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taw

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
taw1 /tɔː/

▶verb make (hide) into leather by soaking it in a solution of alum and salt (rather than using tannin).

– derivatives
tawer noun.

– origin OE tawian, of Gmc origin; rel. to tool.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
taw2 /tɔː/

▶noun a large marble.

■ a game of marbles.

■ a line from which players throw marbles.

– origin C18: of unknown origin.

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