Old English sceaga; related to Old Norse skagi tip, skaga to jut out, skōgr forest, skegg beard
shaw in British English2
(ʃɔː) Scottish
verb
1.
to show
noun
2.
a show
3.
the part of a potato plant that is above ground
Shaw in British English
(ʃɔː)
noun
1.
Artie, original name Arthur Arshawsky. 1910–2004, US jazz clarinetist, band leader, and composer
2.
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
3.
Richard Norman. 1831–1912, English architect
4.
Thomas Edward. the name assumed by (T. E.) Lawrence after 1927
Shaw in American English
(ʃɔ)
George Bernard1856-1950; Brit. dramatist & critic, born in Ireland
see Billings1, see Lawrence2 (sense 4)
shaw in American English
(ʃɔ)
noun
Dialectal
a thicket; copse
Word origin
ME shawe < OE sceaga, akin to ON skagi: for IE base see shag1