Hag — Defs

01 n. A witch, sorceress, or enchantress; also, a wizard.

1.
A witch, sorceress, or enchantress; also, a wizard.[Obs.]
2.
An ugly old woman.
3.
A fury; a she-monster.
4.
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.(Zool.) Also: hagfish, borer, slime eel, sucker, sleepmarken
5.
The hagdon or shearwater.(Zool.)
6.
An appearance of light and fire on a horse's mane or a man's hair.

Phrases & compounds

Hag moth — a moth (Phobetron pithecium), the larva of which has curious side appendages, and feeds on fruit trees.

Hag's tooth — an ugly irregularity in the pattern of matting or pointing.

02 v. t. To harass; to weary with vexation.

imp. & p. p. Hagged; p. pr. & vb. n. Hagging

1.
To harass; to weary with vexation.
“How are superstitious men hagged out of their wits with the fancy of omens.” — L'Estrange.

03 n. A small wood, or part of a wood or copse, which is marked off or inclosed for felling, or which has been felled.

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.