taws noun & verb.
[tɔ:z] Chiefly
Scot. Also
tawse.
E16.[App. pl. of TAW noun1, but recorded earlier.]A. noun.
1. A whip for driving a spinning-top;
esp. one made of a thong.
E16.2. Chiefly
Hist. A leather strap or thong divided at the end into narrow strips used as an instrument of corporal punishment. Treated as
sing. or
pl. L16.■ S. Hood The leather tawse came out of the headmaster's desk.b. verb trans. Beat with a taws.
rare.
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