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Quotation dates: 1633, 1685-1700+
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Hag-hous(e, n. [Cf. Hag v.] A shed or outhouse, for storing or cutting wood. — 1633 Edinburgh Testaments LVI. 203 b.
The haill tymber and tymber graith in the haghous 1685 Proceedings of Society of Antiquaries LVIII. 367.
Several pieces of old timber in the haghouse 1733 Grant Univ. Edinb. (1884) II. 192.
The Hagg House. Mr. Dawson, coal-seller
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