haggle

HAG'GLE, v.t. To cut into small pieces; to notch or cut in an unskillful manner; to make rough by cutting; to mangle; 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 insteep'd.

HAG'GLE, v.i. To be difficult in bargaining; to hesitate and cavil. [See Higgle.]