DAW

jackdaw, daw, Corvus monedula

(noun) common black-and-grey Eurasian bird noted for thievery

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

daw (plural daws)

A western jackdaw, Coloeus monedula, a passerine bird in the crow family (Corvidae), more commonly called jackdaw.

(obsolete) An idiot, a simpleton; fool.

Synonyms

• jackdaw (Eurasian jackdaw, European jackdaw, western jackdaw)

Etymology 2

Verb

daw (third-person singular simple present daws, present participle dawing, simple past and past participle dawed)

(obsolete, outside, Scotland) To dawn.

(obsolete) To wake (someone) up.

(obsolete) To daunt; to terrify.

Anagrams

• -wad, ADW, AWD, WAD, wad

Etymology

Proper noun

Daw

A surname.

Anagrams

• -wad, ADW, AWD, WAD, wad

Noun

DAW (plural DAWs)

Initialism of digital audio workstation.

Verb

DAW

Initialism of dispense as written.

Anagrams

• -wad, ADW, AWD, WAD, wad

Source: Wiktionary

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Daw, n. Etym: [OE. dawe; akin to OHG. taha, MHG. tahe, tahele, G. dohle. Cf. Caddow.] (Zoöl.)

Definition: A European bird of the Crow family (Corvus monedula), often nesting in church towers and ruins; a jackdaw. The loud daw, his throat displaying, draw The whole assembly of his fellow daws. Waller.

Note: The daw was reckoned as a silly bird, and a daw meant a simpleton. See in Shakespeare: -- "Then thou dwellest with daws too." (Coriolanus iv. 5, 1. 47.) Skeat.

Daw, v. i. Etym: [OE. dawen. See Dawn.]

Definition: To dawn. [Obs.] See Dawn.

Daw, v. t. Etym: [Contr. fr. Adaw.]

1. To rouse. [Obs.]

2. To daunt; to terrify. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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