n. | 1. | A witch, sorceress, or enchantress; also, a wizard. |
| 2. | An ugly old woman. |
| 3. | A fury; a she-monster. |
| 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. |
v. t. | 1. | To harass; to weary with vexation. |
n. | 1. | A small wood, or part of a wood or copse, which is marked off or inclosed for felling, or which has been felled. |
| 2. | A quagmire; mossy ground where peat or turf has been cut. |
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