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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SAGGER

Sag "ger, n. Etym: [See Segger.]

 

1. A pot or case of fire clay, in which fine stoneware is inclosed while baking in the kiln; a segga.

 

2. The clay of which such pots or cases are made.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

sagger

sag ger |ˈsagər ˈsæɡər |(also saggar ) ▶noun a protective fireclay box enclosing ceramic ware while it is being fired. ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: probably a contraction of the noun safeguard .