hagship
(ˈhægʃɪp)
[f. hag n.1 + -ship]
The personality of a hag: used as a mock title.
| 1604 Middleton Witch ii. ii. (R.), 'Tis the charm her hagship gave me For my duchess' obstinate woman. 1634 Heywood & Brome Witches Lanc. iv. H.'s Wks. 1874 IV. 230, I mean to lay the Country for their Hagships. 1785 A. Grant Lett. fr. Mount. (1813) II. xix. 96, I fancy their hagships [Macbeth's witches] resided hereabouts. |