Pronunciation : Taws
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [See Taw to beat.]
Definition : Defn: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913