Haw

haw, n. a hedge or enclosure: a field: the berry of the hawthorn.— ns. Haw′-buck , a clown; Haw′finch , the common grosbeak; Haw′thorn , a shrub or small tree, much planted both for hedges and for ornament: the white flower of the hawthorn. [A.S. hag a , a yard or enclosure; Dut. haag , a hedge, Ger. hag , a hedge, Ice. hag i , a field.]