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Show How Term "Jag" Originated. B In mnny English country dialects' H tho word "Jag" Is found. It originally C meant a small load of hay, from which M, It camo to mean a load of drink so 9 big as to overcome one. "Jog" pos QU sesses an Infinite number of mean- W Ings. Tho original meaning, "a load," 9 has been extended to tho Journey wltU 1 tho load, tho saddlo bags which held ' It, and tho act of carrying It, whtld in certain districts It signifies a blister, blis-ter, tho head of a flower, calf leathoi nnd fatigue, In addition to coinciding with "Jog" and figuring In ordinary J English to donoto rough or "Jagged'1 r edges. n 5 |