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Jag bolt

Jag \Jag\ (j[a^]g), n. [Prob. of Celtic origin; cf. W. gag aperture, cleft, chink; akin to Ir. & Gael. gag.] [Written also jagg.]

  1. A notch; a cleft; a barb; a ragged or sharp protuberance; a denticulation.

    Arethuss arose . . . From rock and from jag.
    --Shelley.

    Garments thus beset with long jags.
    --Holland.

  2. A part broken off; a fragment.
    --Bp. Hacket.

  3. (Bot.) A cleft or division.

  4. A leather bag or wallet; pl., saddlebags. [Scot.]

  5. Enough liquor to make a man noticeably drunk; a small ``load;'' a time or case of drunkeness; -- esp. in phr. To have a jag on, to be drunk. [Slang, U. S. & Dial. Eng.]

    Jag bolt, a bolt with a nicked or barbed shank which resists retraction, as when leaded into stone.

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jag bolt

n. A bolt with a nicked or barbed shank which resists retraction, as when leaded into stone.