Daw (d&asuml_;), n. [OE. dawe; akin to OHG. tāha, MHG. tāhe, tāhele, G. dohle. Cf. Caddow.] (Zoöl.) A European bird of the Crow family (Corvus monedula), often nesting in church towers and ruins; a jackdaw.[1913 Webster]
The loud daw, his throatdisplaying, drawsThe whole assembly of his fellow daws.
&hand_; 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.[1913 Webster]
Daw, v. i. [OE. dawen. See Dawn.] To dawn. [Obs.] See Dawn. Drayton.[1913 Webster]
Daw, v. t. [Contr. fr. Adaw.] 1. To rouse. [Obs.][1913 Webster]
2. To daunt; to terrify. [Obs.] B. Jonson.[1913 Webster]