n. [ AS. sceacga a bush of hair; akin to Icel. skegg the beard, Sw. skägg, Dan. skj&unr_;g. Cf. Schock of hair. ]
True Witney broadcloth, with its shag unshorn. Gay. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Hairy; shaggy. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Shag the green zone that bounds the boreal skies. J. Barlow. [ 1913 Webster ]
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n. (Bot.) A rough-barked species of hickory (Carya alba), its nut. Called also
n. A sackbut. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Shaggy; rough. Milton. --
n. The quality or state of being shaggy; roughness; shaggedness. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
About his shoulders hangs the shaggy skin. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ A rill ] that winds unseen beneath the shaggy fell. Keble. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having shaggy hair. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The unkempt and ragged part of the community. [ Colloq. or Slang. ] R. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]