shaw

general

  1. 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. 2

    pl. The leaves and tops of vegetables, as of potatoes, turnips, etc. [Scot.] Jamieson.

noun

  1. 1

    British playwright (born in Ireland); founder of the Fabian Society (1856-1950)

  2. 2

    United States physician and suffragist (1847-1919)

  3. 3

    United States humorist who wrote about rural life (1818-1885)

  4. 4

    United States clarinetist and leader of a swing band (1910-2004)

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