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A river in Devon, England, which flows into an estuary where it meets the River Torridge.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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The station code of Tai Wai in Hong Kong.
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Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport
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noun
Tawed leather.
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Usage: obsolete
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noun
A favorite marble in the game of marbles.
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A line or mark from which the players begin a game of marbles.
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noun
A dance partner.
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Qualifier: square dancing
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noun
A favorite person; beloved, partner, spouse.
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noun
The 22nd and last letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads, including Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, and Arabic.
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verb
To prepare or dress, as hemp, by beating; to tew.
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Usage: obsolete, transitive
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To beat; to scourge.
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Usage: broadly, transitive
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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.
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Usage: transitive
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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.
To turn (animals' hide) into leather, usually by soaking it in a certain solution.
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Usage: transitive
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verb
To shoot a marble.
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To push; to tug; to tow.
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noun
a large marble used for shooting in the game of marbles
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: shooter
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Broader terms: marble
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the 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet
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Broader terms: letter, letter of the alphabet, alphabetic character
History
From Middle English tawen, from Old English tawian (“to do, make”), from Proto-West Germanic *tawōn, a variant of Proto-West Germanic *tauwjan, from Proto-Germanic *tawjaną (“to make, prepare”), from Proto-Indo-European *dewh2- (“to tie to, secure”). Cognate with Dutch touwen (“to rope, tether, curry”), Dutch tuien (“to fasten with ropes”), German Tau (“rope, hawser, cable”), Gothic 𐍄𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌰𐌽 (taujan, “to make, prepare”). Related to tool and possibly to tether.
Unknown. Attested in English from the 18th century. Compare Old English tāw (“instrument”). Also compare Irish togh (“choose, elect”).
Compare Phoenician 𐤕 (tāw), Hebrew ת (tav), Arabic تاء (tāʔ).
Compare tew (“to tow”), and tow.
Across languages
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