HAW

noun the fruit of the hawthorn.

2. haw ·noun a hedge; an inclosed garden or yard.

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

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

5. haw ·noun an intermission or hesitation of speech, with a sound somewhat like haw! also, the sound so made.

6. haw ·noun the third eyelid, or nictitating membrane. ·see nictitating membrane, under nictitate.

7. haw ·vi 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 ·imv. ·see gee.