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noun
1.
a choice or fancy marble used as a shooter.
2.
3.
Also, taw line. the line from which the players shoot.
verb (used without object)
4.
to shoot a marble.
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Origin:
1700–10; origin uncertain
1700–10; origin uncertain
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verb (used with object)
1.
to prepare or dress (some raw material) for use or further manipulation.
2.
to transform the skin of an animal into white leather by the application of minerals, emulsions, etc.
3.
Archaic. to flog; thrash.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English tawen, Old English tawian; cognate with Dutch touwen, Gothic taujan
before 900; Middle English tawen, Old English tawian; cognate with Dutch touwen, Gothic taujan
Related forms
taw·er, noun
noun
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Dictionary.com's 21st Century Lexicon
| Main Entry: | taw1 |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | a large marble used as a shooter in games |
| Main Entry: | taw2 |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | the line from which marbles are shot |
| Main Entry: | taw3 |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | a square-dance partner |
| Main Entry: | taw4 |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | the 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet |
| Etymology: | Hebrew 'cross' |
| Main Entry: | taw |
| Part of Speech: | v |
| Definition: | to shoot a marble |
| Usage: | intransitive |
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
taw
"to prepare" (leather), from O.E. tawian "to do, make," from P.Gmc. *tawojan (cf. O.Fris. tawa, O.S. toian, M.Du. tauwen, Du. touwen, O.H.G. zouwen "to prepare," O.H.G. zawen "to succeed," Goth. taujan "to make, prepare"), probably related to the root of O.E. tol "tool" (see tool).
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