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haggard
(encz) | haggard,vyčerpaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
haggard
(encz) | haggard,vychrtlý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Haggard
(gcide) | Haggard \Hag"gard\, n. [See Haggard, a.]
1. (Falconry) A young or untrained hawk or falcon.
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2. A fierce, intractable creature.
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I have loved this proud disdainful haggard. --Shak.
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3. [See Haggard, a., 2.] A hag. [Obs.] --Garth.
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Haggard
(gcide) | Haggard \Hag"gard\, n. [See 1st Haw, Hedge, and Yard an
inclosed space.]
A stackyard. [Prov. Eng.] --Swift.
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Haggard
(gcide) | Haggard \Hag"gard\ (h[a^]g"g[~e]rd), 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.
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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.
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Staring his eyes, and haggard was his look.
--Dryden.
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haggard
(wn) | haggard
adj 1: showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or
suffering; "looking careworn as she bent over her
mending"; "her face was drawn and haggard from
sleeplessness"; "that raddled but still noble face";
"shocked to see the worn look of his handsome young
face"- Charles Dickens [syn: careworn, drawn,
haggard, raddled, worn]
2: very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold;
"emaciated bony hands"; "a nightmare population of gaunt men
and skeletal boys"; "eyes were haggard and cavernous"; "small
pinched faces"; "kept life in his wasted frame only by grim
concentration" [syn: bony, cadaverous, emaciated,
gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted]
n 1: British writer noted for romantic adventure novels
(1856-1925) [syn: Haggard, Rider Haggard, {Sir Henry
Rider Haggard}] |
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haggard
(encz) | haggard,vyčerpaný adj: Zdeněk Brožhaggard,vychrtlý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
haggardly
(encz) | haggardly, adv: |
Haggardly
(gcide) | Haggardly \Hag"gard*ly\, adv.
In a haggard manner. --Dryden.
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haggard
(wn) | haggard
adj 1: showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or
suffering; "looking careworn as she bent over her
mending"; "her face was drawn and haggard from
sleeplessness"; "that raddled but still noble face";
"shocked to see the worn look of his handsome young
face"- Charles Dickens [syn: careworn, drawn,
haggard, raddled, worn]
2: very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold;
"emaciated bony hands"; "a nightmare population of gaunt men
and skeletal boys"; "eyes were haggard and cavernous"; "small
pinched faces"; "kept life in his wasted frame only by grim
concentration" [syn: bony, cadaverous, emaciated,
gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted]
n 1: British writer noted for romantic adventure novels
(1856-1925) [syn: Haggard, Rider Haggard, {Sir Henry
Rider Haggard}] |
haggardly
(wn) | haggardly
adv 1: in a haggard manner; "she looked haggardly out of her
tent" |
rider haggard
(wn) | Rider Haggard
n 1: British writer noted for romantic adventure novels
(1856-1925) [syn: Haggard, Rider Haggard, {Sir Henry
Rider Haggard}] |
sir henry rider haggard
(wn) | Sir Henry Rider Haggard
n 1: British writer noted for romantic adventure novels
(1856-1925) [syn: Haggard, Rider Haggard, {Sir Henry
Rider Haggard}] |
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