A schoolboy's game, played with small round balls made of stone dust, catted marbles. I'll be one upon your taw presently; a species of threat.
·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 whip. N. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
a slatternly woman. North. Perhaps a corruption of TALL-BESS. ...