taw

  1. Verb.  (transitive, obsolete) To prepare.
  2. Verb.  (transitive) Specifically, to turn (animals’ hide) into leather, usually by soaking it in a certain solution.
  3. Noun.  (obsolete) Tawed leather.
  4. Noun.  A favorite marble in the game of marbles.
  5. Noun.  A line or mark from which the players begin a game of marbles.
  6. Noun.  ring-taw.
  7. Noun.  (context, square dancing) dance partner.
  8. Noun.  A favorite person; beloved, partner, spouse.
  9. Verb.  to shoot a marble.
  10. Noun.  The twenty-second and last letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).

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