shagged (shaged)

[ In raging mood (Colo us-like) an armed Giant stood; His long black locks hung shagged (slouen-like) A-down his sides. Sylvester , tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, ii., The Trophies. The animal he bestrode was a broken-down plough horse, that had outlived almost every thing but his vicious He was gaunt and shagged , with a ewe neck and a head like a hammer. Irving , Sketch-Book, p. 436. ne . 2. Figuratively, covered with scrub, or with some scrubby growth; rugged; rough: as, shag ged hillsides. shaggedne (shag'ed-nes), n. Same as shag gine . Dr. H. More. shaggily (shag'i-li), adv. [ Roughly; so as to be shagged: as, shaggily pi lose.