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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Suffolk first died, and York, all haggled o'er,
Comes to him, where in gore he lay insteeped. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To be difficult in bargaining; to stick at small matters; to chaffer; to higgle. [ 1913 Webster ]

Royalty and science never haggled about the value of blood. Walpole. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act or process of haggling. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who haggles or is difficult in bargaining. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who forestalls a market; a middleman between producer and dealer in London vegetable markets. [ 1913 Webster ]