haggard

[hag·gard]

British writer noted for romantic adventure novels (1856 1925)

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Wild or intractable; disposed to break away from duty; untamed; as, a haggard or refractory hawk. [Obs.] Shak

Noun
British writer noted for romantic adventure novels (1856-1925)

Adjective S.
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"

Adjective S.
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 fa

a.
Wild or intractable; disposed to break away from duty; untamed; as, a haggard or refractory hawk.

a.
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.

a.
A young or untrained hawk or falcon.

a.
A fierce, intractable creature.

a.
A hag.

n.
A stackyard.

Haggard

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.

Haggard

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.

3. [See Haggard, a., 2.] A hag. [Obs.] Garth.

Haggard

Hag"gard, n. [See 1st Haw, Hedge, and Yard an inclosed space.] A stackyard. [Prov. Eng.] Swift.

Wild or intractable; disposed to break away from duty; untamed; as, a haggard or refractory hawk. [Obs.] Shak

A young or untrained hawk or falcon.

A stackyard.

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Usage Examples

It's cool when your husband starts to sing some old Merle Haggard song and I can pop in with a harmony and it doesn't sound too bad.

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