different between jehu vs having

English

Etymology

From Jehu, son of Nimshi. 2 Kings 9:20

Noun

jehu (plural jehus)

1. (colloquial, dated) A coachman; a driver; especially, one who drives furiously.
   • 1850s, Cuthbert M. Bede, The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green

     Among those who seemed disposed to join in this opinion was the Jehu of the Warwickshire coach, who expressed his conviction to our hero, that "he wos a young gent as had much himproved hisself since he tooled him up to the Warsity with his guvnor."

Translations

Finnish

Etymology

Probably from Jehu, who became the king of Israel (2 Kings 9).

Noun

jehu

1. guy, fella, sport (normally with an attribute, man who behaves or reacts in an admirable manner)

   Hän on kova jehu - hän on voittanut Suomen mestaruuden neljä kertaa peräkkäin.

   He is a tough guy - he has won the Finnish championship four times in a row.

Declension

Synonyms

• jätkä, kaveri

Derived terms

• pääjehu

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?hæv??/
• Hyphenation: hav?ing

Verb

having

1. present participle of have

Noun

having (plural havings)

1. The act of possessing; ownership.
   • 2002, Ronald Jager, The Development of Bertrand Russell's Philosophy

     He thus came to think of perceiving as a complex of 'havings,' not a complex of 'havings' and 'doings.'

2. Something owned; possession; goods; estate.
   • c. 1599, William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, Act III, Scene 4,^[1]

     Out of my lean and low ability

     I’ll lend you something: my having is not much;

     I’ll make division of my present with you:

     Hold, there’s half my coffer.

   • 1875, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Queen Mary, London: Henry S. King, Act II, Scene 2, p. 80,^[2]

     Your havings wasted by the scythe and spade—

     Your rights and charters hobnail’d into slush—

3. (obsolete) A person's behaviour.
4. (obsolete, Scotland, chiefly in the plural) Good manners.

Adjective

having (comparative more having, superlative most having)

1. (obsolete) Grasping; greedy.
   • 1875, Christ and the people, sermons (page 282)

     The new man in Humanity, which is the communication of the Son of Man Who is the Interceder, is an asking man, although it is not a greedy and a having man.