Hag

  • 61hag-ridden — (n.) 1680s, afflicted by nightmares, from HAG (Cf. hag) (n.) + RIDDEN (Cf. ridden). An old term for sleep paralysis, the sensation of being held immobile in bed, often by a heavy weight, and accompanied by a sense of alien presence. A holed stone …

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  • 62hag´gard|ness — hag|gard «HAG uhrd», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. looking worn from pain, fatigue, worry, or hunger; worn by care; gaunt: »The haggard faces of the rescued miners showed suffering. SYNONYM(S): lean, thin, wasted, emaciated, hollow eyed. 2. of a hawk …

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  • 63hag´gard|ly — hag|gard «HAG uhrd», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. looking worn from pain, fatigue, worry, or hunger; worn by care; gaunt: »The haggard faces of the rescued miners showed suffering. SYNONYM(S): lean, thin, wasted, emaciated, hollow eyed. 2. of a hawk …

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  • 64hag|gard — «HAG uhrd», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. looking worn from pain, fatigue, worry, or hunger; worn by care; gaunt: »The haggard faces of the rescued miners showed suffering. SYNONYM(S): lean, thin, wasted, emaciated, hollow eyed. 2. of a hawk: a)… …

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  • 65hag´gish|ness — hag|gish «HAG ihsh», adjective. of or like a hag: »On us both did haggish age steal on (Shakespeare). –hag´gish|ness, noun …

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  • 66hag|gish — «HAG ihsh», adjective. of or like a hag: »On us both did haggish age steal on (Shakespeare). –hag´gish|ness, noun …

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  • 67hag´gler — hag|gle «HAG uhl», verb, gled, gling, noun. –v.i. to dispute, especially about a price or the terms of a bargain; stickle: »He went marketing…to haggle with tradesmen over fish…tapioca and so on (Rudyard Kipling). The Big Four Foreign Ministers… …

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  • 68hag|gle — «HAG uhl», verb, gled, gling, noun. –v.i. to dispute, especially about a price or the terms of a bargain; stickle: »He went marketing…to haggle with tradesmen over fish…tapioca and so on (Rudyard Kipling). The Big Four Foreign Ministers wasted… …

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  • 69Hag-taper — Hag ta per ( t[=a] p[ e]r), n. [Cf. 1st {Hag}, and {Hig taper}.] (Bot.) The great woolly mullein ({Verbascum Thapsus}). [1913 Webster] …

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  • 70HAG (disambiguation) — HAG could refer to:* HAG; a Swiss manufacturer of model railway equipment. * Hagley railway station, England; National Rail station code HAG. * Heavy artillery gun …

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