Hagfish
Hag″fish′(–fĭsh′),n.(Zoöl.) See Hag, 4.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Hag″fish′(–fĭsh′),n.(Zoöl.) See Hag, 4.
Hag‐ga″da (hăg‐gä″dȧ), n.; pl.Haggadoth (–dōth). [Rabbinic haggādhā, fr. Heb. higgīdh to relate.] A story, anecdote, or legend in the Talmud, to explain or illustrate the text o...
Hag″gard (hăg″gẽrd), a. [F. hagard; of German origin, and prop. meaning, of the hegde or woods, wild, untamed. See Hedge, 1st Haw, and -ard.] 1. Wild or intractable; disposed to...
Hag″gard, n. [See Haggard, a.] 1. (Falconry) A young or untrained hawk or falcon.2. A fierce, intractable creature.I have loved this proud disdainful haggard. Shak.3. [See Hagga...
Hag″gard, n. [See 1st Haw, Hedge, and Yard an inclosed space.] A stackyard. Swift.
Hag″gard‐ly, adv. In a haggard manner. Dryden.
Hag″ged (–gĕd), a. Like a hag; lean; ugly.
Hag″gis (–gĭs), n. [Scot. hag to hack, chop, E. hack. Formed, perhaps, in imitation of the F. hachis (E. hash), fr. hacher.] A Scotch pudding made of the heart, liver, lights, e...
Hag″gish (–gĭsh), a. Like a hag; ugly; wrinkled.But on us both did haggish age steal on. Shak.
Hag″gish‐ly, adv. In the manner of a hag.
Hag″gle (hăg″g'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Haggled (–g'ld); p. pr. & vb. n.Haggling (–glĭng).] [Freq. of Scot. hag, E. hack. See Hack to cut.] To cut roughly or hack; to cut into sma...
Hag″gle, v. i. To be difficult in bargaining; to stick at small matters; to chaffer; to higgle.Royalty and science never haggled about the value of blood. Walpole.
Hag″gle, n. The act or process of haggling. Carlyle.
Hag″gler (hăg″glẽr), n. 1. One who haggles or is difficult in bargaining.2. One who forestalls a market; a middleman between producer and dealer in London vegetable markets.
Ha″gi‐ar′chy (hā″jĭ‐är′ky̆), n. [Gr. ἅγιοσ sacred, holy + -archy.] A sacred government; government by holy orders of men. Southey.
Ha′gi‐oc″ra‐cy (–ŏk″rȧ‐sy̆), n. [Gr. ἅγιοσ holy, and κρατει̑ν to govern.] Government by a priesthood; hierarchy.
‖Ha′gi‐og″ra‐pha (–ŏg″rȧ‐fȧ), n. pl. [L., fr. Gr. αγιὅγραφα (sc. βιβλία), fr. αγιὅγραφοσ written by inspiration; ἅγιοσ sacred, holy + γράφειν to write.] 1. The last of the three...
Ha′gi‐og″ra‐phal (–fal), Pertaining to the hagiographa, or to sacred writings.
Ha′gi‐og″ra‐pher (–fẽr), n. One of the writers of the hagiographa; a writer of lives of the saints. Shipley.
Ha′gi‐og″ra‐phy (–fy̆; 277), n. Same as Hagiographa.
Ha′gi‐ol″a‐try (–ŏl″ȧ‐try̆), n. [Gr. ἅγιοσ sacred + λατρεία worship.] The invocation or worship of saints.
Ha′gi‐ol″o‐gist (–ō̍‐jĭst), n. One who treats of the sacred writings; a writer of the lives of the saints; a hagiographer. Tylor.Hagiologists have related it without scruple. So...
Ha′gi‐ol″o‐gy (–jy̆), n. [Gr. ἅγιοσ sacred + -logy.] The history or description of the sacred writings or of sacred persons; a narrative of the lives of the saints; a catalogue ...
Ha″gi‐o‐scope′ (hā″jĭ‐ō̍‐skōp′), n. [Gr. ἅγιοσ sacred + -scope.] An opening made in the interior walls of a cruciform church to afford a view of the altar to those in the transe...
Hag″seed′ (hăg″sēd), n. The offspring of a hag. Shak.
Hag″ship, n. The state or title of a hag. Middleton.
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