Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Shaw \Shaw\ (sh[add]), n. [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.

Source : WordNet®

Shaw
     n 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}]