Haw

·noun The fruit of the hawthorn.

II. Haw ·noun A hedge; an inclosed garden or yard.

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

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

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

VI. Haw ·noun The third eyelid, or nictitating membrane. ·see Nictitating membrane, under Nictitate.

VII. 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.

haw
a close. Kent. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
Haw-haw
·noun ·see Ha-ha. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
haw-haw
To laugh heartily. I sat down in front of the General, and we haw-haw'd, I tell you, for more than ...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
Church-haw
·noun <<Churchyard>>. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
haw-buck
A term used by the farmers in driving their oxen; and hence often applied to a rough and unpolished ...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
New Church Haw, without Alderugate
A plot of land purchased by Sir Walter Manny in 1349 to be a burial place outside the City walls for...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.