taws

Clearly his Dominie had not abused the taws.

They will use the taws on baby hands, that cannot make a ‘k’ or a ‘z’ at first sight.

Marbles are divided into "taws," or well-made strong marbles with which you shoot, and "clays," or the ordinary cheap colored marbles at which you aim and with which you pay your losses.

In the marble season he was a plutocrat in taws and agates.

Nor is it to be obviated, we fear, by any expression of extra solemnity thrown into the pedagogical face, or even by the taking of places or the taws.