knag noun. [nag] LME.
[German (orig. Low German) Knagge knot, peg.]
1. A short projection from the trunk or branch of a tree, as a dead branch; a peg, a hook. LME.

2. A knot in wood; the base of a branch. M16.

3. A pointed rock or crag. Now dial. M16.

4. Any of the knobs or points of a stag's horn; a tine. L16-M17.

■ knagged adjective knobbed, toothed, jagged LME-E18.

■ knaggy adjective knotty, rough, rugged, jagged M16.

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