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tawes |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Taws \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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