4 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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
--Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. --Shak.
3. [See {Haggard}, a., 2.] A hag. [Obs.] --Garth.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Haggard \Hag"gard\, n. [See {1st Haw}, {Hedge}, and {Yard} an
inclosed space.]
A stackyard. [Prov. Eng.] --Swift.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
haggard
adj 1: 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 [syn: {careworn}, {drawn}, {raddled},
{worn}]
2: 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" [syn: {bony}, {cadaverous}, {emaciated},
{gaunt}, {pinched}, {skeletal}, {wasted}]
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