Part 679

Hag, n. [Scot. hag to cut; cf. E. hack.] 1. A small wood, or part of a wood or copse, which is marked off or inclosed for felling, or which has been felled.

This said, he led me over hoults and hags; Through thorns and bushes scant my legs I drew.

Fairfax.

2. A quagmire; mossy ground where peat or turf has been cut. Dugdale.

Hag"ber`ry (hg"br`r), n. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Prunus (P. Padus); the bird cherry. [Scot.]

Hag"born` (-bÙrn`), a. Born of a hag or witch. Shak.

Hag"but (-bt), n. [OF. haquebute, prob. a corruption of D. haakbus; haak hook + bus gun barrel. See Hook, and 2d Box, and cf. Arquebus.] A harquebus, of which the but was bent down or hooked for convenience in taking aim. [Written also haguebut and hackbuss.]

Hag"but*ter (hg"bt*tr), n. A soldier armed with a hagbut or arquebus. [Written also hackbutter.] Froude.

Hag"don (hg"dn), n. (Zoˆl.) One of several species of sea birds of the genus Puffinus; esp., P. major, the greater shearwarter, and P. Stricklandi, the black hagdon or sooty shearwater; -- called also hagdown, haglin, and hag. See Shearwater.

Hag"fish`(- fsh`),n.(Zoˆl.) See Hag, 4.

Hag*ga"da (hg*g‰"d), n.; pl. Haggadoth (- dth). [Rabbinic haggdh, fr. Heb. higgdh to relate.] A story, anecdote, or legend in the Talmud, to explain or illustrate the text of the Old Testament. [Written also hagada.]

Hag"gard (hg"grd), a. [F. hagard; of German origin, and prop. meaning, of the hegde or woods, wild, untamed. See Hedge, 1st Haw, and - ard.] 1. Wild or intractable; disposed to break away from duty; untamed; as, a haggard or refractory hawk. [Obs.] Shak.

2. [For hagged, fr. hag a witch, influenced by haggard wild.] Having the expression of one wasted by want or suffering; hollow-eyed; having the features distorted or wasted by pain; wild and wasted, or anxious in appearance; as, haggard features, eyes.

Staring his eyes, and haggard was his look.

Dryden.

Hag"gard, n. [See Haggard, a.] 1. (Falconry) A young or untrained hawk or falcon.

2. A fierce, intractable creature.

I have loved this proud disdainful haggard.

Shak.

3. [See Haggard, a., 2.] A hag. [Obs.] Garth.

Hag"gard, n. [See 1st Haw, Hedge, and Yard an inclosed space.] A stackyard. [Prov. Eng.] Swift.

Hag"gard*ly, adv. In a haggard manner. Dryden.

Hag"ged (-gd), a. Like a hag; lean; ugly. [R.]

Hag"gis (-gs), n. [Scot. hag to hack, chop, E. hack. Formed, perhaps, in imitation of the F. hachis (E. hash), fr. hacher.] A Scotch pudding made of the heart, liver, lights, etc., of a sheep or lamb, minced with suet, onions, oatmeal, etc., highly seasoned, and boiled in the stomach of the same animal; minced head and pluck. [Written also haggiss, haggess, and haggies.]

Hag"gish (-gsh), a. Like a hag; ugly; wrinkled.

But on us both did haggish age steal on.

Shak.

Hag"gish*ly, adv. In the manner of a hag.