dag

A hanging end or shred, in particular a long pointed strip of cloth at the edge of a piece of clothing, or one of a row of decorative strips of cloth that may ornament a tent, booth or fairground.

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

To see the dunged folds of dag-tayled sheepe.

1859-1865, Hensleigh Wedgwood, A Dictionary of English Etymology Daglocks, clotted locks hanging in dags or jags at a sheep's tail.

To shear the hindquarters of a sheep in order to remove dags or prevent their formation.

Blade shearers could shear, crutch, mules or dag sheep anywhere they were needed.

After learning how to crutch at 13, he could dag 400 sheep in a day by the spring of 1965 and earned himself more than just a bit of pocket money.

To cut or slash the edge of a garment into dags

To sully; to make dirty; to bemire.

Vexing the baths with his dagg'd rout.

A skewer.

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

A dagger; a poniard.

Even when my dag was levelled at his heart

Soon after this, however, there were brought into the country these old-time dags, useful weapons which rendered far easier the labors of men and of women. These were employed for many years, but later the company sent in an improved knife, more useful for skinning and for the other purposes of camp life, but not nearly so good for war.

A kind of large pistol.

The Spaniards discharged their dags, and hurt some.

Powder! No, Sir; my dag shall be my dagger.

The unbranched antler of a young deer.