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Waw vs Taw - What's the difference?

waw | taw |

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between waw and taw

is that waw is (obsolete) to stir; move; wave while taw is (obsolete) tawed leather.

As verbs the difference between waw and taw

is that waw is (obsolete) to stir; move; wave while 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.

As nouns the difference between waw and taw

is that waw is (obsolete|water) a (l) or waw can be a wall or waw can be the twenty-seventh letter of the arabic alphabet: 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).

waw

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) wawen, .

Verb

(en verb)
  • (obsolete) To stir; move; wave.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) wawe, .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete, water) A (l).
  • * , II.xii:
    • nigh it drawes / All passengers, that none from it can shift: / For whiles they fly that Gulfes deuouring iawes, / They on this rock are rent, and sunck in helplesse wawes .

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl) (m), (m), (m), (m), from (etyl) . Cognate with Scots (m), (m).

    Alternative forms

    * * (Scotland)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A wall

    • Etymology 4

    From (etyl) . * Letter of the Arabic alphabet: ** Last: ** Next:

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The twenty-seventh letter of the Arabic alphabet: .

    • Anagrams

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    taw

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) . Related to (l) and (l).

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (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.
    • Related terms
    * (l)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) Tawed leather.

    • Derived terms

    * tawse

    Etymology 2

    .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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
    • Walk around your corner, see-saw around your taw .
  • A favorite person; beloved, partner, spouse.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • to shoot a marble

    • Etymology 3

    Alternative forms

    * tav * taf

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The twenty-second and last letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).

    • External links

    * (wikipedia "taw")

    Etymology 4

    Compare , and (m).

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To push; to tug; to tow.
    • (Drayton)
    (Webster 1913)

    References

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    Anagrams

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