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verb tɔːtɔ [with object]Make (hide) into leather without the use of tannin, especially by soaking it in a solution of alum and salt. （尤指不用鞣酸而）用明矾和盐将（生皮）制成皮革 he was tawing a swordfish Example sentencesExamples - These skins are both tanned and tawed, the principal tanning agent being the mimosa bark.
Derivativesnoun ˈtɔːətɔr Then an organ-builder Josef Egger moved in the house and was followed by a tawer Martin Osimus in 1698. Example sentencesExamples - His business centred on animal skins: he trained as a glover and whittawer (‘white tawer’, i.e. a tanner, who treats animal skins with alum or lime), which required an apprenticeship of at least seven years.
- This is the work of the tawers, using age-old techniques combined with modern technology.
- The town dwellers were leather craftsmen: shoemakers (who formed the Saint-Crépin corporation), tawers, tanners and chamoisers who used the town's numerous waterways for their work.
- The town was French-speaking for generations, with a French-protestant temple, busy glovers, tawers, weavers and other artisans occupying the newly built houses.
OriginOld English tawian 'prepare raw material for use or further processing', of Germanic origin; related to tool. Rhymesabhor, adore, afore, anymore, ashore, awe, bandore, Bangalore, before, boar, Boer, bore, caw, chore, claw, cocksure, comprador, cor, core, corps, craw, Delors, deplore, door, draw, drawer, evermore, explore, flaw, floor, for, forbore, fore, foresaw, forevermore, forswore, four, fourscore, furthermore, Gábor, galore, gnaw, gore, grantor, guarantor, guffaw, hard-core, Haugh, haw, hoar, ignore, implore, Indore, interwar, jaw, Johor, Lahore, law, lessor, lor, lore, macaw, man-o'-war, maw, mirador, mor, more, mortgagor, Mysore, nevermore, nor, oar, obligor, offshore, onshore, open-jaw, or, ore, outdoor, outwore, paw, poor, pore, pour, rapport, raw, roar, saw, scaur, score, senhor, señor, shaw, ship-to-shore, shop-floor, shore, signor, Singapore, snore, soar, softcore, sore, spore, store, straw, swore, Tagore, tau, thaw, Thor, threescore, tor, tore, torr, trapdoor, tug-of-war, two-by-four, underfloor, underscore, war, warrantor, Waugh, whore, withdraw, wore, yaw, yore, your noun tɔːtɔ 1A large marble. 石弹 Example sentencesExamples - Both players try to shoot their taws into a one-foot hole.
- 1.1mass noun A game of marbles.
石弹 Example sentencesExamples - In the early 1800s, children at Leavening played football, trap ball, tap and taw, shinnow and cricket.
- Marbles or taws were usually played along the gutters, much to the annoyance of parents.
- 1.2 A line from which players throw marbles.
投石弹线 Example sentencesExamples - In some games you shoot from behind a taw.
OriginEarly 18th century: of unknown origin. verbtɔtô [with object]Make (hide) into leather without the use of tannin, especially by soaking it in a solution of alum and salt. （尤指不用鞣酸而）用明矾和盐将（生皮）制成皮革 he was tawing a swordfish Example sentencesExamples - These skins are both tanned and tawed, the principal tanning agent being the mimosa bark.
OriginOld English tawian ‘prepare raw material for use or further processing’, of Germanic origin; related to tool. nountɔtô 1A large marble. 石弹 Example sentencesExamples - Both players try to shoot their taws into a one-foot hole.
- 1.1 A game of marbles.
石弹 Example sentencesExamples - In the early 1800s, children at Leavening played football, trap ball, tap and taw, shinnow and cricket.
- Marbles or taws were usually played along the gutters, much to the annoyance of parents.
- 1.2 A line from which players throw marbles.
投石弹线 Example sentencesExamples - In some games you shoot from behind a taw.
OriginEarly 18th century: of unknown origin. |