Hypertext Webster Gateway: "haggling"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Haggle \Hag"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Haggled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Haggling}.] [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.

Suffolk first died, and York, all haggled o'er, Comes
to him, where in gore he lay insteeped. --Shak.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

haggling
n : an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining) [syn: {haggle},
{wrangle}, {wrangling}]


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