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Haggle \Hag"gle\ (h[a^]g"g'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Haggled}
(-g'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Haggling} (-gl[i^]ng).] [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 \Hag"gle\, 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 \Hag"gle\, n.
The act or process of haggling. --Carlyle.
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