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  3  definitions  found 
 
  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  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Shaw 
  n  :  1856-1950  [syn:  {Shaw},  {G  B  Shaw},  {George  Bernard  Shaw}] 
 
  From  U.S.  Gazetteer  (1990)  [gazetteer]: 
 
  Shaw,  MS  (city,  FIPS  67000) 
  Location:  33.60030  N,  90.77146  W 
  Population  (1990):  2349  (773  housing  units) 
  Area:  2.9  sq  km  (land),  0.0  sq  km  (water) 
  Zip  code(s):  38773




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