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Look up: taw

  1. Taw
    The taw is a river in Devon, England. It rises on Dartmoor and flows past Barnstaple to form the estuary of Bideford Bay.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  2. taw
    [n] - the 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet 2. [n] - a large marble used for shooting in the game of marbles
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. Taw
    Taw noun Tow. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/T/16

  4. Taw
    Taw transitive verb [ Confer Tew to tow, Tow , transitive verb ] To push; to tug; to tow. [ Obsolete] Drayton.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/T/16

  5. Taw
    Taw transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Tawed ; present participle & verbal noun Tawing .] [ Middle English tawen , tewen , Anglo-Saxon tāwian to prepare; confer Dutch touwen , Goth. tēwa order, taujan to do, and English tool . √64. Confer 1st Tew
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/T/16

  6. Taw
    Taw noun [ Confer Anglo-Saxon tāw 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.]
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/T/16

  7. taw
    1. To prepare or dress, as hemp, by beating; to tew; hence, to beat; to scourge. ... 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. ... Origin: OE. Tawen, tewen, AS. Tawian to prepare; cf. D. Touwen, Goth. Tewa order ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  8. taw
    shooter noun a large marble used for shooting in the game of marbles
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  9. taw
    noun the 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  10. Taw
    `Taw` or `Tav` is the twenty-second and last letter in many Semitic abjads, including Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew `Tav` and Arabic alphabet . Its original sound value is a voiceless alveolar plosive, IPA , The Phoenician letter gave rise to the Greek Tau (Τ), Latin T, and Cyrillic Te (Ã?¢).
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taw

  11. Taw
    • (v. t.) 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. • (n.) Tow. • (n.) A line or mark from which the players begin a game of marbles. • (v. t.) To push; to tug; to tow. • (n.) A large mar...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  12. taw
    (from the article `marble`) The names and rules of marble games are as varied as the localities and countries where they are played, but a few may be mentioned. In taw, ringtaw, ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/t/16

  13. taw
    1. the 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet
    2. a large marble used for shooting in the game of marbles

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