TAUM, TAUS, or TAVA (Ταούα εἴσχυσις, Ptol. 2.3.5), a bay on the E. coast of Britannia Barbara. (Tac. Agr. 22.) Now Frith of Tay. [T.H.D]
Taum, i, n., an arm of the sea in Britain , now the Firth of Tay , Tac. Agr. 22. ...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
to swoon. N. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
A northern designation of an angling line, or angling gear. ...
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