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English Dictionary: HAW/ by the DICT Development Group
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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. [bd]Hums or
      haws.[b8] --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[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}, [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 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}.
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