| cushaw | (n) plant bearing squash having globose to ovoid fruit with variously striped grey and green and white warty rinds, Syn. Cucurbita argyrosperma, Cucurbita mixta |
| cushaw | (n) globose or ovoid squash with striped grey and green warty rind |
| shaw | (n) United States clarinetist and leader of a swing band (1910-2004), Syn. Artie Shaw, Arthur Jacob Arshawsky |
| shaw | (n) United States humorist who wrote about rural life (1818-1885), Syn. Josh Billings, Henry Wheeler Shaw |
| shaw | (n) United States physician and suffragist (1847-1919), Syn. Anna Howard Shaw |
| shaw | (n) British playwright (born in Ireland); founder of the Fabian Society (1856-1950), Syn. G. B. Shaw, George Bernard Shaw |
| shawl | (n) cloak consisting of an oblong piece of cloth used to cover the head and shoulders |
| shawm | (n) a medieval oboe |
| shawn | (n) United States dancer and choreographer who collaborated with Ruth Saint Denis (1891-1972), Syn. Ted Shawn |
| shawnee | (n) a member of the Algonquian people formerly living along the Tennessee river |
| shawnee | (n) the Algonquian language spoken by the Shawnee |
| shawnee cake | (n) form of johnnycake |
| Shaw | 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 ] |
| Shawfowl | n. [ Scot. schaw, shaw, show + fowl. ] The representation or image of a fowl made by fowlers to shoot at. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Shawl | 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 ]
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| Shawl | v. t. To wrap in a shawl. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Shawm | 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 ] |
| Shawnees | 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 ] |
