'DAW' definitions:
Definition of 'daw'
(from WordNet)
noun
Common black-and-grey Eurasian bird noted for thievery [syn: jackdaw, daw, Corvus monedula]
Definition of 'Daw'
From: GCIDE
- Daw \Daw\, v. t. [Contr. fr. Adaw.]
- 1. To rouse. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- 2. To daunt; to terrify. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Daw'
From: GCIDE
- Daw \Daw\ (d[add]), n. [OE. dawe; akin to OHG. t[=a]ha, MHG. t[=a]he, t[=a]hele, G. dohle. Cf. Caddow.] (Zool.) A European bird of the Crow family (Corvus monedula), often nesting in church towers and ruins; a jackdaw. [1913 Webster]
- The loud daw, his throat displaying, draws The whole assembly of his fellow daws. --Waller. [1913 Webster]
- Note: The daw was reckoned as a silly bird, and a daw meant a simpleton. See in Shakespeare: -- "Then thou dwellest with daws too." (--Coriolanus iv. 5, 1. 47.) --Skeat. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Daw'
From: GCIDE
- Daw \Daw\, v. i. [OE. dawen. See Dawn.] To dawn. [Obs.] See Dawn. --Drayton. [1913 Webster]
Acronyms for 'daw'
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