Sleepmarken

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hag \Hag\ (h[a^]g), n. [OE. hagge, hegge, witch, hag, AS.
     h[ae]gtesse; akin to OHG. hagazussa, G. hexe, D. heks, Dan.
     hex, Sw. h[aum]xa. The first part of the word is prob. the
     same as E. haw, hedge, and the orig. meaning was perh., wood
     woman, wild woman. [root]12.]
     1. A witch, sorceress, or enchantress; also, a wizard. [Obs.]


        "[Silenus] that old hag." --Golding.
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     2. An ugly old woman. --Dryden.
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     3. A fury; a she-monster. --Crashaw.
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     4. (Zool.) An eel-like marine marsipobranch ({Myxine
        glutinosa}), allied to the lamprey. It has a suctorial
        mouth, with labial appendages, and a single pair of gill
        openings. It is the type of the order {Hyperotreta}.
        Called also {hagfish}, {borer}, {slime eel}, {sucker}, and
        {sleepmarken}.
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     5. (Zool.) The hagdon or shearwater.
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     6. An appearance of light and fire on a horse's mane or a
        man's hair. --Blount.
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     {Hag moth} (Zool.), a moth ({Phobetron pithecium}), the larva
        of which has curious side appendages, and feeds on fruit
        trees.
  
     {Hag's tooth} (Naut.), an ugly irregularity in the pattern of
        matting or pointing.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sleepmarken \Sleep"mark`en\, n. (Zool.)
     See 1st {Hag}, 4.
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