Thesaurus: taws

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1. n. A leather lash, or other instrument of punishment, used by a schoolmaster.
2. 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.
3. A leather lash, or other instrument of punishment, used by aschoolmaster. [Written also tawes, tawis, and tawse.] [Scot.]Never use the taws when a gloom can do the turn. Ramsay.
4. n the 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet n a large marble used for shooting in the game of marbles