Tared vs Tawed - What's the difference?
tared | tawed |
Weighed; determined; reduced to equal or standard weight.
(tare)
(taw)
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(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 verbs the difference between tared and tawed
is that tared is past tense of tare while tawed is past tense of taw.As an adjective tared
is weighed; determined; reduced to equal or standard weight.tared
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Adjective
(head)Verb
(head)Anagrams
*tawed
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Verb
(head)taw
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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 .
