(n.) The third eyelid, or nictitating membrane. See Nictitating membrane, under Nictitate.
(n.) An intermission or hesitation of speech, with a sound somewhat like haw! also, the sound so made.
(v. i.) To stop, in speaking, with a sound like haw; to speak with interruption and hesitation.
(v. i.) To turn to the near side, or toward the driver; -- said of cattle or a team: a word used by teamsters in guiding their teams, and most frequently in the imperative. See Gee.
(v. t.) To cause to turn, as a team, to the near side, or toward the driver; as, to haw a team of oxen.
Example Sentences:
(1) Mike Hawes, chief executive of the SMMT, said: “These figures mark an encouraging start to the year after a very strong 2014, with a strikingly robust company car market as businesses take advantage of the attractive finance offers currently available.” British car sales zoom ahead, but for how long?
(2) Nearby, peace campaigner Maria Galliastegui, a veteran of the camp set up by Brian Haw and others on Parliament Square, stood wearing a white poppy.
(3) Mike Hawes, SMMT chief executive, said buyers were snapping up "enticing deals on a wealth of advanced new products".
(4) On stage 1, the first hill that might split the peloton is Buttertubs Pass, now restyled as Côte de Buttertubs, which rises up out of Hawes in North Yorkshire and swoops down into the gorgeous Swaledale valley.
(5) This is not the time to restrict our choices by casting it aside.” Mike Hawes, the chief executive of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, is also expected to mount a defence of diesel cars at the National Air Quality Conference in Birmingham later on Thursday, arguing that the latest diesel vehicles are the cleanest ever.
(6) Private and fleet buyers are clearly capitalising on attractive deals and new technologies against a backdrop of increasing economic confidence," said Mike Hawes, chief executive of the SMMT.
(7) Mike Hawes, the chief executive of the Society of Motor Manufacturers, told the BBC leaving the EU would jeopardise the industry’s continued success.
(8) Consumer confidence remains high as buyers continue to capitalise on attractive finance deals, although this could be affected by political and economic uncertainty in the coming months,” said Hawes.
(9) The major basis for suspecting Griggs and Johnson killed Rondeau was the word of a snitch named Eugene Hawes.
(10) The SMMT backed the remain camp in the run-up to the EU referendum, and Hawes said members were most concerned about possible tariffs being imposed on parts imported from the EU after Brexit.
(11) Hawes said parts could sometimes pass through four countries before reaching the UK.
(12) So he positively enjoyed draping what is, in fact, a chilling allegory of paternal possessiveness and pseudo-scientific fanaticism, in the gaudy fabric of a "romance", just as the author pretends, in his pseudo-preface, to have discovered it among the works of "M de l'Aubépine" (French for "haw-thorn").
(13) Mike Hawes, chief executive of the trade body, told the National Air Quality Conference: “Consumers are right to be concerned following the events of the past 10 days.
(14) "B rutalist" would be a generous way of describing the Dublin car park where the Guardian first catches sight of Line Of Duty 's new lead, Keeley Hawes.
(15) A lot of the myth about Conservatives is that they are a certain type of person in a tweed suit going ‘haw, haw, haw’,” says Kendrick.
(16) Mike Hawes, SMMT chief executive, said Britain's strengthening economy was driving the market: “This marks 26 consecutive months of growth as GDP continues to pick up, inflation falls and wage levels improve."
(17) Mike Hawes, the SMMT's chief executive, said: "The UK automotive industry continued its renaissance in July, with the month marking five million car exports since 2010.
(18) Before joining the SMMT in 2013, Hawes was a senior executive at Bentley, and carried out work for its parent company, Volkswagen AG, in corporate affairs roles.
(19) He won for State Britain [Wallinger's recreation of peace campaigner Brian Haw's protest camp] – but that wasn't shown.
(20) Haw was compared with the synthetic reference compound using GC-MS, IR, TLC, PC, ion-exchange chromatogrpahy and high-voltage electrophoresis.
Jaw
Definition:
(n.) One of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of the mouth.
(n.) Hence, also, the bone itself with the teeth and covering.
(n.) In the plural, the mouth.
(n.) Fig.: Anything resembling the jaw of an animal in form or action; esp., pl., the mouth or way of entrance; as, the jaws of a pass; the jaws of darkness; the jaws of death.
(n.) A notch or opening.
(n.) A notched or forked part, adapted for holding an object in place; as, the jaw of a railway-car pedestal. See Axle guard.
(n.) One of a pair of opposing parts which are movable towards or from each other, for grasping or crushing anything between them, as, the jaws of a vise, or the jaws of a stone-crushing machine.
(n.) The inner end of a boom or gaff, hollowed in a half circle so as to move freely on a mast.
(n.) Impudent or abusive talk.
(v. i.) To scold; to clamor.
(v. t.) To assail or abuse by scolding.
Example Sentences:
(1) However, the effect of prior jaw motion and the effect of the recording site on the EMG amplitudes and on the vertical dimension of minimum EMG activity have not been documented.
(2) Radiologists may encounter patients with fixed dental prostheses that may produce image distortion on MRI scans of the face and jaw.
(3) Based on the findings of our recent longitudinal study on the abnormalities of the dentition in cleidocranial dysplasia (CCD), a hypothesis has been proposed, which makes it possible to predict time of onset of formation of supernumerary teeth and their location in the jaws.
(4) The EMG silent periods (SP) produced in the open-close-clench cycle and jaw-jerk reflex were compared for duration before and after treatment with an occlusal bite splint.
(5) In 12 patients with lower macrognathia we have applied a technique allowing to prevent the postsurgical recidives of the jaw deformation.
(6) At the end of treatment the sagittal jaw relationship was significantly improved.
(7) In one horse, the superior aspect of the right ascending ramus of the lower jaw below the coronoid process revealed a gunshot wound; the other skeletons showed no evidence of trauma.
(8) Noxious conditioning stimulation of a tooth led to a temporary decrease of the threshold for the jaw-opening reflex elicited from a contralateral or adjacent tooth; only conditioning stimulation at an intensity producing a marked arousal reaction was effective in this respect.
(9) The observers assessed the panoramic and periapical radiographs of the teeth, which were evenly distributed throughout the jaws with a 50% probability that either an osteolytic or sclerotic lesion was present.
(10) The jaw deviated to the right when he opened his mouth fully.
(11) As an initial feasibility study of computer-controlled radiation therapy, its application to produce wedge-shaped dose distributions by moving the collimator jaws has been evaluated.
(12) It is important that the dentist knows about disturbances of blood coagulation during and after hemo-dialysis, so that he avoids administration of platelet-inhibiting medication like aspirin and that he recognizes radiologically visible signs of insufficient dialysis in the jaws.
(13) Experimentally induced tongue contact with a variety of solid surfaces during lapping (an activity involving accumulation of a liquid bolus in the valleculae) induced neither increased jaw opening nor the additional EMG pattern.
(14) Incisal occlusion was shown to have an important part to play in the amount and direction of jaw movement.
(15) Hemimasticatory spasm is a rare disorder of the trigeminal nerve that produces involuntary jaw closure due to paroxysmal unilateral contraction of jaw-closing muscles.
(16) When, against Real Madrid, Nani was sent off, Ferguson, jaws agape, interrupting his incessant mastication, roared from the bench, uprooting his assistant and marched to the touchline.
(17) It is also possible for patients with underlying psychosis to present first to the dental surgeon for jaw correction.
(18) A hypothesis is presented as to how certain occlusal relationships and habitual patterns of jaw use may predispose an individual to TMJ internal derangements.
(19) Lastly, the CVA indicated major differences across the genus to be located in the teeth and jaws, suggesting diet might be an important distinguishing feature in Colobus.
(20) Before and one, two, three, and seven days after the experiment, the following measures were made: (1) superficial masseter and anterior temporalis muscle tenderness (pain threshold), (2) jaw movement (opening and lateral excursion), and (3) current pain level for the right and left sides of the jaw.