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Taws

verb
Word Frequency: 0.0

Definitions

1.verbTo prepare or dress, as hemp, by beating; to tew.
2.verb(by extension) To beat; to scourge.
3.verbTo dress and prepare, as the skins of sheep, lambs, goats, and kids, for gloves, etc., by imbuing them with alum, salt, and other agents, for softening and bleaching them.
4.nounA favorite marble in the game of marbles.
5.nounA line or mark from which the players begin a game of marbles.
6.noun(square dancing) A dance partner.
"Walk around your corner; see-saw around your taw."
7.nounA favorite person; beloved, partner, spouse.
8.verbTo shoot a marble.
9.nounThe 22nd and last letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads, including Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac and Arabic.
10.verbTo push; to tug; to tow.
11.nounA leather strap or thong which is split into (typically three) tails, used for corporal punishment in schools, applied to the palm of the hands or buttocks.

Synonyms

shootermarblesstrallybreast-straptailzeewrist strapcourbachetongue-lashingbull-whipwhip-arsebreast straphogtie
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