daw
/dɑː/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.11 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
verb
Initialism of dispense as written.
noun
A western jackdaw, Coloeus monedula, a passerine bird in the crow family (Corvidae), more commonly called jackdaw.
verb
To dawn.
name
A surname transferred from the given name.
Example Sentences
- "The loud daw, his throat displaying, draws The whole assembly of his fellow daws."
- "[…] But I will wear my heart upon my sleeve For daws to peck at: I am not what I am."
- "Therefore to make complaynt Of such mysadvysed Parsons and dysgysed, Thys boke we have devysed, […] No good preest to offend, But suche dawes to amend, […]"
- "A kind of choughs, Or thievish daws, sir, that have pick'd my purse Of eight score and ten pounds within these five weeks"
- "‘Of course I do, you great daw.’ She kissed his beautiful mouth and moved his fringe out of his eyes."
- "ANd whanne the Quene herd them saye soo she felle to the erthe in a dede swoune and thenne syr Bors took her vp and dawed her & whanne she was awaked she kneled afore the thre knyghtes and helde vp bothe their handes and besoughte them to seke hym And when the queen heard them say so she fell to the earth in a dead swoon. And then Sir Bors took her up, and dawed her; and when she was awaked she kneeled afore the three knights, and held up both their hands, and besought them to seek him"
Etymology
From Middle English dawe, from Old English *dāwe, from Proto-West Germanic *dāhwā. Cognate with German Dahle, Dohle, dialectal Tach.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /dɑː/
- British English: /dɔː/