Shak.
Hav"ior (hv"yr), n. [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.] Behavior; demeanor. [Obs.] Shak.
Hav"oc (hv"k), n. [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.] 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.
Hav"oc, v. t. To devastate; to destroy; to lay waste.
To waste and havoc yonder world.
Milton.
Hav"oc, interj. [See Havoc, n.] 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 (h), n. [OE. hawe, AS. haga; akin to D. haag headge, G. hag, hecke,
Icel. hagi pasture, Sw. hage, Dan. have garden. √12. Cf. Haggard,
Ha-ha, Haugh, Hedge.]