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taw


  5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Taw  \Taw\,  n. 
  Tow.  [Obs.]  --Chaucer. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Taw  \Taw\,  v.  t.  [Cf.  {Tew}  to  tow,  {Tow},  v.  t.] 
  To  push  to  tug;  to  tow.  [Obs.]  --Drayton. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Taw  \Taw\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Tawed};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Tawing}.]  [OE.  tawen,  tewen,  AS  t[=a]wian  to  prepare;  cf 
  D.  touwen  Goth.  t[=e]wa  order  taujan  to  do  and  E.  tool. 
  [root]64.  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 
 
  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 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Taw  \Taw\,  n.  [Cf.  AS  t[=a]w  instrument.] 
  1.  A  large  marble  to  be  played  with  also  a  game  at  marbles. 
 
  2.  A  line  or  mark  from  which  the  players  begin  a  game  of 
  marbles.  [Colloq.  U.  S.] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  taw 
  n  1:  the  23rd  letter  of  the  Hebrew  alphabet 
  2:  a  large  marble  used  for  shooting  in  the  game  of  marbles 
  [syn:  {shooter}] 




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