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† ˈknagged, a. Obs. Also 5 gnaggid. [f. knag n.1 + -ed2.] Furnished with protuberances, knobs, or knots; knobbed, toothed, jagged.
c1400Destr. Troy 4973 A tre, þat was tried, all of tru gold,..And frut on yt fourmyt fairest of shap, Of mony kynd þat was knyt [ed. 1874 kuyt], knagged aboue. c1430Virg. 2nd Compl. 97 in Pol., Rel. & L. Poems 211 Thou scourge maad of ful touȝ skyn, Knottid & gnaggid. 1601Holland Pliny xi. xxxvii, In some she hath made them [horns] knagged and branched, as in Deere. 1631R. H. Arraignm. Whole Creature v. 32 A knagg'd staffe. 1711J. Petiver in Phil. Trans. XXVII. 394 Narrow, knagged Alatern. |