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  1. noun A lock of matted or dung-coated wool.
  2. noun A hanging end or shred.
  3. abbreviation decagram

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  • "Only members of the warrior sect sport red finger tips Well, I'll be dag-gone!" —  001 - The Man of Bronze
  • Our Him'dag, our way of life, is based upon this principle. —  The NarcoSphere -
  • Det er en dejlig dag, igen i dag - videnskab, historie, filosofi, debat, religionskritik. blog do xico —  WordPress.com Top Blogs
  • Fleeces had to be opened with care, and have all pitched or tarred locks, dag-locks, brands, and feltings cut out. —  Home Life in Colonial Days
  • Then the Dutchman said "goeden-dag," or farewell, shook hands all round, cracked his long whip, and went off into the unknown wilderness, leaving the Brook family to its reflections CHAPTER SEVEN THE "LOCATION In the midst of the confused heap of their property, Edwin Brook sat down on a large chest beside his wife and daughter, and gazed for some time in silence on his new estate and home To say truth, it was in many respects a pleasant prospect. —  The Settler and the Savage
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  1. Middle English dagge, shred.

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  1. from Swedish dagg = Icelandic dögg (dagg-) = Danish dug = English dew, q. v.
  2. from Swedish dagga (= Icelandic döggva), bedew, from dagg = Icelandic dögg, dew: see dag, n. Cf. dew, v. Hence the freq. daggle, q. v.
  3. Also written dagge; = Middle Dutch, Dutch dagge = Middle Low German dagge, from Old French dague, French daguc = Spanish daga = Portuguese daga, adaga = Italian daga; of Celtic origin: cf. Old Gaelic daga. a dagger, a pistol, = Breton dag, a dagger. See further under dagger and dag.
  4. from Middle English daggen (= Middle Dutch daggen, pierce, stab), from Old French daguer, stab with a dagger; from the noun.
  5. from Middle English dagge, an ornamental point or slit on the edge of garments, a latchet; a particular use of dag, a dagger, not found in that sense in Middle English
 

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