Taw
Taw , noun
Tow. [Obsolete] — Chaucer
Taw , transitive verb
[Compare Tew to tow, Tow, transitive verb]
To push; to tug; to tow. [Obsolete] — Drayton
Taw , transitive verb
[Old English tawen, tewen, Anglo-Saxon tāwian to prepare; compare Dutch touwen, Gothic tēwa order, taujan to do, and English tool. r64. Compare 1st Tew, Tow the coarse part of flax.]
1.
To prepare or dress, as hemp, by beating; to tew; hence, to beat; to scourge. [Obsolete] — 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.
Taw , noun
[Compare 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. [Colloquial United States]