haggis

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: hag=gis

CIDE DICTIONARY

haggis, n. [Scot. hag to hack, chop, E. hack. Formed, perhaps, in imitation of the F. hachis (E. hash), fr. hacher.].

 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.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

haggis, n. a Scottish dish consisting of a sheep's or calf's offal mixed with suet, oatmeal, etc., and boiled in a bag made from the animal's stomach or in an artificial bag.

Etymology

ME: orig. unkn.