Haver

[O. A. S. havoro; Ger, hafer. ) In the N. of England. A denomination for oats.- Haver - bread, oat-cake, oaten bread. Haver ford, in Pennsylvania, a post-township of Montgomery co., about 10 miles W. of Philadelphia. Haver ford College, situated in this township, is an institution of learning under the care of the Society of Friends, founded in 1833, and richly endowed. It po e es a well-selected library, a chemical laboratory, philosophical apparatus, mineralogical and geological cabinets, and an astronomical observatory. Haver ford-west (W. Hulfordd ), a town of Pembrokes hire, Eng., on the Cleddau, 8 m. N.E. of Miltord, and 270 W.N.W. of London. Pop . (1895) 6,560. of Harford co., on the Susquehanna river, about 36 m. N.E. of Baltimore. It was burned by the British in the war of 1812. Pop . (1897) about 3,400. Haw, n . [A.S. hæg , hag.] A hedge or fence. (See HAW-HAW.)-The berry and seed of the hawthorn. (Farriery.) An excrescence in the eye of a horse. Haw, n . [A.S. hāga .] A hesitation or intermi ion of speech. -". n. To speak slowly, with frequent intermi ion and hesitation; to stop in speaking with a haw. -v. n. To turn towards the driver; - said of a horse, or team of horses; - most frequently in the imperative; as, haw here! haw up! ., - words used by wagoners and teamsters. Haw, in Mi ouri , a P. O. of Mercer co. Hawaii, Hawaiian Archipelago, . See HAWAII in SECTION II, also SANDWICH ISLANDS. Hawarden ( hard'n ), a town of England, in Flint- shire, 7 miles W. of Chester. It has considerable pot- teries. Pop . (1897) 8,836. Haw Creek, in Illinois , a township of Knox co. Haw Creek, in Indiana , a township of Bartholomew co. Haw Creek, in Mi ouri, a post-office of Pike co., about 12 m. N. of Bowling Green. Hawesville ( hawz'vil ), in Kentucky , a city, cap. of Hancock co., on the Ohio river, about 124 miles below Louisville. Pop . (1890) 1,013. Haw'field, in North Carolina, a village of Orange co., about 45 miles W. of Raleigh.