Your Hagship! phr. (common).—In contempt (of women).
Hag-finder, subs. (old).—A witch finder.
1637. Jonson, Sad Shepherd, ii., 2. That I do promise, or I am no good hag-finder.
Hagged, adj. (old, now [as Haggard] recognised).—Ugly; gaunt; hag-like.
1690. B. E., Cant. Crew, s.v. Hagged, Lean, Witched, Half-starved.
1716–1771. Gray, A Long Story. The ghostly prudes with Hagged face.
Haggisland, subs. (common).—Scotland.
Haggle, verb. (old, now recognised).—To bargain keenly; to stick at, or out for, trumpery points; to debate small issues.
1690. B. E., Cant. Crew, s.v.
1849–61. Macaulay, Hist. Eng., ch. xx. Haggling with the greedy, making up quarrels.