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Haggard
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Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. A young or untrained hawk or falcon.
2. A fierce, intractable creature. I have loved this proud disdainful haggard. Shak.
3. A hag. [Obs.] Garth.
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Part of speech: noun (n.)
A stackyard. [Prov. Eng.] Swift.
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Part of speech: adjective (a.)
1. Wild or intractable; disposed to break away from duty; untamed; as, a haggard or refractory hawk. [Obs.] Shak
2. 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.