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Pronunciation : Shag
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [AS. sceacga a bush of hair; akin to Icel. skegg the beard, Sw. sk?gg, Dan. skj. Cf. Schock of hair.]
Definition : 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. (Zo?l.)

Defn: Any species of cormorant.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Shag
Part of Speech : a.
Definition : Defn: Hairy; shaggy. Shak.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Shag
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To make hairy or shaggy; hence, to make rough. Shag the green zone that bounds the boreal skies. J. Barlow.

t. [imp. & p. p. Shagged; p. pr. & vb. n. Shagging.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913