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  • 21hag — (n.) early 13c., ugly old woman, probably a shortening of O.E. hægtesse witch, fury (on assumption that tesse was a suffix), from P.Gmc. *hagatusjon , of unknown origin. Similar shortening produced Du. heks, Ger. Hexe witch from cognate M.Du.… …

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  • 22hag — ► NOUN 1) an ugly old woman. 2) a witch. DERIVATIVES haggish adjective. ORIGIN perhaps from Old English …

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  • 23Old Lady Drivers (album) — Old Lady Drivers Studio album by OLD Released 1988 …

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  • 24hag — [ hæg ] noun count OFFENSIVE an old woman who is ugly or unpleasant …

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  • 25Hag (Dungeons & Dragons) — context Infobox D D creature name=Hag alignment=chaotic evil type=Monstrous humanoid subtype= source= first= mythical= Hag, Black Annis based= wizards image URL=http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/MM35 gallery/MM35 PG143.jpg OGL stats… …

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  • 26hag —    A word which means an ugly old woman, a witch. It is a strong term of abuse in Shakespeare, expressing extreme disgust and contempt. Perhaps his most famous use of the term, apart from the ‘secret, black and midnight hags’ of Macbeth, is in… …

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  • 27hag — hag1 haggish, haglike, adj. /hag/, n. 1. an ugly old woman, esp. a vicious or malicious one. 2. a witch or sorceress. 3. a hagfish. [1175 1225; ME hagge, OE *haegge, akin to haegtesse witch, hagorun spell, G Hexe witch] Syn. 1. harpy, harridan,… …

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  • 28hag — /hæg / (say hag) noun 1. a repulsive, often vicious or malicious, old woman. 2. a witch. 3. → hagfish. {Middle English hagge, hegge; apparently a shortened form of Old English hægtesse fury, witch, where hag may be related to Old English haga… …

  • 29Old Prussians — Pruteni redirects here. For the commune in Făleşti district, Moldova, see Pruteni, Făleşti. Prussians redirects here. Prussians may also refer to citizens of the former German state of Prussia. The Prussian tribes in the context of the other… …

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  • 30hag — noun we d all heard tales of a wizened hag who lived alone on the far side of the mountain Syn: crone, old woman, gorgon; informal witch, crow, cow, old bag …

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