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   Lawn (la̤n), 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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   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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