Shaw : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Shaw	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Shaw
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Shaw n United States clarinetist and leader of a swing band (1910-2004) Synonym(s): Shaw, Artie Shaw, Arthur Jacob Arshawsky United States humorist who wrote about rural life (1818-1885) Synonym(s): Shaw, Henry Wheeler Shaw, Josh Billings United States physician and suffragist (1847-1919) Synonym(s): Shaw, Anna Howard Shaw British playwright (born in Ireland); founder of the Fabian Society (1856-1950) Synonym(s): Shaw, G. B. Shaw, George Bernard Shaw
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[omac]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 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