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Meaning of 'hag' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Hag [ n.]
- A witch, sorceress, or enchantress; also, a wizard.
- An ugly old woman.
- A fury; a she-monster.
- 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.
- The hagdon or shearwater.
- An appearance of light and fire on a horse's mane or a man's hair.
- A small wood, or part of a wood or copse, which is marked off or inclosed for felling, or which has been felled.
- A quagmire; mossy ground where peat or turf has been cut.
2 . Hag [ v. t.]
- To harass; to weary with vexation.

Nearby Words:

hag-ridden hag-taper hagberry hagborn hagbut hagbutter hagdon haggada haggadoth haggard

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