Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SHAG'GED, or SHAG'GY
SHAGSHAG'GED-NESS, or SHAG'GI-NESS
SHAG'GED, or SHAG'GY, a.
- Rough with long hair or wool. About his shoulders hangs the shaggy skin. – Dryden.
- Rough; rugged; as, the shaggy tops of hills. – Milton. And throw the shaggy spoils about your shoulders. – Addison.
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