hag
/hæɡ/ · noun
Meaning
- A witch, sorceress, or enchantress; a wizard.
- 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.
- An appearance of light and fire on a horse's mane or a man's hair.
- 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.
- To harass; to weary with vexation.
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