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Definition of daw : 1. A European bird of the Crow family ( Corvus monedula), often nesting in church towers and ruins; a jackdaw.
2. To daunt; to terrify.
3. To dawn.
4. To rouse.

Synonyms:

Corvus Monedula, jackdaw

Usage examples:

• 12mo, $ 1. 25. Marjorie Daw and Other People. - "Stories of the Foot-hills", Margaret Collier Graham.
• Vain things were plenty- there was the turkey, and the swan, and the blue jay, and the wood- duck, and the wakon bird; and noisy, chattering, singing creatures, such as the daw, and the thrush, and the rook, and the prairie- dog, abounded- indeed there were more of each than was pleasing to the ear- but of women, vain, noisy, laughing, chattering women, there were none. - "Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 3 (of 3)", James Athearn Jones.
• And the women- Daw. - "The Gamester (1753)", Edward Moore Commentator: Charles H. Peake Phillip R. Wikelund.