Definition of Hawming

1. Verb. (present participle of hawm) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hawming

1. hawm [v] - See also: hawm

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hawming

hawknose
hawknoses
hawks
hawksbill
hawksbill turtle
hawksbill turtles
hawksbills
hawkshaw
hawkshaws
hawkweed
hawkweeds
hawky
hawleyite
hawm
hawmed
hawming (current term)
hawms
haws
hawse
hawse-pipe
hawse-pipes
hawse pipe
hawse pipes
hawsed
hawsehole
hawseholes
hawsepipe
hawsepipes
hawser
hawser-laid rope

Literary usage of Hawming

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Glossary of Words Used in the Neighbourhood of Sheffield by Sidney Oldall Addy (1888)
"Look at him how he's hawming ; he wants nowt to do to-day ! ' HAY-SILVER, sb. a tithe charge of one shilling an acre upon mown land. A Derbyshire word. ..."

2. Archaeologia Cambrensis by Cambrian Archaeological Association, Thomas Rowland Powel, Donald Moore (1885)
"... untidy (N.) Hassock, tuft of coarse grass growing on wet lands (N., L.) Hamne, to lounge about (L.). Cf. hawming, forming inelegant attitudes (Line. ..."

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