[f. JAG sb.1 + -Y1.] Abounding in or characterized by jags; jagged; in Sc., prickly.
1717. Addison, trans. Ovids Met., III. 75.
Three tongues he brandishd when he chargd his Foes; | |
His Teeth stood jaggy in Three dreadful Rows. |
1849. Ruskin, Sev. Lamps, iii. § 16. 82. Four branches of thistle leaves throwing their jaggy spines down.
1865. E. Burritt, Walk to Lands End, 425. The narrow road between these dark, jaggy, craggy heights.