shaw
[shaw]
- Midland U.S. a small wood or thicket.
- Scot. the stalks and leaves of potatoes, turnips, and other cultivated root plants.
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Origin of shaw
Shaw
[shaw]
- Anna Howard,1847–1919, U.S. physician, reformer, and suffragist, born in England.
- ArtieArthur Arshawsky, 1910–2004, U.S. clarinetist and bandleader.
- George Bernard,1856–1950, Irish dramatist, critic, and novelist: Nobel prize 1925.
- Henry Wheeler. Billings, Josh.
- Irwin,1913–84, U.S. dramatist and author.
- Richard Norman,1831–1912, English architect, born in Scotland.
- Thomas Edward. Lawrence, Thomas Edward.
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Contemporary Examples
“Mistletoe infections can be a symptom of larger problems,” notes Shaw.
The books in the study include a set of Shaw's plays with the first volume inscribed to Hitchcock from GBS.
After all, many of the voters had come with an “anybody but Shaw” mentality.
Shaw put himself right alongside the line and took a minute to shake hands and greet each delegate.
Zaun picked up a large number of delegates as well while Shaw held steady.
Historical Examples
Shaw said she we can tend to everything all right so maybe I will come.
The Bacillus of BeautyHarriet Stark
And as to the form of Mr. Shaw—who was once compared with Shakespeare—why!
Another SheafJohn Galsworthy
It is a loss to posterity that Miss Shaw never writes her addresses.
Miss Shaw preached from the text, "Let no man take thy crown."
Shaw, though surprised by it, enjoyed the effect he had produced.
The RescueJoseph Conrad
shaw1
- archaic, or dialect a small wood; thicket; copse
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Word Origin
Old English sceaga; related to Old Norse skagi tip, skaga to jut out, skōgr forest, skegg beard
shaw2
- to show
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- a show
- the part of a potato plant that is above ground
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Shaw
- Artie, original name Arthur Arshawsky. 1910–2004, US jazz clarinetist, band leader, and composer
- George Bernard, often known as GBS. 1856–1950, Irish dramatist and critic, in England from 1876. He was an active socialist and became a member of the Fabian Society but his major works are effective as satiric attacks rather than political tracts. These include Arms and the Man (1894), Candida (1894), Man and Superman (1903), Major Barbara (1905), Pygmalion (1913), Back to Methuselah (1921), and St Joan (1923): Nobel prize for literature 1925
- Richard Norman. 1831–1912, English architect
- Thomas Edward. the name assumed by (T. E.) Lawrence after 1927
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Word Origin and History for shaw
n.
"strip of wood forming the border of a field," 1570s, from Old English sceaga "copse," cognate with North Frisian skage "farthest edge of cultivated land," Old Norse skage "promontory," and perhaps with Old English sceaga "rough matted hair" (see shag (n.)). The Old English word also is the source of the surname Shaw (attested from late 12c.) and its related forms.
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