Hagdon \Hag"don\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
One of several species of sea birds of the genus Puffinus;
esp., P. major, the greater shearwarter, and P.
Stricklandi, the black hagdon or sooty shearwater; -- called
also hagdown, haglin, and hag. See Shearwater.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Hag \Hag\, n. [Scot. hag to cut; cf. E. hack.]
1. A small wood, or part of a wood or copse, which is marked
off or inclosed for felling, or which has been felled.
This said, he led me over hoults and hags; Through
thorns and bushes scant my legs I drew. --Fairfax.
2. A quagmire; mossy ground where peat or turf has been cut.
--Dugdale.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Hag \Hag\, n. [OE. hagge, hegge, with, hag, AS. h[ae]gtesse;
akin to OHG. hagazussa, G. hexe, D. heks, Dan. hex, Sw.
h["a]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.'' --Golding.
2. An ugly old woman.
3. A fury; a she-monster. --Grashaw.
4. (Zo["o]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["o]l.) The hagdon or shearwater.
6. An appearance of light and fire on a horse's mane or a
man's hair. --Blount.
Hag moth (Zo["o]l.), a moth (Phobetron pithecium), the
larva of which has curious side appendages, and feeds on
fruit trees.
Hag's tooth (Naut.), an ugly irregularity in the pattern of
matting or pointing.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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