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DAWS
Noun
daws
plural of daw
Anagrams
• AWDS, AWDs, WASD, swad, wads
Etymology
Proper noun
Daws
A patronymic surname.
Anagrams
• AWDS, AWDs, WASD, swad, wads
Noun
DAWs
plural of DAW
Anagrams
• AWDS, AWDs, WASD, swad, wads
Source: Wiktionary
DAW
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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