hag's tooth

Webster's Dictionary (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. [1913 Webster]

2.An ugly old woman. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

3.A fury; a she-monster. --Crashaw. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

5.(Zool.) The hagdon or shearwater. [1913 Webster]

6.An appearance of light and fire on a horse's mane or a man's hair. --Blount. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]