Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Slaw \Slaw\, n. [D. sla, contr. fr. salade, OD. salaet, salad.
   See {Salad}.]
   Sliced cabbage served as a salad, cooked or uncooked.

Slaw \Slaw\, Slawen \Slaw"en\, obs.
   p. p. of {Slee}, to slay.

         With a sword drawn out he would have slaw himself.
                                                  --Wyclif (Acts
                                                  xvi. 27.)

Source : WordNet®

slaw
     n : basically shredded cabbage [syn: {coleslaw}]