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hag•gard

Pronunciation: (hag'urd), [key]
—adj.
1. having a gaunt, wasted, or exhausted appearance, as from prolonged suffering, exertion, or anxiety; worn: the haggard faces of the tired troops.
2. wild; wild-looking: haggard eyes.
3. Falconry.(esp. of a hawk caught after it has attained adult plumage) untamed.

—n.
Falconry.a wild or untamed hawk caught after it has assumed adult plumage.