taw
see also: Taw, TAW
Pronunciation
Taw
Proper noun
TAW
Proper noun
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see also: Taw, TAW
Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /tɔː/
From Middle English tawen, from Old English tawian, from Proto-West Germanic *tawōn, a variant of Proto-West Germanic *tauwjan, from Proto-Germanic *tawjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂-.
Cognate with Dutch touwen, Dutch tuien, German Tau, Gothic 𐍄𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌰𐌽. Related to tool and tether.
Verbtaw (taws, present participle tawing; simple past and past participle tawed)
- (transitive, obsolete) To prepare or dress, as hemp, by beating; to tew.
- (transitive, by extension) To beat; to scourge.
- (transitive) 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.
taw
- (obsolete) Tawed leather.
taw (plural taws)
A favorite marble in the game of marbles. - 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 5]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC ↗:
- 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.
- (square dancing) A dance partner.
- Walk around your corner; see-saw around your taw.
- A favorite person; beloved, partner, spouse.
taw (taws, present participle tawing; simple past and past participle tawed)
- To shoot a marble.
Compare Phoenician 𐤕, Hebrew ת, Arabic تاء.
Pronunciation- IPA: /ˈtaʊ/
taw (plural taws)
- The 22nd and last letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads, including Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac
and Arabic.
- French: tav
- Russian: тав
Compare tew ("to tow"), and tow.
Verbtaw (taws, present participle tawing; simple past and past participle tawed)
- To push; to tug; to tow.
Taw
Proper noun
- A river in Devon, England, which flows into an estuary where it meets the River Torridge.
TAW
Proper noun
- (rail transport) The station code of Tai Wai in Hong Kong.
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