Definitions for taw

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Spelling: [taw]

IPA: /tɔ/

Taw is a 3 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.

You can make 12 anagrams from letters in taw (atw).

Definitions for taw

noun

1. a choice or fancy marble used as a shooter.
2. a game in which marbles are arranged in the center of a circle drawn or scratched on the ground, the object being to knock out as many as possible from the circle; ringer.
3. Also, taw line. the line from which the players shoot.
4. tav.

verb (used with object)

1. to prepare or dress (some raw material) for use or further manipulation.
2. to transform the skin of an animal into white leather by the application of minerals, emulsions, etc.
3. Archaic. to flog; thrash.

verb (used without object)

1. to shoot a marble.

Origin of taw

First recorded in 1700-10; origin uncertain

Examples for taw

Whoever first gets back to the starting-point, or taw, wins.

A starting or "taw" line is drawn on the ground and the back stands with his side parallel to it.

Brightly belonged to the Torridge and taw branch of the family.

The ruby was so hard that it broke every taw against which it struck.

I'm hanging on to his taw now for the past fortnight and I can't get a penny out of him.

About ten feet from this ring a line is made called a "taw line."

Hall, on the taw, is the fine mansion of the Chichester family.

The footer dictates the way in which the back is to be cleared and his distance from taw.

After the first shot, every player must shoot from the place at which his taw rests.

A line called the "taw line" is drawn a short distance from the court.