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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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