▪ I. shagged, a.1 Now rare.
(ʃægd, ˈʃægɪd)
Forms: 1 sceacgede (sceagode), 6 shagd, 7 shag'd, 7, 9 shagg'd, 6– shagged.
[OE. sceacgede, f. sceacga shag n.1: see -ed2.]
1. a. Having or covered with shaggy hair; rough with hair. Chiefly said of animals.
shagged foal = shag-foal s.v. shag n.1 5.
| a 1000 Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 206/9 Comosus, sceagode. c 1050 Ibid. 380/14 Comosus, sceacgede. c 1611 Chapman Iliad vi. 184 A Gotes shagg'd forme she bore. 1612 Drayton Poly-olb. xi. 109 Of whose shagg'd Siluans shee Hath in the Rockes been woo'd, their Paramour to bee. 1653 H. More Antid. Ath. iii. vii. §4 (1712) 104 A shagged Dog with great eyes. a 1720 W. Gibson Diet Horses vii. (ed. 3) 95 Otherwise in cold Weather the finest Horses will look shagged, if they are not kept cloathed. 1821 Clare Vill. Minstr. I. 23 A shagged foal would fright the early-rising swain. 1822 T. Taylor Apuleius 114 The shagged god [sc. Pan]..called her gently to him. 1825 Scott Talism. iii, I will strike thy shagged head from thy meagre shoulders. 1848 Lytton Harold vi. i, Round them grazed the rough shagged ponies which they had used for their journey. |
† b. transf. (Said, e.g., of a comet.) Obs.
| 1648 Herrick Hesper., Farewell to Sack, And like to those Comets we see by night; whose shagg'd portents Fore-tell the comming of some dire events. 1679 Ecclestone Noah's Fl. ii. 18 I'le shake off all these shagged shades of Night, And will adorn my self with Robes of Light. |
† c. ? Unkempt; ? ill-clad, ragged. Obs.
| 1622 J. Taylor (Water-P.) Water-Cormorant C 2, Attended fitly..With two shag'd Ruffians, and a pyde coat Page. 1711 E. Ward Don Quix. I. 7 Yet look'd so shagged and forlorn. |
2. † a. Of textile fabrics, garments: Having a rough or long nap. Obs.
| 1649 J. Taylor (Water-P.) Wandering 8 My chamber-pot seemed to be lined within the crimson plush, or shag'd scarlet bayes. 1665 Hooke Microgr. 3 A very course piece of shag'd cloth. 1679 T. Jordan Lond. in Luster 7 An old Woman clad all in white Flannel, with a white shag'd Irish Mantle. 1679 A. Lovell Indic. Univ. 65 Shagged or high⁓napped cloth. 1691 Bragadocio v. ii. 63 Stage-direct., Enter the Quack in a Fur Cap, and shag'd Gown. |
b. transf. Of a hill-side, etc.: Covered with scrub, trees, or some rough or shaggy growth.
| 1784 J. Byng Jrnl. 11 July in Torrington Diaries (1934) I. 161 A most fearful mountain, call'd Drwsycood, of awful, and shagged front. 1820 W. Irving Sketch Bk., Rip I. 69 He looked down into a deep mountain glen, wild, lonely, and shagged. 1831 Lytton Godolphin xv, Constance..pointed admiringly to the blue course of the waters as they wound through their shagged banks. 1927 F. B. Young Portrait of Clare iii. viii. 350 The twisted apple-trees stood shagged with a silvery blight. |
c. Jagged; having a rough, uneven surface.
| 1589 Puttenham Eng. Poesie iii. iv. (Arb.) 156 Teeth euen and not shagged. 1750 G. Hughes Barbados 116 The bark..is rough and shagged. 1764 Museum Rust. II. xxv. 80 His crop [of ‘coleseed’] will receive great damage by the stumps being left very shagged and torn. 1858 G. P. Scrope Geol. Central France (ed. 2) 64 Replacing the rivulet that flowed there with a black and shagged current of lava. |
3. a. Of hair, etc.: Long and rough; shaggy.
| 1587 Hughes Misfort. Arthur ii. Argt., A man..with blacke long shagged haire downe to his shoulders. 1609 Holland Amm. Marcell. xxv. iii. 270 His beard, which was shagged and rough. c 1620 Z. Boyd Zion's Flowers (1855) 120 His long black lockes hang shagg'd adowne his shoulder. 1719 D'Urfey Pills (1872) III. 318 And like him made a noble Shield of She-goat's shagged Coat. 1775 Adair Amer. Ind. 7 Skins of buffalo calves, with the wintery shagged wool inward. c 1800 R. Cumberland John De Lancaster (1809) I. 71 Monstrous white bulls with shagged manes and hairy foreheads. 1814 Scott Ld. of Isles iii. xxv, Eyebrows shagg'd and grey. |
b. transf. Of plants, etc.: Having a rough or shaggy appearance.
| 1798 Bloomfield Farmer's Boy, Autumn 45 Some warm slope with shagged moss o'erspread. 1830 Scott Auchindrane ii. i, Rough with..shagged sea-weed. |
† 4. Comb. shagged-ragged a. (cf. shag-rag), shaggy and ragged. Obs.
| 1612 Rowlands Knaue of Harts 13 Rose Hat-bands, with the shagged-ragged-Ruffe. |
Hence ˈshaggedness.
| 1660 H. More Myst. Godl. iv. ix. 121 The colour, shaggedness and other qualities of the Dog. |
▪ II. shagged, a.2 slang.
(ʃægd)
[Origin uncertain: perh. rel. to shagged a. or shag v.3 Cf. also fagged ppl. a.]
Weary, exhausted. Also with out.
| 1932 Auden Orators iii. 99 Wakeful at night, in the morning fagged; They feel like angels, but they look just shagged. 1947 D. M. Davin Gorse blooms Pale 178 They're all in pretty good nick, considering. Shagged, of course. 1950 Dylan Thomas in Circus Apr. 8/2 He is..thin, not to say of a shagged-out appearance. 1960 Observer 20 Mar. 10/3 Oh cut it out, Sarge—let up! I'm shagged. 1971 Peace News 10 Sept. 8/2 The haggard and shagged-out end products of a lifetime spent in the pursuit of materialism. 1975 G. W. Target Strike Strikers iii. 51 The two other-rankers were now sitting in the back of the jeep, with all of 'em looking shagged out. |