† haw-treen.
Obsolete.
1. The hawthorn.
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c1325 Gloss. W. de Biblesw. in T. Wright Voc. 162 Awe-tre [v.r. hawethen], ceneler.
1388 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) Dan. xiii. (Susanna) 54 Vndur an haw tree.
a1400 Seuyn Sages (W.) 905 Up to the hawe-tre he steghth.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 230/1 Hawe tree, espine blanche.
1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Diii/1 An Haw tree, sentis.
2. Applied by Hudson to the Whitebeam ( Pyrus aria) and the Service tree ( Pyrus torminalis).
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1778 W. Hudson Flora Anglica (rev. ed.) I. 214 Cratægus foliis cordatis..wild Haw-tree or Service.
1879 J. Britten & R. Holland Dict. Eng. Plant-names
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