taws Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet
    taw.
  2. noun a large marble used for shooting in the game of marbles
    taw; shooter.

WordNet

Taws noun
Etymology
See Taw to beat.
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913