Shaw definition

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(person) 1856-1950; Brit. dramatist & critic, born in Ireland.
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(dated) A thicket; a small wood or grove.
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(Scotland) The leaves and tops of vegetables, especially potatoes and turnips.
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Haws, wash, Wash.
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An English topographic surname for someone who lived by a small wood or copse.
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(dial.) A thicket; copse.
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Noun

Singular:
shaw
Plural:
shaws

Origin of shaw

  • Old English sceaga, scaga. Cognate with Old Norse skógr (“forest, wood"), whence Danish skov (“forest").

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Shaw Sentence Examples

  • Shaw, in America, independently of Joly, has interpreted the quaternion as a point-symbol.

  • Shaw, was published by the Royal Historical Society in 1903.

  • The manufacture of linen thread, introduced about 1720 by Christian Shaw, daughter of the laird of Bargarran, gave way in 1812 to that of cotton thread, which has since grown to be the leading industry of the town.

  • To protect it from molestation Abbot Schaw (or Shaw) induced James IV., a frequent visitor, to erect it into a burgh of barony in 1488, a charter which gave it the right to return a member to the Scots parliament.

  • After a half reconciliation, James marched in force to Stirling, the key of the north, but the treacherous commander of the castle, Shaw of Sauchie, held the castle against him.

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