SHAW

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

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.
n.

The leaves and tops of vegetables, as of potatoes, turnips, etc. [Scot.] Jamieson.


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