taws

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Their heads were not the heads of geese but of women artificially painted and with so-called taws, or marbles, for their eyes.

From The Goose Man by Porterfield, Allen Wilson

This prince took a pleasure in conversing with me, inquiring into the manners, religion, taws, government, and learning of Europe; wherein I gave him the best account I was able.

From Gulliver's Travels Into Several Remote Regions of the World by Balliet, Thomas M.

And you may helpe them much by enlarging their rootes with the taws of the tree, whence you take them.

From A New Orchard And Garden or, The best way for planting, grafting, and to make any ground good, for a rich Orchard: Particularly in the North and generally for the whole kingdome of England by Lawson, William, fl. 1618

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.

From Leading Articles on Various Subjects by Davidson, John

"You deserve the taws about your back, sirrah, to forget my sacred office so far as to speak so," said the minister.

From The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance by Caine, Hall, Sir