taw
pronunciation
How to pronounce taw in British English:
UK [tɔː]
How to pronounce taw in American English:
US [tɔ]
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- Noun:
- the 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet
- a large marble used for shooting in the game of marbles
Word Origin
- taw (v.)
- "to prepare" (leather), from Old English tawian "prepare, make ready, make; cultivate," also "harass, insult, outrage" to do, make," from Proto-Germanic *tawjan (cognates: Old Frisian tawa, Old Saxon toian, Middle Dutch tauwen, Dutch touwen, Old High German zouwen "to prepare," Old High German zawen "to succeed," Gothic taujan "to make, prepare"), from Proto-Germanic root *taw- "to make, manufacture" (compare tool (n.)).
- taw (n.)
- "a game at marbles," 1709, of unknown origin.
Example
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