Hag

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HAG, sb.1 Sc. n.Cy. Wm. Yks. Lan. War. Glo. Ken. Sur. Sus. I.W. Wil. Dor. Som. Dev. Cor. Also in forms haig Cai.1; heg Ken.1 [h)ag, æg.] 1. An evil spirit or infernal being in female form; also applied to the fairies or pixies; a witch. n.Yks. (T.S.), Ken.1, I.W.1, w.Som.1 Hence Hagging, vbl. sb. practising the arts of a witch. n.Yks.2 2. Comb. (1) Hag-begagged, bewitched; (2) Hag-bone, the shoulder-bone or blade of a sheep; (3) Hag's pence, old coins found in the ground; (4) Hag-ride, to bewitch; to inflict with nightmare; also used fig. and gen. in pp.; (5) Hag-stone, a stone with a hole in it, used as a charm against witches; (6) Hag-track, a ‘fairy-ring’ or circle of coarse green grass found in meadows and on downs. (1) Dev. Thereaway, every land save feyther's was called hag-begagged, to keep us childer in proper bounds belike, Madox-Brown Yeth-hounds (1876) 252. (2) Som. Witches were believed to ride upon these and consequently it was necessary to burn them (W.F.R.). (3) Ken.1 (4) Sc. The thought of the dead men hag-rode my spirits, Stevenson Catriona (1893) iii. Edb. Hag-rid wi' conscience, gout, an' spleen, Learmont Poems (1791) 58. n.Cy. Denham Tracts (ed. 1895) II. 86. Sus. This unhappy man, he said, was hag-ridden, Heath Eng. Peas. (1893) 191. Sus.1, Wil.1 Dor. Souls above us, your face is as if you'd been hag-rode, Hardy Tess (1891) 424, ed. 1895; Dor.1 The nightmare is attributed to the supernatural presence of a witch or hag by whom one is ridden in sleep. Som. Abraham was hag-rod every night of his life about two ‘in marnen,’ Raymond Love and Quiet Life (1894) 205; (W.F.R.) w.Som.1 Also applied to horses which often break out into a sweat in the stable, and are said to have been hag-rided, or pixy-rided. The belief is quite common that the pixies come and ride the horses round the stable in the night. Most farm stable-doors have a rusty horseshoe nailed, sometimes to the threshold, generally on the inside of the lintel, to keep off the pixies. Dev. Hag-ridden, entangled (Hall.). Cor. There was the Vicar with inflated cheeks and a hag-ridden stare, ‘Q.’ Troy Town (1888) ix. (5) Lan. A hag-stone, penetrated with a hole, and attached to the key of the stable, preserved the horse from being ridden by the witch, Harland & Wilkinson Flk-Lore (1867) 72; Thornber Hist. Blackpool (1837) 100; A hag-stone with a hole through, tied to the key of the stable-door, protects the horses, and if hung up at the bed's head, the farmer also, N. & Q. (1851) 1st S. iii. 56. (6) Sur. Many a large ‘ring’ or ‘hag-track’ may be seen in lonely spots, Jennings Field Paths (1884) 67. Sus. Most interesting objects... upon the South Downs are the numerous fairy-rings or ‘hag-tracks,’ Lower South Downs (1854) 154; Sus.1 Supposed to be tracks of hags or witches who have danced there at night. 3. Fig. A violent, ill-tempered woman, a scold; an ugly, dirty woman. Cai.1, Lan. (S.W.), War.2, Glo.1 [1. Blue meagre hag, or stubborn unlaid ghost, Milton Comus (1634) 434.]

HAG, sb.2 n.Cy. Yks. Lan. Chs. Der. Brks. Bck. Hrt. Ken. Sus. Hmp. I.W. Som. Dev. Also in forms aag w.Yks.; ag- Brks.1 Sus.1; aga Ken. Hmp. Wil.; agg Bck.; aght Dev.; ague Chs.3; aig, haag w.Yks.; haeg w.Yks. Chs.; haga I.W.; hagga Brks.1; haghe n.Cy. w.Yks.3 Der.1 nw.Der.1; hague w.Yks.1 Lan.1 ne.Lan.1 Chs.1; haig w.Yks.4 w.Yks.5 Lan.1 e.Lan.1 Chs.1; haigh w.Yks.2 w.Yks.3; hoeg Chs.3 [ēg, eəg, æg.] 1. A haw, the fruit of the hawthorn, Crataegus Oxyacantha; gen. in pl. Also in comp. Hag-berry. n.Cy. Bailey (1721). w.Yks. Us lads kept blawin' aags at one another, Leeds Merc. Suppl. (Apr. 4, 1891); Getting stuff to eat ─ haegs and epps, Snowden Web of Weave (1896) 6; w.Yks.1 w.Yks.2 w.Yks.3 w.Yks.4 w.Yks.5, Lan. (S.W.), Lan.1, ne.Lan.1, e.Lan.1 Chs. Science Gossip (1865) 198; Chs.1 Chs.3, Der.1, nw.Der.1 Brks. Gl. (1852); Brks.1, Ken. (W.H.E.), Hmp. (J.R.W.), (W.H.E.), Hmp.1, Wil. (W.H.E.), I.W. (B. & H.) Dev. Grose (1790) MS. add. (C.) [Ray (1691).] Hence (1) Agarves (?Hag-haws), (2) Agasses or Hagasses, (3) Agogs, sb. pl. haws, the fruit of the hawthorn; (4) Haggises, sb. pl. hips, the fruit of the dog-rose, Rosa canina. (1) Sus.1 (2) Sus. (R.P.C.), Hmp. (J.R.W.) (3) Brks.1 (4) Hmp.1 2. The hawthorn, Crataegus Oxyacantha. Lan.1 3. Comp. (1) Hag-blossom, the blossom of the hawthorn; (2) Hag-bush, the hawthorn; (3) Hag-leaf, (4) Hag-paper, the great mullein, Verbascum Thapsus; (5) Hag-rope(s, the wild clematis, Clematis Vitalba; (6) Hag-taper, see (4); (7) Hag-thorn, (8) Hag-tree, see (2). (1) w.Yks. (D.L.) Lan. Wilt ha' this bit o' hague-blossom Brierley Irkdale (1865) iv. (2) w.Yks. (S.P.U.) (3, 4) Bck. Science Gossip (1869) 26. (5) Som. N. & Q. (1877) 5th S. viii. 358; W. & J. Gl. (1873). w.Som.1 (6) Hrt. Ellis New Experiments (1750) 22. (7) w.Som.1, Dev.4 (8) w.Yks. (S.P.U.) [1. A form of liter. E. haw, OE. haga, the fruit of the hawthorn; cp. LG. hagdoorn, ‘Crataegus oxyacantha’ (Berghaus).]

HAG, sb.3 n.Cy. Nhb. Yks. Also Cor. [h)ag, æg.] A thick white mist or fog. N.Cy.1 Nhb. Gent. Mag. (1794), ed. Gomme; Nhb.1, Wm. (J.H.) n.Yks. A frost hag (T.S.); n.Yks.1 Such as sometimes occurs coincidently with frost: whence frost-hag; n.Yks.2 n.Yks.4, m.Yks.1, Cor.2 Hence Haggy, adj. misty from the frost. n.Yks.2

HAG, sb.4 n.Cy. Nhb. Lan. [h)ag.] The paunch, belly. See Haggis, 3. n.Cy. Grose (1790). Nhb.1 Lan. Grose (1790) MS. add. (C.); Lan.1

HAG, sb.5 ? Obs. Bdf. Som. Idle disorder. Bdf. You have got the hag, Batchelor Anal. Eng. Lang. (1809) 136. Som. (Hall.)

HAG, v.1 and sb.6 Sc. Irel. Nhb. Dur. Cum. Wm. Yks. Lan. Der. Not. Lin. Rut. Lei. Nhp. War. Wor. Shr. Brks. Hmp. Wil. Also written hagg Sc. War. Shr.2; and in forms ag N.Cy.1 Nhb.1 w.Yks. Not.1; agg Brks.1 Hmp. Wil.1 [h)ag, æg.] 1. v. To hew, chop; to cut down with an axe; to hack, cut clumsily or roughly. Sc. That chief sin, that he should have a hand in hagging and hashing at Christ's kirk, Stevenson Catriona (1893) xv. Fif. Wi' their swords them hash't and hagget, Tennant Papistry (1827) 211. Dmb. I doot I've haggit the feck o' my chin awa', Cross Disruption (1844) xiv. Ayr. Let him swurl his glaive [sword] wi' a' his micht, and hag the heid o't aff at ance, Service Notandums (1890) 125. Lnk. They may hag and hew my body as they please, Wodrow Ch. Hist. (1721) IV. 112, ed. 1828. Gall. The dragoons are... haggin' them doon, Crockett Moss-Hags (1895) iii. N.I.1 I hagged a wheen o' sticks. Ant. Ballymena Obs. (1892). N.Cy.1, Nhb.1, Dur.1 Cum. Begon to hag his way through t'deurr, Dickinson Lamplugh (1856) 9; (M.P.); Cum.3 T'oald tinkler hoond hed hagg't it off afooar he meàd a fleeght on't, 71. Wm. He teeak it intle his heead it heed hagg it doon, Spec. Dial. (1877) pt. i. 25; (M.P.) n.Wm. (B.K.), s.Wm. (J.A.B.), n.Yks.3, m.Yks.1 w.Yks. Willan List Wds. (1811); w.Yks.1 They hagged a nice birk for't yusterneet, ii. 290; w.Yks.2, ne.Lan.1 Not.1 Don't 'ag the meat that road. Lin. Streatfeild Lin. and Danes (1884) 334. n.Lin.1 Doän't hag thy̆ meät 'e that how, lad. sw.Lin.1 Of woodmen: ‘They started hagging last week.’ Nhp.1 War. B'ham Wkly. Post (June 10, 1893); War.1 War.2 War.3, Shr.2 Brks.1 What be at a-aggin the me-at like that ther, 'twunt go hafe zo vur. Hmp.1 Wil. Slow Gl. (1892); Wil.1 Hence (1) Hagger, sb. (a) one who uses a hatchet, one employed to fell trees; (b) a coal-hewer; (2) Haggit, ppl. adj. notched, jagged; (3) Hagman, sb. one who gains his living by felling and selling wood; a woodcutter. (1, a) Lnk. (Jam.) (b) Cum.1; Cum.4 It's leyke forty thousand cwoal haggers at wark i' me inseyde, W. C. T. X. (1894) 5, col. 2. (2) Sc. The rawzor haggit like a saw, Hislop Anecdote (1874) 223. (3) n.Sc. (Jam.) e.Sc. That's what he ca'd his hagman last year, Setoun R. Urquhart (1896) xix. Yks. Obs. Hone Table-bk. (1827) 8. 2. Phr. (1) to hag and trail, to ‘cut and carry,’ to be self-dependent, to do everything oneself; (2) hag at a thing, to persevere, labour, work away at a thing; (3) hag rice, to cut brushwood; fig. to do anything speedily, make a swift clearance of anything. (1) Lakel.2 A man mun deea o' at ivver he can fer hisself; he mun hag-an'-trail his awn. (2) Cum.1 (3) Cum. ‘Gaun on like a man haggin rice,’ great progress made in a short time, N. & Q. (1871) 5th S. ii. 71. Cum., Wm. ‘Ga'un on, like a man haggin' rice,’ was sometimes used in a comic way, as indicating a swift clearance by a hungry or hasty person at table (M.P.). 3. Comp. (1) Hag-block, (2) Hag-clog, a chopping-block, a large block of wood, used to chop firewood, &c. on; a part of a tree-stem; (3) Hag-iron or Haggon, a blacksmith's chisel; (4) Hag-stock, see (2). (1) Wgt. Hughie's shop was well stocked with visitors; so much so that he could scarcely get the use of his hag-block, Fraser Wigtown (1877) 375. (2) Gall. I could hear him at the hag-clog where we cut the branches and wood into billets to go into the great fireplace, Crockett Raiders (1894) xxxv. n.Cy. Holloway. Cum.1 n.Wm. Tak it ta t'hag-clog ta chop (B.K.). n.Yks.1 n.Yks.2 n.Yks.4, m.Yks.1, w.Yks.1 (3) Rxb. A chisel on which the blacksmith cuts off the nails from the rod or piece of iron of which they are made (Jam.). w.Yks.2 An inverted chisel which a blacksmith puts into his anvil when he wishes to cut anything off. (4) Lakel.2, Cum.1, s.Wm. (J.A.B.) ne.Lan.1 As foul as t'hagstock. 4. To use the rake in haymaking with a peculiar sharp action. Lei.1 Cf. hack, v.1 23. 5. Fig. To bungle, mangle any business. Sc. But let them hag and hash on, for they will make no cleanly work neither in state nor church, Walker Remark. Passages (1727) 80 (Jam.). 6. sb. A stroke with a sharp and heavy instrument, a hack; a notch, mark; esp. in phr. to give the hallen, or post, a hag, to make a mark in remembrance of a notable event, to ‘chalk up’ an event. Cf. hack, sb.1 6. Ayr. I'm sure the post should get a hag when we hear o' him coming wi' hundreds o' pounds in his pouch, Galt Entail (1823) xxi. Lnk. ‘He may strike a hag i' the post,’ a proverbial phr. applied to one who has been very fortunate (Jam.). Cum. A very complimentary speech to a rare or notable visitor: ‘We mun give t'hallen a hag as ye're cum't’ (M.P.). 7. A clearing or cutting down of timber; a cutting in a wood. N.Cy.1 Nhb. The number of trees in the oak wood have been considerably diminished. A great hag in 1802-1803 thinned them, Hardy Hist. Bwk. Natur. Club, VIII. 401; (R.O.H.); Nhb.1, Cum. (M.P.) 8. An allotment of timber for felling, a certain portion of wood marked off to be cut down. Sc. The derk hag, which had somewhat puzzled him in the butler's account of his master's avocations,.. was simply a portion of oak copse which was to be felled that day, Scott Waverley (1814) x; There is to be exposed for sale by public roup, ─ a hag of wood, consisting of oak, beech and birch, all in one lot, Edb. Even. Courant (Mar. 26, 1803) (Jam.). Cld. Woods that are extensive are divided into separate lots called hags, one of which is appointed to be cut annually, Agric. Surv. 137 (JAM.). Dmb. They [the oak woods] are of such extent as to admit of their being properly divided into 20 separate hags or parts, one of which may be cut every year, Statist. Acc. XVII. 244 (Statist. Acc.). Nhb.1, ne.Lan.1 War. The separate portions [of a fall of timber] so divided are called each man's hagg, Baker Gl. (1854). Shr.1 When a wood is to be cut down, a number of men range themselves at the edge of the wood at about forty yards apart, then they start, proceeding in straight lines through the wood, hewing down the underwood, and hacking the outer bark of the trees with their ‘hackers’ as they go along; shouting to each other in the meanwhile, in order to keep their respective distances, till they reach the farther limit. The lines thus cleared form the boundaries of the hag apportioned to each man to fell; Shr.2 9. A lot of about 100 ash or willow poles. War.4 The ould Colonel, he got 50 hags of poles off a quarter acre, and sold them for three pounds a hag. 10. Brushwood, hedge, low bushy wood cut for firewood. Sc. The lesser branches used for fire-wood after the trees are felled for carpentering, sometimes Auld hag (Jam.); Give me some of that hag, Miller My Schools (1879) iv. Frf. The fresh young sprouts, that took the place of the old tangled ‘hagg,’ after the purifying flames had passed over it, Inglis Ain Flk. (1895) 15. ne.Yks.1 Wor. In common use in connexion with the divisions of underwood, N. & Q. (1887) 7th S. iii. 35. Hence (1) Hag-road, (2) Hagway, sb. a path or way cut through the undergrowth of a wood. (1) Der. We mun cut a hag-rooad thro t'underbrush, maister, N. & Q. (1878) 5th S. ix. 515. (2) s.Lin. Used by keepers, beaters, and sportsmen to signify the narrow winding paths that are cut through the undergrowth of a wood to allow the shooters to get at the game, N. & Q. (1886) 7th S. ii. 366. Rut. N. & Q. (1878) 5th S. ix. 68; Rut.1 Used by the beaters when engaged in driving game. 11. Comp. (1) Hag-snar(e, the stub left in the ground from which coppice-wood has been cut; the stump of a tree; (2) Hag-staff, a rod used to mark the boundary of a fall of timber; (3) Hag-wood, a copse or wood fitted for having a regular cutting of trees in it. (1) n.Yks.1 n.Yks.2 n.Yks.4 ne.Yks.1 At Linton-on-Ouse there are two contiguous fields called ‘T'hag’ and ‘Snahry clooas.’ e.Yks. Marshall Rur. Econ. (1796) II. 324. n.Lin.1 The perpendicular end or stump of the thorn at the surface of the ground after the upper portion has been partially divided and laid horizontally. (2) ne.Lan.1 War. Baker Gl. (1854). (3) Bwk. Ancient oak forests... which have grown into a kind of copse, or what is termed in Scotland hag-woods, Agric. Surv. 334 (Jam.). 12. Phr. clear the hag, clear all out of the way. Gall. Mactaggart Encycl. (1824) 251, ed. 1876. [1. Degrader une forest, to hagge, or fell it all down, COTGR.; Þai... hurlit þurgh the hard maile, hagget the lere, Dest. Troy (c. 1400) 10023. ON. höggva, to hew.]

HAG, v.2 Lin. Hmp. Dev. [ag, æg.] 1. To pull, draw; to drag out. Lin. (R.E.C.) s.Lin. Hag your money out (I.W.). s.Hmp. Tripped him up... wi' hagging at a rope, Verney L. Lisle (1870) xxv. Dev. Missis, I've abin awver tü Mr. Broom's, an' 'ad out my tüthe, an' 'e hagged tü 'n zo I thort 'e 'd abroked my jaw, Hewett Peas. Sp. (1892). 2. To rob, take. Lin. There was a nest there, but some one has hagged it (R.E.C.).

HAG, v.3 Nhb.1 [hag.] Of the moon: to wane.

HAG, adj. Dev. [æg.] Haggard. She looks very hag since her trouble, Reports Provinc. (1889).

HAG, HAGG, sb.1 Nhb. Cum. Wm. Yks. Lan. Lin. Shr. [h)ag.] A wooded enclosure; a wood, copse. n.Cy. At Aukland Castle, the park was formerly called the Hagg (K.); N.Cy.1 Gen. one into which cattle are admitted. Nhb.1 Cum.1 A woody place intermixed with grass land. A wooded hill. Wm. (J.H.), n.Yks.1 n.Yks.2 n.Yks.4 e.Yks. Originally, perhaps, the woodland set apart, by the lord of the soil, for fuel for his tenants; many woods yet retain the name of hags, and one wood, in Sinnington, that of ‘poor folks hags,’ Marshall Rur. Econ. (1796). m.Yks.1 w.Yks.1 A hanging wood; w.Yks.2 A hag of hollin was the holly trees growing upon a certain portion of ground in the commons of the manor of Sheffield; w.Yks.4, Lan.1, ne.Lan.1 Lin. (W.W.S.); Used only as a proper name for a wood (R.E.C.). Shr.1 There is a farm called the Hag a few miles south of Bridgnorth, in the parish of Highley; Shr.2 [He led me over holts and hags, Fairfax Tasso (1600) viii. xli. A form of OE. haga, an enclosure (Earle Charters), liter. E. haw.]

HAG, HAGG, sb.1 Nhb. Cum. Wm. Yks. Lan. Lin. Shr. [h)ag.] A wooded enclosure; a wood, copse. n.Cy. At Aukland Castle, the park was formerly called the Hagg (K.); N.Cy.1 Gen. one into which cattle are admitted. Nhb.1 Cum.1 A woody place intermixed with grass land. A wooded hill. Wm. (J.H.), n.Yks.1 n.Yks.2 n.Yks.4 e.Yks. Originally, perhaps, the woodland set apart, by the lord of the soil, for fuel for his tenants; many woods yet retain the name of hags, and one wood, in Sinnington, that of ‘poor folks hags,’ Marshall Rur. Econ. (1796). m.Yks.1 w.Yks.1 A hanging wood; w.Yks.2 A hag of hollin was the holly trees growing upon a certain portion of ground in the commons of the manor of Sheffield; w.Yks.4, Lan.1, ne.Lan.1 Lin. (W.W.S.); Used only as a proper name for a wood (R.E.C.). Shr.1 There is a farm called the Hag a few miles south of Bridgnorth, in the parish of Highley; Shr.2 [He led me over holts and hags, Fairfax Tasso (1600) viii. xli. A form of OE. haga, an enclosure (Earle Charters), liter. E. haw.]

HAG, HAGG, sb.2 Sc. Nhb. Cum. Wm. Yks. Lin. Rut. Nhp. e.An. Also in form hack Sc. (Jam.) [h)ag, æg.] 1. A rock or cliff; an abrupt, cliffy prominence. Nhb.1 n.Yks.1; n.Yks.2 Built on the face of the hag; n.Yks.4, m.Yks.1 2. Wild, broken ground; rocky moorland; a common, waste. Gall. Down heuchs and craigs ─ and glens and hags, As fast as he cud flee, Mactaggart Encycl. (1824) 24, ed. 1876; Hags ─ Rocky moor ground; Rocky, mossy, black wilds, MACTAGGART Encycl. 251. n.Yks.1 Such as may be met with in boggy, and therefore uncultivated, lands. w.Yks. The strongest nag that crosses th' hagg Wi' wots to Fullod mill, Senior Smithy Rhymes (1882) 46; w.Yks.1 w.Yks.2 3. A piece of soft bog in a moor or morass; a break in a ‘moss’ or bog from which peats have been cut. Also called Moss-hag, Peat-hag, and in Comp. Hag-moss. Sc. Tearing thro' moss and hagg, Scott Abbot (1820) xvii; That part in mosses which is naturally or artificially cut, hollowed, hagged, or hacked; naturally by water runlets forming hollows, and artificially by, among other means, the cutting and removal of peat, N. & Q. (1874) 5th S. ii. 253. Per. The murky flag Flaps on Turftenant's rushy hag, Spence Poems (1898) 189. Dmb. I had made sure To find him in the hag o' Coars-Neuk Moor, Salmon Gowodean (1868) 49. Slg. The summit and back part is a deep muir ground, interspersed with moss hags, Statist. Acc. XV. 317 (Jam.). Ayr. Sendin' the stuff o'er muirs an' hags Like drivin' wrack, Burns Ep. to J. Lapraik (Sept. 13, 1785) st. 2. Lnk. Now a splash would be heard, followed by a roar, as some luckless wight fell into a moss hagg, Fraser Whaups (1895) 119. Edb. A deep peat moss, broken into hags and hillocks, Pennecuik Wks. (1715) 116, ed. 1815. Peb. Wi' a divot's weight Ta'en from mossy hag, Lintoun Green (1685) 39, ed. 1817. Slk. I was crossing frae Loch Ericht fit to the heid o' Glenorchy, and got in among the hags, Chr. North Noctes (ed. 1856) II. 405. Rxb. N. & Q. (1874) 5th S. ii. 115. Dmf. Instead o' hag moss beat wi' sleet, Were miles on miles, rich holms o' wheat, Shaw Schoolmaster (1899) 369. Kcb. 'Mang our clints and hags and rashy bogs Chiels do appear would claw a fallow's lugs, Elder Borgue (1897) 33. N.Cy.1 Nhb. Right yaul they lap ower hagg and syke, Graham Moorland Dial. (1826) 5; (R.O.H.) Cum. (M.P.), Wm. (J.H.), n.Yks.2 n.Yks.3 Lin. Streatfeild Lin. and Danes (1884) 334. n.Lin.1 Ther's many a hoss hes been lost e' them peät moor hags. sw.Lin.1 If you get into one of them hags, there is no getting out. Hence Haggy, adj. full of ‘hags,’ rough, broken, boggy. Dmb. The fee o't thrivin' moss and haggie wood, Salmon Gowodean (1868) 70. Lnk. He thocht he had yet tae cross A haggy, benty, splashy moss, Thomson Musings (1881) 62. n.Yks.4 Lin. A bad highway is said to be ‘strange and haggy,’ N. & Q. (1874) 5th S. i. 311. Nhp.1 Applied to any coarse rough uneven ground. Most used in a woodland district. e.An.1 Suf. Applied to the broken and uneven surface of the soil when in a moist state, Rainbird Agric. (1819) 294, ed. 1849. e.Suf. (F.H.) 4. A water-hollow or channel, wet in winter and dry in summer. Sc. N. & Q. (1874) 5th S. ii. 253. 5. A muddy hollow, a deep hole in a rut. Lin. N. & Q. (1873) 5th S. i. 311. sw.Lin.1 The road was full of hags. 6. A stiff clump of coarse grass; an islet of grass in the midst of a bog. Sc. He led a small and shaggy nag, That through a bog, from hag to hag, Could bound like any Billhope stag, Scott Last Minstrel (ed. 1847) c. iv. st. 5. Rut.1 ‘How did you get on with the mowing?’ ‘Very well, sir, if it wunt for them hags; they do turn the scythe so.’ [3. (The castle) es hy sett apon a cragg Gray and hard, widuten hagg, Cursor M. (c. 1340) 9886.]

HAG, HAGG, sb.2 Sc. Nhb. Cum. Wm. Yks. Lin. Rut. Nhp. e.An. Also in form hack Sc. (Jam.) [h)ag, æg.] 1. A rock or cliff; an abrupt, cliffy prominence. Nhb.1 n.Yks.1; n.Yks.2 Built on the face of the hag; n.Yks.4, m.Yks.1 2. Wild, broken ground; rocky moorland; a common, waste. Gall. Down heuchs and craigs ─ and glens and hags, As fast as he cud flee, Mactaggart Encycl. (1824) 24, ed. 1876; Hags ─ Rocky moor ground; Rocky, mossy, black wilds, MACTAGGART Encycl. 251. n.Yks.1 Such as may be met with in boggy, and therefore uncultivated, lands. w.Yks. The strongest nag that crosses th' hagg Wi' wots to Fullod mill, Senior Smithy Rhymes (1882) 46; w.Yks.1 w.Yks.2 3. A piece of soft bog in a moor or morass; a break in a ‘moss’ or bog from which peats have been cut. Also called Moss-hag, Peat-hag, and in Comp. Hag-moss. Sc. Tearing thro' moss and hagg, Scott Abbot (1820) xvii; That part in mosses which is naturally or artificially cut, hollowed, hagged, or hacked; naturally by water runlets forming hollows, and artificially by, among other means, the cutting and removal of peat, N. & Q. (1874) 5th S. ii. 253. Per. The murky flag Flaps on Turftenant's rushy hag, Spence Poems (1898) 189. Dmb. I had made sure To find him in the hag o' Coars-Neuk Moor, Salmon Gowodean (1868) 49. Slg. The summit and back part is a deep muir ground, interspersed with moss hags, Statist. Acc. XV. 317 (Jam.). Ayr. Sendin' the stuff o'er muirs an' hags Like drivin' wrack, Burns Ep. to J. Lapraik (Sept. 13, 1785) st. 2. Lnk. Now a splash would be heard, followed by a roar, as some luckless wight fell into a moss hagg, Fraser Whaups (1895) 119. Edb. A deep peat moss, broken into hags and hillocks, Pennecuik Wks. (1715) 116, ed. 1815. Peb. Wi' a divot's weight Ta'en from mossy hag, Lintoun Green (1685) 39, ed. 1817. Slk. I was crossing frae Loch Ericht fit to the heid o' Glenorchy, and got in among the hags, Chr. North Noctes (ed. 1856) II. 405. Rxb. N. & Q. (1874) 5th S. ii. 115. Dmf. Instead o' hag moss beat wi' sleet, Were miles on miles, rich holms o' wheat, Shaw Schoolmaster (1899) 369. Kcb. 'Mang our clints and hags and rashy bogs Chiels do appear would claw a fallow's lugs, Elder Borgue (1897) 33. N.Cy.1 Nhb. Right yaul they lap ower hagg and syke, Graham Moorland Dial. (1826) 5; (R.O.H.) Cum. (M.P.), Wm. (J.H.), n.Yks.2 n.Yks.3 Lin. Streatfeild Lin. and Danes (1884) 334. n.Lin.1 Ther's many a hoss hes been lost e' them peät moor hags. sw.Lin.1 If you get into one of them hags, there is no getting out. Hence Haggy, adj. full of ‘hags,’ rough, broken, boggy. Dmb. The fee o't thrivin' moss and haggie wood, Salmon Gowodean (1868) 70. Lnk. He thocht he had yet tae cross A haggy, benty, splashy moss, Thomson Musings (1881) 62. n.Yks.4 Lin. A bad highway is said to be ‘strange and haggy,’ N. & Q. (1874) 5th S. i. 311. Nhp.1 Applied to any coarse rough uneven ground. Most used in a woodland district. e.An.1 Suf. Applied to the broken and uneven surface of the soil when in a moist state, Rainbird Agric. (1819) 294, ed. 1849. e.Suf. (F.H.) 4. A water-hollow or channel, wet in winter and dry in summer. Sc. N. & Q. (1874) 5th S. ii. 253. 5. A muddy hollow, a deep hole in a rut. Lin. N. & Q. (1873) 5th S. i. 311. sw.Lin.1 The road was full of hags. 6. A stiff clump of coarse grass; an islet of grass in the midst of a bog. Sc. He led a small and shaggy nag, That through a bog, from hag to hag, Could bound like any Billhope stag, Scott Last Minstrel (ed. 1847) c. iv. st. 5. Rut.1 ‘How did you get on with the mowing?’ ‘Very well, sir, if it wunt for them hags; they do turn the scythe so.’ [3. (The castle) es hy sett apon a cragg Gray and hard,

widuten hagg, Cursor M. (c. 1340) 9886.]

HAG, HAGG, sb.3 Fif. [hag.] 1. A stall-fed ox. Morton Cyclo. Agric. (1863). 2. One who tends fat cattle. Colville Vernacular (1899) 19.

HAG, HAGG, sb.3 Fif. [hag.] 1. A stall-fed ox. Morton Cyclo. Agric. (1863). 2. One who tends fat cattle. Colville Vernacular (1899) 19.

HAG, HAGG, v.1 and sb.4 Sc. Irel. Yks. Lan. Chs. Der. Not. Lin. Lei. Nhp. War. Shr. Glo. Oxf. Brks. Bdf. Ken. Sus. Wil. Som. Dev. Cor. Also in forms ag m.Yks.1 w.Som.1; agg w.Yks. Lan.1 Chs.1 Chs.2 Chs.3 Der. n.Lin.1 Nhp.1 Glo. Bdf. Sus. Wil.1 Dev.1 Cor.1 [h)ag, æg.] 1. v. To incite, urge; to try to persuade; to ‘egg’; to excite to quarrel; to provoke, irritate. w.Yks. Lucas Stud. Nidderdale (c. 1882) 229. Chs. She keeps agging me for t'buy it. They keptagging them on to fight (E.M.G.); Chs.1 Chs.2 Chs.3 Lei.1 Doon't ye hagg him on. Sus. Holloway. Wil.1 n.Dev. Grose (1790); Monthly Mag. (1808) II. 421. Cor. Thomas Randigal Rhymes (1895) Gl.; Cor.1 2. To worry, tease; to ‘gnag’ at. Wxf. And my ould thief of a mesther, tattheration to him! hagging, hagging, till he'll have the very flesh wasted off of our bones, Kennedy Banks Boro (1867) 243. m.Yks.1 w.Yks. Shoe was a roof kind iv a woman, an' 'er 'usband wor fair hagged to 'is graäve (F.P.T.). Lan.1 Thae'rt aulus aggin' at mi. Der. Yo keep aggin and teasin', Ward David Grieve (1892) I. viii. Lin. He said he was only agging me, N. & Q. (1880) 6th S. ii. 485. sw.Lin.1 I've hagged at her such a mess o' times about it. War. The old lady and all the family hagged me to death, Times (Dec. 19, 1889) 6, col. 6. Shr.2 Glo. Baylis Illus. Dial. (1870); (F.H.) Bdf. (J.W.B.) w.Som.1 Her'll ag anybody out o' their life, her will. Dev.1 Iv her was to begin to aggie way en there wid be no hod, 5. n.Dev. Thy skin oll vlagged with nort bet agging, Exm. Scold. (1746) l. 75. 3. To haggle, dispute, argue. Nhp.1, War.2, Glo.1 Dev. When they beginn'th tü haggee I turns tail and urn'th 'ome, Hewett Peas. Sp. (1892). 4. To fatigue, tire out, ‘fag.’ m.Yks.1 I was sore hagged with going. Hagging at it [toiling at it]. w.Yks.2 Shoo fair hags hersen. He wur fair hagged up. e.Lan.1 Not. I'm hagged to death (J.H.B.). sw.Lin.1 I'm quiët hagged out. It bothers me, and hags me to dëad. Lei.1 I've walked all the way, and don't want to come again, it's so hagging. It's very haggin' when you'n no servants. Nhp.1 Nhp.2 Wil.1 Her've a had a lot to contend wi' to-year, and her's hagged to death wi't aal. Hence (1) Hagged or Haggit, ppl. adj. tired, worn out; harassed, careworn, thin; (2) Haggey, adj., (3) Hagging, ppl. adj. tiring, fatiguing. (1) Sc. Wi' haggit ee, and haw as death, The auld spae-man did stand, Jamieson Pop. Ballads (1806) I. 235. w.Yks.1, Chs.1 Chs.3, nw.Der.1 s.Lin. How hagged the poor o'd wench looked (T.H.R.). Shr.1 Poor Nancy Poppet looks despert 'aggit, as if 'er worked 'ard an' far'd 'ard. Oxf.1 MS. add. Brks. Thee look'st hagged at times, and folk 'll see't, and talk about thee afore long, Hughes T. Brown Oxf. (1861) xviii; Brks.1 Ken. Why dis here wall It looks sa old and hagged, Masters Dick and Sal (c. 1821) st. 48; Ken.1 ‘They did look so very old and hagged’; spoken of some maiden ladies. n.Wil. He looks sort o' hagged, dwont ee? (E.H.G.) (2) Nhp.2 ‘A haggey road,’ i.e. one that is tiring to the horses. (3) Nhp.1 It was a hagging job for the horse, he had such a heavy load to draw. 5. In pass. with about: to be buffeted about, treated unkindly. w.Yks. Nout macks ma war mad ner ta see tway at a poor fellah is agged abaht if he appears ta be dahn a bit, Bill Hoylhus Ends Alm. (1873). 6. sb. A worry, trouble, burden; a difficulty. Chs.1 If one tries to persuade another against his will it would be said, ‘I got him to go at last but I'd a regular hag with him.’ s.Chs.1 n.Lin.1 ‘That's a soor agg’ is a common expression to indicate a teasing circumstance. sw.Lin.1 The child's a great hag to her. It's a hag, carrying it all that way. Hence Hag-stop, sb. weariness; a stoppage, dilemma. Lin.1 I never had such a hag-stop before. 7. A task, job, an allotted portion of work; esp. in phr. to work by the hag, to do piece-work in contradistinction to day-work. n.Cy. (Hall.), Lan.1 ne.Lan.1 I wark be t'hag, an' net be t'day. Chs.1 Chs.2 Chs.3 s.Chs.1 They'n tayn the wheeat by hagg an they bin gooin' to butty o'er it (s.v. Butty). nw.Der.1 A rough hag; tough hag. Nhp.1 An allotted portion of manual labour on the soil; as digging, draining, embanking, &c. ‘Have you done your agg?’ Shr.1 I'm on'y doin' a bit of a 'ag fur owd Tummas; Shr.2 On by the hagg. Glo.1 Hence (1) Hag-master, sb. an overseer or contractor; (2) Hagwork, sb. piece-work. (1) Chs.1 Chs.3, s.Chs.1 Nhp.1 One who contracts for the completion of a specific work or portion of work, at a stipulated price, employing others to execute it under his superintendence. (2) Chs.1 Chs.3, s.Chs.1, Shr.2 8. One who does another's tasks, a drudge. w.Yks. Ah think thi nont [aunt] is 't'hag fer ye o' (B.K.). e.Lin. A place or situation which is hard to fill to the employer's satisfaction, is called a hag's plaäce (J.C.W.).

HAG, HAGG, v.1 and sb.4 Sc. Irel. Yks. Lan. Chs. Der. Not. Lin. Lei. Nhp. War. Shr. Glo. Oxf. Brks. Bdf. Ken. Sus. Wil. Som. Dev. Cor. Also in forms ag m.Yks.1 w.Som.1; agg w.Yks. Lan.1 Chs.1 Chs.2 Chs.3 Der. n.Lin.1 Nhp.1 Glo. Bdf. Sus. Wil.1 Dev.1 Cor.1 [h)ag, æg.] 1. v. To incite, urge; to try to persuade; to ‘egg’; to excite to quarrel; to provoke, irritate. w.Yks. Lucas Stud. Nidderdale (c. 1882) 229. Chs. She keeps agging me for t'buy it. They keptagging them on to fight (E.M.G.); Chs.1 Chs.2 Chs.3 Lei.1 Doon't ye hagg him on. Sus. Holloway. Wil.1 n.Dev. Grose (1790); Monthly Mag. (1808) II. 421. Cor. Thomas Randigal Rhymes (1895) Gl.; Cor.1 2. To worry, tease; to ‘gnag’ at. Wxf. And my ould thief of a mesther, tattheration to him! hagging, hagging, till he'll have the very flesh wasted off of our bones, Kennedy Banks Boro (1867) 243. m.Yks.1 w.Yks. Shoe was a roof kind iv a woman, an' 'er 'usband wor fair hagged to 'is graäve (F.P.T.). Lan.1 Thae'rt aulus aggin' at mi. Der. Yo keep aggin and teasin', Ward David Grieve (1892) I. viii. Lin. He said he was only agging me, N. & Q. (1880) 6th S. ii. 485. sw.Lin.1 I've hagged at her such a mess o' times about it. War. The old lady and all the family hagged me to death, Times (Dec. 19, 1889) 6, col. 6. Shr.2 Glo. Baylis Illus. Dial. (1870); (F.H.) Bdf. (J.W.B.) w.Som.1 Her'll ag anybody out o' their life, her will. Dev.1 Iv her was to begin to aggie way en there wid be no hod, 5. n.Dev. Thy skin oll vlagged with nort bet agging, Exm. Scold. (1746) l. 75. 3. To haggle, dispute, argue. Nhp.1, War.2, Glo.1 Dev. When they beginn'th tü haggee I turns tail and urn'th 'ome, Hewett Peas. Sp. (1892). 4. To fatigue, tire out, ‘fag.’ m.Yks.1 I was sore hagged with going. Hagging at it [toiling at it]. w.Yks.2 Shoo fair hags hersen. He wur fair hagged up. e.Lan.1 Not. I'm hagged to death (J.H.B.). sw.Lin.1 I'm quiët hagged out. It bothers me, and hags me to dëad. Lei.1 I've walked all the way, and don't want to come again, it's so hagging. It's very haggin' when you'n no servants. Nhp.1 Nhp.2 Wil.1 Her've a had a lot to contend wi' to-year, and her's hagged to death wi't aal. Hence (1) Hagged or Haggit, ppl. adj. tired, worn out; harassed, careworn, thin; (2) Haggey, adj., (3) Hagging, ppl. adj. tiring, fatiguing. (1) Sc. Wi' haggit ee, and haw as death, The auld spae-man did stand, Jamieson Pop. Ballads (1806) I. 235. w.Yks.1, Chs.1 Chs.3, nw.Der.1 s.Lin. How hagged the poor o'd wench looked (T.H.R.). Shr.1 Poor Nancy Poppet looks despert 'aggit, as if 'er worked 'ard an' far'd 'ard. Oxf.1 MS. add. Brks. Thee look'st hagged at times, and folk 'll see't, and talk about thee afore long, Hughes T. Brown Oxf. (1861) xviii; Brks.1 Ken. Why dis here wall It looks sa old and hagged, Masters Dick and Sal (c. 1821) st. 48; Ken.1 ‘They did look so very old and hagged’; spoken of some maiden ladies. n.Wil. He looks sort o' hagged, dwont ee? (E.H.G.) (2) Nhp.2 ‘A haggey road,’ i.e. one that is tiring to the horses. (3) Nhp.1 It was a hagging job for the horse, he had such a heavy load to draw. 5. In pass. with about: to be buffeted about, treated unkindly. w.Yks. Nout macks ma war mad ner ta see tway at a poor fellah is agged abaht if he appears ta be dahn a bit, Bill Hoylhus Ends Alm. (1873). 6. sb. A worry, trouble, burden; a difficulty. Chs.1 If one tries to persuade another against his will it would be said, ‘I got him to go at last but I'd a regular hag with him.’ s.Chs.1 n.Lin.1 ‘That's a soor agg’ is a common expression to indicate a teasing circumstance. sw.Lin.1 The child's a great hag to her. It's a hag, carrying it all that way. Hence Hag-stop, sb. weariness; a stoppage, dilemma. Lin.1 I never had such a hag-stop before. 7. A task, job, an allotted portion of work; esp. in phr. to work by the hag, to do piece-work in contradistinction to day-work. n.Cy. (Hall.), Lan.1 ne.Lan.1 I wark be t'hag, an' net be t'day. Chs.1 Chs.2 Chs.3 s.Chs.1 They'n tayn the wheeat by hagg an they bin gooin' to butty o'er it (s.v. Butty). nw.Der.1 A rough hag; tough hag. Nhp.1 An allotted portion of manual labour on the soil; as digging, draining, embanking, &c. ‘Have you done your agg?’ Shr.1 I'm on'y doin' a bit of a 'ag fur owd Tummas; Shr.2 On by the hagg. Glo.1 Hence (1) Hag-master, sb. an overseer or contractor; (2) Hagwork, sb. piece-work. (1) Chs.1 Chs.3, s.Chs.1 Nhp.1 One who contracts for the completion of a specific work or portion of work, at a stipulated price, employing others to execute it under his superintendence. (2) Chs.1 Chs.3, s.Chs.1, Shr.2 8. One who does another's tasks, a drudge. w.Yks. Ah think thi nont [aunt] is 't'hag fer ye o' (B.K.). e.Lin. A place or situation which is hard to fill to the employer's satisfaction, is called a hag's plaäce (J.C.W.).

HAG, HAGG, sb.5 Wm. Yks. [h)ag.] A hedge or fence. See Hay, sb.2 Wm. (J.H.) e.Yks. Cole Place Names (1879) 33.

HAG, HAGG, sb.5 Wm. Yks. [h)ag.] A hedge or fence. See Hay, sb.2 Wm. (J.H.) e.Yks. Cole Place Names (1879) 33.

HAG, HAGG, v.2 Sc. Also in form haig (Jam.). [hag.] Of cattle: to butt with the head, to fight. Mry. You may see the elf-bull haiging with the strongest bull or ox in the herd, N. Antiq. (1814) 404 (Jam.). Bnff.1 Hence Haggin, ppl. adj. given to butting with the head. Bnff.1 She's a haggin' brute o' a coo, that.

HAG, HAGG, v.2 Sc. Also in form haig (Jam.). [hag.] Of cattle: to butt with the head, to fight. Mry. You may see the elf-bull haiging with the strongest bull or ox in the herd, N. Antiq. (1814) 404 (Jam.). Bnff.1 Hence Haggin, ppl. adj. given to butting with the head. Bnff.1 She's a haggin' brute o' a coo, that.

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