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Haggard, Merle (Ronald)(encyclopedia)
Haggard, Sir H(enry) Rider(encyclopedia)

bosom (oh) and haggard (medicine)


bosom (oh)



[Language: Old English; Origin: bosm]
[C usually singular] written the front part of a woman's chest
::She cradled the child to her bosom.
[C usually plural] a woman's breast
the bosom of the family/the Church etc
the situation where you feel safe because you are with people who love and protect you
[singular] literary a word meaning someone's feelings and emotions, used especially when these are bad or unpleasant
::Drury harboured bitterness in his bosom.
bosom friend/buddy/pal
literary a very close friend

haggard (medicine)


haggard


1. Wild or intractable; disposed to break away from duty; untamed; as, a haggard or refractory hawk.

2. [For hagged, fr. Hag a witch, influenced by haggard wild] Having the expression of one wasted by want or suffering; hollow-eyed; having the features distorted or wasted, or anxious in appearance; as, haggard features, eyes. "Staring his eyes, and haggard was his look." (Dryden)

Origin: F. Hagard; of German origin, and prop. Meaning, of the hegde or woods, wild, untamed. See Hedge, 1st Haw, and -ard.

1. <veterinary> A young or untrained hawk or falcon.

2. A fierce, intractable creature. "I have loved this proud disdainful haggard." (Shak)

3. [See Haggard, 2] A hag.

See: Haggard.

Source: Websters Dictionary