HAVIOR Hav"ior, n. Etym: [OE. havour, a corruption of OF. aveir, avoir, a having, of same origin as E. aver a work horse. The h is due to confusion with E. have.]
Defn: Behavior; demeanor. [Obs.] Shak.
HAVOC Hav"oc, n. Etym: [W. hafog devastation, havoc; or, if this be itself fr. E. havoc, cf. OE. havot, or AS. hafoc hawk, which is a cruel or rapacious bird, or F. hai, voux! a cry to hounds.]
Defn: 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.
HAVOC
Hav"oc, v. t.
Defn: To devastate; to destroy; to lay waste.
To waste and havoc yonder world. Milton.
HAVOC
Hav"oc, interj. Etym: [See Havoc, n.]
Defn: A cry in war as the signal for indiscriminate slaughter. Toone.
Do not cry havoc, where you should but hunt With modest warrant.
Shak.
Cry 'havoc,' and let slip the dogs of war! Shak.
HAW Haw, n. Etym: [OE. hawe, AS. haga; akin to D. haag headge, G. hag, hecke, Icel. hagi pasture, Sw. hage, Dan. have garden. Haggard, Ha- ha, Haugh, Hedge.]
1. A hedge; an inclosed garden or yard. And eke there was a polecat in his haw. Chaucer.