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Wawed vs Tawed - What's the difference?

wawed | tawed |

As verbs the difference between wawed and tawed

is that wawed is past tense of waw while tawed is past tense of taw.

wawed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (waw)

    • 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

    * English palindromes ----

    tawed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (taw)
    • ----

    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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