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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.
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.
