Etymology: (1250–1300; ME: chasm < ON h&oogon;gg a cut, ravine)
Definition of 'hag'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)hag, beldam, beldame, witch, crone an ugly evil-looking old woman
2. (noun)hagfish, hag, slime eels eellike cyclostome having a tongue with horny teeth in a round mouth surrounded by eight tentacles; feeds on dead or trapped fishes by boring into their bodies
Definition of 'hag'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun)hag a witch, sorceress, or enchantress; also, a wizard
2. (noun)hag an ugly old woman
3. (noun)hag a fury; a she-monster
4. (noun)hag 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 Hyperotpeta. Called also hagfish, borer, slime eel, sucker, and sleepmarken