Shag (?), n. [AS. sceacga a bush of hair; akin to Icel. skegg the beard, Sw. skägg, Dan. skj&unr_;g. Cf. Schock of hair.] 1. Coarse hair or nap; rough, woolly hair.
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True Witney broadcloth, with its shag unshorn. Gay.
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2. A kind of cloth having a long, coarse nap.
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3. (Com.) A kind of prepared tobacco cut fine.
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4. (Zoöl.) Any species of cormorant.
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Shag, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shagged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Shagging.] To make hairy or shaggy; hence, to make rough.
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Shag the green zone that bounds the boreal skies. J. Barlow.
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