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HAG . (I) (Probably a shortened See also:

form of the O. Eng. hcegtesse, hegtes, cognate with Ger. Hexe, See also:witch, Dutch hecse), a word See also:common during the 16th and 17th centuries for a See also:female demon or evil spirit, and so particularly applied to such supernatural beings as the See also:harpies and fairies of classical See also:mythology, and also to witches. In See also:modern usage the word is generally used of a hideous old woman whose repulsive exterior is accompanied by malice or wickedness. The name is also used of an See also:eel-like parasitic See also:fish, Myxine glutinosa, allied to the See also:lamprey. (2) A word common in Scottish and See also:northern See also:English dialects for an enclosed piece of See also:wood, a copse. This is the same word as " hedge " (see HEDGES) and " haw." " Hag " also means " to cut," and is used in See also:Scotland of an extent of woodland marked out for See also:felling, and of a quantity of felled wood.

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