Haggard

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  • adjective. Exhausted or distraught and often gaunt in appearance.
  • adjective. Wild and intractable. Used of a hawk in falconry.
  • noun. An adult hawk captured for training.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Wild; intractable: said of a hawk or falcon.
  • Hence Untamed; lawless; wanton; profligate.
  • noun. A hawk; specifically, in falconry, a wild hawk caught when in its adult plumage.
  • noun. A hag; an ugly old woman; also, a wanton.
  • Wild-looking, as from prolonged suffering, terror, or want; careworn; gaunt; wildly staring.
  • Desperately wild; reckless: with reference to an act.
  • Synonyms Grim, Grisly, etc. (see ghastly); lean, worn, wasted (especially in countenance).
  • noun. A stack-yard.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Wild or intractable; disposed to break away from duty; untamed.
  • adjective. 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.
  • noun. A young or untrained hawk or falcon.
  • noun. A fierce, intractable creature.
  • noun. A hag.
  • noun. A stackyard.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Looking exhausted and unwell, in poor condition
  • adjective. Wild or untamed
  • noun. A stackyard, an enclosure on a farm for stacking grain, hay, etc.
  • noun. A hunting bird captured as an adult.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering
  • adjective. very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
  • noun. British writer noted for romantic adventure novels (1856-1925)
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