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hag

/hæɡ/ · noun

Meaning

  1. A witch, sorceress, or enchantress; a wizard.
  2. An ugly old woman.
  3. A fury; a she-monster.
  4. 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.
  5. A hagdon or shearwater; one of various sea birds of the genus Puffinus.
  6. An appearance of light and fire on a horse's mane or a man's hair.
  7. A small wood, or part of a wood or copse, which is marked off or enclosed for felling, or which has been felled.
  8. A quagmire; mossy ground where peat or turf has been cut.
  9. To harass; to weary with vexation.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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