Haggard
WordNet
adjective
(1) 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"
(2) 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
noun
(3) British writer noted for romantic adventure novels (1856-1925)
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Etymology
From from ( > archaic German ). Akin to Frankish ( > French )
Adjective
Noun
- A stackyard, an enclosure on a farm for stacking grain, hay, etc.
- "He tuk a slew [swerve] round the haggard" http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/fulltext/am1924/pt_s.htm
- A hunting bird captured as an adult.
- A "haggard" is a bird captured as an adult and therefore of unknown age; often, the law prohibits capturing birds of mating age. Falconry Pro