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taw

2  [taw]
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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:
bef. 900; ME tawen, OE tawian; c. D touwen, Goth taujan

Related forms:
tawer, noun
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taw 1   (tô)   
tr.v.   tawed, taw·ing, taws
To convert (skin) into white leather by mineral tanning, as with alum and salt.

[Middle English tawen, from Old English tawian, to prepare.]
taw'er n.
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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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