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HAG
hagfish, hag, slime eels
(noun) eellike cyclostome having a tongue with horny teeth in a round mouth surrounded by eight tentacles; feeds on dead or trapped fishes by boring into their bodies
hag, beldam, beldame, witch, crone
(noun) an ugly evil-looking old woman
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
hag (plural hags)
A witch, sorceress, or enchantress; a wizard.
(pejorative) An ugly old woman.
A fury; a she-monster.
A hagfish; one of various eel-like fish of the family Myxinidae, allied to the lamprey, with a suctorial mouth, labial appendages, and a single pair of gill openings.
A hagdon or shearwater; one of various sea birds of the genus Puffinus.
(obsolete) An appearance of light and fire on a horse's mane or a man's hair.
The fruit of the hagberry, Prunus padus.
(slang) sleep paralysis
Synonyms
• (witch or sorceress): See magician
• (ugly old woman): See ugly woman
• (eel-like marine fish): borer, hagfish, sleepmarken, slime eel, sucker, myxinid
• (sea bird): hagdon, haglet, shearwater
• (fruit of the hagberry): bird cherry, hackberry
Etymology 2
Noun
hag (plural hags)
A small wood, or part of a wood or copse, which is marked off or enclosed for felling, or which has been felled.
A quagmire; mossy ground where peat or turf has been cut.
Etymology 3
Verb
hag (third-person singular simple present hags, present participle hagging, simple past and past participle hagged)
(transitive) To harass; to weary with vexation.
Anagrams
• HGA, agh, gah, gha
Source: Wiktionary
Hag, n. Etym: [OE. hagge, hegge, with, hag, AS. hægtesse; akin to OHG. hagazussa, G. hexe, D. heks, Dan. hex, Sw. häxa. The first part of the word is prob. the same as E. haw, hedge, and the orig. meaning was perh., wood woman, wild woman.
1. A witch, sorceress, or enchantress; also, a wizard. [Obs.] "[Silenus] that old hag." Golding.
2. An ugly old woman.
3. A fury; a she-monster. Grashaw.
4. (Zoöl.)
Definition: 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 Hyperotpeta. Called also hagfish, borer, slime eel, sucker, and sleepmarken.
5. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The hagdon or shearwater.
6. An appearance of light and fire on a horse's mane or a man's hair. Blount. Hag moth (Zoöl.), 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.
Hag, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hagged; p. pr. & vb. n. Hagging.]
Definition: To harass; to weary with vexation. How are superstitious men hagged out of their wits with the fancy of omens. L'Estrange.
Hag, n. Etym: [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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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