.
    Hairy; shaggy.
03 v. t. To make hairy or shaggy; hence, to make rough.
imp. & p. p. Shagged; p. pr. & vb. n. Shagging
  1. 1.
    To make hairy or shaggy; hence, to make rough.
    “Shag the green zone that bounds the boreal skies.” — J. Barlow.