haggardness

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The characteristic of being haggard; tiredness
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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.

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

He tuk a slew round the haggard.

haggard
worn and gaunt in appearance
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{a} ugly, deformed, lean
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{s} tired, worn, gaunt
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A hag
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a wild or unreclaimed hawk
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– A mature wild hawk or falcon
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A stackyard
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British writer noted for romantic adventure novels (1856-1925)
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{i} wild untamed hawk (Falconry)
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Wild or intractable; disposed to break away from duty; untamed; as, a haggard or refractory hawk
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A young or untrained hawk or falcon
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A fierce, intractable creature
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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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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"
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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 )
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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
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A stackyard, an enclosure on a farm for stacking grain, hay, etc. Used in Manx English and Hiberno-English
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