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† ˈwood-shaw Obs.
Forms and etym.: see wood n.1 and shaw n.1; also with gen. 4 wodesschawe.
A thicket: = shaw n.1 1 b.
c1205Lay. 21561 Halden ut of wude scaȝe scalkes swiðe kene. a1300Thrush & Night. 179 in Hazl. E.P.P. (1864) I. 57 Fowel, for thi false sawe, For bedd i the this wode shawe; Thou fare into the filde. 1390Gower Conf. II. 339 Whan sche under the wodesschawe Hire child behield. a1400Isumbras 73 And als he wente by a wodschawe [v.r. came by a lytell schawe] Þare mett he with a lyttill knaue. c1400Laud Troy Bk. 7618 Then men myȝt se swordes drawe Thikkere then trees by wode-schawe. 1470–85Malory Arthur ix. xii. 356 Sir lamorak..rode vnto the forest, and there he mette with two knyghtes houynge vnder the wood shawe. 1513Douglas æneis i. vi. 10 His navy derne amang the thik wod schaw. |