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taw
1[ taw ]
noun
- a choice or fancy marble used as a shooter.
- 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.
- Also taw line. the line from which the players shoot.
verb (used without object)
- to shoot a marble.
taw
2[ taw ]
verb (used with object)
- to prepare or dress (some raw material) for use or further manipulation.
- to transform (the skin of an animal) into white leather by the application of minerals, emulsions, etc.
- Archaic. to flog; thrash.
taw
3[ tahv, tawv, tahf, tawf ]
noun
- tav.
taw
1/ tɔː /
verb
- to convert (skins) into white leather by treatment with mineral salts, such as alum and salt, rather than by normal tanning processes
- archaic.to flog; beat
taw
2/ tɔː /
noun
- the line from which the players shoot in marbles
- back to taws informal.back to taws back to the beginning
- a large marble used for shooting
- a game of marbles
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Derived Forms
- ˈtawer, noun
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Other Words From
- tawer noun
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
At the Burmese Water Festival, a celebration held in the new capital, Nay Pyi Taw, last April, the girls had a breakthrough.
A few tried marbles, but there was scarcely light for the purpose, and ring-taw was quickly abandoned.
After the first shot, every player must shoot from the place at which his taw rests.
Alley, Ally, al′li, n. a name given by boys to a choice taw or large marble.
His name is Sa-taw-ha, or Hog-Bite, and he is upwards of one hundred years of age.
And because the place where they made fires was found, these mountains are called Aw-up Chert-taw to this day.
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