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Definition of Taws

Taws
Taws Taws, n. [See Taw to beat.] 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 Taw, n. Tow. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Taw
Taw Taw, v. t. [Cf. Tew to tow, Tow, v. t.] To push; to tug; to tow. [Obs.] --Drayton.
Taw
Taw Taw, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tawed; p. pr. & vb. n. Tawing.] [OE. tawen, tewen, AS. t[=a]wian to prepare; cf. D. touwen, Goth. t[=e]wa order, taujan to do, and E. tool. [root]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
Taw Taw, n. [Cf. AS. t[=a]w 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.]

Meaning of Taws from wikipedia

- adequately respond to a TAWS warning in 47% of cases. Several factors can still place aircraft at risk for CFIT accidents: older TAWS systems, deactivation...
- Taw, tav, or taf is the twenty-second and last letter of the Semitic abjads, including Arabic tāʾ ت‎, Aramaic taw 𐡕‎, Hebrew tav ת‎, Phoenician tāw 𐤕...
- system (TAWS). More advanced systems, introduced in 1996, are known as enhanced ground proximity warning systems (EGPWS), a modern type of TAWS. In the...
- Look up Taw or taw in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Taw or TAW may refer to: Taw (letter), the twenty-second letter in many Semitic alphabets Taw (number)...
- Ashley Taws (born November 1, 1983) is a Canadian racing driver. Taws started racing at the age of nine when her father bought go-karts for her and her...
- It is derived from the Semitic Taw 𐤕 of the Phoenician and Paleo-Hebrew script (Aramaic and Hebrew Taw ת/𐡕/, Syriac Taw ܬ, and Arabic ت Tāʼ) via the Gr****...
- In the North of England the objects and the game are called "taws", with larger taws being called "bottle washers" after the use of a marble in Codd-neck...
- lines "I tawt I taw a puddy tat!" and "I did! I did taw a puddy tat!" (Originally, like in A Tale of Two Kitties, it was "I did! I taw a putty tat!", but...
- symbols instead of Burmese script. Naypyidaw, officially romanized as Nay Pyi Taw (NPT), is the capital and third-largest city of Myanmar. The city is located...
- Taoism or Daoism ( /ˈtaʊ.ɪzəm/ , /ˈdaʊ.ɪzəm/ ) is a diverse philosophical and religious tradition indigenous to China, emphasizing harmony with the Tao...