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Webster 1913 Edition
Shaw
Shaw
(sha̤)
, Noun.
[OE.
schawe
, schaȝe
, thicket, grove, AS. scaga
; akin to Dan. skov
, Sw. skog
, Icel. skōgr
.] 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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Shaw
SHAW
,Noun.