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haggard
/ˈhæɡ.əd/
noun 5adj 2name 2
Collocations
5ADJ.
brown, disdainful, feeble, lean, little, lonely, pale, proud
VERB + HAGGARD
face, hunted, look, looks, worn
HAGGARD + NOUN
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PREP.
in, into, out
ADV.
positively, somewhat
Definitions
adj
1
Looking exhausted, worried, or poor in condition
Pale and haggard faces.
A gradual descent into a haggard and feeble state.
2
Wild or untamed
a haggard or refractory hawk
noun
1
A hunting bird captured as an adult.
No, truly, Ursula, she is too disdainful; I know her spirits are as coy and wild As haggards of the rock.
1856, John Henry Walsh, Manual of British Rural Sports HAGGARDS may be trapped in this country but with the square-net, or the bow-net, but in either case great difficulty is experienced
2
A young or untrained hawk or falcon.
3
A fierce, intractable creature.
I have loved this proud disdainful haggard.
4
A hag.
In a dark Grott the baleful Haggard lay, Breathing black Vengeance, and infecting Day
noun
1
A stackyard, an enclosure on a farm for stacking grain, hay, etc.
He tuk a slew [swerve] round the haggard http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/fulltext/am1924/pt_s.htm
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Pale and haggard faces.
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A gradual descent into a haggard and feeble state.
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The years of hardship made her look somewhat haggard.
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No, truly, Ursula, she is too disdainful; I know her spirits are as coy and wild As haggards of the rock.
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1856, John Henry Walsh, Manual of British Rural Sports HAGGARDS may be trapped in this country but with the square-net, or the bow-net, but in either case great difficulty is experienced
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I have loved this proud disdainful haggard.
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