2. a game in which marbles are knocked out of a circle drawn on the ground by using a marble as a shooter.
3. Also called taw′ line`. the line from which the players shoot.
v.i.
4. to shoot a marble.
[1700–10]
taw2
(tɔ)
v.t.
1. to prepare or dress (a raw material) for use or further manipulation.
2. to convert (animal skin) into white leather by the application of minerals, emulsions, etc.
3. Archaic. to flog; thrash.
[before 900; Middle English; Old English tawian, akin to Middle Dutch touwen to dress (skins), Old High German zawjan, zowjan to hasten, Runic Norse tawido (he) made, Gothic taujan to do, make; akin to tool, tow2]
Add twenty secondary groups, the waiters, male and female, running with jugs on their heads, gamblers squatting over taws, merelles,* dice, vachettes, the ardent game of tringlet, quarrels in one corner, kisses in another, and the reader will have some idea of this whole picture, over which flickered the light of a great, flaming fire, which made a thousand huge and grotesque shadows dance over the walls of the drinking shop.
TAW has already raised an incredible [pounds sterling]3,000 afterRobertson and Lallana offered their shirts up for the great cause- and Klopp's cap took the total to nearly [pounds sterling]4,000.
In "Mission Revolution," Professor Jennifer Taw asserts over the past two decades Defense Department civilian and military leaders have made a revolutionary shift in accepting and integrating "stability operations" as a core mission for US military forces.
Nay Pyi Taw -- Leaders from Southeast Asian nations have confirmed their determination to unveil respective national targets for mitigation efforts "well in advance of" a key global climate change meeting scheduled for December next year, according to a joint statement adopted at a regional summit here.
Under the agreement with Eden Group, two of Eden's recently opened properties in the capital, Nay Pyi Taw, and on Ngapali beach in Rakhine State will be rebranded as Hilton Nay Pyi Taw and Hilton Ngapali Beach Resort respectively, and are scheduled to welcome their first guests as Hiltons in October 2014.
In this backdrop, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will be meeting Sri Lankan President Mahindra Rajapaksa in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, on the sidelines of the BIMSTEC summit.
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