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Traditional English :: hag(1)
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hagography.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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Traditional English :: hag(2)
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hagography.html - n. Sc. & N.Engl. 1 a soft place on a moor. 2 a firm place in a bog. [ON hægg gap, orig. 'cutting blow', rel. to HEW] |
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Traditional English :: Hag.
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hagography.html - abbr.
Haggai (Old Testament). |
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Traditional English :: hagfish
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hagography.html - n. any jawless fish of the family Myxinidae, with a rasp-like tongue used for feeding on dead or dying fish. [HAG(1)] |
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Traditional English :: Haggadah
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hagography.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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hagography.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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