17. 'The green east hagged with prowling storm'. (30)

In _O.E.D._ #hagged# is given as monopolized by the sense of

'bewitched', or of 'lean and gaunt', related to haggard. This does not

suit. The intention is probably an independent use of the p.p. of the

transitive verb 'to hag'; defined as 'to torment or terrify as a hag,

to trouble as the nightmare'.

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