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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Whitleather :: Whitleather (n.) Leather dressed or tawed with alum, salt, etc., remarkable for its pliability and toughness; white leather..
Taw :: Taw (n.) A large marble to be played with; also, a game at marbles..
Tiger :: Tiger (n.) A very large and powerful carnivore (Felis tigris) native of Southern Asia and the East Indies. Its back and sides are tawny or rufous yellow, transversely striped with black, the tail is ringed with black, the throat and belly are nearly white. When full grown, it equals or exceeds the lion in size and strength. Called also royal tiger, and Bengal tiger..
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..
Ocelot :: Ocelot (n.) An American feline carnivore (Felis pardalis). It ranges from the Southwestern United States to Patagonia. It is covered with blackish ocellated spots and blotches, which are variously arranged. The ground color varies from reddish gray to tawny yellow..
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..
Ullet :: Ullet (n.) A European owl (Syrnium aluco) of a tawny color; -- called also uluia.
Tawing :: Tawing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ta.
Swarve :: Swarty (a.) Swarthy; tawny.
Tawniness :: Tawniness (n.) The quality or state of being tawny.
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..
Waive :: Waive (v. t.) A waif; a castaway.
Tawdries :: Tawdries (pl. ) of Tawdr.
Bedizen :: Bedizen (v. t.) To dress or adorn tawdrily or with false taste.
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..
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..
Tawdrily :: Tawdrily (adv.) In a tawdry manner.
Tawdry :: Tawdry (n.) A necklace of a rural fashion, bought at St. Audrey's fair; hence, a necklace in general..
Stay :: Staw (v. i.) To be fixed or set; to stay.
Subfusk :: Subfuscous (a.) Duskish; moderately dark; brownish; tawny.
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