Shaw, G. B. Shaw, George Bernard Shaw
(noun) British playwright (born in Ireland); founder of the Fabian Society (1856-1950)
Shaw, Anna Howard Shaw
(noun) United States physician and suffragist (1847-1919)
Shaw, Henry Wheeler Shaw, Josh Billings
(noun) United States humorist who wrote about rural life (1818-1885)
Shaw, Artie Shaw, Arthur Jacob Arshawsky
(noun) United States clarinetist and leader of a swing band (1910-2004)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
shaw (plural shaws)
(dated) A thicket; a small wood or grove.
(Scotland) The leaves and tops of vegetables, especially potatoes and turnips.
• -wash, WASH, Wahs, Wash, Wash., haws, shwa, wahs, wash
Shaw (plural Shaws)
An English topographic surname for someone who lived by a small wood or copse.
A place name, including
A town in Shaw and Crompton parish, Oldham borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD9308).
A village near Newbury, Berkshire, England.
A village near Melksham, Wiltshire, England.
An unincorporated community in Neosho County, Kansas, United States.
A small city in Mississippi, United States.
A neighbourhood in Washington, D.C., United States.
A neighbourhood in St. Louis, Missouri.
• -wash, WASH, Wahs, Wash, Wash., haws, shwa, wahs, wash
Source: Wiktionary
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.
Definition: The leaves and tops of vegetables, as of potatoes, turnips, etc. [Scot.] Jamieson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
