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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A Scottish dish consisting of a mixture of the minced heart, lungs, and liver of a sheep or calf mixed with suet, onions, oatmeal, and seasonings and boiled in the stomach of the slaughtered animal.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A dish made of a sheep's heart, lungs, and liver, minced with suet, onions, oatmeal, salt, and pepper, and boiled in a bag, usually the stomach of a sheep.
  2. n. A sheep's head and pluck minced.

Wiktionary

  1. n. a traditional Scottish dish made from minced offal and oatmeal etc, boiled in the stomach of a sheep etc; traditionally served with neeps and tatties and accompanied with whisky.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. A Scotch pudding made of the heart, liver, lights, etc., of a sheep or lamb, minced with suet, onions, oatmeal, etc., highly seasoned, and boiled in the stomach of the same animal; minced head and pluck.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. made of sheep's or calf's viscera minced with oatmeal and suet and onions and boiled in the animal's stomach

Etymologies

  1. Middle English hagese; perhaps akin to haggen, to chop; see haggle. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • ruzuzu See Vegetarian Haggis. Sep 15, 2010

  • hernesheir "It sometimes happens that the bladder bursts during cooking and spills out it contents. To avoid this, wrap the haggis in a napkin, as if it were a galantine, before putting it into boiling water." - from Alfred Suzanne's recipe for haggis in his book La Cuisine Anglaise Jun 26, 2010

  • Prolagus bilby: :-) Dec 2, 2009

  • reesetee Haha! I like that pronunciation too. Although I did eat haggis once (in Scotland), I still wouldn't get near it again if you paid me. Dec 2, 2009

  • gangerh Can only be the word that causes the jocularity, for the dish itself is scrumptious, esp. with tatties'n'neaps. Och, and an 80/- ale, or a malt. Dec 2, 2009

  • bilby The vegetarian haggis is excellent. Dec 2, 2009

  • chained_bear Really? I think it just sounds jarring. It nearly blew me out of my seat.
    ;)

    I've eaten haggis and it was actually pretty good. I think it was probably some horribly processed Americanized haggis, though—if such a thing even exists—and would not be surprised to try it in Scotland someday and find out it doesn't taste at all like the kind I had. Dec 2, 2009

  • dontcry Love a's pronunciation! Almost makes it sound edible! Dec 2, 2009

  • frogapplause I'll see your haggis and raise you a black pudding! Oct 25, 2008

  • trivet Great chieftain o' the pudding-race! Feb 13, 2007

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