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Definition of Tawing

Tawing
Taw Taw, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tawed; p. pr. & vb. n. Tawing.] [OE. tawen, tewen, AS. t[=a]wian to prepare; cf. D. touwen, Goth. t[=e]wa order, taujan to do, and E. tool. [root]64. Cf. 1st Tew, Tow the coarse part of flax.] 1. To prepare or dress, as hemp, by beating; to tew; hence, to beat; to scourge. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl. 2. To dress and prepare, as the skins of sheep, lambs, goats, and kids, for gloves, and the like, by imbuing them with alum, salt, and other agents, for softening and bleaching them.

Meaning of Tawing from wikipedia

- flaxseeds were used in treating the flesh side of the leather, as a means of tawing, rather than of tanning. In Yemen and Egypt, hides were tanned by soaking...
- Valleys. River Tawe (Welsh: Afon Tawe) a river in South Wales. Tawe Uchaf a community in the Brecknockshire district of Powys, Wales. Tawe barrage in Swansea...
- The River Tawe (/ˈtaʊi/; Welsh: Afon Tawe [ˈtau.ɛ]) is a 30 miles (48 km) long river in South Wales. Its headwaters flow initially east from its source...
- Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe (Welsh: Aberhonddu, Maesyfed a Chwm Tawe) is a proposed constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. Further...
- Parc Tawe is a retail park and leisure area in Swansea. It is located in the eastern area of the city centre on the west bank of the River Tawe in the...
- Tawe-Uchaf is a community in Powys, Wales. Situated north-east of Ystradgynlais in the upper valley of the River Tawe (hence the name), it includes the...
- John Millard Tawes (April 8, 1894 – June 25, 1979), was an American politician and a member of the Democratic Party who was the 54th Governor of Maryland...
- 985944°N 76.948500°W / 38.985944; -76.948500 The Tawes Fine Arts Building, also known as Tawes Theatre and Tawes Hall, is the home of the University of Maryland's...
- of leather: being a description of all of the processes for the tanning, tawing, currying, finishing. The Library of Congress. Philadelphia, H. C. Baird...
- Copperopolis. The Welsh name, Abertawe, translates as "mouth/estuary of the Tawe", and this name was likely used for the area before a settlement was established...