a. 1. Full of snags; full of short, rough branches or sharp points; abounding with knots. “Upon a snaggy oak.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Snappish; cross; ill-tempered. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Compar. Shaggier superl. Shaggiest. ] [ From Shag, n. ] Rough with long hair or wool. [ 1913 Webster ]
About his shoulders hangs the shaggy skin. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Rough; rugged; jaggy. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ A rill ] that winds unseen beneath the shaggy fell. Keble. [ 1913 Webster ]