Hypertext Webster Gateway: "haw"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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}, or {To haw and gee about}, to lead this way
and that at will; to lead by the nose; to master or
control. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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. --Chaucer.
2. The fruit of the hawthorn. --Bacon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Haw \Haw\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Anat.)
The third eyelid, or nictitating membrane. See {Nictitating
membrane}, under {Nictitate}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
--Chesterfield.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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["u], 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}, or {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.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
haw
n 1: a spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus
Crataegus [syn: {hawthorn}]
2: the nictitating membrane of a horse
v : utter "haw"
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