hawed
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
“hawed” is listed under Haw.
Haw intransitive verb [past tense & past participle Hawed (ha̤d); present participle & verbal noun Hawing.] [Perhaps connected with here, hither; cf., however, F. huhau, hurhau, hue, interj. used in turning a horse to the right, G. hott, hü, interj. used in calling to a horse.]
Origin: Written also hoi.
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 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. colloquial
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54
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