HAW
\hˈɔː], \hˈɔː], \h_ˈɔː]\
Definitions of HAW
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
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A hedge; an inclosed garden or yard.
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The fruit of the hawthorn.
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The third eyelid, or nictitating membrane. See Nictitating membrane, under Nictitate.
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An intermission or hesitation of speech, with a sound somewhat like haw! also, the sound so made.
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To stop, in speaking, with a sound like haw; to speak with interruption and hesitation.
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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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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.
By Oddity Software
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A hedge; an inclosed garden or yard.
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The fruit of the hawthorn.
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The third eyelid, or nictitating membrane. See Nictitating membrane, under Nictitate.
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An intermission or hesitation of speech, with a sound somewhat like haw! also, the sound so made.
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To stop, in speaking, with a sound like haw; to speak with interruption and hesitation.
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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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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.
By Noah Webster.
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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(orig.) A hedge or inclosure: the berry of the hawthorn.
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To speak with a haw or hesitation.
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A hesitation in speech.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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