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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A leather strap, usually with a slit or fringe-like end, used as an instrument of punishment by schoolmasters and others.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Scot. A leather lash, or other instrument of punishment, used by a schoolmaster.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Alternative spelling of tawse.
  • noun Plural form of taw.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of taw.

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