n. [ OE. schawe, scha&yogh_;e, thicket, grove, AS. scaga; akin to Dan. skov, Sw. skog, Icel. skōgr. ]
Gaillard he was as goldfinch in the shaw. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
The green shaws, the merry green woods. Howitt. [ 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,
Shawl goat (Zool.),
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.
Even from the shrillest shaum unto the cornamute. Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. pl.;