资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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.
{To haw and gee}, or {To haw and gee about}, to lead this way
and that at will; to lead by the nose; to master or
control. [Colloq.]
Haw \Haw\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Hawed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Hawing}.] [Written also hoi.] [Perhaps connected with here,
hither; cf., however, F. huhau, hue, interj. used in turning
a horse to the right, G. hott, h["u], interj. used in calling
to a horse.]
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}.
{To haw and gee}, or {To haw and gee about}, to go from one
thing to another without good reason; to have no settled
purpose; to be irresolute or unstable. [Colloq.]