Haw

A hedge; an inclosed garden or yard.

The fruit of the hawthorn.

The third eyelid, or nictitating membrane. See Nictitating membrane, under Nictitate.

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

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

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

a spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus