- Myxine glutinosa
- Hag Hag (h[a^]g), n. [OE. hagge, hegge, witch, 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. [root]12.]
1. A witch, sorceress, or enchantress; also, a wizard. [Obs.]
``[Silenus] that old hag.'' --Golding.
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2. An ugly old woman. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
3. A fury; a she-monster. --Crashaw. [1913 Webster]
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 {Hyperotreta}. Called also {hagfish}, {borer}, {slime eel}, {sucker}, and {sleepmarken}. [1913 Webster]
5. (Zo["o]l.) The hagdon or shearwater. [1913 Webster]
6. An appearance of light and fire on a horse's mane or a man's hair. --Blount. [1913 Webster]
{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. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.