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haggle

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

Haggle \Hag"gle\, v. i.
   To be difficult in bargaining; to stick at small matters; to
   chaffer; to higgle.

         Royalty and science never haggled about the value of
         blood.                                   --Walpole.

Haggle \Hag"gle\, n.
   The act or process of haggling. --Carlyle.

Source : WordNet®

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

haggle
     v : wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.); "Let's
         not haggle over a few dollars" [syn: {higgle}, {chaffer},
          {huckster}]
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