Shag (?), n. [AS. sceacga a bush of hair; akin to Icel. skegg the beard, Sw. skagg, Dan. skjg. 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.
A kind of prepared tobacco cut fine.
4. Zool.
Any species of cormorant.
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Shag, a.
Hairy; shaggy.
Shak.
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Shag, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shagged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Shagging.]
To make hairy or shaggy; hence, to make rough.
Shag the green zone that bounds the boreal skies.
J. Barlow.
<-- (Sport) To chase, as (a) to chase and return balls hit out of bounds. (b) (Baseball) to catch fly balls for practise. -->
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