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A contraction of have not, or has not, used in illiterate speech. In the United States the commoner spelling is hain't.

A speech addressed to a large public assembly; a popular oration; a loud address a multitude; in a bad sense, a noisy or pompous speech; declamation; ranting. Gray-headed men and grave, with warriors mixed, Assemble, and harangues are heard. Milton.

Unwillingly; grudgingly. The House of Peers gave so hardly theiMilton.

Celerity of motion; speed; swiftness; dispatch; expedition; -- applied only to voluntary beings, as men and other animals. The king's business required haste. 1 Sam. xxi. 8.

To move celerity; to be rapid in motion; to act speedily or quickly; to go quickly. I hastened to the spot whence the noise came. D

In haste; with speed or quickness; speedily; nimbly.

An intermission or hesitation of speech, with a sound somewhat like haw! also, the sound so made. "Hums or haws." Congreve.

To use reservations and qualifications in one's speech so as to avoid committing one's self to anything definite. The Heroic Stanzas read much more like an elaborate attempt to hedge between the parties than . . . to gain favor from the Roundheads. Saintsbury.

ole foot; -- in man or quadrupeds. He [the stag] calls to mind his strength and then his speed, His winged heels and then his armed head. Denham.

A phrase or form of speech in accordance with genius and construction or idioms of the Greek language; a Grecism. Addison.

In the following part of this (writing, document, speech, and the like).

A stammering; a faltering in speech.

Unready in speech. Baxter.

A faltering in speech; stammering. Swift.

The unconscious saying, in speech or in writing, of that which one does not intend to say; -- frequently the very reverse of the thought which is present to consciousness. R. G. White.

A figure of speech by which one form of a noun, verb, or pronoun, and the like, is used for another, as in the sentence: "What is life to such as me" Aytoun.

An idiom or mode of speech peculiar to the Irish. Todd.

A Spanish idiom or mode of speech. Keightley.

quality or state of being honest; probity; fairness and straightforwardness of conduct, speech, etc.; integrity; sincerity; truthfulness; freedom from fraud or guile. That we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. 1 Tim. ii. 2.

eeable; to cover or sweeten with, or as with, honey. Canst thou not honey me with fluent speech Marston.