Defn: To make hairy or shaggy; hence, to make rough.
Shag the green zone that bounds the boreal skies. J. Barlow.
SHAGBARK
Shag"bark`, n. (Bot.)
Defn: A rough-barked species of hickory (Carya alba), its nut. Called also shellbark. See Hickory. (b) The West Indian Pithecolobium micradenium, a legiminous tree with a red coiled-up pod.
SHAGEBUSH
Shage"bush`, n.
Defn: A sackbut. [Obs.]
SHAGGED
Shag"ged, a.
Defn: Shaggy; rough. Milton.
— Shag"ged*ness, n. Dr. H. More.
SHAGGINESS
Shag"gi*ness, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being shaggy; roughness; shaggedness.
SHAGGY Shag"gy, a. [Compar. Shaggier; superl. Shaggiest.] Etym: [From Shag, n.]