hag : Idioms & Phrases

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Grab hag

  • at fairs, a bag or box holding small articles which are to be drawn, without being seen, on payment of a small sum. Colloq.
Webster 1913

Hag moth

  • (Zoöl.), a moth (Phobetron pithecium), the larva of which has curious side appendages, and feeds on fruit trees.
Webster 1913

Hag's tooth

  • (Naut.), an ugly irregularity in the pattern of matting or pointing.
Webster 1913

hag-ridden

  • adjective satellite tormented or harassed by nightmares or unreasonable fears
    tormented; hagridden.
    • hagridden...by visions of an imminent heaven or hell upon earth"- C.S.Lewis
WordNet
Hag"-rid`den adjective
Definitions
  1. Ridden by a hag or witch; hence, afflicted with nightmare. Beattie. Cheyne.
Webster 1913

hag-taper

Hag"-ta`per noun
Etymology
Cf. 1st Hag, and Hig-taper.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) The great woolly mullein (Verbascum Thapsus).
Webster 1913

Night hag

  • a witch supposed to wander in the night.
Webster 1913