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Wearing a coarse gown or shaggy garment made of rug. Beau. & Fl.

Having shaggy hair; shock-headed. [Obs.] Those rough rug-headed kerns. Shak.

Rough with bristles or hair; shaggy. "The rugged Russian bear." Shak.

A species of hickory (Carya alba) whose outer bark is loose and peeling; a shagbark; also, its nut.

A dog with long hair or shag; -- called also shockdog.

and Yucca. -- Silk moth (Zoöl.), the adult moth of any silkworm. See Silkworm. -- Silk shag, a coarse, rough-woven silk, like plush, but with a stiffer nap. -- Silk spider (Zoöl.), a large spider (Nephila plumipes), native of the Southern United States, remarkable for the large quantity of strong silk it produces a…

The shag. [Prov. Eng.]

Tousled; tangled; rough; shaggy. [Colloq.]

The fine shag or nap of velvet; a piece of velvet; velvet goods.

Abounding in, or covered with, fine hairs, or a woolly substance; shaggy with soft hairs; nappy.