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Hag \Hag\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hagged} (h[a^]gd); 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 \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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Hag \Hag\ (h[a^]g), n. [OE. hagge, hegge, witch, hag, AS.
h[ae]gtesse; akin to OHG. hagazussa, G. hexe, D. heks, Dan.
hex, Sw. h[aum]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. [root]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. (Zool.) 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. (Zool.) 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} (Zool.), 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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Hagdon \Hag"don\ (h[a^]g"d[o^]n), n. (Zool.)
One of several species of sea birds of the genus {Puffinus};
esp., {Puffinus major}, the greater shearwarter, and
{Puffinus Stricklandi}, the black hagdon or sooty shearwater;
-- called also {hagdown}, {haglin}, and {hag}. See
{Shearwater}.
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