What is an intermission or hesitation of speech, with a sound somewhat like haw! also, the sound so made. "Hums or haws." Congreve called?
haw — An intermission or hesitation of speech, with a sound somewhat like haw! also, the sound so made. "Hums or haws." Congreve. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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