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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024taw1 (tô),USA pronunciation n. - Gamesa choice or fancy marble used as a shooter.
- Gamesa game in which marbles are arranged in the center of a circle drawn or scratched on the ground, the object being to knock out as many as possible from the circle;
ringer. - GamesAlso, taw′ line′. the line from which the players shoot.
v.i. - Gamesto shoot a marble.
- origin, originally uncertain 1700–10
- to prepare or dress (some raw material) for use or further manipulation.
- Clothingto transform the skin of an animal into white leather by the application of minerals, emulsions, etc.
- [Archaic.]to flog;
thrash.
- bef. 900; Middle English tawen, Old English tawian; cognate with Dutch touwen, Gothic taujan
- Linguisticstav.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: taw /tɔː/ n - the line from which the players shoot in marbles
- back to taws ⇒ Austral informal back to the beginning
- a large marble used for shooting
- a game of marbles
Etymology: 18th Century: of unknown origin taw /tɔː/ vb (transitive)- to convert (skins) into white leather by treatment with mineral salts, such as alum and salt, rather than by normal tanning processes
Etymology: Old English tawian; compare Old High German zouwen to prepare, Gothic taujan to makeˈtawer n tav (täv, tôv, täf, tôf ),USA pronunciation n. - Linguisticsthe 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- Linguisticsthe consonant sound represented by this letter.
Also, tau, taw. - Hebrew tāw literally, mark
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: tav, taw /tɑːv; tɑːf; Hebrew: tav; taf/ n - the 22nd and last letter in the Hebrew alphabet (ת), transliterated as t or when final th
Etymology: from Hebrew: cross, mark |