Hag-ridden | Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

Hag
·noun An ugly old woman. II. Hag ·noun A fury; a she-monster. III. Hag ·noun The hagdon or shearwa...

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Ridden
·- ·p.p. of Ride. II. Ridden ·p.p. of <<Ride>>. ...

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hag
1) the belly, N. 2) a mist : also a quagmire. Northumb. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
Hag-taper
·noun The great woolly mullein (Verbascum Thapsus). ...

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Priest-ridden
·adj Controlled or oppressed by priests; as, a priest-ridden people. ...

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priest-ridden
Governed by a priest, or priests. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
hag-worms
snakes of all kinds. York. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
witch-ridden
having the night-mare. North. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
hag-boat
See heck-boat. ...

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rid and ridden
dispatch and dispatched : It rids well : it goes on fast. It will soon be ridden, i. e. got rid of. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose