Haw

v. i. To stop, in speaking, with a sound like haw; to speak with interruption and hesitation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cut it short; don't prose -- don't hum and haw. Chesterfield. [ 1913 Webster ]

hemming and hawing speaking hesitantly and inarticulately, with numerous pauses and interjections. [ PJC ]

n. [ Etymol. uncertain. ] (Anat.) The third eyelid, or nictitating membrane. See Nictitating membrane, under Nictitate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. ha an interjection of wonder, surprise, or hesitation. ] An intermission or hesitation of speech, with a sound somewhat like haw! also, the sound so made. “Hums or haws.” Congreve. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To cause to turn, as a team, to the near side, or toward the driver; as, to haw a team of oxen. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Hawed 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, hü, 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 ]

prop. a. Belonging to Hawaii or the Sandwich Islands, or to the people of Hawaii. -- n. A native of Hawaii. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Probably, the baked berry of the hawthorn tree, that is, coarse fare. See 1st Haw, 2. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The common European grosbeak (Coccothraustes vulgaris); -- called also cherry finch, and coble. [ 1913 Webster ]