Hag : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Hag	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for Hag
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hag n an ugly evil-looking old woman [syn: hag, beldam, beldame, witch, crone] 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 Synonym(s): hagfish, hag, slime eels
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hag \Hag\, n. [OE. hagge, hegge, with, hag, AS. h[91]gtesse; akin to OHG. hagazussa, G. hexe, D. heks, Dan. hex, Sw. h[84]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. [?].] 1. A witch, sorceress, or enchantress; also, a wizard. [Obs.] [bd][Silenus] that old hag.[b8] --Golding. 2. An ugly old woman. 3. A fury; a she-monster. --Grashaw. 4. (Zo[94]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 Hyperotpeta. Called also {hagfish}, {borer}, {slime eel}, {sucker}, and {sleepmarken}. 5. (Zo[94]l.) The hagdon or shearwater. 6. An appearance of light and fire on a horse's mane or a man's hair. --Blount. {Hag moth} (Zo[94]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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hag \Hag\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hagged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hagging}.] To harass; to weary with vexation. How are superstitious men hagged out of their wits with the fancy of omens. --L'Estrange.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hag \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. 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hagdon \Hag"don\, n. (Zo[94]l.) One of several species of sea birds of the genus {Puffinus}; esp., {P. major}, the greater shearwarter, and {P. Stricklandi}, the black hagdon or sooty shearwater; -- called also {hagdown}, {haglin}, and {hag}. See {Shearwater}.