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• gaw
  gaw

  noun

  a narrow, trenchlike depression, especially a furrow in the earth or a worn or thin area in cloth.
• G.A.W.
  G.A.W.

  abbreviation

  guaranteed annual wage.

gaw

¹ American  

[gaw] / gɔ /

noun

Chiefly Scot.

1. a narrow, trenchlike depression, especially a furrow in the earth or a worn or thin area in cloth.

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G.A.W. ² American  

abbreviation

1. guaranteed annual wage.

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Etymology

Origin of gaw

First recorded in 1785–95; origin uncertain

Example Sentences

So there is no maw gaw to shed in the Baw Waw.

From Time Magazine Archive

That gew gaw was evidently intended by Providence for you.

From Chicken Little Jane on the Big John by Ritchie, Lily Munsell

"Ye munna gaw doon to t' sea be yersell," Mistress Anerley said to her daughter; "happen ye mought be one too many."

From Mary Anerley : a Yorkshire Tale by Blackmore, R. D. (Richard Doddridge)

Did I 'appen to gaw of a hevenin, to looök at ma hinion patch?

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93, July 23, 1887. by Various

God ban't gwaine to let en gaw down to's graave wi' sich a 'mazin' number o' wrong opinions.

From Lying Prophets by Phillpotts, Eden