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rather that have been made or completed, 1 that thofi* 
things which cannot be Ihaken,’ meaning the everlafting 
Gofpel, ‘ may remain.’—Thus clear, confident, and har¬ 
monious in all its parts, doth this prophecy appear, and 
is eiifcerned to be fully verified and accomplifhed by the 
coming of Chrift, now that the impediment is removed, 
which caft a deep fhade of confufion and perplexity 
around it.” 
HAG'GARD, orH agard, adj. \_hagard, Fr.] Wild; 
untamed; irreclaimable : 
She’s too difdainful; 
I know her fpirits are as coy and wild, 
As haggard as the rock. Shakefpeare. 
[ Hager, German.] Lean; rugged; ugly.—A haggard 
cat ion of a wolf, and a jolly fort of dog, with good fielh 
upon’s back, fell in company together. VEf range.— 
Deformed with pafiion ; wildly disordered : 
Where are the confcious looks, the face now pale, 
Now flufiling red, the down-caft haggard eyes, 
Or fixt on earth, or flowly rais’d ! Smith. 
HAG'GARD, f. Any thing vvild or irreclaimable : 
I will be married to a wealthy widow, 
Ere three days pafs, which has as long lov’d me 
As I have lov’d this proud difdainful haggard. Shake/p. 
A fpecies of hawk.—I enlarge my difeourfe to the ob¬ 
servation of the aires, the brancher, the rarnifh hawk, 
and the haggard. Walton. 
Does the wild haggard tow’r into the Iky, 
And to the fouth by thy direction fly ? Sandys. 
A hag. So Garth has ufed it: 
Beneath the gloomy covert of an yew, 
In a dark grot, the baleful haggard lay, 
Breathing black vengeance, and infedting day. Garth. 
HAG'GARDLY, adv. Deformedly; uglily: 
For her the rich Arabia Sweats her gum ; 
And precious oils from difiant Indies come, 
How haggardly foe’er fhe looks at home. Dryden. 
HAG'GEIN, a mountain of SwifTerland, in the can¬ 
ton of Schweitz, remarkable for its triple top, and fright¬ 
ful afpeCt : from it extends a chain, which Separates this 
canton from Uri on the north, and Glaris on the eaft. 
HAG'GESS, f. [from hog or hack .] A mafs of meat, 
generally pork chopped, and inclofed in a membrane, 
with Suet and fpices. 
HAG'GI, [Heb. fignifying joy.] A man’s name. 
HAG'GISH, adj. Of the nature of a hag; deformed; 
horrid : 
But on as both did haggijk age fteal on, 
And wore us out of aft. Shakefpeare. 
HAG'GITH, [Heb. fignifying joy.] A man’s name. 
To HAG'GLE, v. a. [corrupted from hackle or hack.' 
To cut; to chop ; t® mangle : always in a bad fenfe: 
Suffolk firfi died ; and York, all haggled o’er, 
Comes to him where in gore he lay infteep’d. Shakefpeare. 
To HAG'GLE, v. n. To be tedious in a bargain; to 
be long in coming to the price. 
HAG'GLER, f. One that cuts. One that is tardy in 
bargaining. 
HAG'GLING, f. The aft of mangling; the aft of 
making many words to a bargain. 
HA'GI, or Had'di, akingdom of Africa, in the defert 
of Zarthaga, on the banks of the river St. John, near the 
ebufi of the Atlantic.' 
HA'GIAZ, a town of Arabia, in the province of 
Hedjas: 120 miles north of Medina. 
HAGIOGRA'PHA, f. That part of the books of 
feripture, called by the Jews Cetuvim. The word is 
compounded of ayio;, holy, and ygett pa, I write. St. 
Jerom makes frequent mention of it: before him, St. 
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Epiphanius called tlrefe books limply Fganpt*. The 
Jews divide the facred writings into three clalfes : The 
Law, which comprehends the five books of Mofes: 
The Prophets, which they call Neviim: and the Cetuvim 
noTO, called by the Greeks Hagiographa ; comprehend¬ 
ing the book of Pfalms, Proverbs, Job, Daniel, Ezra, 
including alfo the book of Neherniah, Chronicles, Canti¬ 
cles, Ruth, the Lamentations, Eccleliaftes, and Efiher. 
HAGIO'GRAPHER, f. [«yn> ? and yt>a(pu, Gr.] A 
facred or holy writer. 
HAGIOSID'ERON,/.[from ayio;, holy, and <nV ? , 
iron.] The name of an inftrument ufed by the modern 
Greeks to call the people to church; becaufe, being 
under the dominion of the Turks, they are not permitted 
the ufe of bells. It is a plate of iron, about three inches 
broad, and fixteen long, and fufpended at the church- 
door by a chain or cord ; they ftrike upon it with an iron 
hammer. 
HAGI'SA, a town of Arabia, in the province of 
Hedjas: 112 miles fouth-eafi of Medina. 
HAG'NON, in fabulous hiftory, a fountain in Ar¬ 
cadia, near mount Lyceus, into which one of the nymphs 
who nurfed Jupiter was faid to have been transformed. 
Paufanias. Bryant fays its true derivation is Airi-On, 
fountain of the fun. 
HAGUE, a confiderable town of Holland, fituated 
about two miles from the fea, heretofore the refidence of 
the ftadtholder, the ftates-general, and the Hates of the 
province. It is fuppofed to contain about 45,000 fouls. 
It was but of little repute till William II. king of the 
Romans, and comte of Holland, removed his court thither 
from Gravefande, in 1250: from which time it continued 
to be the feat of government; and after the efiablifhment 
of the republic, it might be reckoned the capital of the 
Seven United Provinces. It Hands in a dry foil, forne- 
thing higher than the refi of the country ; whence the 
air is pure, and the environs delightful. The houfes 
are well built, and the Hreets large and handfome; fe- 
veral of them adorned with rows of trees. There are 
fome elegant fquares, and many magnificent public 
buildings, the court, the prince’s palace, the town- 
houfe, &c. In the fladtholder’s palace was a very 
valuable cabinet of natural hifiory, coins, medals, See. 
and excellent pictures. Before the revolution it was 
governed by its own magifirates, which were a baily, 
whofe office was for life ; three burgomafiers, changed 
every year; feven echevins, and twelve common coun¬ 
cil ; a penfioner, a fecretary, and a treafurer. It is 
thirty-two miles fouth-wefi of Amfierdam, and twelve 
north-wefi of Rotterdam. 
HAG V UENAU, a town of France, and principal place 
of a diflriCt, in the department of the Lower Rhine, 
fituated on the Motter, in the middle of a forefi, which 
bears its name, fortified by Frederic I. who made it an 
imperial town, and called it the Chamber of the Empire, be¬ 
caufe in it were preferved the imperial ornaments, under 
the houfe of Swabia. Here was a palace, in which the 
emperors fometimes refided, but, in confequence of the 
frequent wars, it is now almoH defiroyed. The number 
of inhabitants is about 3400. The furrounding land is 
fandy and unproductive, and the commerce is inconfide- 
rable; the principal articles are madder and tobacco. 
In 1673, this place was taken by the French. In 1675, 
it was difmantled by the imperialifis, and, in 1706, it 
was taken by the French again. In December 1793, the 
French republicans obtained a complete victory near this 
town, over the allied army, and took 500 prifoners, and 
fixteen pieces of cannon. It is five leagues north of 
Strafburg, and eight and a half fouth-fouth-wefi of Lan¬ 
dau. Lat.48.50.N. Ion. 25. 27. E. Ferro. 
HAGWORTH'INGHAM, [of haeg, a hedge, popS, 
a Hreet, and ham, an habitation, Sax.] A town in Lin- 
colnfiiire. 
HAG'YMAS, a mountain of Hungary : twenty miles 
north of Biflritz. 
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