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Daw

Daw, n.

noun

n. (Ornith.) A bird of a certain species of the crow family; a jackdaw.

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

A dark-colored bird stands on the ground facing left. — Daw.

Daw, v. i.

verbintransitive

[O. H. Ger. dâha, tâha; M. H. Ger. talle, from a supposed O. H. Ger. tākala, from tâha, N. H. Ger. dohle, L. Lat. tacula, It. taccola.] To dawn. [Obs.] See DAWN. Drayton.