Shag

shag, n. woolly hair: cloth with a rough nap: a kind of tobacco cut into shreds.— adj. rough, hairy.— v.t. to roughen, make shaggy.— v.i. ( Spens. ) to hang in shaggy clusters.— adjs. Shag′-eared ( Shak. ), having shaggy or rough ears; Shag′ged , shaggy, rough.— n. Shag′gedne .— adv. Shag′gily .— n. Shag′gine .— adjs. Shag′gy , covered with rough hair or wool: rough: rugged; Shag′-haired , having long, rough hair. [A.S. sceacga , a head of hair; Ice. skegg , beard, skag i , cape (in Shetland, skaw ).]