Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Taw"
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) 1.7 (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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