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dag

1[dag] noun, verb, dagged, dag⋅ging.
–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.

dek⋅a⋅gram

[dek-uh-gram]
–noun
a unit of mass or weight equal to 10 grams (0.3527 ounce avoirdupois). Abbreviation: dag
Also, decagram; especially British, dek⋅a⋅gramme.


Origin:
1800–10; < F décagramme. See deka-, -gram 2
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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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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: deka·gram
Variants: or deca·gram or chiefly British deca·gramme /'dek-&-"gram/
Function: noun
: a metric unit of mass and weight equal to 10 grams
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Computing Dictionary

DAG
1. Data Address Generator.
2. directed acyclic graph.
(1997-08-30)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
dag
decagram
DAG
diacylglycerol
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