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"Taws" Definition

noun-plural

Chiefly Scots A leather whip divided at the end into strips, formerly used to punish children: "Solider Aristotle played the taws/Upon the bottom of a king of kings” ( William Butler Yeats).

Source: American Heritage Dictionary

Chiefly Scots A whip or leather thong used to drive a spinning top.

Source: American Heritage Dictionary

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