Definition of taw

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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..

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Swartback :: Swart (v. t.) To make swart or tawny; as, to swart a living part..
Catawbas :: Catawbas (n. pl.) An Appalachian tribe of Indians which originally inhabited the regions near the Catawba river and the head waters of the Santee.
Crude :: Crude (superl.) Harsh and offensive, as a color; tawdry or in bad taste, as a combination of colors, or any design or work of art..
Catawba :: Catawba (n.) A light-colored, sprightly American wine from the Catawba grape..
Abject :: Abject (n.) A person in the lowest and most despicable condition; a castaway.
Tawery :: Tawery (n.) A place where skins are tawed.
Catawba :: Catawba (n.) A well known light red variety of American grape.
Day Lily :: Day lily () A genus of plants (Hemerocallis) closely resembling true lilies, but having tuberous rootstocks instead of bulbs. The common species have long narrow leaves and either yellow or tawny-orange flowers..
Gaudy :: Gaudy (superl.) Ostentatiously fine; showy; gay, but tawdry or meretricious..
Bedizen :: Bedizen (v. t.) To dress or adorn tawdrily or with false taste.
Puma :: Puma (n.) A large American carnivore (Felis concolor), found from Canada to Patagonia, especially among the mountains. Its color is tawny, or brownish yellow, without spots or stripes. Called also catamount, cougar, American lion, mountain lion, and panther or painter..
Tawdry :: Tawdry (superl.) Bought at the festival of St. Audrey.
Alley :: Alley (n.) A choice taw or marble.
Hoistaway :: Hoistaway (n.) A mechanical lift. See Elevator.
Choctaws :: Choctaws (n. pl.) A tribe of North American Indians (Southern Appalachian), in early times noted for their pursuit of agriculture, and for living at peace with the white settlers. They are now one of the civilized tribes of the Indian Territory..
Fulvous :: Fulvous (a.) Tawny; dull yellow, with a mixture of gray and brown..
Muscadine :: Muscadine (n.) A name given to several very different kinds of grapes, but in America used chiefly for the scuppernong, or southern fox grape, which is said to be the parent stock of the Catawba. See Grapevine..
Swarve :: Swarty (a.) Swarthy; tawny.
Tew :: Tew (v.) To prepare by beating or working, as leather or hemp; to taw..
Tawniness :: Tawniness (n.) The quality or state of being tawny.
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