About The Word Daw
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Daw
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What's The Definition Of Daw?
[n] common black-and-gray Eurasian bird noted for thievery
Synonyms | Synonyms for Daw: Corvus monedula | jackdaw Related Terms | Find terms related to Daw: See Also | corvine bird | Corvus | genus Corvus Daw In Webster's Dictionary \Daw\ (d[add]), n. [OE. dawe; akin to OHG. t[=a]ha, MHG.
t[=a]he, t[=a]hele, G. dohle. Cf. {Caddow}.] (Zo["o]l.)
A European bird of the Crow family ({Corvus monedula}), often
nesting in church towers and ruins; a jackdaw.
The loud daw, his throat displaying, draws The whole
assembly of his fellow daws. --Waller.
Note: The daw was reckoned as a silly bird, and a daw meant a
simpleton. See in Shakespeare: -- ``Then thou dwellest
with daws too.'' (--Coriolanus iv. 5, 1. 47.) --Skeat.
\Daw\, v. i. [OE. dawen. See {Dawn}.] To dawn. [Obs.] See Dawn. --Drayton. \Daw\, v. t. [Contr. fr. {Adaw}.] 1. To rouse. [Obs.] 2. To daunt; to terrify. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. |
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