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Webster 1913 Edition

Hag

Hag

(hăg)
,
Noun.
[OE.
hagge
,
hegge
, witch, hag, AS.
hægtesse
; akin to OHG.
hagazussa
, G.
hexe
, D.
heks
, Dan.
hex
, Sw.
häxa
. The first part of the word is prob. the same as E.
haw
,
hedge
, and the orig. meaning was perh., wood woman, wild woman. √12.]
1.
A witch, sorceress, or enchantress; also, a wizard.
[Obs.]
“[Silenus] that old hag.”
Golding.
2.
An ugly old woman.
Dryden.
3.
A fury; a she-monster.
Crashaw.
4.
(Zool.)
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
Hyperotreta
. Called also
hagfish
,
borer
,
slime eel
,
sucker
, and
sleepmarken
.
5.
(Zool.)
The hagdon or shearwater.
6.
An appearance of light and fire on a horse’s mane or a man's hair.
Blount.
Hag moth
(Zool.)
,
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.

Hag

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Hagged
(hăgd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Hagging
.]
To harass; to weary with vexation.
How are superstitious men
hagged
out of their wits with the fancy of omens.
L'Estrange.

Hag

,
Noun.
[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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Hag

HAG

, n.
1.
An ugly old woman; as an old hag of threescore.
2.
A witch; a sorceress; an enchantress.
3.
A fury; a she-monster.
4.
A cartilaginous fish, the Gastrobranchus, which enters other fishes and devours them. It is about five or six inches long, and resembles a small eel. It is allied to the lamprey.
5.
Appearances of light and fire on horses' manes or men's hair, were formerly called hags.

HAG

,
Verb.
T.
To harass; to torment.
1.
To tire; to weary with vexation.

Definition 2024

hág

hág

See also: hag, håg, Hag, and Hag.

Hungarian

Verb

hág

  1. to step up on something (-ra/-re)

Conjugation

Derived terms

Expressions
  • nyakára hág
  • tetőpontra hág

(With verbal prefixes):

  • áthág
  • felhág
  • fölhág
  • kihág
  • meghág

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈhaːɡ]

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