'Taw' definitions:
Definition of 'taw'
From: WordNet
noun
The 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet
noun
A large marble used for shooting in the game of marbles [syn: taw, shooter]
Definition of 'Taw'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Taw'
From: GCIDE
- Taw \Taw\, n. Tow. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Taw'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Taw'
From: GCIDE
- Taw \Taw\, n. [Cf. AS. t[=a]w instrument.]
- 1. A large marble to be played with; also, a game at marbles. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A line or mark from which the players begin a game of marbles. [Colloq. U. S.] [1913 Webster]