daw

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

daw
    n 1: common black-and-grey Eurasian bird noted for thievery
         [syn: {jackdaw}, {daw}, {Corvus monedula}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Daw \Daw\ (d[add]), n. [OE. dawe; akin to OHG. t[=a]ha, MHG.
   t[=a]he, t[=a]hele, G. dohle. Cf. {Caddow}.] (Zool.)
   A European bird of the Crow family ({Corvus monedula}), often
   nesting in church towers and ruins; a jackdaw.
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         The loud daw, his throat
         displaying, draws
         The whole assembly of his fellow daws.   --Waller.
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   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.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Daw \Daw\, v. i. [OE. dawen. See {Dawn}.]
   To dawn. [Obs.] See Dawn. --Drayton.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Daw \Daw\, v. t. [Contr. fr. {Adaw}.]
   1. To rouse. [Obs.]
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   2. To daunt; to terrify. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
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