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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

JAGGER

JAGGER Jag "ger, n.

 

Defn: One who carries about a small load; a peddler. See 2d Jag. [Scot. ] Sir W. Scott.

 

JAGGER

Jag "ger, n. Etym: [From 4th Jag. ]

 

Defn: One who, or that which, jags; specifically: (a ) jagging iron used for crimping pies, cakes, etc. (b ) A toothed chisel. See Jag, v. t. Jagger spring, a spring beneath a seat, and resting on cleats or blocks in the body of a vehicle. Knight.

 

JAGGERY

Jag "ger *y, n. Etym: [Hind jagri. Cf. Sugar. ]

 

Defn: Raw palm sugar, made in the East Indies by evaporating the fresh juice of several kinds of palm trees, but specifically that of the palmyra (Borassus flabelliformis ). [Written also jagghery.]

 

JAGGERY PALM

JAGGERY PALM Jag "ger *y palm.

 

Defn: An East Indian palm (Caryota urens ) having leaves pinnate with wedge-shaped divisions, the petiole very stout. It is the principal source of jaggery, and is often cultivated for ornament.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

Jagger, Mick

Jag ger, Mick |ˈjagər ˈʤæɡər | (1943 –), English rock singer and songwriter; full name Sir Michael Philip Jagger. He formed the Rolling Stones c. 1962 with guitarist Keith Richards (1943 –).

 

jaggery

jag ger y |ˈjagərē ˈʤæɡəri | noun a coarse dark brown sugar made in India by evaporation of the sap of palm trees. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Portuguese xagara, jag (a )ra, from Malayalam cakkarā, from Sanskrit śarkarā sugar.

 

Oxford Dictionary

Jagger, Sir Mick

Jag ¦ger |ˈdʒagə | (b.1943 ), English rock singer and songwriter; full name Michael Philip Jagger. He formed the Rolling Stones c. 1962 with guitarist Keith Richards (b.1943 ), a childhood friend.

 

jaggery

jaggery |ˈdʒag (ə )ri | noun [ mass noun ] a coarse dark brown sugar made in India by evaporation of the sap of palm trees. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Portuguese xagara, jag (a )ra, from Malayalam cakkarā, from Sanskrit śarkarā sugar .