tawing, vbl. n.
(ˈtɔːɪŋ)
[f. taw v.1 + -ing1.]
1. The action or process of preparing white leather: see taw v.1 2.
| 1408 Litt. Red Bk. Bristol (1900) II. 99 Qe nulle homme..ne vse ascun manere tawing de ascuns pealx en lez ditz schopes. 1480 Wardr. Acc. Edw. IV (1830) 121 And to Joh'n Massy tawyer for tawing of a tymbre of hole sables iiij s. 1517–18 in Swayne Sarum Churchw. Acc. (1896) 59 For Tawynge of Buckys skynnys to couer ij Mase Bokys, xij d. 1711 Lond. Gaz. No. 4862/4 Their Places of tanning, tawing, or dressing of such Hides. 1884 Knight Dict. Mech., Tawing, tanning a lamb-skin with the wool on it. |
| attrib. 1588 L. M. tr. Bk. Dyeing 49 Take your tawing stocke, and taw it [black leather] well therewith. 1882 Paton in Encycl. Brit. XIV. 389/2 They receive..a second treatment with the tawing mixture. |
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| 1611 Cotgr., Megis, tawings; the offals, or peeces cut from skinnes in tawing. |
† 2. The action of flogging or punishing.
Obs.| 1620 Shelton Quix. (1746) IV. vii. 54 Fearing least the Whipping-task and Tawing might light upon him. 1622 Mabbe tr. Aleman's Guzman d'Alf. i. 240 He would willingly haue the tawing of mee. 1642 Rogers Naaman 30 The Lords own tawing of him [Job]..to wring this speech from him. |