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English Dictionary: Lawn by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lawn
n
  1. a field of cultivated and mowed grass
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.
  
                     [bd]Orchard lawns and bowery hollows.[b8]
                                                                              --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 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 The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   LAWN
  
      {wireless local area network}
  
  
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