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Haw

Parf of speech: NA, OED Year: 1843, OED Evaluation: Dialect and chiefly U.S.

A call used to direct a horse or team to turn to the left.

ExampleMeaning
Interviewer: Ah, what call would you make to the team to turn? Speaker: Gee or haw. If you wanted to go right, you'd say "gee." And for left, it'd be "haw."
A command used to make a horse turn to the left.
Speaker: Jake Marshall, Gender: Male, Age at interview: 73, Interview: 1976, Lanark County
ExampleMeaning
Speaker: Oh well the right hand was gee, and the left hand was haw.
A command used to make a horse turn to the left.
Speaker: Terrance Harvey Gordon Spencer, Gender: Male, Age at interview: 86, Interview: 1977, Lanark County
ExampleMeaning
Interviewer: Mm-hm. And if you wanted it to turn? Speaker: Gee and haw.
A command used to make a horse turn to the left.
Speaker: Korrina Oldman, Gender: Female, Age at interview: 77, Interview: 1978, Lanark County
ExampleMeaning
Speaker: On my way to Ireland and ah but you drive- there's two lines right there- you j-- you just drive the horse. You can drive them- steer them "gee" to the right, "haw" to the left. You- Interviewer: "Gee"? Speaker: "Gee" to the right and "haw" to the left, yeah.
A command used to make a horse turn to the left.
Speaker: Bart Reilly, Gender: Male, Age at interview: 82, Interview: 2012, Almonte
ExampleMeaning
And he would just tell them "gee" and "haw" and they'd wind their way, and tell them when to stop and when to go
A command used to make a horse turn to the left.
Speaker: Doris Legrange, Gender: Female, Age at interview: 61, Interview: 2013, Almonte
ExampleMeaning
Um, there was always the horse lingo with the gee and the haw kind-of-thing and ah but um, you-know we even- we even road them at times, there were times when um, we didn't have um- you-know the roads could be closed for three or four days with the- with the snow and we had cattle at this farm but we also had cattle up at this farm, up- you-know just up the road a little piece.
A command used to make a horse turn to the left.
You-know, 'cause they've never heard of that ah you-know it- it might be a piece of machinery or um a way that you-know like when we talk to the horses it's gee or haw you-know 'cause that's the way they know to go right or left kind-of-thing.
A command used to make a horse turn to the left.
Speaker: Laura Dinkin, Gender: Female, Age at interview: 52, Interview: 2013, Almonte
ExampleMeaning
Absolutely, you could have put a dummy up there, and it was good 'cause they didn't know gee from haw, they couldn't tie their shoelaces.
A command used to make a horse turn to the left.
Speaker: Keith Blaine, Gender: Male, Age at interview: 82, Interview: 2014, Tay Valley
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