tol n.1
(UK Und.) a sword.
![]() | Dict. Canting Crew n.p.: Tol, Toledo, c. a sword. | |
[ | ![]() | Homer in a nut-shell 9: But since ’tis yours, and Heav'ns desire, / Vanish Toledo, and retire. / His Sword being sheath’d, but not his spite, Minerva vanisht out of Sight]. |
![]() | ‘John Sheppard’s Last Epistle’ in Dly Jrnl (London) 16 Nov. 1: She snaffled his Main, Poll and T—l. | |
[ | ![]() | Craftsman 26 May 38: He may lug out Toledo and swagger, like Captain Bluff, while his Enemy is at a Distance]. |
, , , | ![]() | Universal Etym. Eng. Dict. [as cit. c.1698]. |
![]() | Accounts 8 Nov. 🌐 He told Dr. Fluellin, he had seen a Tale, (a Sword) a Scout, (a Watch) [...] and an outside Toge, (a Cloak). | |
, , | ![]() | Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue. |
![]() | Lex. Balatronicum. | |
![]() | (con. 1737–9) Rookwood (1857) 186: Forth to the heath is the scampsman gone [...] His tol by his side, and his pops in his pocket. |