haggard

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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.

Wild or untamed
Looking exhausted and unwell, in poor condition
A stackyard, an enclosure on a farm for stacking grain, hay, etc

He tuk a slew round the haggard.

worn and gaunt in appearance
{a} ugly, deformed, lean
{s} tired, worn, gaunt
A hag
a wild or unreclaimed hawk
– A mature wild hawk or falcon
A stackyard
British writer noted for romantic adventure novels (1856-1925)
{i} wild untamed hawk (Falconry)
Wild or intractable; disposed to break away from duty; untamed; as, a haggard or refractory hawk
A young or untrained hawk or falcon
A fierce, intractable creature
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
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"
Someone who looks haggard has a tired expression and shadows under their eyes, especially because they are ill or have not had enough sleep. He was pale and a bit haggard. someone who looks haggard has lines on their face and dark marks around their eyes, especially because they are ill, worried, or tired (hagard )
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
A stackyard, an enclosure on a farm for stacking grain, hay, etc. Used in Manx English and Hiberno-English
haggardness
The characteristic of being haggard; tiredness
haggardly
{a} ugly, deformed, lean
Merle Haggard
born April 6, 1937, Bakersfield, Calif., U.S. U.S. country-music singer and songwriter. Poverty marked Haggard's childhood, and in his teens he began a career of theft and burglary. After his release from San Quentin prison in 1960, he returned to Bakersfield and became a professional musician. He was soon producing hit recordings regularly, including "Mama Tried," "The Bottle Let Me Down," "The Fightin' Side of Me," "Okie from Muskogee" (controversial for its apparent attack on hippies), and later hit duets with George Jones and Willie Nelson
Merle Ronald Haggard
born April 6, 1937, Bakersfield, Calif., U.S. U.S. country-music singer and songwriter. Poverty marked Haggard's childhood, and in his teens he began a career of theft and burglary. After his release from San Quentin prison in 1960, he returned to Bakersfield and became a professional musician. He was soon producing hit recordings regularly, including "Mama Tried," "The Bottle Let Me Down," "The Fightin' Side of Me," "Okie from Muskogee" (controversial for its apparent attack on hippies), and later hit duets with George Jones and Willie Nelson
Sir H Rider Haggard
born June 22, 1856, Bradenham, Norfolk, Eng. died May 14, 1925, London British novelist. After holding a series of official posts in South Africa (1875-81), he began writing stories set in Africa. Of his 34 colourful adventure novels, the best-known is King Solomon's Mines (1885); others include She (1887), Allan Quatermain (1887), Cleopatra (1889), and Ayesha (1905). Also a farmer, he wrote A Farmer's Year (1899) and Rural England (2 vol., 1902), and he was knighted in 1912 for his work on agricultural commissions
Sir Henry Rider Haggard
born June 22, 1856, Bradenham, Norfolk, Eng. died May 14, 1925, London British novelist. After holding a series of official posts in South Africa (1875-81), he began writing stories set in Africa. Of his 34 colourful adventure novels, the best-known is King Solomon's Mines (1885); others include She (1887), Allan Quatermain (1887), Cleopatra (1889), and Ayesha (1905). Also a farmer, he wrote A Farmer's Year (1899) and Rural England (2 vol., 1902), and he was knighted in 1912 for his work on agricultural commissions
haggardly
gauntly, with a drawn and haggard appearance
haggardly
In a haggard manner
haggardly
in a haggard manner; "she looked haggardly out of her tent
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