Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Shaw"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Shaw \Shaw\ (sh[add]), n. [OE. schawe, scha[yogh]e, thicket,
grove, AS. scaga; akin to Dan. skov, Sw. skog, Icel.
sk[=o]gr.]
1. A thicket; a small wood or grove. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. &
Scot.] --Burns.
Gaillard he was as goldfinch in the shaw. --Chaucer.
The green shaws, the merry green woods. --Howitt.
2. pl. The leaves and tops of vegetables, as of potatoes,
turnips, etc. [Scot.] --Jamieson.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Shaw
n 1: United States humorist who wrote about rural life
(1818-1885) [syn: {Shaw}, {Henry Wheeler Shaw}, {Josh
Billings}]
2: United States physician and suffragist (1847-1919) [syn: {Shaw},
{Anna Howard Shaw}]
3: English playwright (born in Ireland); founder of the Fabian
Society (1856-1950) [syn: {Shaw}, {G. B. Shaw}, {George
Bernard Shaw}]
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