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  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 

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