\Hag\, n. [OE. hagge, hegge, with, hag, AS. h[ae]gtesse;
akin to OHG. hagazussa, G. hexe, D. heks, Dan. hex, Sw.
h["a]xa. The first part of the word is prob. the same as E.
haw, hedge, and the orig. meaning was perh., wood woman, wild
woman. ?.]
1. A witch, sorceress, or enchantress; also, a wizard. [Obs.]
   ``[Silenus] that old hag.'' --Golding.
2. An ugly old woman.
3. A fury; a she-monster. --Grashaw.
4. (Zo["o]l.) An eel-like marine marsipobranch ({Myxine
   glutinosa}), allied to the lamprey. It has a suctorial
   mouth, with labial appendages, and a single pair of gill
   openings. It is the type of the order Hyperotpeta. Called
   also {hagfish}, {borer}, {slime eel}, {sucker}, and
   {sleepmarken}.
5. (Zo["o]l.) The hagdon or shearwater.
6. An appearance of light and fire on a horse's mane or a
   man's hair. --Blount.
{Hag moth} (Zo["o]l.), a moth ({Phobetron pithecium}), the
   larva of which has curious side appendages, and feeds on
   fruit trees.
{Hag's tooth} (Naut.), an ugly irregularity in the pattern of
   matting or pointing.

\Hag\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hagged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Hagging}.]
To harass; to weary with vexation.
      How are superstitious men hagged out of their wits with
      the fancy of omens.                      --L'Estrange.

\Hag\, n. [Scot. hag to cut; cf. E. hack.]
1. A small wood, or part of a wood or copse, which is marked
   off or inclosed for felling, or which has been felled.
         This said, he led me over hoults and hags; Through
         thorns and bushes scant my legs I drew. --Fairfax.
2. A quagmire; mossy ground where peat or turf has been cut.
   --Dugdale.