TAWING
Verb
tawing
present participle of taw
Noun
tawing (usually uncountable, plural tawings)
The process by which animal skins are tawed.
Anagrams
• wignat
Source: Wiktionary
TAW
Taw, n.
Definition: Tow. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Taw, v. t. Etym: [Cf. Tew to tow, Tow, v. t.]
Definition: To push; to tug; to tow. [Obs.] Drayton.
Taw, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tawed; p. pr. & vb. n. Tawing.] Etym: [OE.
tawen, tewen, AS. tawian to prepare; cf. D. touwen, Goth. tewa order,
taujan to do, and E. tool. *64. Cf. 1st Tew, Tow the coarse part of
flax.]
1. To prepare or dress, as hemp, by beating; to tew; hence, to beat;
to scourge. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
2. To dress and prepare, as the skins of sheep, lambs, goats, and
kids, for gloves, and the like, by imbuing them with alum, salt, and
other agents, for softening and bleaching them.
Taw, n. Etym: [Cf. AS. taw instrument.]
1. A large marble to be played with; also, a game at marbles.
2. A line or mark from which the players begin a game of marbles.
[Colloq. U.S.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition