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English

tawing

verb

Meaning

  1. To prepare or dress, as hemp, by beating; to tew.
  2. (by extension) To beat; to scourge.
  3. To dress and prepare, as the skins of sheep, lambs, goats, and kids, for gloves, etc., by imbuing them with alum, salt, and other agents, for softening and bleaching them.
  4. To shoot a marble.
  5. To push; to tug; to tow.
  6. The process by which animal skins are tawed.

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data