Definition of taw

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Taw (v. t.) To prepare or dress, as hemp, by beating; to tew; hence, to beat; to scourge..

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Taw :: Taw (v. t.) 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..
Castaway :: Castaway (a.) Of no value; rejected; useless.
Swartness :: Swartish (a.) Somewhat swart, dark, or tawny..
Tawdry :: Tawdry (superl.) Very fine and showy in colors, without taste or elegance; having an excess of showy ornaments without grace; cheap and gaudy; as, a tawdry dress; tawdry feathers; tawdry colors..
Tew :: Tew (v.) To prepare by beating or working, as leather or hemp; to taw..
Gaudy :: Gaudy (superl.) Ostentatiously fine; showy; gay, but tawdry or meretricious..
Tawery :: Tawery (n.) A place where skins are tawed.
Swarthiness :: Swarthily (adv.) In a swarthy manner; with a tawny hue; duskily.
Mullagatawny :: Mullagatawny (n.) An East Indian curry soup.
Lion :: Lion (n.) A large carnivorous feline mammal (Felis leo), found in Southern Asia and in most parts of Africa, distinct varieties occurring in the different countries. The adult male, in most varieties, has a thick mane of long shaggy hair that adds to his apparent size, which is less than that of the largest tigers. The length, however, is sometimes eleven feet to the base of the tail. The color is a tawny yellow or yellowish brown; the mane is darker, and the terminal tuft of the tail is black.
Waive :: Waive (v. t.) A waif; a castaway.
Orangetawny :: Orangetawny (a. & n.) Deep orange-yellow; dark yellow.
Tawdries :: Tawdries (pl. ) of Tawdr.
Rufous :: Rufous (a.) Reddish; of a yellowish red or brownish red color; tawny.
Swarthy :: Swarthy (a.) Being of a dark hue or dusky complexion; tawny; swart; as, swarthy faces..
Tawer :: Tawer (n.) One who taws; a dresser of white leather.
Alley :: Alley (n.) A choice taw or marble.
Neat :: Neat (a.) Free from what is unbecoming, inappropriate, or tawdry; simple and becoming; pleasing with simplicity; tasteful; chaste; as, a neat style; a neat dress..
Tinto :: Tinto (n.) A red Madeira wine, wanting the high aroma of the white sorts, and, when old, resembling tawny port..
Tawdry :: Tawdry (superl.) Bought at the festival of St. Audrey.
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