GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Haggle (hăgˈg'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Haggled (-g'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Haggling (-glĭng).] [Freq. of Scot. hag, E. hack. See Hack to cut.] To cut roughly or hack; to cut into small pieces; to notch or cut in an unskillful manner; to make rough or mangle by cutting; as, “a boy haggles a stick of wood”.
   
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   Suffolk first died, and York, all haggled o'er,
   
   Comes to him, where in gore he lay insteeped. Shak.
   
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   Haggle, v. i. To be difficult in bargaining; to stick at small matters; to chaffer; to higgle.
   
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   Royalty and science never haggled about the value of blood. Walpole.
   
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   Haggle, n. The act or process of haggling.  Carlyle.
   
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