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Definitions for: Haggard
[adj] very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold; "emaciated bony hands"; "a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys"; "eyes were haggard and cavernous"; "small pinched faces"; "kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration"
[adj] showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering; "looking careworn as she bent over her mending"; "her face was drawn and haggard from sleeplessness"; "that raddled but still noble face"; "shocked to see the worn look of his handsome young face"- Charles Dickens
Webster (1913) Definition: Hag"gard, a. [F. hagard; of German origin, and prop.
meaning, of the hegde or woods, wild, untamed. See Hedge,
1st Haw, and -ard.]
1. Wild or intractable; disposed to break away from duty;
untamed; as, a haggard or refractory hawk. [Obs.] --Shak.
2. [For hagged, fr. hag a witch, influenced by haggard wild.]
Having the expression of one wasted by want or suffering;
hollow-eyed; having the features distorted or wasted, or
anxious in appearance; as, haggard features, eyes.
Staring his eyes, and haggard was his look.
--Dryden.
Hag"gard, n. [See Haggard, a.]
1. (Falconry) A young or untrained hawk or falcon.
2. A fierce, intractable creature.
I have loved this proud disdainful haggard. --Shak.
3. [See Haggard, a., 2.] A hag. [Obs.] --Garth.
Hag"gard, n. [See 1st Haw, Hedge, and Yard an
inclosed space.]
A stackyard. [Prov. Eng.] --Swift.
Synonyms: bony, cadaverous, careworn, drawn, emaciated, gaunt, lean, pinched, raddled, skeletal, thin, tired, wasted, worn
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