tawing
tawing is the present participle and gerund of taw.
Meaning of taw
Verb (1)
taw (third-person singular simple present taws, present participle tawing, simple past and past participle tawed)
- To prepare or dress, as hemp, by beating; to tew.
- To beat; to scourge.
- 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.
Verb (2)
taw (third-person singular simple present taws, present participle tawing, simple past and past participle tawed)
- To shoot a marble.
Verb (3)
taw (third-person singular simple present taws, present participle tawing, simple past and past participle tawed)
- To push; to tug; to tow.
- Swans vpon the Streame to tawe me1630, Michael Drayton, The Muses' Elizium
Noun
tawing (usually uncountable, plural tawings)
- The process by which animal skins are tawed.
Forms of tawing
| plural | tawings |
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Questions about tawing
Words near tawing in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: tawing (page history and authors); taw (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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