taw
IPA: tˈɔ
noun
- (obsolete) Tawed leather.
- A favorite marble in the game of marbles.
- A line or mark from which the players begin a game of marbles.
- (square dancing) A dance partner.
- A favorite person; beloved, partner, spouse.
- The 22nd and last letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads, including Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, and Arabic.
- A river in Devon, England, which flows into an estuary where it meets the River Torridge.
- (rail transport) The station code of Tai Wai in Hong Kong.
verb
- (transitive, obsolete) To prepare or dress, as hemp, by beating; to tew.
- (transitive, by extension) To beat; to scourge.
- (transitive) To dress and prepare, as the skins of sheep, lambs, goats, and kids, for gloves, etc., by imbuing them with alum, salt, and other agents, for softening and bleaching them.
- (transitive) To turn (animals' hide) into leather, usually by soaking it in a certain solution.
- To shoot a marble.
- To push; to tug; to tow.
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