taluk, talook (talok)

[Hind. tāluk.] In India, a dependency or subdivision of a district subject to revenue collection by a native officer; also, an estate or tract of proprietary land the revenues of which are under the management of a talukdar. Each táluk comprises from fifty to one hundred villages, which constitute the ultimate units for fiscal and adminEncyc. Brit ., XV. 186. tally-woman (tal'i-wum"an), n. 1. A woman who keeps a tally-shop.-2. A woman who lives tally. See to live tally (under tally1 , n.), and ing behind me like a cowardly catchpole, and clap his istrative purposes. tallyman, 4. [Prov. Eng.] To "live tally" is quite a common expre ion amongst the working cla es in all parts of Lancashire, as is also tally - woman . N. and Q., 7th ser., X. 297.