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<h1>Haft</h1> <Xpage=663>

<hw>Haft</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>h\'91ft</ets>; akin to D. & G. <ets>heft</ets>, Icel. <ets>hepti</ets>, and to E. <ets>Heave</ets>, or <ets>have</ets>. Cf. <er>Heft</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A handle; that part of an instrument or vessel taken into the hand, and by which it is held and used; -- said chiefly of a knife, sword, or dagger; the hilt.</def>

<blockquote>This brandish'dagger I'll bury to the <b>haft</b> in her fair breast. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A dwelling.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<i>Jamieson.</i>

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<hw>Haft</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To set in, or furnish with, a haft; <as>as, to <ex>haft</ex> a dagger</as>.</def>

<h1>Hafter</h1> <Xpage=663>

<hw>Haft"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<?/f. G. <ets>haften</ets> to cling or stick to, and E. <ets>haffle</ets>.]</ety> <def>A caviler; a wrangler.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Baret.</i>

<h1>Hag</h1> <Xpage=663>

<hw>Hag</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>hagge</ets>, <ets>hegge</ets>, with, hag, AS. <ets>h\'91gtesse</ets>; akin to OHG. <ets>hagazussa</ets>, G. <ets>hexe</ets>, D. <ets>heks</ets>, Dan. <ets>hex</ets>, Sw. <ets>h\'84xa</ets>. The first part of the word is prob. the same as E. <ets>haw</ets>, <ets>hedge</ets>, and the orig. meaning was perh., wood woman, wild woman. <?/.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A witch, sorceress, or enchantress; also, a wizard.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "[Silenus] that old <i>hag</i>."

<i>Golding.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An ugly old woman.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A fury; a she-monster.</def>

<i>Grashaw.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An eel-like marine marsipobranch (<spn>Myxine glutinosa</spn>), allied to the lamprey. It has a suctorial mouth, with labial appendages, and a single pair of gill openings. It is the type of the order Hyperotpeta. Called also <altname>hagfish</altname>, <altname>borer</altname>, <altname>slime eel</altname>, <altname>sucker</altname>, and <altname>sleepmarken</altname>.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The hagdon or shearwater.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>An appearance of light and fire on a horse's mane or a man's hair.</def>

<i>Blount.</i>

<cs><col>Hag moth</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a moth (<spn>Phobetron pithecium</spn>), the larva of which has curious side appendages, and feeds on fruit trees.</cd> -- <col>Hag's tooth</col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>an ugly irregularity in the pattern of matting or pointing.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Hag</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Hagged</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Hagging</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To harass; to weary with vexation.</def>

<blockquote>How are superstitious men <b>hagged</b> out of their wits with the fancy of omens. <i>L'Estrange.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Hag</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Scot. <ets>hag</ets> to cut; cf. E. <ets>hack</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A small wood, or part of a wood or copse, which is marked off or inclosed for felling, or which has been felled.</def>

<blockquote>This said, he led me over hoults and <b>hags</b>; Through thorns and bushes scant my legs I drew. <i>Fairfax.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A quagmire; mossy ground where peat or turf has been cut.</def>