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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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