(hag′ərd) adjective
1. Worn and gaunt in appearance.
2. Wild or intractable, as a hawk.
—noun
1. In falconry, a wild hawk caught in its adult plumage.
2. Hence, an untamed fierce creature. [<OF hagard wild <MHG hag hedge]
—hag′gard·ly adverb
—hag′gard·ness noun

(hag′ərd) noun Obs.
A wanton woman. [<HAG¹]

(hag′ərd), Sir Henry Rider,
1856–1925, English novelist.