taws (plural tawses)
Alternative spelling of tawse
taws
plural of taw
taws
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of taw
• 'twas, ATWS, AWTs, S.W.A.T., SWAT, Swat, TWAs, WSTA, sawt, staw, swat, was't, wast, wats
TAWS (uncountable)
(aviation) Acronym of terrain awareness and warning system.
• 'twas, ATWS, AWTs, S.W.A.T., SWAT, Swat, TWAs, WSTA, sawt, staw, swat, was't, wast, wats
Source: Wiktionary
Taws, n. Etym: [See Taw to beat.]
Definition: 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.
Taw, n.
Definition: Tow. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Taw, v. t. Etym: [Cf. Tew to tow, Tow, v. t.]
Definition: To push; to tug; to tow. [Obs.] Drayton.
Taw, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tawed; p. pr. & vb. n. Tawing.] Etym: [OE. tawen, tewen, AS. tawian to prepare; cf. D. touwen, Goth. tewa order, taujan to do, and E. tool. *64. Cf. 1st Tew, Tow the coarse part of flax.]
1. To prepare or dress, as hemp, by beating; to tew; hence, to beat; to scourge. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
2. To dress and prepare, as the skins of sheep, lambs, goats, and kids, for gloves, and the like, by imbuing them with alum, salt, and other agents, for softening and bleaching them.
Taw, n. Etym: [Cf. AS. taw instrument.]
1. A large marble to be played with; also, a game at marbles.
2. A line or mark from which the players begin a game of marbles. [Colloq. U.S.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 January 2025
(adjective) being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north; “my left hand”; “left center field”; “the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream”
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