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4 definitions found 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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