noun. A large, fancy marble used for shooting.

noun. The line from which a player shoots in marbles.

noun. A game of marbles.

intransitive verb. To shoot a marble.

transitive verb. To convert (an animal hide) into white leather by treating it with a mixture containing alum and salt.

noun. undefined

noun. The twenty-second and last letter (R) of the Hebrew alphabet, corresponding to the English t. Its numerical value is 400.

To work, dress, or prepare (some raw material) for use or for further manipulation.

Especially To make (hides) into leather, specifically by soaking them, after cleaning, in a solution of alum and salt. See leather, tanning.

To harden or make tough.

To beat; thrash.

To torture; torment.

noun. Implements; tackle.

noun. A Middle English variant of tow.

noun. A game at marbles.

noun. The line or limit from which the players shoot in playing marbles.

noun. A marble. Compare alley-taw.

noun. Tow.

transitive verb. To push; to tug; to tow.

noun. A large marble to be played with; also, a game at marbles.

noun. A line or mark from which the players begin a game of marbles.

transitive verb. To prepare or dress, as hemp, by beating; to tew; hence, to beat; to scourge.

transitive verb. 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.

noun. The twenty-second and last letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).

verb. To prepare.

verb. Specifically, to turn (animals’ hide) into leather, usually by soaking it in a certain solution.

noun. Tawed leather.

noun. A favorite marble in the game of marbles.

noun. A line or mark from which the players begin a game of marbles.

noun. ring-taw

noun. dance partner

noun. A favorite person; beloved, partner, spouse.

verb. to shoot a marble

noun. the 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet

noun. a large marble used for shooting in the game of marbles

"There was no difficulty about balls, for we decided at once that the most suitable article for us, in the absence of real gutties, was the big white marble which we called a taw, and which was about half the size of an ordinary golf ball, or perhaps a little less than that."

to come to taw  

tawed  tawing  tawse  

alphabetic character  letter  letter of the alphabet  marble  

DH  Jl  Mn  PV  anudder  

alle  push  scourge  tew  tow  

tawed  tawing  taws