TAVERNING
Tav"ern*ing, n.
Defn: A feasting at taverns. [Obs.] "The misrule of our tavernings."
Bp. Hall.
TAVERNMAN
Tav"ern*man, n.; pl. Tavernmen (.
Defn: The keeper of a tavern; also, a tippler. [Obs.]
TAW
Taw, n.
Defn: Tow. [Obs.] Chaucer.
TAW
Taw, v. t. Etym: [Cf. Tew to tow, Tow, v. t.]
Defn: To push; to tug; to tow. [Obs.] Drayton.
TAW Taw, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tawed; p. pr. & vb. n. Tawing.] Etym: [OE. tawen, tewen, AS. tawian to prepare; cf. D. touwen, Goth. tewa order, taujan to do, and E. tool. *64. Cf. 1st Tew, Tow the coarse part of flax.]
1. To prepare or dress, as hemp, by beating; to tew; hence, to beat; to scourge. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.