moss-hag

noun

A pit or slough in a bog.

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Meanings

nounmoss-hag (plural moss-hags)

plural moss-hags

  1. ScotlandA pit or slough in a bog.

    […] now a splash would be heard, followed by a roar, as some luckless wight fell into a moss hagg […]

    1895, William Fraser, The Whaups of Durley, page 119
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moss-hag. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moss-hag

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