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Webster 1913 Edition


Taws

Taws

,
Noun.
[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.

Definition 2024


taws

taws

See also: tāws

English

Noun

taws (plural tawses)

  1. Alternative spelling of tawse

Noun

taws

  1. plural of taw

Verb

taws

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative form of taw

Anagrams


White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *douX.

Noun

taws

  1. fire
  2. firewood

Derived terms