Category:Shaw

Shaw, n. Etym: [oe. schawe, scha, thicket, grove, as. scaga; akin to Dan. skov, sw. skog, icel. sk.]

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.

Defn: the leaves and tops of vegetables, as of potatoes, turnips, Etc. [scot.] Jamieson.