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dag

1  [dag] noun, verb, dagged, dag⋅ging.
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–noun
1. one of a series of decorative scallops or foliations along the edge of a garment, cloth, etc.
2. Scot. daglock.
–verb (used with object)
3. to edge (a garment, cloth, etc.) with decorative scallops or the like.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME dagge < ?; cf. OF dague dagger

dag

2  [dag]
–noun Australian and New Zealand Informal.
an amusing, unusual person.
Origin:
1885–90; orig. uncert.

Dag

  [dahg, dag]
–noun
a male given name.

dag

 
dekagram; dekagrams.
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dag 1   (dāg)   
n.  
  1. A lock of matted or dung-coated wool.
  2. A hanging end or shred.

[Middle English dagge, shred.]
dag 2  
abbr.  decagram
dec·a·gram or dek·a·gram   (děk'ə-grām')   
n.   Abbr. dag or dkg
A metric unit of mass equal to 10 grams.
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Dag

Dag\ (d[a^]g), n. [Cf. F. dague, LL. daga, D. dagge (fr. French); all prob. fr. Celtic; Cf. Gael. dag a pistol, Armor. dag dagger, W. dager, dagr, Ir. daigear. Cf. Dagger.]

1. A dagger; a poniard. [Obs.] --Johnson.

2. A large pistol formerly used. [Obs.]

The Spaniards discharged their dags, and hurt some. --Foxe.

A sort of pistol, called dag, was used about the same time as hand guns and harquebuts. --Grose.

3. (Zo["o]l.) The unbranched antler of a young deer.

Dag

Dag\, n. [Of Scand. origin; cf. Sw. dagg, Icel. d["o]gg. [root]71. See Dew.] A misty shower; dew. [Obs.]

Dag

Dag\, n. [OE. dagge (cf. Dagger); or cf. AS. d[=a]g what is dangling.] A loose end; a dangling shred.

Daglocks, clotted locks hanging in dags or jags at a sheep's tail. --Wedgwood.

Dag

Dag\, v. t. [1, from Dag dew. 2, from Dag a loose end.]

1. To daggle or bemire. [Prov. Eng.] --Johnson.

2. To cut into jags or points; to slash; as, to dag a garment. [Obs.] --Wright.

Dag

Dag\, v. i. To be misty; to drizzle. [Prov. Eng.]
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Language Translation for : dag
Spanish: día,
German: der Tag,
Japanese: 日中
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DAG
1. Data Address Generator.
2. directed acyclic graph.
(1997-08-30)

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dag
decagram
DAG
diacylglycerol
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