Bashaw :: Bashaw (n.) A Turkish title of honor, now written pasha. See Pasha..

Bashaw :: Bashaw (n.) Fig.: A magnate or grandee.

Bashaw :: Bashaw (n.) A very large siluroid fish (Leptops olivaris) of the Mississippi valley; -- also called goujon, mud cat, and yellow cat..

Boneshaw :: Boneshaw (n.) Sciatica.

Chaw :: Chaw (v. t.) To grind with the teeth; to masticate, as food in eating; to chew, as the cud; to champ, as the bit..

Chaw :: Chaw (v. t.) To ruminate in thought; to consider; to keep the mind working upon; to brood over.

Chaw :: Chaw (v. t.) As much as is put in the mouth at once; a chew; a quid.

Chaw :: Chaw (v. t.) The jaw.

Chawdron :: Chawdron (n.) Entrails.

Chawed :: Chawed (imp. & p. p.) of Cha.

Chawing :: Chawing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cha.

Church-haw :: Church-haw (n.) Churchyard.

Cumshaw :: Cumshaw (n.) A present or bonus; -- originally applied to that paid on ships which entered the port of Canton.

Cumshaw :: Cumshaw (v. t.) To give or make a present to.

Dorhawk :: Dorhawk (n.) The European goatsucker; -- so called because it eats the dor beetle. See Goatsucker.

Dorrhawk :: Dorrhawk (n.) See Dorhawk.

Fishhawk :: Fishhawk (n.) The osprey (Pandion haliaetus), found both in Europe and America; -- so called because it plunges into the water and seizes fishes in its talons. Called also fishing eagle, and bald buzzard..

Ghawazi :: Ghawazi (n. pl.) Egyptian dancing girls, of a lower sort than the almeh..

Goshawk :: Goshawk (n.) Any large hawk of the genus Astur, of which many species and varieties are known. The European (Astur palumbarius) and the American (A. atricapillus) are the best known species. They are noted for their powerful flight, activity, and courage. The Australian goshawk (A. Novae-Hollandiae) is pure white..

Haw :: Haw (n.) A hedge; an inclosed garden or yard.

Haw :: Haw (n.) The fruit of the hawthorn.

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

Haw :: Haw (n.) An intermission or hesitation of speech, with a sound somewhat like haw! also, the sound so made..

Haw :: Haw (v. i.) To stop, in speaking, with a sound like haw; to speak with interruption and hesitation..

Haw :: Haw (v. i.) 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..

Haw :: 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..

Haw-haw :: Haw-haw (n.) See Ha-ha.

Hawaiian :: Hawaiian (a.) Belonging to Hawaii or the Sandwich Islands, or to the people of Hawaii..

Hawaiian :: Hawaiian (n.) A native of Hawaii.

Hawebake :: Hawebake (n.) Probably, the baked berry of the hawthorn tree, that is, coarse fare. See 1st Haw, 2..

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