taw
verbEtymology
From Middle English tawen, from Old English tawian (“to do, make”), from Proto-West Germanic *tawōn, a variant of Proto-West Germanic *tauwjan, from Proto-Germanic *tawjaną (“to make, prepare”), from Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂- (“to tie to, secure”). Cognate with Dutch touwen (“to rope, tether, curry”), Dutch tuien (“to fasten with ropes”), German Tau (“rope, hawser, cable”), Gothic 𐍄𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌰𐌽 (taujan, “to make, prepare”). Related to tool and possibly to tether.
Definitions
To prepare or dress, as hemp, by beating
To prepare or dress, as hemp, by beating; to tew.
To beat
To beat; to scourge.
To dress and prepare, as the skins of sheep, lambs, goats, and kids, for gloves, etc., by…
To dress and prepare, as the skins of sheep, lambs, goats, and kids, for gloves, etc., by imbuing them with alum, salt, and other agents, for softening and bleaching them.
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Tawed leather.
A favorite marble in the game of marbles.
- Near the timberyard a squatted child at marbles, alone, shooting the taw with a cunnythumb.
A line or mark from which the players begin a game of marbles.
A dance partner.
- Walk around your corner; see-saw around your taw.
A favorite person
A favorite person; beloved, partner, spouse.
To shoot a marble.
The 22nd and last letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads, including Phoenician, Aramaic,…
The 22nd and last letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads, including Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, and Arabic.
To push
To push; to tug; to tow.
- Swans vpon the Streame to tawe me
A river in Devon, England, which flows into an estuary where it meets the River Torridge.
The station code of Tai Wai in Hong Kong.
The neighborhood
- neighbortool
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for taw. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA