English

Alternative forms

• taws

Noun

tawse ‎(plural tawses)

1. (chiefly Scotland) A 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.

Verb

tawse ‎(third-person singular simple present tawses, present participle tawsing, simple past and past participle tawsed)

1. (transitive, chiefly Scotland) To beat with a tawse.

References

• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
• Corpun.com, a specialized website on Corporal Punishments

Anagrams

• sweat
• waste
• wetas