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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Shaw \Shaw\ (sh[add]), noun [OE. schawe, scha[yogh]e, thicket, grove, AS. scaga; akin to Dan. skov, Sw. skog, Icel. sk[=o]gr.]
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. The leaves and tops of vegetables, as of potatoes, turnips, etc. [Scot.] --Jamieson.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
Shaw
noun
1: United States clarinetist and leader of a swing band (born in 1910) [syn: {Artie Shaw}, {Arthur Jacob Arshawsky}]
2: United States humorist who wrote about rural life (1818-1885) [syn: {Henry Wheeler Shaw}, {Josh Billings}]
3: United States physician and suffragist (1847-1919) [syn: {Anna Howard Shaw}]
4: British playwright (born in Ireland); founder of the Fabian Society (1856-1950) [syn: {G. B. Shaw}, {George Bernard Shaw}]
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Shaw, MS (city, FIPS 67000) Location: 33.60030 N, 90.77146 W Population (1990): 2349 (773 housing units) Area: 2.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 38773
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Shaw, MS -- U.S. city in Mississippi Population (2000): 2312 Housing Units (2000): 785 Land area (2000): 1.110031 sq. miles (2.874967 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.110031 sq. miles (2.874967 sq. km) FIPS code: 67000 Located within: Mississippi (MS), FIPS 28 Location: 33.601549 N, 90.770720 W ZIP Codes (1990): 38773 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Shaw, MS Shaw
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