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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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¶HEW-HAWS, n.pl. The berries of the hawthorn (Ayr. a.1850 Crawfurd MSS. (N.L.S.) H. 39). [The first element may correspond to Icel., Norw. dial. hjupa, the hip of the wild rose. See Choop, n.1]
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