mean and ugly old woman, evil old woman; witch (Offensive Slang)
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Hag Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t.)
To harass; to weary with vexation.
To harass; to weary with vexation.
(n.)
The hagdon or shearwater.
The hagdon or shearwater.
(n.)
An ugly old woman.
An ugly old woman.
(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.
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.
(n.)
An appearance of light and fire on a horse's mane or a man's hair.
An appearance of light and fire on a horse's mane or a man's hair.
(n.)
A witch, sorceress, or enchantress; also, a wizard.
A witch, sorceress, or enchantress; also, a wizard.
(n.)
A small wood, or part of a wood or copse, which is marked off or inclosed for felling, or which has been felled.
A small wood, or part of a wood or copse, which is marked off or inclosed for felling, or which has been felled.
(n.)
A quagmire; mossy ground where peat or turf has been cut.
A quagmire; mossy ground where peat or turf has been cut.
(n.)
A fury; a she-monster.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutA fury; a she-monster.
hag
\hag\ (?), n. [oe. hagge, hegge, with, hag, as. h?gtesse; akin to ohg. hagazussa, g. hexe, d. heks, dan. hex, sw. h?xa. the first part of the word is prob. the same as e. haw, hedge, and the orig. meaning was perh., wood woman, wild woman. &?;.]
1. a witch, sorceress, or enchantress; also, a wizard. [obs.] "[silenus] that old hag."
2. an ugly old woman.
3. a fury; a she-monster. --grashaw.
4. (zo?l.) 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.
5. (zo?l.) the hagdon or shearwater.
6. an appearance of light and fire on a horse's mane or a man's hair.
hag
moth (zo?l.), a moth (phobetron pithecium), the larva of which has curious side appendages, and feeds on fruit trees.
similar words(6)
night hag
hag moth
hag-ridden
hag-taper
herring hag
grab hag
cailleach
b(h)ean (pl. mná) f.
old woman, hag: cailleach, treanbhean, caillich
old woman, hag: cailleach, treanbhean, caillich
Gwiddan = n. a hag; a witch
Gwrach = n. a hag, an old woman, a witch
Gwrachiaidd = a. like an old hag
Hag, (n.)
An elderly lady whom you do not happen to like; sometimes called, also, a hen, or cat. Old witches, sorceresses, etc., were called hags from the belief that their heads were surrounded by a kind of baleful lumination or nimbus -- hag being the popular name of that peculiar electrical light sometimes observed in the hair. At one time hag was not a word of reproach: Drayton speaks of a "beautiful hag, all smiles," much as Shakespeare said, "sweet wench." It would not now be proper to call your sweetheart a hag -- that compliment is reserved for the use of her grandchildren.
The Devil's Dictionary, by Ambrose Bierce, 1911 (About)An elderly lady whom you do not happen to like; sometimes called, also, a hen, or cat. Old witches, sorceresses, etc., were called hags from the belief that their heads were surrounded by a kind of baleful lumination or nimbus -- hag being the popular name of that peculiar electrical light sometimes observed in the hair. At one time hag was not a word of reproach: Drayton speaks of a "beautiful hag, all smiles," much as Shakespeare said, "sweet wench." It would not now be proper to call your sweetheart a hag -- that compliment is reserved for the use of her grandchildren.
SEED: seed or offspring of a hag
Noun
1. an ugly evil-looking old woman
(synonym) beldam, beldame, witch, crone
(hypernym) old woman
2. eellike cyclostome having a tongue with horny teeth in a round mouth surrounded by eight tentacles; feeds on dead or trapped fishes by boring into their bodies
(synonym) hagfish, slime eels
(hypernym) jawless vertebrate, jawless fish, agnathan
(hyponym) Myxine glutinosa
(member-holonym) Myxinidae, family Myxinidae
Hag Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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A hag is a wizened old woman, or a kind of fairy or goddess having the appearance of such a woman, often found in folklore and children's tales such as Hansel and Gretel. Hags are often seen as malevolent, but may also be one of the chosen forms of shapeshifting deities, such as the Morrígan or Badb, who are seen as neither wholly beneficent nor malevolent. The term appears in Middle English, and was a shortening of hægtesse, an Old English term for witch, similarly the Dutch heks and German hexe are also shortenings, of the Middle Dutch haghetisse and Old High German hagzusa respectively. All these words derive from the Proto-Germanic *hagatusjon- which is of unknown origin, however the first element may be related to the word "hedge". As a stock character in fairy or folk tale, the hag shares characteristics with the crone, and the two words are sometimes used as if interchangeable.
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The Book of Haggai is a book of the Hebrew Bible or Tanakh, and has its place as the antepenultimate of the Minor Prophets or the "Book of the Twelve." It is a short book, consisting of only two chapters. The historical setting dates around 520 BCE before the Temple has been rebuilt. 520 BCE falls between the start of the Persian empire in 539 BCE and 520 BCE a period that saw major kings such as Zerubbabel helped lead the Jews in their return to the land.
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