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Pertaining to, or discovered by, Clopton Havers, an English physician of the seventeenth century. Haversian canals (Anat.), the small canals through which the blood vessels ramify in bone.

A castrated deer.

Indian armies, a noncommissioned officer of native soldiers, corresponding to a sergeant. Havildar major, a native sergeant major in the East Indian army.

Possession; goods; estate. I 'll lend you something; my having is not much. Shak.

Behavior; demeanor. [Obs.] Shak.

Wide and general destruction; devastation; waste. As for Saul, he made havoc of the church. Acts viii. 3. Ye gods, what havoc does ambition make Among your works! Addison.

A hedge; an inclosed garden or yard. And eke there was a polecat in his haw. Chaucer.

See Ha-ha.

Belonging to Hawaii or the Sandwich Islands, or to the people of Hawaii. -- n.

Probably, the baked berry of the hawthorn tree, that is, coarse fare. See 1st Haw, 2. [Obs.] Chaucer.

The common European grosbeak (Coccothraustes vulgaris); -- called also cherry finch, and coble.

To laugh boisterously. [Colloq. U. S.] We haw-haw'd, I tell you, for more than half an hour. Major Jack Downing.

differ from the true falcons in lacking the prominent tooth and notch of the bill, and in having shorter and less pointed wings. Many are of large size and grade into the eagles. Some, as the goshawk, were formerly trained like falcons. In a more general sense the word is not infrequently applied, also, to true falcons…

of the family Sphingidæ, of which there are numerous genera and species. They are large, handsome moths, which fly mostly at twilight and hover about flowers like a humming bird, sucking the honey by means of a long, slender proboscis. The larvæ are large, hairless caterpillars ornamented with green and other bright c…

Having a keen eye; sharpsighted; discerning.

A sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata), which yields the best quality of tortoise shell; -- called also caret.

The fall dandelion (Leontodon autumnale).

Curved like a hawk's bill; crooked.

One who sells wares by crying them in the street; hence, a peddler or a packman.

See Hockey. Holloway.