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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lawn \Lawn\, n. [OE. laund, launde, F. lande heath, moor; of
Celtic origin; cf W. llan an open clear place llawnt a
smooth rising hill, lawn, Armor. lann or lan territory,
country, lann a prickly plant, pl lannou heath, moor.]
1. An open space between woods. --Milton.
``Orchard lawns and bowery hollows.'' --Tennyson.
2. Ground (generally in front of or around a house) covered
with grass kept closely mown.
{Lawn mower}, a machine for clipping the short grass of
lawns.
{Lawn tennis}, a variety of the game of tennis, played in the
open air, sometimes upon a lawn, instead of in a tennis
court. See {Tennis}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
lawn
n : a field of cultivated and mowed grass
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Lawn, TX (town, FIPS 41872)
Location: 32.13623 N, 99.74997 W
Population (1990): 358 (159 housing units)
Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 79530
From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]:
LAWN
Local Area Wireless Network
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