"hag" Definition

Definitions for the word "hag" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. n.
A witch, sorceress, or enchantress; also, a wizard.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
An ugly old woman.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
A fury; a she-monster.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
The hagdon or shearwater.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
An appearance of light and fire on a horse's mane or a man's hair.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. v. t.
To harass; to weary with vexation.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. n.
A small wood, or part of a wood or copse, which is marked off or inclosed for felling, or which has been felled.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. n.
A quagmire; mossy ground where peat or turf has been cut.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. n.
1 ugly old woman. 2 witch. [old english]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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