‖n. [ D. ] (Zool.) The striped quagga, or Burchell's zebra, of South Africa (Asinus Burchellii); -- called also
v. t. [ Contr. fr. Adaw. ]
v. i. [ OE. dawen. See Dawn. ] To dawn. [ Obs. ]
n. [ OE. dawe; akin to OHG. tāha, MHG. tāhe, tāhele, 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 ]
☞ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To waste by trifling;
n. A dawdler. Colman & Carrick. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
Come some evening and dawdle over a dish of tea with me. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]
We . . . dawdle up and down Pall Mall. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who wastes time in trifling employments; an idler; a trifler. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Day. ] Day. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Like a daw. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A hollow, crack, or cut, in timber. Moxon. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ Contr. fr. Adaw. ]
v. i. [ OE. dawen. See Dawn. ] To dawn. [ Obs. ]
n. [ OE. dawe; akin to OHG. tāha, MHG. tāhe, tāhele, 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 ]
☞ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To waste by trifling;
n. A dawdler. Colman & Carrick. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
Come some evening and dawdle over a dish of tea with me. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]
We . . . dawdle up and down Pall Mall. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who wastes time in trifling employments; an idler; a trifler. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Day. ] Day. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Like a daw. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A hollow, crack, or cut, in timber. Moxon. [ 1913 Webster ]