tawse
(noun) a leather strap for punishing children
Source: WordNet® 3.1
tawse (plural tawses)
(chiefly, Scotland) A leather strap or thong which is split into (typically three) tails, used for corporal punishment in schools, applied to the palm of the hands or buttocks.
tawse (third-person singular simple present tawses, present participle tawsing, simple past and past participle tawsed)
(transitive, chiefly, Scotland) To beat with a tawse.
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Source: Wiktionary
29 April 2024
(noun) a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate
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