a whip. N.
·noun <<Tow>>. II. Taw ·noun A large marble to be played with; also, a game at marbles. III. Taw ·...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
A schoolboy's game, played with small round balls made of stone dust, catted marbles. I'll be one up...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
a slatternly woman. North. Perhaps a corruption of TALL-BESS. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose