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shaw

N พุ่มไม้ เตี้ย  ต้นไม้ เล็กๆ  pum-mai-tia

 

shawl

N ผ้าคลุมไหล่  cloak stole tucker pa-klum-lai

 

shawm

N เครื่องดนตรี รุ่น โบรา ณ 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SHAW

n.A thicket; a small wood. [Local in England. In America not used. ]

 

SHAW-FOWL

n.[shaw and fowl. ] the representation or image of a fowl make by fowlers to shoot at.

 

SHAWL

n.A cloth of wool, cotton, silk or hair, used by females as a loose covering for the neck and shoulders. Shawls are of various sizes from that of a hankerchief to that of a counterpane. Shawls were originally manufactured in the heart of India from the fine silky wool of the Thibet sheep, and the best shawls now come from Cashmere; but they are also manufactured in Europe. The largest kinds are used in train-dresses and for long scarfs.

 

SHAWM

n.A hautboy or cornet; written also shalm, but not in use.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SHAW

Shaw, n. Etym: [OE. schawe, scha, thicket, grove, AS. scaga; akin to Dan. skov, Sw. skog, Icel. sk. ]

 

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.

 

Defn: The leaves and tops of vegetables, as of potatoes, turnips, etc. [Scot. ] Jamieson.

 

SHAWFOWL

Shaw "fowl `, n. Etym: [Scot. schaw, shaw, show + fowl. ]

 

Defn: The representation or image of a fowl made by fowlers to shoot at. Johnson.

 

SHAWL

Shawl, n. Etym: [Per. & Hind. shal: cf. F. châle. ]

 

Defn: 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. 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 (Zoöl.), the Cashmere goat.

 

SHAWL

SHAWL Shawl, v. t.

 

Defn: To wrap in a shawl. Thackeray.

 

SHAWM

Shawm, n. Etym: [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. )

 

Defn: 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. Even from the shrillest shaum unto the cornamute. Drayton.

 

SHAWNEES

Shaw `nees ", n. pl. ; sing. Shawnee (. (Ethnol.)

 

Defn: 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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

shaw

shaw |SHô ʃɔ | noun archaic, chiefly Scottish a small group of trees; a thicket. ORIGIN Old English sceaga, of Germanic origin; related to shag 1 .

 

shaw

shaw 1 |ʃɔː | noun Farming, chiefly Scottish the parts of a potato plant that appear above the ground. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: perhaps a variant of the noun show .

 

Shaw, George Bernard

Shaw, George Bernard |SHô ʃɔ | (1856 –1950 ), Irish playwright and writer. His best-known plays combine comedy with a questioning of conventional morality and thought; they include Candida (1897 ), Man and Superman (1903 ), Major Barbara (1905 ), Pygmalion (1913 ), and St. Joan (1923 ). Nobel Prize for Literature (1925 ).

 

Shaw, Irwin

Shaw, Irwin |SHô ʃɔ | (1913 –84 ), US writer. He wrote the novels The Young Lions (1948 ), Rich Man, Poor Man (1970 ), and Acceptable Losses (1982 ).

 

shawarma

sha war ma |SHəˈwärmə ʃəˈwɑrmə | noun roasted meat, esp. when cooked on a revolving spit and shaved for serving in sandwiches.

 

shawl

shawl |SHôl ʃɔl | noun a piece of fabric worn by women over the shoulders or head or wrapped around a baby. DERIVATIVES shawled adjective ORIGIN from Urdu and Persian šāl, probably from Shāliāt, the name of a town in India.

 

shawl collar

shawl col lar noun a rounded turned-down collar, without lapel notches, that extends down the front of a garment.

 

shawlie

shawlie noun Scottish, Irish, & N. English, dated a poor working-class woman (traditionally wearing a shawl ).

 

shawm

shawm |SHôm ʃɔm | noun a medieval and Renaissance wind instrument, forerunner of the oboe, with a double reed enclosed in a wooden mouthpiece, and having a penetrating tone. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French chalemel, via Latin from Greek kalamos reed.

 

Shawnee

Shaw nee 1 |SHôˈnē ʃɔˌni | 1 a city in northeastern Kansas, southwest of Kansas City; pop. 60,954 (est. 2008 ). 2 an industrial city in central Oklahoma; pop. 30,562 (est. 2008 ).

 

Shawnee

Shaw nee 2 |ˈʃɔːniː SHôˈnē | noun ( pl. same or Shawnees ) 1 a member of an American Indian people living formerly in the eastern US and now chiefly in Oklahoma. 2 the Algonquian language of this people. adjective of or relating to the Shawnee or their language. ORIGIN Delaware s̆ā́wanōw (singular ), from the Shawnee self-designation s̆ā́wanōki (plural ), literally southern people.

 

Oxford Dictionary

shaw

shaw 1 |ʃɔː | noun Farming, chiefly Scottish the parts of a potato plant that appear above the ground. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: perhaps a variant of the noun show .

 

shaw

shaw 2 |ʃɔː | noun archaic, chiefly Scottish a small group of trees; a thicket. ORIGIN Old English sceaga, of Germanic origin; related to shag 1 .

 

Shaw, George Bernard

Shaw |ʃɔː | (1856 –1950 ), Irish dramatist and writer. His best-known plays combine comedy with a questioning of conventional morality and thought; they include Man and Superman (1903 ), Pygmalion (1913 ), and St Joan (1923 ). A socialist, he became an active member of the Fabian Society. Nobel Prize for Literature (1925 ).

 

Shaw, Irwin

Shaw, Irwin |SHô ʃɔ | (1913 –84 ), US writer. He wrote the novels The Young Lions (1948 ), Rich Man, Poor Man (1970 ), and Acceptable Losses (1982 ).

 

shawarma

shawarma |ʃəˈwɔːmə | noun (in some Arabic-speaking countries ) a doner kebab. ORIGIN colloquial Arabic šāwirma, from Turkish çevirme sliced meat roasted on a spit from çevirmek turn, rotate .

 

shawl

shawl |ʃɔːl | noun a piece of fabric worn by women over the shoulders or head or wrapped round a baby. DERIVATIVES shawled adjective ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Urdu and Persian šāl, probably from Shāliāt, the name of a town in India.

 

shawl collar

shawl col ¦lar noun a rounded turned-down collar, without lapel notches, that extends down the front of a garment.

 

shawlie

shawlie noun Scottish, Irish, & N. English, dated a poor working-class woman (traditionally wearing a shawl ).

 

shawm

shawm |ʃɔːm | noun a medieval and Renaissance wind instrument, forerunner of the oboe, with a double reed enclosed in a wooden mouthpiece, and having a penetrating tone. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French chalemel, via Latin from Greek kalamos reed .

 

Shawnee

Shawnee 2 |ʃɔːˈniː | noun ( pl. same or Shawnees ) 1 a member of an American Indian people living formerly in the eastern US and now chiefly in Oklahoma. 2 [ mass noun ] the Algonquian language of the Shawnee, now with few speakers. adjective relating to the Shawnee or their language. ORIGIN the name in Delaware.

 

Shawnee

Shaw nee 1 |SHôˈnē ʃɔˌni | 1 a city in northeastern Kansas, southwest of Kansas City; pop. 60,954 (est. 2008 ). 2 an industrial city in central Oklahoma; pop. 30,562 (est. 2008 ).

 

Duden Dictionary

Shaw

Shaw Eigenname |ʃoː |irisch-englischer Dichter

 

Spanish Dictionary

shawarma

shawarma nombre masculino 1 Carne sazonada, generalmente de cordero, que se asa en un eje vertical que gira sobre sí mismo y se sirve cortada a tiras, a menudo dentro de un pan de pita .2 Bocadillo que se hace con esta carne y verduras .ETIMOLOGÍA Préstamo del árabe .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

Shaw

Shaw /ʃɔː /名詞 ショー George Bernard ; 1856 --1950; アイルランド生まれの英国の劇作家 批評家 .

 

shawl

shawl /ʃɔːl /名詞 C ショール, 女性用肩掛け 〘乳児を包んだりもする 〙.

 

Shawnee

Shaw nee /ʃɔːníː /名詞 , s 1 C ショーニー族 (の人 ) 〘北米の先住民族 〙.2 U ショーニー語 .