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Definition of 'hag'English
Etymology 1
(etyl) hagge, hegge 'demon, old woman', shortening of (etyl) '', ).[1987, E. C. Polomé, R. Bergmann (editor), "Althochdeutsch ''hag(a)zussa'' 'Hexe': Versuch einer neuen Etymologie", ''Althochdeutsch 2 (Wörter und Namen. Forschungsgeschichte) ], pages 1107-1112.
Noun
( en-noun)
A witch, sorceress, or enchantress; a wizard.
* (rfdate) Golding
- [Silenus] that old hag .
(pejorative) An ugly old woman.
A fury; a she-monster.
- (Crashaw)
A hagfish; an eel-like marine marsipobranch, , allied to the lamprey, with a suctorial mouth, labial appendages, and a single pair of gill openings.
A hagdon or shearwater.
An appearance of light and fire on a horse's mane or a man's hair.
- (Blount)
The fruit of the hagberry, Prunus padus .
Synonyms
* (witch or sorceress)
* (ugly old woman) See also
* (fury or she-monster)
* (eel-like marine marsipobranch) borer, hagfish, sleepmarken, slime eel, sucker
* (hagdon or shearwater)
* (appearance of light and fire on mane or hair)
* (fruit of the hagberry)
Derived terms
* fag hag
Verb
( hagg)
To harass; to weary with vexation.
* L'Estrange
- How are superstitious men hagged out of their wits with the fancy of omens.
Etymology 2
Scots ; compare English hack.
Noun
( en-noun)
A small wood, or part of a wood or copse, which is marked off or enclosed for felling, or which has been felled.
* Fairfax
- This said, he led me over hoults and hags ; / Through thorns and bushes scant my legs I drew.
A quagmire; mossy ground where peat or turf has been cut.
- (Dugdale)
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