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haw1 fruit of the hawthorn. OE. haga, identical in form with haga hedge, fence (see HEDGE), connection with which appears to be shown by the forms of hawthorn, OE. haga-, haguðorn = MDu. hagedorn (Du. haagdoorn), MHG. hagendorn (G. hagedorn), ON. hagþorn; cf. OE. hæġðorn ‘hedge-thorn’.
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haw2 nictitating membrane in a horse's (dog's, etc.) eye; inflamed state of this. XVI. of unkn. orig.
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