shaws

In the lanes that lead down to the 'shaws' in the dells, the 'gills,' as these wooded depths are called, buckler ferns, green, fresh, and elegantly fashioned, remain under the shelter of the hazel-lined banks.

Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies Richard Jefferies 1867

The valleys on this platform sloping northward, but exceedingly even, generally run north and south; their sides near the summits generally become suddenly more abrupt, and are fringed with narrow strips, or, as they are here called, "shaws" of wood, sometimes merely by hedgerows run wild.

More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 Charles Darwin 1845

"Even the potato shaws have it," said the greengrocer, starting a debate with a customer over whether green would reclaim the leaves before summer was out, or if they would need to wait till next spring.

Could rebranding Bute as a middle-class holiday haven halt its decline? | Ian Jack 2011

"Even the potato shaws have it," said the greengrocer, starting a debate with a customer over whether green would reclaim the leaves before summer was out, or if they would need to wait till next spring.

Could rebranding Bute as a middle-class holiday haven halt its decline? | Ian Jack 2011

Us went 'pun arl th' roundabouts an 'inter arl th' shaws;

Tavistock Goozey Vair 2006

Us went 'pun arl th' roundabouts an 'inter arl th' shaws;

Tavistock Goozey Vair 2006

Us went 'pun arl th' roundabouts an 'inter arl th' shaws;

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Stars threw a dimness over hills and shaws, where shadows laired.

Time Patrolman Anderson, Poul, 1926-2001 1983

= = -- As soon as the shaws appear the ground should be hoed between the rows, and if there is any fear of frost the shaws should be lightly moulded over.

The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition Sutton and Sons

The moment it becomes likely that the shaws will be bruised by traffic between the rows they must be left to finish their course in their own way, because the formation of tubers below will be in the ratio of the healthy growth above ground.

The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition Sutton and Sons