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hag

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hag 1  (hg)
n.
1. An old woman considered ugly or frightful.
2.
a. A witch; a sorceress.
b. Obsolete A female demon.
3. A hagfish.

[Middle English hagge, perhaps short for Old English hægtesse, witch.]

haggish adj.
haggish·ly adv.
haggish·ness n.

hag 2  (hg)
n. Chiefly British
1. A boggy area; a quagmire.
2. A spot in boggy land that is softer or more solid than the surrounding area.
3. A cutting in a peat bog.

[Middle English, gap, chasm, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse högg; see kau- in Indo-European roots.]

hag1
n
1. an unpleasant or ugly old woman
2. a witch
3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) short for hagfish
4. Obsolete a female demon
[Old English hægtesse witch; related to Old High German hagazussa, Middle Dutch haghetisse]
haggish  adj
haggishly  adv
haggishness  n
haglike  adj

hag2
n Scot and northern English dialect
1. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) a firm spot in a bog
2. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) a soft place in a moor
[of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse högg gap; see hew]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.haghag - an ugly evil-looking old woman      
old woman - a woman who is old
2.haghag - 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
agnathan, jawless fish, jawless vertebrate - eel-shaped vertebrate without jaws or paired appendages including the cyclostomes and some extinct forms
family Myxinidae, Myxinidae - slime-producing marine animals: hagfishes
Myxine glutinosa - typical hagfish
eptatretus - a fossil hagfish of the genus Eptatretus
Myxinikela siroka - fossil hagfish of the Pennsylvanian period (c. 300 million years ago) that resembled modern hagfishes

hag
noun witch, virago, shrew, vixen, crone, fury, harridan, beldam (archaic), termagant I hope the old hag hasn't come back yet.
Translations
hag [hæg] N (= ugly old woman) → vieja f fea, bruja f; (= witch) → bruja f

hag [ˈhæg] n
(= ugly woman) → vieille sorcière f (= nasty woman) → chameau m, harpie f
(= witch) → sorcière f

hag
nHexe f

hag [hæg] n (ugly) → befana; (nasty) → megera; (witch) → strega
hag [hæg] n (ugly) → befana; (nasty) → megera; (witch) → strega

hag
n hag [hӕg]
an ugly old woman. ou heks عَجوز شَمْطاء старица babizna heks; kælling die Hexe γριά στρίγκλα bruja, arpía vanamoor عجوزه akka (vieille) sorcière זְקֵנָה מְכוֹעֶרֶת खूसट बुढ़िया ružna starica, vještica vén boszorkány perempuan tua jelek skass; norn strega, vecchiaccia 醜い老婆 추한 노파 sena ragana, žiežula vecene perempuan tua yang hodoh oud wijf heks, hespetre, kjerring wiedźma bruxa baborniţă карга baba, babizňa, striga baba ružna starica hagga, räpa หญิงแก่ที่น่าเกลียด çirkin yaşlı kadın, cadoloz 老醜婦 відьма, карга بدصورت بڑھیا mụ phù thuỷ


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of baleful lumination or nimbus -- hag being the popular name of that
The hag raised her head as Rebecca entered, and scowled at the fair Jewess with the malignant envy with which old age and ugliness, when united with evil conditions, are apt to look upon youth and beauty.
The toothless old hag grinned her appreciation of this suggestion, and as the plan still better suited the chief's scheme, in that it would permit him to surround Tarzan with a gang of picked assassins, he readily assented, so that presently Tarzan had been installed in a hut close to the village gate.
 
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