| shaw | 1. A thicket; a small wood or grove. "Gaillard he was as goldfinch in the shaw." (Chaucer) "The green shaws, the merry green woods." (Howitt) 2. The leaves and tops of vegetables, as of potatoes, turnips, etc. Origin: OE. Schawe, schae, thicket, grove, AS. Scaga; akin to Dan. Skov, Sw. Skog, Icel. Skgr. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| shawl | A square or oblong cloth of wool, cotton, silk, or other textile or netted fabric, used, especially by women, as a loose covering for the neck and shoulders. India shawl, a kind of rich shawl made in India from the wool of the Cashmere goat. It is woven in pieces, which are sewed together. <zoology> Shawl goat, the Cashmere goat. Origin: Per. & Hind. Shal: cf. F. Chale. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| shawl muscle | <anatomy> An obsolete term for trapezius muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| shawnees | <ethnology> A tribe of North American Indians who occupied Western new York and part of Ohio, but were driven away and widely dispersed by the Iroquois. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |