haw : Idioms & Phrases

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black haw

  • noun deciduous tree of southeastern United States and Mexico
    shittimwood; false buckthorn; chittamwood; chittimwood; Bumelia lanuginosa.
  • noun upright deciduous shrub having frosted dark-blue fruit; east and east central North America
    Viburnum prunifolium.
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church-haw

Church"-haw` noun
Etymology
Church + haw a yard.
Definitions
  1. Churchyard. Obs. Chaucer.
Webster 1913

downy haw

  • noun American red-fruited hawthorn with stems and leaves densely covered with short woolly hairs
    Crataegus mollis; downy haw; Crataegus coccinea mollis.
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haw-haw

  • noun a loud laugh that sounds like a horse neighing
    horselaugh; haw-haw; ha-ha.
  • noun a ditch with one side being a retaining wall; used to divide lands without defacing the landscape
    sunk fence; ha-ha.
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Haw-haw" noun
Etymology
Duplication of haw a hedge.
Definitions
  1. See Ha-ha.
Webster 1913

hee-haw

  • noun a loud laugh that sounds like a horse neighing
    horselaugh; haw-haw; ha-ha.
  • verb braying characteristic of donkeys
    bray.
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hem and haw

  • verb utter `hems' and `haws'; indicated hesitation
    • He hemmed and hawed when asked to address the crowd
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parsley haw

  • noun southern United States hawthorn with pinnately lobed leaves
    Crataegus marshallii; Crataegus apiifolia; parsley-leaved thorn.
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pear haw

  • noun erect and almost thornless American hawthorn with somewhat pear-shaped berries
    pear hawthorn; blackthorn; Crataegus calpodendron; Crataegus tomentosa.
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possum haw

  • noun deciduous shrub of southeastern and central United States
    Ilex decidua; winterberry; bearberry.
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red haw

  • noun American red-fruited hawthorn with dense corymbs of pink-red flowers
    Crataegus pedicellata; Crataegus coccinea.
  • noun American red-fruited hawthorn with stems and leaves densely covered with short woolly hairs
    Crataegus mollis; downy haw; Crataegus coccinea mollis.
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scarlet haw

  • noun common shrub or small tree of the eastern United States having few thorns and white flowers in corymbs followed by bright orange-red berries
    Crataegus biltmoreana.
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summer haw

  • noun hawthorn of southern United States bearing a juicy, acidic, scarlet fruit that is often used in jellies or preserves
    Crataegus aestivalis; mayhaw.
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To haw and gee, ∨ 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.
  • to lead this way and that at will; to lead by the nose; to master or control. Colloq.
Webster 1913