haws

Noun (1)

haw (plural haws)

1. Fruit of the hawthorn.
   • The kanary-nut may be considered equal to a hazel-nut, but I have met with nothing else superior to our crabs, our haws, beech-nuts, wild plums, and acorns; fruits which would be highly esteemed by the natives of these islands, and would form an important part of their sustenance.1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume II, London: Macmillan and Co., page 103

   Synonyms:

   hawthorn berry

2. (historical) A hedge.
3. (obsolete) Something that has little value or importance; a whit or jot.
   • wele not leaue a man of lawe,
     Nor a paper worth a hawe,
     And make him worſe than a dawe,
     That ſhall ſtand againſt Iacke Strawe.1593, anonymous author, The Life and Death of Iacke Straw […], →OCLC, Act II

Noun (2)

haw (countable and uncountable, plural haws)

1. (countable) The third eyelid, or nictitating membrane.
2. (uncountable) A disease of the nictitating membrane.

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