Part 742

Shak.

Cry 'havoc,' and let slip the dogs of war!

Shak.

Haw (h), n. [OE. hawe, AS. haga; akin to D. haag headge, G. hag, hecke, Icel. hagi pasture, Sw. hage, Dan. have garden. √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.

Haw, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Anat.) The third eyelid, or nictitating membrane. See Nictitating membrane, under Nictitate.

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.

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.

Haw, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hawed (hd); 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¸, 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.]

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.]

Ha*wai"ian (h*w"yan), a. Belonging to Hawaii or the Sandwich Islands, or to the people of Hawaii. -- n. A native of Hawaii.

Hawe"bake` (h"bk`), n. Probably, the baked berry of the hawthorn tree, that is, coarse fare. See 1st Haw, 2. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Haw"finch` (h"fnch`), n. (Zoˆl.) The common European grosbeak (Coccothraustes vulgaris); -- called also cherry finch, and coble.

Haw-haw" (h*h), n. [Duplication of haw a hedge.] See Ha-ha.

Haw*haw", v. i. [Of imitative origin.] To laugh boisterously. [Colloq. U. S.]

We haw-haw'd, I tell you, for more than half an hour.

Major Jack Downing.

Hawk (hk), n. [OE. hauk (prob. fr. Icel.), havek, AS. hafoc, heafoc; akin to D. havik, OHG. habuh, G. habicht, Icel. haukr, Sw. hˆk, Dan. hˆg, prob. from the root of E. heave.] (Zoˆl.) One of numerous species and genera of rapacious birds of the family FalconidÊ. They differ from the true falcons in lacking the prominent tooth and notch of the bill, and in having shorter and less pointed wings. Many are of large size and grade into the eagles. Some, as the goshawk, were formerly trained like falcons. In a more general sense the word is not infrequently applied, also, to true falcons, as the sparrow hawk, pigeon hawk, duck hawk, and prairie hawk.

Among the common American species are the red-tailed hawk (Buteo borealis); the red-shouldered (B. lineatus); the broad-winged (B. Pennsylvanicus); the rough-legged (Archibuteo lagopus); the sharp-shinned (Accipiter fuscus). See Fishhawk, Goshawk, Marsh hawk, under Marsh, Night hawk, under Night.

Bee hawk (Zoˆl.), the honey buzzard. -- Eagle hawk. See under Eagle. -- Hawk eagle (Zoˆl.), an Asiatic bird of the genus SpizÊtus, or LimnÊtus, intermediate between the hawks and eagles. There are several species. -- Hawk fly (Zoˆl.), a voracious fly of the family AsilidÊ. See Hornet fly, under Hornet. -- Hawk moth. (Zoˆl.) See Hawk moth, in the Vocabulary. -- Hawk owl. (Zoˆl.) (a) A northern owl (Surnia ulula) of Europe and America. It flies by day, and in some respects resembles the hawks. (b) An owl of India (Ninox scutellatus). -- Hawk's bill (Horology), the pawl for the rack, in the striking mechanism of a clock.

Hawk (hk), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hawked (hkt); p. pr. & vb. n. Hawking.] 1. To catch, or attempt to catch, birds by means of hawks trained for the purpose, and let loose on the prey; to practice falconry.