Found 2 items, similar to daw.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: daw
daw
n : common black-and-gray Eurasian bird noted for thievery [syn:
jackdaw,
Corvus monedula]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Daw
Daw
\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.
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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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Daw
\Daw\, v. i. [OE. dawen. See
Dawn.]
To dawn. [Obs.] See Dawn. --Drayton.
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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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