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. [1913 Webster]

The loud daw, his throat displaying, draws The whole assembly of his fellow daws. --Waller. [1913 Webster]

Note: The daw was reckoned as a silly bird, and a daw meant a simpleton. See in Shakespeare: -- "Then thou dwellest

1. 47.) --Skeat. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Daw \Daw\, v. i. [OE. dawen. See Dawn.]

To dawn. [Obs.]

See Dawn. --Drayton. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Daw \Daw\, v. t. [Contr. fr. Adaw.]

1. To rouse. [Obs.]

[1913 Webster]

2. To daunt; to terrify. [Obs.]

--B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]

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daw

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

Daw \Daw\, v. t. [Contr. fr. Adaw.]

1. To rouse. [Obs.]

2. To daunt; to terrify. [Obs.]

--B. Jonson.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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.

The loud daw, his throat displaying, draws The whole assembly of his fellow daws. --Waller.

Note: The daw was reckoned as a silly bird, and a daw meant a simpleton. See in Shakespeare: -- ``Then thou dwellest

1. 47.) --Skeat.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Daw \Daw\, v. i. [OE. dawen. See Dawn.]

To dawn. [Obs.]

See Dawn. --Drayton.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)