taw

Jan. 30th, 2008 07:22 am
prettygoodword: text: words are sexy (Default)
[personal profile] prettygoodword
taw - n., a shooter marble; a marbles game (also called ringtaw); the line behind which a marble shooter must stay. v., to shoot a marble.


In these senses, from 1709, origin unknown. Another sense of the word is to tan the skin of an animal into white leather, which sense dates to Old English. For more about the game of marbles, Wikipedia is nicely rambly.

---L.

June 2025

S M T W T F S
1 2 3 4 5 67
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
2930     

Style Credit

Expand Cut Tags

No cut tags
Page generated Jun. 7th, 2025 08:36 am
Powered by Dreamwidth Studios