تاو

ताव tā`o, tāv[Prk. तावो; S. तापः], s.m. Heating (metals, etc.); heat, fusion; proof, trial, assay; passion, wrath, rage; strength, power; speed; splendour, dignity (these five meanings are peculiar to the Persian tāv, which, as regards the first three, is related to the Sanskrit tavās);—turning or twisting (metals, orig. by heating); contortion, twist, coil, curl, roll, fold; a sheet of paper:—tā`oband, s.m. Name of a powder or substance which, mixed with gold or silver, prevents the detection of adulteration:—tā`o-bhā`o, adj. & adv. Very little:—tā`o denā(-ko), To heat; to anneal; to melt, fuze;—to twist (cord, etc.), to curl or twist (the mustache, etc.):—tā`o khānā, v.n. To be heated, be made red hot; to be overdone, be scorched or burnt; to be overheated (as the blood); to be inflamed, be enraged.