Definitions

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun plural obsolete An ornamental cutting of the edges of garments, introduced about a. d. 1346, according to the Chronicles of St Albans.

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  • noun obsolete An ornamental cutting of the edges of garments.

Etymologies

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See dag ("a loose end").

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Examples

  • I finished the dagges on the hood cape yesterday, including the waxing, and I finished pinking almost all the dagging for the liripipe, so there's some more waxing on today's agenda.

    Dag it, baby, one more time... a stitch in time 2009

  • Pinking dagges is fun, and the tool will bite easily through several layers of the cloth at once, but it sure pays to work carefully.

    Dag it, baby, one more time... a stitch in time 2009

  • But it worked, for the straight edges as well as for the oakleaf dagges.

    Archive 2009-04-01 a stitch in time 2009

  • After doing the dagges, I set to work with the wax.

    Dag it, baby, one more time... a stitch in time 2009

  • I finished the dagges on the hood cape yesterday, including the waxing, and I finished pinking almost all the dagging for the liripipe, so there's some more waxing on today's agenda.

    Archive 2009-04-01 a stitch in time 2009

  • I did use wax twice before: Once on the kruseler I've made, and once more to seal dagges cut from fine silk cloth.

    Archive 2009-04-01 a stitch in time 2009

  • But it worked, for the straight edges as well as for the oakleaf dagges.

    Yummy Chocolate Easter Eggs! a stitch in time 2009

  • I did use wax twice before: Once on the kruseler I've made, and once more to seal dagges cut from fine silk cloth.

    Yummy Chocolate Easter Eggs! a stitch in time 2009

  • After doing the dagges, I set to work with the wax.

    Archive 2009-04-01 a stitch in time 2009

  • Pinking dagges is fun, and the tool will bite easily through several layers of the cloth at once, but it sure pays to work carefully.

    Archive 2009-04-01 a stitch in time 2009

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