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taw

1  [taw]
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–noun
1. a choice or fancy marble used as a shooter.
2. a game in which marbles are arranged in the center of a circle drawn or scratched on the ground, the object being to knock out as many as possible from the circle; ringer.
3. Also, taw line. the line from which the players shoot.
–verb (used without object)
4. to shoot a marble.
Origin:
1700–10; orig. uncert.
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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).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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