Etymology 1

From dagge, of uncertain (probably Germanic) origin, cognate with (Middle) Dutch dag, dagge, dagh

Noun

1. A hanging end or shred; notably:
   1. A long pointed strip of cloth at the edge of a piece of clothing.
   2. One of a row of decorative strips of cloth, ornamenting a tent, booth or fairground.

Etymology 2

From (from Old Provençal dague, of uncertain origin, perhaps from Vulgar *daca "Dacian knife," from the Roman province Dacia (roughly modern Romania); the ending is possibly the faintly pejorative -ard suffix, us in poignard 'dagger'); cognate with .

Noun

1. A skewer.
2. A spit, sharpened rod used for roasting food over a fire.

Verb

1. To skewer food, for roasting over a fire
2. To cut or slash the edge of a garment into dags

Noun

1. A dangling lock of sheep’s wool matted with dung.

Synonyms

• daglock
• dung tag
  • 1989, Paula Simmons, Raising Sheep the Modern Way, revised edition, Storey Communications Inc., Pownal Vermont, page 212

    Remove dung tags, and do not tie them in with the fleece.

Interjection

1. Expressing shock, awe or surprise; used as a general intensifier.

Noun

1. One who dresses unfashionably. May be used as form of endearment emphasizing that they are different, outsiders.

Noun

1. A directed acyclic graph; an ordered pair $(V,\; E)$ such that $E$ is a subset of some partial ordering relation on $V$.

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Etymology 1

Germanic: from 'day', cognate with German Tag. Cfr. infra

Etymology 2

Presumably Germanic: from goedendag 'goodday; goodbye' (from goed 'goed, pleasant' + dag 'day'), cfr. supra

Etymology 3

Presumably Germanic: from gedachte 'thought', from gedacht, the past participle of denken 'to think'