HAG'ARD, adjective 1. Literally, having a ragged look, as if hacked or gashed. Hence, lean; meager; rough; having eyes sunk in their orbits; ugly. 2. Wild; fierce; intractable; as a hagard hawk. HAG'ARD, noun 1. Any thing wild and intractable. 2. A species of hawk. 3. A hag.
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