† shag-hairadj.n.
Obsolete.
A. adj.
= shag-haired adj.
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the world > life > the body > hair > types of hair > [adjective] > bushy, thick > having
shaggeda1000
roughOE
thick-hairedc1405
busheda1513
bush-haired1530
maned1530
bush-headed1552
shack-haired1555
mop-headed?1566
shag-haired1577
shag-hair1584
shaggyc1590
rug-headed1597
hirsute1621
hobby-headeda1625
shock1681
shocky1698
shock-head1842
tousled-headed1860
tousle-haired1880
flock-headed1891
thick-piled1976
1584 J. Lyly Sapho & Phao iv. iv. 33 Vulcan. My shag-haire Cyclops, come, lets ply Our Lemnion hammers lustily.
1612 H. Peacham Gentlemans Exercise i. xvi. 54 Shag hair dogs.
B. n.
A ‘shag-haired’ dog.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [noun] > defined by coat
shag-hair1598
shough1599
shock1638
shock-dog1673
smooth coat1890
smooth1897
longcoat1953
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Lacno, a dogs name, as we say a shag-haire or ruffian.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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adj.n.1584- shed-stick
- shed-wise
- shedboss
- shedcow
- sheddable
- shelter
- shelter barrack
- shelter belt
- shelter cough
- shelter foot
- shelter half
- shelter in place
- shelter leg
- shelter magazine
- shelter marshal
- shelter oneself under, behind
- shelter paralysis
- shelter rash
- shelter tent
- shelter throat
- shelter tree
- shelter warden
- shelter wood
- shelter-association
- shelter-belt