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: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)