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haggess

haggess is the obsolete spelling of haggis.

Meaning of haggis

Noun

haggis (countable and uncountable, plural haggises)

  1. A traditional Scottish dish made from minced sheep offal with oatmeal and spices, etc., originally boiled in the stomach of a sheep but now often in an artificial casing, and usually served with neeps and tatties (mashed swede and potatoes) and accompanied with whisky.
    • HAGGESS, haggas, or haggis, ſort d'appret fait avec des herbes, du larde caupé menu, des épices, des œufs, & du fromage, le tout mis enſemble & bouilli dans une panſe de brebis.[1677, Guy Miege [i.e., Guy Miège], “HAGGESS”, in A New Dictionary French and English, with Another English and French; According to the Present Use, and Modern Orthography of the French. Inrich’d...

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Forms of haggess

pluralhaggesses

Questions about haggess

What is haggess the obsolete spelling of?
Haggess is the obsolete spelling of haggis.

Words near haggess in the dictionary

  1. Haggerty
  2. haggertyite
  3. haggertyites
  4. Haggertys
  5. Hagges
  6. haggess
  7. Haggett
  8. Haggetts
  9. haggi
  10. haggies
  11. hagging

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