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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1612
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Tawed, ppl. adj. [e.m.E. tawed (1545).] Of furs or skins: Dressed, prepared. — 1612 Bk. Rates (Halyb.) 305.
Furres called budge, white tawed the hundreth [£12], blak tawed the dozen skins [£8] … calaba … tawed the timber contening xl skins [£4] [etc.]
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"Tawed ppl. adj.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 13 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/tawed>
