taw

noun

Tawed leather.

1. To prepare or dress, as hemp, by beating; to tew.
2. (by extension) To beat; to scourge.
3. To dress and prepare, as the skins of sheep, lambs, goats, and kids, for gloves, etc., by imbuing them with alum, salt, and other agents, for softening and bleaching them.

1. A favorite marble in the game of marbles.
2. A line or mark from which the players begin a game of marbles.
3. (square dancing) A dance partner.

   Walk around your corner; see-saw around your taw.

4. A favorite person; beloved, partner, spouse.

verb

To shoot a marble.

noun

The 22nd and last letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads, including Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac and Arabic.

verb

To push; to tug; to tow.