Chapter Haveless to Haymaking of H by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

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.]

Hawaiian
(Ha*wai"ian) a. Belonging to Hawaii or the Sandwich Islands, or to the people of Hawaii. — n. A native of Hawaii.

Hawebake
(Hawe"bake`) n. Probably, the baked berry of the hawthorn tree, that is, coarse fare. See 1st Haw, 2. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Hawfinch
(Haw"finch`) n. (Zoöl.) The common European grosbeak (Coccothraustes vulgaris); — called also cherry finch, and coble.

Haw-haw
(Haw-haw") n. [Duplication of haw a hedge.] See Ha-ha.

Hawhaw
(Haw*haw"), v. i. [Of imitative origin.] To laugh boisterously. [Colloq. U. S.]

We haw-haw'd, I tell you, for more than half an hour.

Major Jack Downing.

Hawk
(Hawk) n. [OE. hauk havek, AS. hafoc, heafoc; akin to D. havik, OHG. habuh, G. habicht, Icel. haukr, Sw. hök, Dan. hög, prob. from the root of E. heave.] (Zoöl.) One of numerous species and genera of rapacious birds of the family Falconidæ. They differ from the true falcons in lacking the prominent tooth and notch of the bill, and in having shorter and less pointed wings. Many are of large size and grade into the eagles. Some, as the goshawk, were formerly trained like falcons. In a more general sense the word is not infrequently applied, also, to true falcons, as the sparrow hawk, pigeon hawk, duck hawk, and prairie hawk.

Among the common American species are the red-tailed hawk (Buteo borealis); the red-shouldered (B. lineatus); the broad-winged (B. Pennsylvanicus); the rough-legged (Archibuteo lagopus); the sharp-shinned (Accipiter fuscus). See Fishhawk, Goshawk, Marsh hawk, under Marsh, Night hawk, under Night.

Bee hawk (Zoöl.), the honey buzzard. — Eagle hawk. See under Eagle. — Hawk eagle (Zoöl.), an Asiatic bird of the genus Spizætus, or Limnætus, intermediate between the hawks and eagles. There are several species. — Hawk fly (Zoöl.), a voracious fly of the family Asilidæ. See Hornet fly, under Hornet. — Hawk moth. (Zoöl.) See Hawk moth, in the Vocabulary. — Hawk owl. (Zoöl.) (a) A northern owl (Surnia ulula) of Europe and America. It flies by day, and in some respects resembles the hawks. (b) An owl of India (Ninox scutellatus). — Hawk's bill (Horology), the pawl for the rack, in the striking mechanism of a clock.

Hawk
(Hawk) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hawked (h&addkt); p. pr. & vb. n. Hawking.]

1. To catch, or attempt to catch, birds by means of hawks trained for the purpose, and let loose on the prey; to practice falconry.

A falconer Henry is, when Emma hawks.

Prior.

2. To make an attack while on the wing; to soar and strike like a hawk; — generally with at; as, to hawk at flies. Dryden.

A falcon, towering in her pride of place,
Was by a mousing owl hawked at and killed.

Shak.

Hawk
(Hawk), v. i. [W. hochi.] To clear the throat with an audible sound by forcing an expiratory current of air through the narrow passage between the depressed soft palate and the root of the tongue, thus aiding in the removal of foreign substances.

Hawk
(Hawk), v. t. To raise by hawking, as phlegm.