Obs. rare. [f. TAW v.1]

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  1.  Tawed leather; white leather.

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c. 1562.  in J. T. Gilbert, Calr. Anc. Rec. Dublin (1891), II. 23. Gloves, purses, whit tawe and suche like wurke apperteyninge to thoccupacion of glover.

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  2.  A thong, whip, lash.

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  Perh, a different word; app. the sing. of TAWS, TAWSH (which is evidenced much earlier).

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1787.  Grose, Provinc. Gloss., Taw, a whip. N.

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1853.  W. Watson, Poems, 28 (E.D.D.). The nippy taw Comes whiskin’ whiles athort us a’.

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[1864.  Webster, Taw,… (pl.). A whip or instrument of punishment used by a schoolmaster.]

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