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A. S. _healf-heafod_, semicranium.
HAFLES, _adj._ Dest.i.tute.
_Houlate._
Belg. _havelos_, id.
HAFT, _s._ Dwelling, S. B.
_Forbes._
Su. G. _haefd_, possessio.
_To_ HAG, _v. a._
1. To hew, S.
Isl. _hogg-ua_.
2. To mangle any business.
_Walker._
~Hag~, _s._
1. One cutting of a certain quant.i.ty of wood, S.
_Statist. Acc._
2. Moss-ground formerly broken up, S.
_Statist. Acc._
HAGABAG, _s._
1. Coa.r.s.e table-linen, S. B.
_Ramsay._
2. Refuse of any kind, S. B.
HAGBERRY, HACK-BERRY, _s._ The Bird-cherry. S.
_Lightfoot._
Sw. _haeggebaer_, the fruit of bird's cherry.
HAGBUT ~of~ CROCHE, or CROCHERT, a kind of fire-arms anciently used, S.
_Complaynt S._
O. Fr. _hacqubute a croc_, from _croc_, _crochet_, the hook by which the arquebuse was fixed to a kind of tripod.
~Hagbutar~, _s._ A musqueteer.
_Compl. S._
HAGE, _L. Hagis_, hedges.
_Wallace._
HAGG, _s._ A hagbut; denominated from the b.u.t.t being crooked.
_Gl. Compl._
Su. G. _hake_ cuspis incurva.
HAGGARBALDS, _s. pl._ A term of contempt.
V. ~Heggerbald~.
_Dunbar._
HAGGART, _s._ A stackyard, Galloway.
Su. G. _hage_, praedium; _geard_, sepes.
HAGGART, _s._ Old useless horse, Loth.
_To_ HAGGER. _It's haggerin_, it rains gently, Ang., whence _hagger_, a small rain; _hutherin_, synon.
HAGGERDECASH, _adv._ Topsy-turvy, Ang.
HAGGERSNASH, _s._ Offals, S. B.
