Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - daw

 I. intransitive verb  Etymology: Middle English, from Old English dagian; akin to Old High German tagen to ~n, Old English d?g day  Date: 13th century chiefly Scottish ~n  II. noun  Etymology: Middle English ~e; akin to Old High German taha jack~  Date: 15th century jack~ DAWDLE  verb  (~d; dawdling)  Etymology: origin unknown  Date: circa 1656  intransitive verb  1. to spend time idly  2. to move lackadaisically  transitive verb to spend fruitlessly or lackadaisically ~d the day away  Synonyms: see delay  • ~r noun