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Hawed
(gcide) | Haw \Haw\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hawed (h[add]d); p. pr. & vb.
n. Hawing.] [Written also hoi.] [Perhaps connected with
here, hither; cf., however, F. huhau, hurhau, 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.
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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.]
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thawed
(encz) | thawed, adj: |
unthawed
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Chawed
(gcide) | Chaw \Chaw\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chawed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Chawing.] [See Chew.]
1. To grind with the teeth; to masticate, as food in eating;
to chew, as the cud; to champ, as the bit.
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The trampling steed, with gold and purple trapped,
Chawing the foamy bit, there fiercely stood.
--Surrey.
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2. To ruminate in thought; to consider; to keep the mind
working upon; to brood over. --Dryden.
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Note: A word formerly in good use, but now regarded as
vulgar.
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Thawed
(gcide) | thaw \thaw\ (th[add]), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Thawed (th[add]d);
p. pr. & vb. n. Thawing.] [AS. [thorn][=a]wian,
[thorn][=a]wan; akin to D. dovijen, G. tauen, thauen (cf.
also verdauen to digest, OHG. douwen, firdouwen), Icel.
[thorn]eyja, Sw. t["o]a, Dan. t["o]e, and perhaps to Gr.
th`kein to melt. [root]56.]
1. To melt, dissolve, or become fluid; to soften; -- said of
that which is frozen; as, the ice thaws.
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2. To become so warm as to melt ice and snow; -- said in
reference to the weather, and used impersonally.
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3. Fig.: To grow gentle or genial. Compare cold[4], a. and
hard[6], a.
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Unthawed
(gcide) | Unthawed \Unthawed\
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thawed
(wn) | thawed
adj 1: no longer frozen solid; "the thawed ice was treacherous"
2: no longer frozen; "the thawed ground was muddy" |
unthawed
(wn) | unthawed
adj 1: still frozen; "there wasn't time to cook the unthawed
turkey, so they had to settle for hotdogs" |
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