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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a leather strap for punishing children;


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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

tawse n 1: a leather strap for punishing children