[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
   1913 webster

         never use the taws when a gloom can do the turn.
                                                  --ramsay.
   1913 webster
see also:
taw tawes tawis tawse 

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