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sag⋅ger

  [sag-er]
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–noun
1. a box or case made of refractory baked clay in which the finer ceramic wares are enclosed and protected while baking.
2. a hard unlayered clay underlying many coal beds.
–verb (used with object)
3. to place in or on a sagger.
Also, saggar, seggar.

Origin:
1680–90; perh. var. of safeguard
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sag·ger also sag·gar   (sāg'ər)   
n.  

  1. A protective casing of fire clay in which delicate ceramic articles are fired.

  2. Clay used to make ceramic casings.


[Perhaps alteration of safeguard.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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