Lawn

8 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Lawn \Lawn\, n. [Earlier laune lynen, i. e., lawn linen; prob.
     from the town Laon in France.]
     A very fine linen (or sometimes cotton) fabric with a rather
     open texture. Lawn is used for the sleeves of a bishop's
     official dress in the English Church, and, figuratively,
     stands for the office itself.


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           A saint in crape is twice a saint in lawn. --Pope.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Lawn \Lawn\ (l[add]n), n. [OE. laund, launde, F. lande heath,
     moor; of Celtic origin; cf. W. llan an open, clear place,
     llawnt a smooth rising hill, lawn, Armor. lann or lan
     territory, country, lann a prickly plant, pl. lannou heath,
     moor.]
     1. An open space between woods. --Milton.
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              "Orchard lawns and bowery hollows."   --Tennyson.
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     2. Ground (generally in front of or around a house) covered
        with grass kept closely mown.
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     {Lawn mower}, a machine for clipping the short grass of
        lawns.
  
     {Lawn tennis}, a variety of the game of tennis, played in the
        open air, sometimes upon a lawn, instead of in a tennis
        court. See {Tennis}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  lawn
       n : a field of cultivated and mowed grass

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  18 Moby Thesaurus words for "lawn":
     Astroturf, artificial turf, bowling green, common, fairway,
     golf course, golf links, grassplot, green, greensward, greenyard,
     grounds, park, putting green, sod, sward, turf, village green
  
  

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  LAWN
       Local Area Wireless Network
       
       

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  LAWN
       
          {wireless local area network}
       
       

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Lawn, TX (town, FIPS 41872)
    Location: 32.13623 N, 99.74997 W
    Population (1990): 358 (159 housing units)
    Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 79530

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Lawn, TX -- U.S. town in Texas
     Population (2000):    353
     Housing Units (2000): 162
     Land area (2000):     0.564349 sq. miles (1.461656 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    0.564349 sq. miles (1.461656 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            41872
     Located within:       Texas (TX), FIPS 48
     Location:             32.135405 N, 99.748066 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     79530
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Lawn, TX
      Lawn