Found 5 hits - Term: taw, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
taw \taw\, n.
tow. obs. --chaucer.
1913 webster
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
taw \taw\, v. t. cf. tew to tow, tow, v. t.
to push; to tug; to tow. obs. --drayton.
1913 webster
see also:
tew tow
- [3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
taw \taw\, v. t. imp. p. p. tawed; p. pr. vb. n.
tawing. oe. tawen, tewen, as. t=awian to prepare; cf.
d. touwen, goth. t=ewa order, taujan to do, and e. tool.
root64. cf. 1st tew, tow the coarse part of flax.
1. to prepare or dress, as hemp, by beating; to tew; hence,
to beat; to scourge. obs. --beau. fl.
1913 webster
2. to dress and prepare, as the skins of sheep, lambs, goats,
and kids, for gloves, and the like, by imbuing them with
alum, salt, and other agents, for softening and bleaching
them.
1913 webster
see also:
tawed tawing tew tow
- [4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
taw \taw\, n. cf. as. t=aw instrument.
1. a large marble to be played with; also, a game at marbles.
1913 webster
2. a line or mark from which the players begin a game of
marbles. colloq. u. s.
1913 webster
- [5] : WordNet (r) 2.0
taw
n 1: the 23rd letter of the hebrew alphabet
2: a large marble used for shooting in the game of marbles
syn: shooter
see also:
shooter
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