Webster's Dictionary 1913

919

Haven

Ha″ven (hā″v'n), n. [AS. hæfene; akin to D. & LG. haven, G. hafen, MHG. habe, Dan. havn, Icel. höfn, Sw. hamn; akin to E. have, and hence orig., a holder; or to heave (see Heave...

920

Haven (2)

Ha″ven, v. t. To shelter, as in a haven. Keats.

921

Havenage

Ha″ven‐age (–ā̍j), n. Harbor dues; port dues.

922

Havened

Ha″vened (hā″v'nd), p. a. Sheltered in a haven.Blissful havened both from joy and pain. Keats.

923

Havener

Ha″ven‐er (hā″v'n‐ẽr), n. A harbor master.

924

Haver

Ha″ver (hăv″ẽr), n. A possessor; a holder. Shak.

925

Haver (2)

Hav″er, n. [D. haver; akin to G. haber.] The oat; oats.Haver bread, oaten bread. — Haver cake, oaten cake. Piers Plowman. — Haver grass, the wild oat. — Haver meal, oatmeal.

926

Haver (3)

Ha″ver (hā″vẽr), v. i. To maunder; to talk foolishly; to chatter. Sir W. Scott.

927

Haversack

Hav″er‐sack (hăv″ẽr‐săk), n. [F. havresac, G. habersack, sack for oats. See 2d Haver, and Sack a bag.]1. A bag for oats or oatmeal.2. A bag or case, usually of stout cloth, in w...

928

Haversian

Ha‐ver″sian (hȧ‐vẽr″shan), a. Pertaining to, or discovered by, Clopton Havers, an English physician of the seventeenth century.Haversian canals(Anat.), the small canals through ...

929

Havier

Hav″ier (?), n. [Formerly haver, prob. fr. Half; cf. L. semimas emasculated, prop., half male.] A castrated deer.Haviers, or stags which have been gelded when young, have no hor...

930

Havildar

‖Hav′il‐dar″ (hăv′ĭl‐där″), n. In the British Indian armies, a noncommissioned officer of native soldiers, corresponding to a sergeant.Havildar major, a native sergeant major in...

931

Having

Hav″ing (hăv″ĭng), n. Possession; goods; estate.I 'll lend you something; my having is not much. Shak.

932

Havior

Hav″ior (hāv″yẽr), n. [OE. havour, a corruption of OF. aveir, avoir, a having, of same origin as E. aver a work horse. The h is due to confusion with E. have.] Behavior; demeano...

933

Havoc

Hav″oc (hăv″ŏk), n. [W. hafog devastation, havoc; or, if this be itself fr. E. havoc, cf. OE. havot, or AS. hafoc hawk, which is a cruel or rapacious bird, or F. hai, voux! a cr...

934

Havoc (2)

Hav″oc, v. t. To devastate; to destroy; to lay waste.To waste and havoc yonder world. Milton.

935

Havoc (3)

Hav″oc, interj. [See Havoc, n.] A cry in war as the signal for indiscriminate slaughter. Toone.Do not cry havoc, where you should but huntWith modest warrant. Shak.Cry 'havoc,' ...

936

Haw

Haw (ha̤), n. [OE. hawe, AS. haga; akin to D. haag headge, G. hag, hecke, Icel. hagi pasture, Sw. hage, Dan. have garden. √12. Cf. Haggard, Ha-ha, Haugh, Hedge.]1. A hedge; an i...

937

Haw (2)

Haw, n.(Anat.) The third eyelid, or nictitating membrane. See Nictitating membrane, under Nictitate.

938

Haw (3)

Haw, 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 h...

939

Haw (4)

Haw, v. i. To stop, in speaking, with a sound like haw; to speak with interruption and hesitation.Cut it short; don't prose — don't hum and haw. Chesterfield.

940

Haw (5)

Haw, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Hawed (ha̤d); p. pr. & vb. n.Hawing.] [Written also hoi.] [Perhaps connected with here, hither; cf., however, F. huhau, hurhau, hue, interj. used in turn...

941

Haw (6)

Haw, v. t. To cause to turn, as a team, to the near side, or toward the driver; as, to haw a team of oxen.To haw and gee, orTo haw and gee about, to lead this way and that at wi...

942

Haw-haw

Haw–haw″ (ha̤‐ha̤), n. [Duplication of haw a hedge.] See Ha-ha.

943

Hawaiian

Ha‐wai″ian (hȧ‐wī″yan), a. Belonging to Hawaii or the Sandwich Islands, or to the people of Hawaii. — n. A native of Hawaii.

944

Hawebake

Hawe″bake′ (ha̤″bāk′), n. Probably, the baked berry of the hawthorn tree, that is, coarse fare. See 1st Haw, 2. Chaucer.

945

Hawfinch

Haw″finch′ (ha̤″fĭnch′), n.(Zoöl.) The common European grosbeak (Coccothraustes vulgaris); — called also cherry finch, and coble.