dag – English noun declension

English noun forms of dag

Noun: dag
Singulardag
Pluraldags

Sample Sentences

  • To see the dunged folds of dag-tayled sheepe. [1597-98 1597–8, Joseph_Hall_(bishop) Joseph Hall Satires, Book 5, number 1]
  • 1859-1865, Hensleigh Wedgwood, A Dictionary of English Etymology
  • Daglocks, clotted locks hanging in dags or jags at a sheep's tail.
  • He was one of the first significant private buyers of wool in New Zealand, playing a major part in bringing respectability to what at first was a very diverse group. He pioneered the pelletising of dag waste. [1998, Wool: Volume 8, Issue 10, as published by the Massey Wool Association]
  • The development of dags first requires some faeces to adhere to wool, but this is only the initial step in accumulation. [1999, G. C. Waghorn, N. G. Gregory, S. E. Todd, and R. Wesselink, Dags in sheep; a look at faeces and reasons for dag formation, published in the Proceedings of the New Zealand Grassland Association 61, on pages 43–49]
  • […] and the use of tanniferous forages may affect faecal consistency, reducing the formation of dag (faeces-coated wool). [2004, Mette Vaarst, Animal health and welfare in organic agriculture, page 323:]
  • [Researchers] note that free pellets are characteristic of healthy sheep and that if sheep consistently produced free pellets, wool staining and dag formation would not occur. [2006, in the compilation of the Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture, volume 46, issues 1-5, published by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (Australia), on page 7]

Etymology

From Middle English dagge, of uncertain (probably Germanic) origin, cognate with (Middle) Dutch dag, dagge, dagh. The sense "dangling lock of wool, matted with dung" (originally from the dialect of Kent) is also termed "daglock" (derived from the "hanging end" sense of "dag") or "daggle-lock" and some sources consider the sense a shortening of that longer word rather than a mere evolution of the "hanging end" sense. See: Middle English Nouns 'dagge'.

Verbs referencing "dag"

Dutch Nouns dagge, Middle English Nouns dagon.