Haw

HAW, n.
1. The berry and seed of the hawthorn, that is, hedge-thorn.
2. A small piece of ground adjoining a house; a small field; properly, an inclosed piece of land, from hedge, like garden, which also signifies an inclosure.
3. In farriery, an excrescence resembling a gristle, growing under the nether eyelid and eye of a horse.
4. A dale.
HAW, v.i. [corrupted from hawk, or hack.] To stop in speaking with a haw, or to speak with interruption and hesitation; as, to hem and haw.

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