Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Haw
\Haw\ (h[add]), n. [OE. hawe, AS. haga; akin to D. haag headge, G. hag, hecke, Icel. hagi pasture, Sw. hage, Dan. have garden. [root]12. Cf.
Haggard,
Ha-ha,
Haugh,
Hedge.]
[1913 Webster]1.A hedge; an inclosed garden or yard. [1913 Webster]
And eke there was a polecat in his haw.— Chaucer.[1913 Webster]
2.The fruit of the hawthorn. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
Haw \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. [1913 Webster]
Haw \Haw\, v. i. To stop, in speaking, with a sound like haw; to speak with interruption and hesitation. [1913 Webster]
Cut it short; don't prose -- don't hum and haw. --Chesterfield. [1913 Webster]
hemming and hawing speaking hesitantly and inarticulately, with numerous pauses and interjections. [PJC]
Haw
\Haw\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Hawed (h[add]d); 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["u], 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.
[1913 Webster]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.] [1913 Webster]
Haw \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. [1913 Webster]
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.] [1913 Webster]
Hawthorn
\Haw"thorn`\ (h[add]"th[^o]rn`), n. [AS. haga[thorn]orn, h[ae]g[thorn]orn. See
Haw a hedge, and
Thorn.] (Bot.) A thorny shrub or tree (the
Crat[ae]gus oxyacantha), having deeply lobed, shining leaves, small, roselike, fragrant flowers, and a fruit called
haw. It is much used in Europe for hedges, and for standards in gardens. The American hawthorn is
Crat[ae]gus cordata, which has the leaves but little lobed.
[1913 Webster]Gives not the hawthorn bush a sweeter shade To shepherds? --Shak. [1913 Webster]