A piece of wood on which notches, numbers or letters might be incised in order to keep an account of debts, payments or work done. In some cases identical tallies were kept by each party to an agreement.
From an Old Norse word which meant ‘point’ which could be applied to ‘points’ or spits of land in place-names, for example Tang (Felliscliffe) and Tang Hall (Osbaldwick). In connection with cutlery it referred to the metal extension by which a blade is fitted into its handle, and in this sense it is on record from the fifteenth century.
This term dates back to the late Middle Ages when tanneries were mostly located in the great towns or cities and tanners operated within the guild system.
For Anthony. 'Tant' was the colloquial pet-form of Anthony, certainly in the Sheffield area and in this case it was probably a name for the inmates of an alms-house dedicated to St Anthony.
A dark, viscous liquid which consists mainly of hydrocarbons, produced by the destructive distillation of materials such as wood, coal and peat. It was much used by shepherds.
The phrase ‘by task’ was a reference to piece-work, and in c.1570 John Kaye wrote owt with thy plowghe Lett taskers thresh more strawe (KayeCP). Employers would take on men at such rates under certain conditions.
Initially a colour which is described as ‘brown, with a preponderance of yellow or orange’ (OED). It came to be used frequently of cloth which had that colour.