"tawse" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /tɔːz/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tawse.wav Forms: tawses [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔːz Etymology: Apparently a plural form of taw, though attested earlier. Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: Scotland Synonyms: taws
    Sense id: en-tawse-en-noun-HeVwNlQS Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 46 54

Verb [English]

IPA: /tɔːz/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tawse.wav Forms: tawses [present, singular, third-person], tawsing [participle, present], tawsed [participle, past], tawsed [past]
Rhymes: -ɔːz Etymology: Apparently a plural form of taw, though attested earlier. Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: Scotland, transitive
    Sense id: en-tawse-en-verb-WnR~TDnD Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 46 54

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        {
          "ref": "1919 March, W[illiam] B[utler] Yeats, “The Saint and the Hunchback”, in The Wild Swans at Coole, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, →OCLC, pages 104–105:",
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          "leather",
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        [
          "strap",
          "strap"
        ],
        [
          "thong",
          "thong"
        ],
        [
          "split",
          "split#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "three",
          "three"
        ],
        [
          "tails",
          "tail#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "corporal punishment",
          "corporal punishment"
        ],
        [
          "schools",
          "school#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "applied",
          "apply"
        ],
        [
          "palm",
          "palm#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "hands",
          "hand#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "buttock",
          "buttock"
        ]
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        "(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."
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      "form": "tawsed",
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        "To beat with a tawse."
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        "(transitive, chiefly Scotland) To beat with a tawse."
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        ],
        [
          "split",
          "split#Verb"
        ],
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          "tails",
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          "schools",
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          "palm",
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          "hands",
          "hand#Noun"
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          "buttock",
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        "(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."
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