a sort of berry, the fruit of several species of mespilus, thence denominated hawthorns. See MES-PILUS, BOTANY Index.

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

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

Haw Finch. See Loxia, ORNITHOLOGY Index.