'tawis' definitions:

Definition of 'tawis'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]