(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 3:42:15

Taws (?), n. [See Taw to beat.]

A leather lash, or other instrument of punishment, used by a schoolmaster.

[Written also tawes, tawis, and tawse.] [Scot.]

Never use the taws when a gloom can do the turn. Ramsay.

 

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