Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The use of a jag-bolt to secure or fasten something; the insertion of a jagged or serrated bar, bolt, or shaft in a casting, by casting the metal around it.
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- verb Present participle of
jag .
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Examples
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It is not an eminently ideal or sportsmanlike sort of fishing, this "jagging," but it possesses a marvellous enjoyment and fascination for the youth of ten, and older people as well; for a full-grown salmon is a powerful fellow, and his big, fluke-like tail enables him to make a terrific rush when under the influence of terror or when chasing his prey.
A Memory Of The Southern Seas 1904 Louis Becke 1884
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Fatigue was shown in their irritability, and they were jagging badly on too much coffee . . .
Daring Young Men RICHARD REEVES 2010
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Several hanks hung over one side of his face, and she thought she saw scars jagging beneath them.
Demon From The Dark Kresley Cole 2010
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Two accurate bouncers, one a no-ball, and the other, a jaffa, rising from just short of a length and jagging into Nazir and taking the edge, reminded the cricketing world what it had been missing.
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I did not slow until one of the soldiers, waving his foraging cap from the jagging bayonet of his musket, ripped me back to the moment.
Confederates 2009
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I did not slow until one of the soldiers, waving his foraging cap from the jagging bayonet of his musket, ripped me back to the moment.
Confederates Charles Dodd White 2009
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The signs of this are as clear as the scar jagging down his face.
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Hook a bunch of golf buddies into the system over a weekend in Atlantic City, with some guys jigging upward for a hole or two and some jagging downward, and there's all the net excitement you could want.
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The signs of this are as clear as the scar jagging down his face.
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If someone temporarily forced him into a direct look by speaking to him, then this extremely unharmonious face, jagging angularly in all its features, would become somewhat reserved, wily, shifting, and downright hypocritical.
Archive 2007-12-01 enowning 2007
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