Daw

·vi To Dawn.

II. Daw ·vt To Rouse.

III. Daw ·vt To Daunt; to Terrify.

IV. Daw ·noun A European bird of the Crow family (Corvus monedula), often nesting in church towers and ruins; a jackdaw.

daw
1) to thrive, to mend, to recover ; he neither dees nor daws, he neither dies nor recovers. N. 2) t...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
daw-fish
The Scyllium catulus, a small dog-fish. ...

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