Found 2 items, similar to Hawing.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: haw
haw
n 1: a spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus
Crataegus [syn:
hawthorn]
2: the nictitating membrane of a horse
haw
v : utter `haw';
“he hemmed and hawed”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Hawing
Haw
\Haw\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Hawed (h[add]d); p. pr. & vb.
n.
Hawing.] [Written also hoi.] [Perhaps connected with
here, hither; cf., however, F. huhau, hurhau, hue, interj.
used in turning a horse to the right, G. hott, h["u], interj.
used in calling to a horse.]
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.
[1913 Webster]
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. [Colloq.]
[1913 Webster]