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taw

(tô)

noun

a fancy marble used to shoot with in playing marbles
the line from which the players shoot

Origin: < ?

transitive verb

to prepare (a natural product) for further treatment or use; specif., to make (skins) into leather by treating with alum, salt, etc.

Origin: ME tawen < OE tawian, to prepare, akin to Goth taujan, to do, make < ? IE base *deu-, to work on, process (something)

noun

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transitive verb tawed, taw·ing, taws taws

To convert (skin) into white leather by mineral tanning, as with alum and salt.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English tawen

Origin: , from Old English tawian, to prepare

Related Forms:

tawˈer noun

noun

Chiefly Southern U.S. A large, fancy marble used for shooting.
The line from which a player shoots in marbles.
A game of marbles.

intransitive verb tawed, taw·ing, taws taws

To shoot a marble.

Origin:

Origin: Origin unknown

noun

Variant of tav.

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