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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Haw \Haw\, noun [Etymol. uncertain.] (Anat.) The third eyelid, or nictitating membrane. See {Nictitating membrane}, under {Nictitate}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Haw \Haw\, noun [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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Haw \Haw\, verb (used without an object) 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.
{hemming and hawing} speaking hesitantly and inarticulately, with numerous pauses and interjections. [PJC]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Haw \Haw\, verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Hawed} (h[add]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Hawing}.] [Written also hoi.] [Perhaps connected with here, hither; cf., however, F. huhau, hurhau, 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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Haw \Haw\ (h[add]), noun [OE. hawe, AS. haga; akin to D. haag headge, G. hag, hecke, Icel. hagi pasture, Sw. hage, Dan. have garden. [root]12. 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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Haw \Haw\, verb (used with an object) 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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Hawthorn \Haw"thorn'\ (h[add]"th[^o]rn'), noun [AS. haga[thorn]orn, h[ae]g[thorn]orn. See {Haw} a hedge, and {Thorn}.] (Bot.) A thorny shrub or tree (the {Crat[ae]gus oxyacantha}), having deeply lobed, shining leaves, small, roselike, fragrant flowers, and a fruit called {haw}. It is much used in Europe for hedges, and for standards in gardens. The American hawthorn is {Crat[ae]gus cordata}, which has the leaves but little lobed.
Gives not the hawthorn bush a sweeter shade To shepherds? --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
haw
noun
1: a spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus [syn: {hawthorn}]
2: the nictitating membrane of a horse
verb: utter 'haw'; "he hemmed and hawed"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
41 Moby Thesaurus words for "haw": avert, bear off, draw aside, ease off, edge off, falter, fly off, gee, glance, glance off, go off, halt, head off, hem, hem and haw, hesitate, hum, hum and haw, jib, make way for, mammer, move aside, sheer off, shove aside, shunt, shy, shy off, side, sidestep, sidetrack, sidle, stammer, steer clear of, step aside, stumble, stutter, switch, turn aside, turn away, turn back, veer off
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