Daw

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Daw \Daw\ (d[add]), n. [OE. dawe; akin to OHG. t[=a]ha, MHG.
     t[=a]he, t[=a]hele, G. dohle. Cf. {Caddow}.] (Zool.)
     A European bird of the Crow family ({Corvus monedula}), often
     nesting in church towers and ruins; a jackdaw.
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           The loud daw, his throat
           displaying, draws
           The whole assembly of his fellow daws.   --Waller.
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     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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Daw \Daw\, v. i. [OE. dawen. See {Dawn}.]
     To dawn. [Obs.] See Dawn. --Drayton.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Daw \Daw\, v. t. [Contr. fr. {Adaw}.]
     1. To rouse. [Obs.]
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     2. To daunt; to terrify. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  daw
       n : common black-and-gray Eurasian bird noted for thievery [syn:
            {jackdaw}, {Corvus monedula}]