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Traditional English :: haggis
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haggih.html - n. a Scottish dish consisting of a sheep's or calf's offal mixed with suet, oatmeal, etc., and boiled in a bag made from the animal's stomach or in an artificial bag. [ME: orig. unkn.] |
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Traditional English :: Haggadah
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haggih.html - n. 1 a legend etc. used to illustrate a point of the Law in the Talmud; the legendary element of the Talmud. 2 a book recited at the Passover Seder service. Haggadic adj. [Heb., = tale, f. higgíd tell] |
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Traditional English :: haggard
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haggih.html - adj. & n. --adj. 1 looking exhausted and distraught, esp. from fatigue, worry, privation, etc. 2 (of a hawk) caught and trained as an adult. --n. haggardly adv. haggardness n. [F hagard, of uncert. orig.: later infl. by HAG(1)] |
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Traditional English :: haggis
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haggih.html - n. a Scottish dish consisting of a sheep's or calf's offal mixed with suet, oatmeal, etc., and boiled in a bag made from the animal's stomach or in an artificial bag. [ME: orig. unkn.] |
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Traditional English :: haggle
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haggih.html - v. & n. --v.intr. (often foll. by about, over) dispute or bargain persistently. --n. haggler n. [earlier sense 'hack' f. ON hæggva HEW] |
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Traditional English :: hag(1)
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haggih.html - n. 1 an ugly old woman. 2 a witch. 3 = HAGFISH. haggish adj. [ME hegge, hagge, perh. f. OE hógtesse, OHG hagazissa, of unkn. orig.] |
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