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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TAW, v.t. To dress white leather or alum leather; to dress and prepare skins in white, as the skins of sheep, lambs, goats and kids, for gloves and the like.
TAW, n. A marble to be played with.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet
2: a large marble used for shooting in the game of marbles [syn: taw, shooter]

Merriam Webster's

I. transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, to prepare (soil), taw, from Old English tawian to prepare, make; akin to Old High German zawjan to hasten, Gothic taujan to do, make Date: before 12th century to tan (skins) usually by a dry process (as with alum or salt) II. noun Etymology: Hebrew t?w, literally, mark, cross Date: 1701 the 23d letter of the Hebrew alphabet — see alphabet table III. noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1709 1. a. a marble used as a shooter b. ringtaw 2. the line from which players shoot at marbles 3. a square-dance partner IV. intransitive verb Date: 1863 to shoot a marble

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. v.tr. make (hide) into leather without the use of tannin, esp. by soaking in a solution of alum and salt. Derivatives: tawer n. Etymology: OE tawian f. Gmc 2. n. 1 a large marble. 2 a game of marbles. 3 a line from which players throw marbles. Etymology: 18th c.: orig. unkn.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Taw Taw, n. Tow. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Taw Taw, v. t. [Cf. Tew to tow, Tow, v. t.] To push; to tug; to tow. [Obs.] --Drayton.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.]

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

tau ("t", "th"): The 22nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet; transliterated in this Encyclopedia with the daghesh as "t", and as "th" without. It came also to be used for the number 400. For name, etc., see ALPHABET.

See also FOREHEAD; MARK.

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

A schoolboy's game, played with small round balls made of stone dust, catted marbles. I'll be one upon your taw presently; a species of threat.