HAG
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Hag (hăg), n. [OE. hagge, hegge, witch, hag, AS. hægtesse; akin to OHG. hagazussa, G. hexe, D. heks, Dan. hex, Sw. h&ä;xa. The first part of the word is prob. the same as E. haw, hedge, and the orig. meaning was perh., wood woman, wild woman. √12.] 1. A witch, sorceress, or enchantress; also, a wizard. [Obs.] “[Silenus] that old hag.” Golding.
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2. An ugly old woman. Dryden.
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3. A fury; a she-monster. Crashaw.
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4. (Zo&ö;l.) An eel-like marine marsipobranch (Myxine glutinosa), 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 Hyperotreta. Called also hagfish, borer, slime eel, sucker, and sleepmarken.
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5. (Zo&ö;l.) The hagdon or shearwater.
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6. An appearance of light and fire on a horse's mane or a man's hair. Blount.
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Hag moth (Zo&ö;l.), a moth (Phobetron pithecium), the larva of which has curious side appendages, and feeds on fruit trees. -- Hag's tooth (Naut.), an ugly irregularity in the pattern of matting or pointing.
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Hag, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hagged (hăgd); p. pr. & vb. n. Hagging.] To harass; to weary with vexation.
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How are superstitious men hagged out of their wits with the fancy of omens.
L'Estrange.
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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.
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This said, he led me over hoults and hags;
Through thorns and bushes scant my legs I drew.
Fairfax.
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2. A quagmire; mossy ground where peat or turf has been cut. Dugdale.
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