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Webster 1828 Edition

Hawing

HAW'ING

,

ppr.

Speaking with a haw, or with hesitation.

Definition 2024

hawing

hawing

English

Verb

hawing

present participle of haw

Noun

hawing ‎(plural hawings)

The act of saying "haw", in intermission or hesitation of speech.
- 1847, The University Magazine: A Literary and Philosophic Review (page 285)
  Blushing and stammering, awkward pauses, hemmings and hawings, tremblings of voice, and confusion in all its shapes there were between them […]