Emily Dickinson Lexicon

TAW, v.t. [Sax. tawian; D. touwen. In Sax. teagan has the like signification. In Persic, تَاوِبَدنْ tauidan, is to scrape and curry hides.]

To dress white leather or alum leather; to dress and prepare skins in white, as the skins of sheep, lambs, goats and kids, for gloves and the like. Cyc.