Definition of haw

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Haw (v. i.) To stop, in speaking, with a sound like haw; to speak with interruption and hesitation..

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Crabbing :: Crabbing (n.) The fighting of hawks with each other.
Fast :: Fast (n.) That which fastens or holds; especially, (Naut.) a mooring rope, hawser, or chain; -- called, according to its position, a bow, head, quarter, breast, or stern fast; also, a post on a pier around which hawsers are passed in mooring..
Thawed :: Thawed (imp. & p. p.) of Tha.
Hawse :: Hawse (n.) The distance ahead to which the cables usually extend; as, the ship has a clear or open hawse, or a foul hawse; to anchor in our hawse, or athwart hawse..
Thaw :: Thaw (n.) The melting of ice, snow, or other congealed matter; the resolution of ice, or the like, into the state of a fluid; liquefaction by heat of anything congealed by frost; also, a warmth of weather sufficient to melt that which is congealed..
Tomahawked :: Tomahawked (imp. & p. p.) of Tomahaw.
Mouse-ear :: Mouse-ear (n.) A European species of hawkweed (Hieracium Pilosella).
Grail :: Grail (n.) One of the small feathers of a hawk.
Fake :: Fake (v. t.) To coil (a rope, line, or hawser), by winding alternately in opposite directions, in layers usually of zigzag or figure of eight form,, to prevent twisting when running out..
Blackthorn :: Blackthorn (n.) A species of Crataegus or hawthorn (C. tomentosa). Both are used for hedges.
Hood :: Hood (n.) A covering for a hawk's head and eyes. See Illust. of Falcon.
Bewit :: Bewit (n.) A double slip of leather by which bells are fastened to a hawk's legs.
Haggard :: Haggard (a.) A young or untrained hawk or falcon.
Kickshoe :: Kickshoe (n.) A kickshaws.
Pi–a Cloth :: Pi–a cloth () A fine material for ladies' shawls, scarfs, handkerchiefs, etc., made from the fiber of the pineapple leaf, and perhaps from other fibrous tropical leaves. It is delicate, soft, and transparent, with a slight tinge of pale yellow..
Kingbird :: Kingbird (n.) A small American bird (Tyrannus tyrannus, or T. Carolinensis), noted for its courage in attacking larger birds, even hawks and eagles, especially when they approach its nest in the breeding season. It is a typical tyrant flycatcher, taking various insects upon the wing. It is dark ash above, and blackish on the head and tail. The quills and wing coverts are whitish at the edges. It is white beneath, with a white terminal band on the tail. The feathers on the head of the adults show
Swoop :: Swoop (v. i.) To descend with closed wings from a height upon prey, as a hawk; to swoop..
Freshen :: Freshen (v. t.) To relieve, as a rope, by change of place where friction wears it; or to renew, as the material used to prevent chafing; as, to freshen a hawse..
Mohawk :: Mohawk (n.) One of certain ruffians who infested the streets of London in the time of Addison, and took the name from the Mohawk Indians..
Cheap-john :: Cheap-john (n.) A seller of low-priced or second goods; a hawker.
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