TAWS

Noun

taws (plural tawses)

Alternative spelling of tawse

Noun

taws

plural of taw

Verb

taws

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of taw

Anagrams

• 'twas, ATWS, AWTs, S.W.A.T., SWAT, Swat, TWAs, WSTA, sawt, staw, swat, was't, wast, wats

Noun

TAWS (uncountable)

(aviation) Acronym of terrain awareness and warning system.

Anagrams

• '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

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