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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Veery :: Veery (n.) An American thrush (Turdus fuscescens) common in the Northern United States and Canada. It is light tawny brown above. The breast is pale buff, thickly spotted with brown. Called also Wilson's thrush..
Swarve :: Swarty (a.) Swarthy; tawny.
Olive :: Olive (a.) Approaching the color of the olive; of a peculiar dark brownish, yellowish, or tawny green..
Frippery :: Frippery (n.) Hence: Secondhand finery; cheap and tawdry decoration; affected elegance.
Castaway :: Castaway (n.) One who, or that which, is cast away or shipwrecked..
Alderney :: Alderney (n.) One of a breed of cattle raised in Alderney, one of the Channel Islands. Alderneys are of a dun or tawny color and are often called Jersey cattle. See Jersey, 3..
Taw :: Taw (n.) A large marble to be played with; also, a game at marbles..
Hoistaway :: Hoistaway (n.) A mechanical lift. See Elevator.
Fulvous :: Fulvous (a.) Tawny; dull yellow, with a mixture of gray and brown..
Chickasaws :: Chickasaws (n. pl.) A tribe of North American Indians (Southern Appalachian) allied to the Choctaws. They formerly occupied the northern part of Alabama and Mississippi, but now live in the Indian Territory..
Alley :: Alley (n.) A choice taw or marble.
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.
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..
Rufous :: Rufous (a.) Reddish; of a yellowish red or brownish red color; tawny.
Swartness :: Swartish (a.) Somewhat swart, dark, or tawny..
Leather :: Leather (n.) The skin of an animal, or some part of such skin, tanned, tawed, or otherwise dressed for use; also, dressed hides, collectively..
Tawer :: Tawer (n.) One who taws; a dresser of white leather.
Serval :: Serval (n.) An African wild cat (Felis serval) of moderate size. It has rather long legs and a tail of moderate length. Its color is tawny, with black spots on the body and rings of black on the tail..
Tewtaw :: Tewtaw (v. t.) To beat; to break, as flax or hemp..
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..
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