v.tr. make (hide) into leather without the use of tannin, esp. by soaking in a solution of alum and salt.
Derivatives:
tawer n.
Etymology: OE tawian f. Gmc
2.
n.
1 a large marble.
2 a game of marbles.
3 a line from which players throw marbles.
Etymology: 18th c.: orig. unkn.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.