Haw

[haw]

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A hedge; an inclosed garden or yard.

Noun
the nictitating membrane of a horse

Noun
a spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus

Verb
utter `haw''; "he hemmed and hawed"

n.
A hedge; an inclosed garden or yard.

n.
The fruit of the hawthorn.

n.
The third eyelid, or nictitating membrane. See Nictitating membrane, under Nictitate.

n.
An intermission or hesitation of speech, with a sound somewhat like haw! also, the sound so made.

v. i.
To stop, in speaking, with a sound like haw; to speak with interruption and hesitation.

v. i.
To turn to the near side, or toward the driver; -- said of cattle or a team: a word used by teamsters in guiding their teams, and most frequently in the imperative. See Gee.

v. t.
To cause to turn, as a team, to the near side, or toward the driver; as, to haw a team of oxen.

Haw

Haw , n. [OE. hawe, AS. haga; akin to D. haag headge, G. hag, hecke, Icel. hagi pasture, Sw. hage, Dan. have garden. . Cf. Haggard, Ha-ha, Haugh, Hedge.] 1. A hedge; an inclosed garden or yard.
And eke there was a polecat in his haw.
2. The fruit of the hawthorn. Bacon.

Haw

Haw, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Anat.) The third eyelid, or nictitating membrane. See Nictitating membrane, under Nictitate.

Haw

Haw, n. [Cf. ha an interjection of wonder, surprise, or hesitation.] An intermission or hesitation of speech, with a sound somewhat like haw! also, the sound so made. "Hums or haws." Congreve.

Haw

Haw, v. i. To stop, in speaking, with a sound like haw; to speak with interruption and hesitation.
Cut it short; don't prose -- don't hum and haw.

Haw

Haw, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hawed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Hawing.] [Written also hoi.] [Perhaps connected with here, hither; cf., however, F. huhau, hue, interj. used in turning a horse to the right, G. hott, h'81, interj. used in calling to a horse.] To turn to the near side, or toward the driver; -- said of cattle or a team: a word used by teamsters in guiding their teams, and most frequently in the imperative. See Gee. To haw and gee, ∨ To haw and gee about, to go from one thing to another without good reason; to have no settled purpose; to be irresolute or unstable. [Colloq.]

Haw

Haw, v. t. To cause to turn, as a team, to the near side, or toward the driver; as, to haw a team of oxen. To haw and gee, ∨ To haw and gee about, to lead this way and that at will; to lead by the nose; to master or control. [Colloq.]

A hedge; an inclosed garden or yard.

The third eyelid, or nictitating membrane. See Nictitating membrane, under Nictitate.

An intermission or hesitation of speech, with a sound somewhat like haw! also, the sound so made.

To stop, in speaking, with a sound like haw; to speak with interruption and hesitation.

To turn to the near side, or toward the driver; -- said of cattle or a team: a word used by teamsters in guiding their teams, and most frequently in the imperative. See Gee.

To cause to turn, as a team, to the near side, or toward the driver; as, to haw a team of oxen.

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