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Definition of Shags

Shag
Shag Shag, n. [AS. sceacga a bush of hair; akin to Icel. skegg the beard, Sw. sk["a]gg, Dan. skj?g. Cf. Schock of hair.] 1. Coarse hair or nap; rough, woolly hair. True Witney broadcloth, with its shag unshorn. --Gay. 2. A kind of cloth having a long, coarse nap. 3. (Com.) A kind of prepared tobacco cut fine. 4. (Zo["o]l.) Any species of cormorant.
Shag
Shag Shag, a. Hairy; shaggy. --Shak.
Shag
Shag Shag, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shagged; p. pr. & vb. n. Shagging.] To make hairy or shaggy; hence, to make rough. Shag the green zone that bounds the boreal skies. --J. Barlow.

Meaning of Shags from wikipedia

- dictionary. Shag, or Shagged, or Shagger, or Shagging, or Shags may refer to: Shag or cormorant, a bird family European shag, a specific species of the shag or...
- They were one of numerous bands at the time using the name "The Shags". The Shags were formed in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1964 by Paul "Green" Greenwald...
- Croatia. In April 2017, eight new European shags were born in Monaco. The largest colony of European shags is in the Cíes Islands, Spain, with 2,500 pairs...
- spotted shags in New Zealand; estimates are between 10,000 and 50,000 breeding pairs (20,000 to 100,000 birds). In the past, the number of spotted shags has...
- approximately 40 species of aquatic birds commonly known as cormorants and shags. Several different classifications of the family have been proposed, but...
- Antarctic shags are rarely prey for other species. There have been a few do****ented cases, including leopard seals and brown skuas killing Antarctic shags. However...
- from bright orange (as in Foveaux shag) to dark orange to purple. Until 2016, Otago shags and the closely related shags living around Stewart Island and...
- Blue-e**** Shags. Condor 93: 825-839. Siegel-Causey, D. (1986). The courtship behavior and mixed-species pairing of King and Imperial Blue-e**** Shags (Phalacrocorax...
- A shag is a heavy long piled worsted textile. In the 17th century, the term was also used to refer to inferior silk material. Shag became po****r as a...
- Little shag may refer to: Little pied cormorant, or little [pied] shag (Phalacrocorax melanoleucos) Little black cormorant, or little black shag (Phalacrocorax...