shaw — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A thicket; a small wood or grove.

   Usage

   • Dated
   • dialectal

   Examples

   More examples (2)

   All this herd sire Lamorak / and on the morne sir lamorak took his hors and rode vnto the forest / and there he mette with two knyghtes houynge vnder the wood shawe

   Thenne said sire kay I requyre you lete vs preue this aduenture / I shal not fayle you said sir Gaherys / and soo they rode that tyme tyl a lake / that was that tyme called the peryllous lake / And there they abode vnder the shawe of the wood

   The snows are fled away, leaves on the shaws, / And grasses in the mead renew their birth,

2. The leaves and tops of vegetables, especially potatoes and turnips.

   Usage

   • Scotland

   Examples

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   Up here the hills were brave with the beauty and the heat of it, but the hayfield was still all a crackling dryness and in the potato park beyond the biggings the shaws drooped red and rusty already.

Interjection

1. A kind of battle cry or warning.

   Usage

   • Slang

2. Censored spelling of shit.