(hag) noun
1. A forbidding or malicious old woman; an ugly crone.
2. A witch; sorceress; she-devil; a woman in league with the devil.
3. A hag-fish. [OE hægtes witch]
—hag′gish adjective

(hag) Scot. & Brit. Dial. v.t. & v.i.
1. To hack or hew.
2. To harass; torment.
—noun
1. A stroke with a chopping tool; hack.
2. A notch; cut.
3. One man's section of wood for felling.
4. Broken or mossy ground in a bog.
5. Cut branches. Also hagg. [<ON höggva hew]