haw¹ /hö/

1. To speak with hesitation or drawl, natural or affected
2. To make indecisive noises, as in hum and haw (qv under hum¹)

hawˈ-hawˈ adjective

Affectedly superior in enunciation

1. A hesitation or affectation of superiority in speech
2. Loud vulgar laughter

To guffaw, to laugh boisterously

haw² /hö/

1. The fruit of the hawthorn
2. A hedge (historical)
3. An enclosure (historical)
4. A messuage (historical)

hawˈbuck noun

A bumpkin

hawˈfinch noun

The common grosbeak (Coccothraustes coccothraustes)

hawˈthorn noun

A small tree of the rose family, widely used for hedges

haw³ /hö/ (zoology)

1. The nictitating membrane
2. A disease of the nictitating membrane

• Cyanophyta
• cyanophyte
• cyanophytes
• cyanosed
• cyanoses
• cyanosis
• cyanotic
• cyanotype
• cyanotypes
• cyans
• cyanuret
• cyanurets
• Cyathea
• Cyatheaceae
• cyathi
• cyathia
• cyathiform
• cyathium
• Cyathophyllum
• cyathus
• Cybele
• cyber-
• cyberbullies
• cyberbully
• cybercafé