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views updated May 21 2018lawn1 / lôn/ •
n. an area of short, mown grass in a yard, garden, or park.DERIVATIVES: lawned adj.lawn2 •
n. a fine linen or cotton fabric used for making clothes.DERIVATIVES: lawn·y adj.
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
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views updated May 21 2018lawn2 (arch.) open space between woods XVI; portion of level grass-covered ground kept mown XVIII. Later form of
laund glade—OF.
launde (mod.
lande), of
Celt. orig. (see
LAND).
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology T. F. HOAD
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views updated Jun 08 2018lawn1 kind of fine linen. XV. prob. f.
Laon, name of a town in
France, an important place of linen manufacture.
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology T. F. HOAD
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views updated May 29 2018lawn fine linen or cotton fabric used for making clothes, especially the sleeves of a bishop, from which it is used allusively. It is probably named from the French city of
Laon, important for linen manufacture.
The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable ELIZABETH KNOWLES
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views updated Jun 11 2018Lawn (lɔːn) Computing local area wireless network
The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations FRAN ALEXANDER , PETER BLAIR , JOHN DAINTITH , ALICE GRANDISON , VALERIE ILLINGWORTH , ELIZABETH MARTIN , ANNE STIBBS , JUDY PEARSALL , and SARA TULLOCH
