a sort of berry, the fruit of several species of mespilus, thence denominated hawthorns. See Mesfilus, Botany Index.

Haw, among farriers, an excrescence resembling a girtle, growing under the nether eyelid and eye of a horse, which, if not timely removed, destroys it. See Farriery.

small parcel of land so called in Kent, as a Hemphaw, or Beanhaw, lying near the house, and inclosed for these uses. But Sir Edward Coke, in an ancient plea concerning Feverham in Kent, says hawses are houses.

Haw-Finch. See Loxia, Ornithology Index.