Taw : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Taw	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for Taw
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
taw n the 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet a large marble used for shooting in the game of marbles Synonym(s): taw, shooter
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Taw \Taw\, n. [Cf. AS. t[be]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 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[be]wian to prepare; cf. D. touwen, Goth. t[c7]wa order, taujan to do, and E. tool. [fb]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.