Show how term jag originated in many english country dialects the word jag Is found it originally meant a small load of hay from which it came to mean a load of drink alg as to overcome one jag besses an infinite number of mean ings the original meaning a load has been extended to the journey with the load the saddle bags which held it and the act of carrying it while in certain districts it signifies a alls ter the head of a flower calf leather and fatigue in addition to coinciding with jog and figuring in ordinary english to denote rough or jagged edges |