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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Taw \Taw\, verb (used with an object) [Cf. {Tew} to tow, {Tow}, verb (used with an object)] To push; to tug; to tow. [Obs.] --Drayton.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Taw \Taw\, noun Tow. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Taw \Taw\, verb (used with an object) [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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Taw \Taw\, noun [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.]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
taw
noun
1: the 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet
2: a large marble used for shooting in the game of marbles [syn: {shooter}]
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