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dag-lock
dag-lock [f. dag n.1 3 + lock.] pl. Locks of wool clotted with dirt about the hinder parts of a sheep.1623 Althorp MS. in Simpkinson Washingtons (1860) p. xlv, To 12 women..2 daies washing dag-loakes. 1724 Lond. Gaz. No. 6264/2 Frauds..are..committed..by winding in Fleeces, Locks, Tail-Locks, Sheer-... Oxford English Dictionary
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dag-tailed
ˈdag-tailed, a. [f. dag n.1] Having the wool about the tail clotted with dirt. (Cf. dag n.1 3, dag-lock.)1597–8 Bp. Hall Sat. v. i. 116 To see the dunged foldes of dag-tayled sheepe. Oxford English Dictionary
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dag
▪ I. dag, n.1 (dæg) In 4–5 dagge. [Of uncertain origin: the same senses are partly expressed by tag.] † 1. A pendant pointed portion of anything; one of the pointed or laciniated divisions made by deeply slashing or cutting the lower margin of a cloak, gown, or other garment, as was done for ornamen... Oxford English Dictionary
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tag
▪ I. tag, n.1 (tæg) Also 5–6 tagge, 6 tagg, tage. [Known shortly after 1400: origin obscure. In senses 1, 2 a, and 3, it is synonymous with dag n.1, which appears to have been the earlier form: if so, tag may have been influenced by association with tack. Some compare Sw. tagg ‘prickle, point, tooth... Oxford English Dictionary
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