n.; pl. Haggadoth [ Rabbinic haggādhā, fr. Heb. higgīdh to relate. ] A story, anecdote, or legend in the Talmud, to explain or illustrate the text of the Old Testament. [ Written also hagada. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. hagard; of German origin, and prop. meaning, of the hegde or woods, wild, untamed. See Hedge, 1st Haw, and -ard. ] 1. Wild or intractable; disposed to break away from duty; untamed; as, a haggard or refractory hawk. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. [ For hagged, fr. hag a witch, influenced by haggard wild. ] Having the expression of one wasted by want or suffering; hollow-eyed; having the features distorted or wasted by pain; wild and wasted, or anxious in appearance; as, haggard features, eyes. [ 1913 Webster ]

Staring his eyes, and haggard was his look. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Haggard, a. ] 1. (Falconry) A young or untrained hawk or falcon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A fierce, intractable creature. [ 1913 Webster ]

I have loved this proud disdainful haggard. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. [ See Haggard, a., 2. ] A hag. [ Obs. ] Garth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See 1st Haw, Hedge, and Yard an inclosed space. ] A stackyard. [ Prov. Eng. ] Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a haggard manner. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Like a hag; lean; ugly. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Scot. hag to hack, chop, E. hack. Formed, perhaps, in imitation of the F. hachis (E. hash), fr. hacher. ] A Scotch pudding made of the heart, liver, lights, etc., of a sheep or lamb, minced with suet, onions, oatmeal, etc., highly seasoned, and boiled in the stomach of the same animal; minced head and pluck. [ Written also haggiss, haggess, and haggies. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Like a hag; ugly; wrinkled. [ 1913 Webster ]

But on us both did haggish age steal on. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In the manner of a hag. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Haggled p. pr. & vb. n. Haggling ] [ Freq. of Scot. hag, E. hack. See Hack to cut. ] To cut roughly or hack; to cut into small pieces; to notch or cut in an unskillful manner; to make rough or mangle by cutting; as, a boy haggles a stick of wood. [ 1913 Webster ]

Suffolk first died, and York, all haggled o'er,
Comes to him, where in gore he lay insteeped. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]