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lawn

1[lawn]
–noun
1. a stretch of open, grass-covered land, esp. one closely mowed, as near a house, on an estate, or in a park.
2. Archaic. a glade.

Origin:
1250–1300; ME launde < MF lande glade < Celtic; cf. Breton lann heath. See land


lawny, adjective

lawn

2[lawn]
–noun
a thin or sheer linen or cotton fabric, either plain or printed.

Origin:
1375–1425; late ME lawnd, laun, perh. named after Laon, where linen-making once flourished


lawny, adjective
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lawn 1   (lôn)   
n.  A plot of grass, usually tended or mowed, as one around a residence or in a park or estate.

[Alteration of Middle English launde, glade, from Old French, heath, pasture, wooded area; see lendh- in Indo-European roots.]
lawn 2   (lôn)   
n.  A light cotton or linen fabric of very fine weave.

[Middle English laun, after Laon, a city of northern France.]
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Slang Dictionary
lawn

  1. n.
    poor quality marijuana. (Drugs.) : This isn't good grass; it's lawn.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

lawn  (1)
"turf, stretch of grass," 1548, laune "glade, open space between woods," from M.E. launde, from O.Fr. lande "heath, moor," from Gaul. (cf. Breton lann "heath"), or from its Gmc. cognate, source of Eng. land (q.v.). The -d perhaps mistaken for an affix and dropped. Sense of "mowed grassy ground" first recorded 1733; lawn mower dates from 1869.

lawn  (2)
"thin linen or cotton cloth," 1416, from Laon, city in northern France, center of linen manufacture. The town name is O.Fr. Lan, from L. Laudunum, of Celtic origin.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: lawn
Pronunciation: 'lon, 'län
Function: noun
: a relatively even layer of bacteria covering the surface of a culture medium
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Computing Dictionary

LAWN
wireless local area network

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
LAWN
local area wireless network
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