n. [ OE. schawe, scha&yogh_;e, thicket, grove, AS. scaga; akin to Dan. skov, Sw. skog, Icel. skōgr. ] 1. A thicket; a small wood or grove. [ Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot. ] Burns. [ 1913 Webster ]

Gaillard he was as goldfinch in the shaw. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

The green shaws, the merry green woods. Howitt. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. pl. The leaves and tops of vegetables, as of potatoes, turnips, etc. [ Scot. ] Jamieson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Scot. schaw, shaw, show + fowl. ] The representation or image of a fowl made by fowlers to shoot at. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Per. & Hind. shāl: cf. F. châle. ] A square or oblong cloth of wool, cotton, silk, or other textile or netted fabric, used, especially by women, as a loose covering for the neck and shoulders. [ 1913 Webster ]

India shawl, a kind of rich shawl made in India from the wool of the Cashmere goat. It is woven in pieces, which are sewed together. --
Shawl goat (Zool.), the Cashmere goat. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To wrap in a shawl. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. shalmie, OF. chalemie; cf. F. chalumeau shawm, chaume haulm, stalk; all fr. L. calamus a reed, reed pipe. See Haulm, and cf. Calumet. ] (Mus.) A wind instrument of music, formerly in use, supposed to have resembled either the clarinet or the hautboy in form. [ Written also shalm, shaum. ] Otway. [ 1913 Webster ]

Even from the shrillest shaum unto the cornamute. Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl.; sing. Shawnee /sing>. (Ethnol.) A tribe of North American Indians who occupied Western New York and part of Ohio, but were driven away and widely dispersed by the Iroquois. [ 1913 Webster ]