- 1. n. A European bird of the Crow family (Corvus monedula), often nesting in church towers and ruins; a jackdaw. Source: opted
- 2. v. i. To dawn. Source: opted
- 3. v. t. To rouse. Source: opted
- 4. v. t. To daunt; to terrify. Source: opted
- 5. n. common black-and-grey Eurasian bird noted for thievery Source: wordnet
- 6. A European bird of the Crow family (Corvus monedula), often nesting in church towers and ruins; a jackdaw. The loud daw, his throat displaying, draw The whole assembly of his fellow daws. Waller. Note: The daw was reckoned as a silly bird, and a daw meant a simpleton. See in Shakespeare: -- "Then thou dwellest with daws too." (Coriolanus iv. 5, 1. 47.) Skeat. To dawn. [Obs.] See Dawn. 1. To rouse. [Obs.] 2. To daunt; to terrify. [Obs.] B. Jonson. Source: webster
- 7. A European bird of the Crow family (Corvus monedula), oftennesting in church towers and ruins; a jackdaw.The loud daw, his throat displaying, draw The whole assembly of hisfellow daws. Waller. Source: adambom
- 8. n common black-and-grey Eurasian bird noted for thievery Source: ecdict
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