Maw vs Taw - What's the difference?
maw | taw |
(archaic) the stomach, especially of an animal
* 1667 , , Paradise Lost, Book X
the upper digestive tract (where food enters the body), especially the mouth and jaws of a ravenous creature.
* 1818 , , Endymion
any great, insatiable or perilous opening.
Appetite; inclination.
* Beaumont and Fletcher
(obsolete) To prepare or dress, as hemp, by beating; to tew; hence, to beat; to scourge.
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.
Specifically, to turn (animals’ hide) into leather, usually by soaking it in a certain solution.
A favorite marble in the game of marbles.
A line or mark from which the players begin a game of marbles.
ring-taw
(square dancing) dance partner
A favorite person; beloved, partner, spouse.
The twenty-second and last letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
As nouns the difference between maw and taw
is that maw is (archaic) the stomach, especially of an animal or maw can be (dialect|colloquial) mother or maw can be a gull while taw is (obsolete) tawed leather or taw can be a favorite marble in the game of marbles or taw can be the twenty-second and last letter of many semitic alphabets/abjads (phoenician, aramaic, hebrew, syriac, arabic and others).As a verb taw is
(obsolete) to prepare or dress, as hemp, by beating; to tew; hence, to beat; to scourge or taw can be to shoot a marble or taw can be to push; to tug; to tow.maw
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) mawe, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- So Death shall be deceav'd his glut, and with us two / Be forc'd to satisfie his Rav'nous Maw .
- To save poor lambkins from the eagle's maw
- Unless you had more maw to do me good.
Etymology 2
By shortening of motherEtymology 3
See .Anagrams
* ----taw
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) . Related to (l) and (l).Verb
(en verb)Derived terms
* tawseEtymology 2
.Noun
(en noun)- Walk around your corner, see-saw around your taw .