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taw


1. To prepare or dress, as hemp, by beating; to tew; hence, to beat; to scourge.

2. 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.

Origin: OE. Tawen, tewen, AS. Tawian to prepare; cf. D. Touwen, Goth. Tewa order, taujan to do, and E. Tool. 64. Cf. 1st Tew, Tow the coarse part of flax.

Source: Websters Dictionary