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Definition of Tawers
1. tawer [n] - See also: tawer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tawers
Literary usage of Tawers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Archaeological Journal by British Archaeological Association (1911)
"WHITE tawers. By ARTHUR BETTS. A great diversity of opinion appears to exist
among .authorities as to the exact meaning of this ancient term. ..."
2. A General Abridgment of Law and Equity: Alphabetically Digested Under Proper by Charles Viner (1791)
"... of fhe fraternity of the -white-tawers of London for ever, ... the remainder
is void to the two of the white-tawers ; for it is uncertain ; which ..."
3. The Manuscripts of the Earl Cowper, K. G.: Preserved at Melbourne Hall by John Coke, Thomas Coke, Francis Thomas De Grey Cowper Cowper, William Dashwood Fane (1889)
"He has sent up to the Board certificates of the tanners and tawers of his division
that he is not indebted to them. He has enemies by making seizures, ..."
4. The Manuscripts of the Earl Cowper, K. G.: Preserved at Melbourne Hall by John Coke, Thomas Coke, Francis Thomas De Grey Cowper Cowper, William Dashwood Fane (1889)
"He has sent up to the Board certificates of the tanners and tawers of his division
that he is not indebted to them. He has enemies by making seizures, ..."
5. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the English Courts of Common Law by Great Britain Bail Court (1864)
"... part and part alike," which was plainly not only uncertain, but self-repugnant;
so a devise to the best men of the white-tawers in the Year Book, ..."
6. The Master of Game: The Oldest English Book on Hunting by Edward, William Adolph Baillie-Grohman (1909)
"In the fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries, in the days of the strict guilds,
a sharp line was drawn between tawers and tanners, ..."
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