TAWS

To prepare or dress, as hemp, by beating; to tew.

(by extension) To beat; to scourge.

To dress and prepare, as the skins of sheep, lambs, goats, and kids, for gloves, etc., by imbuing them with alum, salt, and other agents, for softening and bleaching them.

A favorite marble in the game of marbles.

A line or mark from which the players begin a game of marbles.

(square dancing) A dance partner.

"Walk around your corner; see-saw around your taw."

To shoot a marble.

The 22nd and last letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads, including Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac and Arabic.

To push; to tug; to tow.

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.