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To TA, v. a. To take.
Barbour.

TA, adj. One after the.
Barbour.

TA and FRA, To and fro.
Barbour.

TAANLE, s.
V. Tawnle.

To TAAVE, v. a.
1. To make tough, by working with the hands, Moray. Banffs.

Dan. tave, a filament, taved, stringy; or a variety of Taw, v. 2.

2. To touse.
Gl. Surv. Mor.
3. To entangle.
Ibid.

Taavin, Tawin, s. Wrestling, tumbling.

Teut. touw-en, agitare.

Journ. Lond.

TAAVE, TYAAVE, s. Difficulty, Banffs.
V. Tawan.

TAAVE-TAES, s. pl. Pitfir split into fibres for making ropes, Moray.
V. Taave, v.

TABETS, TEBBITS, s. Bodily sensation, S. B.

C. B. tyb-io, tyb-ygio, to feel.

Tabetless, Tapetless, Tebbitless, adj.
1. Benumbed, S. B.
2. Heedless, S. O.
Burns.

TABRACH, s. Animal food nearly in a state of carion, Fife.

Dan. tab-e, to lose; or corr. from Cabrach, q. v.

To TACH, TATCH, v. a. To arrest.
Wallace.

Fr. attach-er, id.; Isl. tak-a, tak-ia, to take.

TACHT, adj. Tight, S. B.

Sw. tact, id.

TACK, TAK, s. Act of seizure.
Acts Ja. IV.

TACK, s. A slight hold, S.; E. tack, v.

TACK, s. Act of catching fishes, S.

Isl. tek-ia, captura.

Monroe.

TACK, TAKKE, TACKE, s.
1. A lease, S.
Acts Ja. II.
2. Possession for a time, S.

Tacksman, s.
1. One who holds a lease, S.
Erskine.
2. In the Highlands, a tenant of the higher class.
Stat. Acc.

TACKET, s. A nail for the shoe, S.; E. tack, id.
Morison.

TACKIT. Tongue-tackit, adj. Having the tip of the tongue fastened by a small film, S.
2. Tongue-tied, S.

TAE, s.
1. The toe, S. A. Bor.
2. Prong of a fork, &c. S.

TAFFIL, TAIFLE, s. A table, S. B.

Germ. tafel, tabula cujuscunque generis.

Spalding.

TAFT, TAFTAN, s. A messuage, S. B.

Su. G. tofft, Isl. topt-r, area domus.

TAG, s.
1. A latchet, S.
2. Any thing used for tying, S.
Balfour.
3. A long and thin slice, S.
4. In pl. Trumpery.
Chron. S. P.

TAGGIT, part. pa. Confined.
Priests Peb.

TAGGLIT, adj. Harassed; encumbered, S. B.
V. Taigle.

TAY, TAE, s. A toe, S.
Douglas.

A. S. ta, id.

TAID, s. A toad, S.

A. S. tade.

TAIDREL, s. A puny creature.
Polwart.

A. S. tedre, imbecillis.

TAIGIE, TEAGIE, TYGIE, s. A cow with some white hairs in her tail, Fife; also taigit.
A. Douglas.

To TAIGLE, v. a. To detain, S.

Sw. taaglig, slow of motion; Isl. toegl-a, taediose instare alicui rei.

TAIL, TALE, s. Account.
Wyntown.

Su. G. tael-ia, A. S. tel-an, to reckon.

TAIL-ILL, s. An inflammation of the tail of cattle, Loth.

TAIL-RACE, s.
V. Race.

To TAILE, v. a. To flatter one's self.
V. Teal.
Barbour.

TAILE, s. A tax; Fr. taille.
Barbour.

TAILE, TAILYE, TAILYIE, TAILLIE, TAYLYHE, s.
1. A covenant.
Barbour.
2. An entail, S.
Barbour.

O. Fr. taillier, id. Du Cange.

To Tailye, Tailie, v. a.
1. To bind by a bond or indenture.
Wyntown.
2. To entail, S.
Bellenden.

L. B. talli-are.

TAILYIE, TELYIE, s. A piece of meat, S.
Douglas.

Fr. tailler, Su. G. taelia, to cut.

To TAILYEVÉ, v. n. To reel, shake.
Douglas.

TAINCHELL, s. Tainchess, pl. A mode of catching deer.
V. Tinchell.
Monroe.

To TAYNT, v. a.
1. To convict.
Wynt.
2. Legally to prove.
Acts Ja. I.

O. Fr. attaind-re.

Taint, s. Proof.
Acts Ja. I.

O. Fr. attaint, L. B. attaynt-um.

To TAIR, v. n. To bray.
Compl. S.

Teut. tier-en, vociferare.

To TAIS, v. a. To poise.
Douglas.

O. Fr. tes-er, to bend a bow.

TAIS, TAS, TASSE, s. A cup, S. Alem.

Fr. tasse, id.

Douglas.

Tassie, s. A cup, S. O.
Burns.

TAISSLE, TEASLE, s.
1. The fatigue and derangement of dress, produced by walking against a boisterous wind, S.
Ross.
2. A severe brush, S.

A. S. taes-an, to tease, whence taesl, fuller's thistle, used in raising a nap.

To TAIST, v. n. To grope.
Barbour.

Belg. tast-en, Su. G. tast-a, id.

TAISTE, s. The black guillemot.
V. Tyste.

TAIT, TYTE, adj. Gay.
Douglas.

Isl. teit-r, hilaris, exultans.

TAIT, s. A small portion.
V. Tate.

To TAIVER, v. n.
1. To wander.
V. Dauren.
2. To rave as mad, S.

Teut. toover-en, incantare.

Taiversum, adj. Tiresome, S.

Taivert, part. adj. Fatigued, S.

TAIVERS, s. pl. Tatters; as, boiled to taivers, Fife.

To TAK, v. a. To take, S.

To Tak upon, v. a. To conduct one's self.

To Tak in hand, v. a. To make prisoner.
Barbour.

To Tak on, v. a. To buy on credit, S.

To Tak on, v. n. To enlist, S.
Spalding.

To Tak on hand, v. n.
1. To affect state.
Wallace.
2. To undertake.
Barbour.

To Tak the fute, v. n. To begin to walk as a child, S.

To Tak the gate, v. n. To set off on a journey, S.

To Tak with, or wi', v. n. To catch fire, as fuel of any kind, S.

TAKYL, TACKLE, s. An arrow. C. B. tacel, id.
Douglas.

TAKIN, s. A token, S.
Douglas.

Moes. G. taikns, Isl. takn, id.

To Takin, v. a. To mark.
Acts Ja. II.

Isl. teikn-a, Su. G. tekn-a, signare.

Takennar, s. A portent.
Douglas.

Takynnyng, s. Notice.
Barbour.

TALBRONE, TALBERONE, s. A kind of drum.
Acts Marie.

Fr. tabourin, a small drum.

TALE, s. Account.
V. Tail.

TALENT, s. Desire, purpose.
Barbour.

O. Fr. talent, id.

TALE-PIET, s. A talebearer, S.

Perhaps from piet, the magpie, because of its chattering.

TALER, TALOR, s. State, condition, S. B., Fife.

O. Fr. taillier, disposition, État, pouvoir.

TALLOUN, s. Tallow, S.
Acts Ja. V.

To Tallon, v. a. To cover with tallow or pitch, to caulk.
Douglas.

TALTIE, s. A wig, Angus.

TAMMEIST, L. rammeist.
V. Rammis.
Montgomerie.

TAMMY-HARPER, s. The cancer araneus, Loth.

TAM-TARY. To hold ane in tamtary, to disquiet him, S. B.
Ruddiman.

Perh. originally a military term, q. to keep on the alert; from Fr. tantarare, a word formed to represent a certain sound of the trumpet.

TANE, TAYNE, adj. One, after the, S.
Douglas.

TANE, part. pa. Taken, S.
Douglas.

Tane-awa, s. A decayed child, S.

TANG, s. Large fuci, Orkn. Shetl.

Su. G. tang, Isl. thang, id.

Tangie, s. A sea-spirit, Orkn.

Tangle, s.
1. The same with tang.
2. A tall lank person, S. B.
Ross.

TANGLE, s. An icicle, S.

Isl. din-gull, id.

TANG-WHAUP, s. The whimbrel, Orkn.

TANGS, TAINGS, s. pl. Tongs, S.

A. S. tang, Belg. tanghe, forceps.

TANNER, s.
1. The part which goes into a mortice, S.
2. In pl. small roots of trees, Loth.

Isl. tannari, laths, chips.

TANNERIE, s. A tan-work.

Fr. id.

TANTERLICK, s. A severe stroke, Fife.

TANTONIE BELL, s. A small bell.

Fr. tinton-er, to resound.

Godly Sangs.

TANTRUMS, s. High airs, S. Cant E.

Fr. tantran, nick-nack.

TAP, s.
1. The top, S.
2. Head, S.
Gl. Shirrefs.

3. Crest of fowls, S.
4. The quantity of flax put upon the distaff at one time, S.
5. A playing top.
Colvil.

To TAPE, v. a. To use sparingly, S.
Ramsay.

Isl. tept-r, restrained; Su. G. taepp-a, to stop up.

TAPEIS, s. Tapestry.

Fr. tapis.

Maitland Poems.

TAPETLESS, adj. Heedless.
V. Tabets.

TAPETTIS, s. pl. Tapestry.
Douglas.

Lat. tapetes.

TAPISHT, part. pa. In a lurking state.

Fr. tappiss-ant, lurking.

A. Hume.

TAPONE-STAFF, s. The stave in which the bung-hole is.
Acts C. II.

Q. tapping-staff.

TAPOUN, s. A long fibre at a root, S. B.

Belg. tappen, to draw out.

Baillie.

TAPPIE-TOUSIE, s. A play among children, S., exhibiting a memorial of the ancient feudal mode of receiving a person as a bondman, by taking hold of the hair of his forehead.

From tap, and tousie dishevelled.

TAPPILOORIE, s. Any thing raised high on a slight tottering foundation, S.

Teut. tap, extremitas rotunda et acuta, and loer-en, speculari.

TAPPIN, s. A crest, S. O.
Falls of Clyde.

Dimin. from tap, top.

TAPPIT HEN, s.
1. A crested hen, S.
2. A measure containing a quart, S. A.
Ritson.

TAPSALTEERIE, adv. Topsyturvy, S.
Burns.

TAPTHRAWN, adj. Perverse, S.

Q. having the tap, or top thrawn, or distorted.

To TAR, v. n.
Balnevis.

Perhaps allied to Isl. taera, donare; Su. G. nutrire.

TARANS, s. pl. Souls of unbaptized children.
Pennant.

Gael. taran, id.

To TARGAT, v. a. To border with tassels.

Su. G. targ-a, lacerare.

Knox.

Targat, s.
1. A tatter, S.
Ferguson.
2. A tassel.
Minstrelsy Border.
3. A long thin slice of dried fish, Ang.

Su. G. targ-a, to split by light strokes.

TARY, s. Delay.
Douglas.

Tarysum, adj. Lingering.
Douglas.

To TARY, v. a. To distress.
Wyntown.

Su. G. targ-a, lacerare.

Tarye, s. Vexation.
Maitland P.

TAR-LEATHER, s. A strong slip of a hide, salted and hung, used for uniting the staves of a flail, S. B. perh. from Isl. tarf-r, taurus, q. a bull's hide.

TARLIES, s. A lattice, S. tirless.

Fr. treillis.

Hist. Ja. Sext.

TARLOCH, s. Perhaps, a begging friar.

A. S. thearflic, poor.

Philotus.

TARLOCH, adj. Slow at meat, squeamish, Clydes.
V. Tarrow.

TARRY-FINGERED, adj. Light-fingered, S.

From tarry, adj. belonging to tar.

To TARROW, v. n.
1. To delay.
Henrysone.
2. To haggle in a bargain.
Bann. P.
3. To feel reluctance.
Ross.
4. To complain, Clydes.

A. S. teor-ian, to fail, to tarry.

TARTAN, s. Cloth checkered with stripes of various colours, S.
Chr. S. P.

Fr. tiretaine, linsey-woolsey.

Tartan, adj. Of or belonging to tartan, S.
Ritson.

Tartan-purry, s. A pudding of red colewort mixed with oat-meal.
Forbes.

Tartan, q. parti-coloured colewort, and Teut. purreye, jus, sive cremor pisorum.

To TARTLE at ane, v. n.
1. To view as not recognising with certainty, Loth. Perths.
2. To boggle, Loth.
3. To hesitate as to a bargain.
Ramsay.
4. To scruple.
Cleland.

Perh. allied to Isl. tortallit, difficult to reckon.

TARTUFFISH, adj. Sulky, stubborn, Renfrews.

Fr. tortu, perverse; or tartuffe, a hypocrite; tartuffi-er, to assume a false appearance.

To TARVEAL, v. a.
1. To fatigue, S. B.
Ross.
2. To vex.
Gl. Sibb.

Fr. travaill-er, to vex, to trouble.

Tarveal, adj. Fretful, S. B.
Journ. Lond.

To TASH, v. a.
1. To soil, S.
Ritson.

Fr. tacher, id.

2. To injure by calumny, S.
3. To upbraid, S. B.

Tash, s.
1. A stain, S. Fr. tache.
2. An affront, S.
Wodrow.

TASK, s. Angel or spirit of any person, Ross-shire. Gael. taisc, ghosts.
Stat. Acc.

TASKER, s. A labourer who receives his wages in kind, for a certain task, E. Loth.
Stat. Acc.

TASS, TASSIE, s. A cup, S.
V. Tais.

Tasses, s. pl.
V. Tishe.
Sir Gawan.

TASTER, s. A sea-fowl.
Sibbald.

TATE, TAIT, TEAT, TATTE, s.
1. A small portion of any thing not liquid, S.
Ramsay.
2. Lock, applied to hair.
Douglas.
3. Division, applied to a precept.
Skene.

Isl. taeta, lanugo; minimum quid; Sw. tott, totte, handful of lint or wool.

TATH, TAITH, TAITHING, s.
1. Cow's dung, S.

Isl. tada, dung, manure.

2. The luxuriant grass arising from the application of manure, S.

To Tath, v. n. To dung, S.

To Tath, v. a. To make a field produce grass in rank tufts by the application of any manure, S.
Stat. Acc.

Tathing, s. A raising of rank grass by manure, S.
Stat. Acc.

TATHIS, s. pl. Fragments.
Sir Gawan.

Isl. taet-a, lacerare; tet-ur, tatters, shreds.

TATTER-WALLOPS, s. pl. Fluttering rags, S.

TATTY, TATTIT, TAWTED, adj. Matted.

Isl. taatt-a, to tease wool.

Doug.

TAVART, s. A short coat without sleeves.
V. Talbart.

TAUCHEY, adj. Greasy, S.
V. Taulch.

TAUCHT, pret. v. Gave, committed.
Barbour.

S. Betaucht, abbreviated, q. v.

TAUDY, TOWDY, s.
1. A child, Aberd.

Isl. tata, a baby, or puppet.

2. Podex, Perths.
Gl. Everg.

Taudy-fee, s. Fine paid for having a child in bastardy.
Forbes.

TAULCH, TAUGH, s. Tallow, S. tauch.
Acts Ja. I.

Belg. talgh, Su. G. Germ. talg, id.

TAUPIE, TAWPIE, s. A foolish woman; generally as implying the idea of inaction and slovenliness, S.
Ramsay.

Su. G. tapig, simple, foolish; Dan. taabe, a fool.

To TAW, v. n. To lay hold of, to tumble about.
Gl. Sibb.

Su. G. tae-ja, Isl. tae-a, carpere lanam.

To TAW, v. a.
1. To make tough by kneading, Ang.
2. To work, like mortar, Ang.

Teut. touw-en, depsere.

TAW, s. The point of a whip, S.
V. Tawis.

TAWAN, s. Reluctance, hesitation, Ang.

Isl. tauf, toef, mora; tef-ia, morari, impedire.

TAWBERN, TAWBURN, s. The tabour or tabret.
V. Talbrone.
Doug.

TAWIE, adj. Tame, tractable, S. O.
Burns.

Su. G. tog-a, trahere, ducere; q. allowing itself to be led.

TAWIS, TAWES, TAWS,
1. A whip, a lash.
Douglas.

Isl. taug, tag, vimen, lorum.

2. The ferula used by a schoolmaster, S. tawse.
Montgomerie.
3. An instrument of correction of whatever kind, S.
Ramsay.

To Taz, v. a. To whip, to scourge, to belabour, S. B.
Gl. Shirr.

TAWM, s. A fit of ill-humour, so as to render one unmanageable, S.

Gael. taom, a fit of sickness, madness, or passion.

TAWNLE, TAANLE, s. A large fire, kindled at night about Midsummer, especially at the time of Beltein, S. O.
Statist. Acc.

C. B. tanial, to set on fire, tannli, a fire glow, tanlhuyth, a burning flame.

TAWPY, s. A foolish woman.
V. Taupie.

TAWSY, s. A cup or bowl.
V. Tais.
Evergreen.

TEAGIE, s. A designation for a cow.
V. Taigie.

To TEAL, TILL, v. a. To wheedle, to inveigle by flattery, Ang.
Chr. S. P.

Su. G. tael-ja, Isl. tael-a, pellicere, decipere.

Tealer, Tealer on, s. One who entices, Ang.

TEASICK, s. A consumption; E. phthysick, id.
Montgomerie.

TEAZLE, s. A severe brush.
V. Taissle.

TEBBITS, s. pl. Sensation.
V. Tabbets.

TEDD, adj. Ravelled, entangled, S. B.

Su. G. tudd-a, intricare.

TEE, s.
1. A mark set up in playing at coits, &c. S. B.

Isl. ti-a, demonstrare, Teut. tijgh-en, indicare.

2. The nodule of earth, from which a ball is struck off at the hole in the play of golf. S.
Ramsay.

To Tee, v. a. To tee a ball, to raise it a little on a nodule of earth, giving it the proper direction, S.
Ramsay.

TEE, adv. Too, also. Aberd.

To TEEN, v. a. To provoke.
V. Teyne.

TEENGE, s. A colic in horses, S. perh. from E. twinge.

TEES, s. pl. Perh. cords.
Sir Egeir.

TEES, s. pl. Apparently for taes, toes.
Leg. St Androis.

TEESIE, s. A gust of passion, Fife.

Teut. tees-en, vellicare.

To TEET, v. n. To peer.
V. Tete.

Teet-bo, s.
V. under Tete.

To TEETH, v. a. To indent a wall with lime on the outside, S.
Stat. Acc.

TEETHY, adj. Crabbed, ill-natured, S.

Q. to shew the teeth.

TEEWHOAP, s. The lapwing, Orkn.

TEHEE, s.
1. A loud laugh, S.
Ross.
2. interj. Expressive of loud mirth.
Watson.

TEICHER, s. A dot, a small spot, S. ticker.

Teut. tick, a point, or Belg. tikk-en, to touch lightly.

To TEIL, v. a. To cultivate the soil, S.
Chart. Ja. V.

A. S. til-ian, to labour, to cultivate.

To TEYM, TEME, v. a. To empty, teem, S. B.
V. Tume.
Wallace.

Isl. taem-a, evacuare.

TEINDIS, TENDIS, s. pl. Tithes, S.
Acts Ja. I.

Moes. G. taihund, the tenth part, Belg. teind.

To Teind, Teynd, v. a. To tithe, S.
Godly Sangs.

Sw. tiend-a, Belg. teind-en, decimare.

TEYND, s. Uncertain.
Gawan and Gol.

To TEIND, TYNDE, TINE, v. n. To kindle, S.

A. S. tend-an, tynan, Su. G. taend-a, accendere.

Teind, Tynd, Tine, s.
1. A spark of fire, S. B.
2. A spark at the side of the wick of a candle, S. B.

To TEYNE, TENE, TEEN, v. a. To vex, to irritate.
Charteris.

A. S. teon-an, Belg. ten-en, irritare.

Teyne, Tene, adj. Mad with rage.
Wallace.

Teyne, Tene, s.
1. Anger, rage, S.
Barbour.
2. Sorrow, vexation, S.
Wallace.

A. S. teon, injuria, irritatio.

Teynfull, adj. Wrathful.
Lyndsay.

TEIR, s. Fatigue.
Gawan and Gol.

A. S. teor-ian, tir-ian, to tire.

Teirfull, adj. Fatiguing.
Gawan and Gol.

TEIS, s. pl. Ropes, by which the yards of a ship hang; q. ties.
Douglas.

To TELE, v. a. To cultivate.
V. Teil.
Maitland P.

TELYIE, s. A piece of meat.
V. Tailyie.

TELLYEVIE, s. A violent or perverse humour.
Semple.

Fr. talu-er, to take an oblique direction; or O. Fr. taillier, disposition, and vif, lively, spurting.

To TEME, v. a. To empty.
V. Teym.

TEMED, pret. Enticed.
Sir Tristrem.

Isl. tem-ia, assuefacere.

TEMPER-PIN, s. The wooden pin used for tempering, or regulating the motion of a spinning wheel, S.
Ritson.

TENCHIS, s. pl. Taunts, reproaches.
Douglas.

O. Fr. tence, tance, tenche, querelle, dispute.

TEND, adj. The tenth.
V. Teinds.
Wyntown.

To TEND, v. n. To intend.
Acts Ja. V.

Fr. tend-re, id.

* TENDER, adj. Sickly, S.
Baillie.

Fr. tendre, puling, delicate.

TENE, s. Anger.
V. Teyne, s.

To TENE, v. a.
V. Teyne, v.

TENEMENT, s. A house; often denoting a building which includes several separate dwellings, S.

L. B. tenementum.

Ruddiman.

To TENT, v. a. To stretch out.
Douglas.

Fr. tend-re, id.

TENT, s. Care, attention.
1. To tak tent, to be attentive, S.
Barbour.
2. To tak tent to, to exercise concern about, S.
Lyndsay.
3. To tak tent of, to be on one's guard against, S.
Herd.

To Tent, v. n. To attend, generally with the prep. to, S.
Gawan and Gol.

Fr. attend-re, or Lat. attend-ere.

To Tent, v. a.
1. To observe, to remark, S.
Burns.
2. To put a value on, S.
Ramsay.

Tentie, adj.
1. Watchful, attentive, S.

Fr. attentif.

Maitland Poems.
2. Intent, keen, Galloway.
Davidson.

Tentily, adv. Carefully, S.
Ross.

Tentless, adj. Inattentive, S.
Burns.

TER, s. Tar.
Barbour.

Teut. terre, Su. G. tiaera, id.

TERCE, s. A liferent competent by law to widows who have not accepted of a special provision, of the third of the heritable subjects in which their husbands died infeft.
Erskine.

Lat. tertia, Fr. tiers.

Tercer, s. A widow who enjoys a terce, S.
Balfour.

TERE, s. Perhaps, expense.

Teut. teer, sumptus.

Douglas.

TERE, adj. Tender, delicate.
Pal. Hon.

Teut. tere, tener, delicatus.

TERLYST, TIRLLYST, part. pa. Grated.

O. Fr. trelliciÉ, id.

Wallace.

TERNE, TERNED, adj. Fierce, choleric.
Dunbar.

Belg. toornig, wrathful, toorn, anger.

TERNYTE, s. Corr. of Trinity.
Wynt.

TERSE, s. A debate, a dispute, S. B.

To Terse, v. n. To debate, to contend, S. B.

Teut. trots-en, irritare, instigare.

TERSEL, s. Table companion.
Montgomerie.

Teut. teer-ghe-selle, id., from teer, sumptus, and selle, ghe-selle, socius.

TESTOON, TESTONE, s. A Scottish silver coin, varying in value.
Cardonnel.

O. Fr. teston, capitatus nummus.

To TETE, TEET, v. n.
1. To peep out, to look in a sly or prying way, S. teet.
Ruddiman.
2. v. a. To cause to peep out.
Douglas.

Su. G. titt-a, inspicere, per transennam veluti videre.

Teet-bo, s.
1. Bo-peep, S.
Ferguson.
2. Used metaph. to denote inconstancy, or infidelity.
Morison.

TETH, s. Temper, disposition.
Ill-teth'd, ill-humoured, Fife.

A. S. tyht, instructio, teting, disciplina.

TETHERFACED, adj. Having an ill-natured aspect, S.

Isl. teit-a, rostrum beluinum.

TEUCH, TEUGH, TEWCH, adj.
1. Tough, S.
Douglas.

A. S. toh, id., from Moes. G. tioh-an, to draw.

2. Tedious, lengthened out, S.
3. Dry as to manner, stiff in conversation, S.
Bannatyne Poems.
4. Pertinacious, S.
A. Douglas.
5. To make any thing teuch, to do it reluctantly.
Gawan and Gol.

TEUCH, s. A draught of any kind of liquor, S.

Su. G. tog, haustus, potantium ductus; from tog-a, trahere; Teut. teughe, haustus.

TEUG, TUG, s. A rope, a halter, Loth.

Su. G. tog, Isl. tog, taug, id.

TEUKIN, adj. Quarrelsome, including the idea of fraud, S. B.

Teut. tuck, fraus; Isl. tulk-a, pellicere.

To TEW, v. a. To make tough, S. O.
V. Taave and Taw, v. 1.

To Tew, v. n. Grain is said to tew, when it becomes damp, and acquires a bad taste, S. B.

Su. G. taef, odor, taefk-a, gustare.

Tew, s. A bad taste, S. B.

THA, THAY, THEY, pron. These, S.

A. S. thaege, id.

Wyntown.

THACK, s. Thatch.
V. Thak.

Thacker, s. A thatcher, S.
Ramsay.

Thack-stone, s. Stone fit for covering houses.
Acts Ja. VI.

THAFTS, s. pl. The benches of a boat, on which the rowers sit, S.

Isl. thopte, trabs seu sedile in nave.

THAI, THAY, pron. Pl. of he or she.
Gawan and Gol.

THAINS, s. pl. Perhaps, gossamer.

A. S. than, madidus, humidus.

A. Hume.

THAIR, used in composition, like E. there.

Originally the genit., dat. and abl. of the A. S. article, thaere; Isl. dat. and abl. theirre.

Thairanent, adv. Concerning that.
Acts Sed.

Thairattour, adv. Concerning.
Priests Peblis.

Thairbefor, Tharbefor, adv. Before that time.
Barbour.

Thairben, There-ben, adv. In an inner apartment of a house; sometimes the-ben. S.
Acts Sed.

Thair-but, adv. In an outer apartment; also, the-but, S.
Many.

Teut. daer-binnen, intro, intus. Belg. daar-buyten, without that place.

Thairby, Thare-by, adv.
1. Thereabout, as to place.
Barbour.
2. Thereabout, regarding time, S.
Wynt.
3. Denoting number or quality, S.

Belg. daerbey, ad hoc, penes, prope.

Thair-doun, Ther doun, adv. Downwards, S.
Dunbar.

Thair-east, adv. In the east, towards the east, S.
Baillie.

Thairfurth, adv. In the open air, S.
Bellenden.

Thairintill, ad. Therein.
Acts Sed.

Thairour, Thar our, adv. On the other side, in relation to a river,
Wallace.

Thairowt, Tharout, adv. Without; denoting exclusion from a place, S.
Wall.
To lie thairout, to lie in the open air during night, S.

Thairtill, Thertyll, adv. Thereto.
Douglas.

Thair up, adv. Out of bed.
G. Buchanan.

THAK, s.
1. Thatch, a covering of straw, rushes, &c., thack, S.
Douglas.
Thack and rape, the covering of a stack, S.
Burns.
In thack an' rape, in order.
Burns.
Out of aw thack and raip, applied to one who acts quite in a disorderly way, S.
2. The covering of a roof, whatever be the materials.
Acts Ja. V.

A. S. thac, thaec, Isl. thak, Lat. tectum.

To Thak, Thack, v. a. To thatch, S.

Thakburd, s. The thatch-board, the roof.
Barbour.

THAN, adv. Then, at that time, S.
Barbour.
Be than, by that time; Or than, before that time.
V. Be than.

THANE, THAYNE, s.
1. A title of honour, used among the ancient Scots, which seems to have been at first equivalent to Lat. comes, as denoting presidency in a county, and sometimes in a province; as well as the command of the forces, and collection of the royal revenues raised in the district.
Wyntown.
2. An officer, not superior in rank to a knight, who has been viewed as serving under the superior Thane.
Stat. Alex. II.

A. S. thegen, thegn, primarily a servant. Cyninges thegen; Thanus regius; medmera thegen, mediocris vel inferior Thanus. Isl. thegn, dominus.

Abthane, s. A title of honour, the meaning of which is uncertain.
G. Buchanan.

Thanedom, Thanage, Thanrie, s. The extent of the jurisdiction of a Thane.
Wyntown.

Abthanrie, s. The jurisdiction of an Abthane.
Harl. MS.

THANE, s. Apparently, a fane.
Pal. Hon.

THANE, THAIN, adj. Not thoroughly roasted, rare, S.
Sir J. Sinclair.

A. S. than, moist, humid.

To THARF, v. n. To need, to require.
Sir Tristrem.

A. S. thearf-an, indigere, opus habere.

THE, THEY, s. Thigh.
Douglas.

A. S. theo, thegh, id.

The-pess, s. Thigh-piece, or armour for the thigh.
Wallace.

To THE, v. n. To thrive, to prosper.
Sir Tristrem.

A. S. the-an, proficere, vigere.

THEDE, s.
1. A nation, a people.
Gawan and Gol.

Isl. Su. G. thiod, thiud, populus.

2. A region, a province.
Sir Tristrem.

A. S. theod, gens; provincia.

3. Species, kind.
Sir Tristrem.

THEETS, s. pl.
V. Thetis.

THE-FURTH, adv. Out of doors, abroad, S.
Ross.

THEGITHER, adv. Corr. of together, S.
Ross.
A' thegither, altogether.
Macneill.

THEI, conj. Though.
Sir Tristrem.

To THEIK, THEK, v. a.
1. To give a roof, of whatever kind, S.
Wyntown.
2. To cover with straw, &c. to thatch, S.

A. S. thecc-an, Alem. thek-en, Isl. thaeck-a, id.

THEIVIL, THIVEL, s. A stick for stirring a pot; as, in making porridge, broth, &c. S. B. thivel, Ayrs. Fife, A. Bor. theil.

Ross.

A. S. thyfel, stirps, a stem or stalk.

THEME, THAME, s.
1. A serf, one attached to the soil.
Wyntown.
2. The right of holding servants in such a state of bondage, that their children and goods might be sold.
Skene.

A. S. team, offspring; or from Isl. thi-a, in servitutem reducere.

THEN, conj. Than, S.

THERE-BEN, adv.
V. Thairben.

THETIS, THETES, s. pl.
1. The ropes or traces, by which horses draw in a carriage, plow or harrow, S.
Douglas.
2. To be quite out of thetes, to be quite disorderly in one's conduct, S.
Rudd.

Isl. thatt-r, a thread, cord, or small rope.

THEW, s. Custom, manner, quality.

A. S. theaw, mos, modus.

Wyntown.

Thewit, part. pa. Disciplined, regulated.

A. S. theaw, institutum.

Pal. Hon.

Thewless, Thowless, Thieveless, adj.
1. Unprofitable.
Douglas.

A. S. theow, a servant, or theow-ian, to serve, and the privative particle les, less.

2. Inactive, remiss, S.
Ramsay.
3. Not serving the purpose; as, a thieveless excuse, S.
4. Cold, forbidding, S.
Burns.
To look thieveless to one, to give one a cold reception, S. O.
5. Shy, reserved, Renfrews.
6. Applied to weather in an intermediate or uncertain, state, Renfrews.
7. Feeble.
J. Nicol.
8. Insipid, destitute of taste, S.
Ramsay.

THEWTILL, THEWITTEL, s. A large knife.
Wallace.

A. S. hwitel, id.; thwitan, cultello resecare.

THICK, adj. Intimate, familiar, S.
Burns.

THIEVELESS, adj.
V. Thewles.

To THIG, THIGG, v. a.
1. To ask, to beg.
Wallace.

Alem. thig-en, Su. G. tigg-a, petere.

2. To go about, receiving supply, not in the way of common mendicants, but rather as giving others an opportunity of manifesting their liberality, S.
Rudd.

Isl. thygg-ia, gratis accipere, dono auferre.

3. To beg, to act the part of a common mendicant, S.
Henrysone.
4. To borrow; used improperly.
Ramsay.

Thiggar, s. A beggar, a common mendicant.

Su. G. teggare, id.

Acts Ja. I.

THIMBER, adj. Gross, heavy.
Ritson.

Isl. thungber, gravis, portatu molestus.

THINARE, s. A title of honour, apparently equivalent to Lady.
Sir Tristrem.

A. S. the-on, vigere, pollere; theond, potens; theonden, dominus; theonest, potentissimus. Thinare, q. theonare, the comparative.

THINE, THYNE, adv. Thence.

A. S. thanon, inde, illinc.

Barbour.

THINE-FURTH, adv. Thenceforward.
Wyntown.

A. S. thanon furth, deinceps.

THING, s.
1. Affairs of state.
Barbour.
2. It seems to signify a meeting, or convention, concerning public affairs.
Wallace.

Isl. thing, Su. G. ting, a meeting of the citizens concerning public affairs.

To THINK SHAME, to feel abashed, to have a sense of shame, S.
Priests Peblis.

THIR, pron. pl. These, S.
Barbour.

Isl. theyr, illi; thaer, illae.

To THIRL, THYRL, v. a.
1. To perforate, to drill, S.
P. Buch. Dial.
2. To pierce, to penetrate.
Wyntown.
3. To pierce, to wound.
Bannatyne P.

A. S. thirl-ian, perforare.

To Thirl, v. a. To thrill, to cause to vibrate, S.
Burns.

To Thirl, Thirle, v. n. To pass with a tingling sensation, S.
Ramsay.

To THIRL, v. a. To furl.
Complaynt S.

Teut. drill-en, trill-en, gyrare, conglomerare.

To THIRL, THIRLL, v. a.
1. To enslave, to thrall.
Bellenden.

A. S. Isl. thrael, a bond-servant.

2. To bind or subject to, S.
Bar. Courts.
3. To bind, by the terms of a lease, or otherwise, to grind at a certain mill, S.
Erskine.

Thirl, s. The term used to denote those lands, the tenants of which are bound to bring all their grain to a certain mill, S.
Erskine.

Thirlage, s.
1. Thraldom, in a general sense.
Douglas.
2. Servitude to a particular mill, S.
Erskine.

Thirldome, s. Thraldom.
Barbour.

THO, adv. At that time.
Douglas.

A. S. Isl. tha, Su. G. Dan. da, tum, tunc.

THO, pron. pl. These.
Pal. Hon.

Moes. G. tho, nom. and acc. pl. of the article.

THOCHT, THOUCHT, conj. Although.
V. Allthocht.
Wallace.

THOCHTY, adj. Thoughtful.
Wyntown.

THOF, conj. Although, Loth.; Provincial E.
Ferguson.

THOILL, TOLL, s. Ancient privilege of a baron; denoting, either an immunity from payment of custom in buying, or the liberty of buying and selling on his own lands.
Reg. Maj.

To THOLE, THOILL, v. a.
1. To bear, to suffer, S.
Barbour.

A. S. thol-ian, Moes. G. thul-an, Isl. thol-a, id.

2. To bear with, not to oppose.
Abp. Hamiltoun.
3. To bear patiently, S.
Douglas.
4. To restrain one's self; as a v. n.
Wallace.
5. To tolerate, in relation to heresy.
Knox.
6. To exempt from military execution.
Barbour.
7. To permit, to allow, S.
Wallace.
8. To wait, to expect, S.
Abp. Hamiltoun.
9. To thole the law, to be subjected to a legal trial.
Acts Ja. I.

Tholmude, Thoilmude, adj. Patient; tholemoody, S. B.
Douglas.

A. S. thole-mod, tholmoda, patiens animi.

THONE, pron. Yonder, Loth. yon, S.

Moes. G. thana, id.; O. Su. G. thoen, ille, iste.

THOR, s. Durance, confinement.

Sw. thor, carcer.

Gl. Sibb.

THORROWS. s. pl. Troubles.
Burel.

A. S. threow-ian, pati.

To THORTER, v. a. To oppose, to thwart, S.
Calderwood.

Thortour, s. Opposition, resistance, S.
Bellenden.

Thorter-ill, Thwarter-ill, s. A kind of palsy to which sheep are subject, Tweedd.
Stat. Acc.

Thortour, Thuortour, adj. Cross, transverse.
Wallace.

Su. G. twertoefwer, transverse; Dan. twertover, transversely.

To THOW, v. a. To address in the singular number, as a token of contempt.
Wallace.

THOUGHT, THOUGHTY, s.
1. A moment, as respecting time, S.
2. At a little distance, in respect of place, S. B.
Ross.

To THOUT, v. n. To sob, S. B.
Gl. Shirr.

Thout, s. A sob. S. B.
Ross.

To THOW, v. n. To thaw, S.

To Thow, v. a. To remove the rigour produced by cold, S.
Ramsay.

Thow, Thowe, s. Thaw, S.
Burns.

Smore thow, A heavy snow, accompanied with a strong wind, which, as it were, threatens to smore, or smother one, Ang.

THOWEL, s. The nitch or hollow in which the oar of a boat acts, Loth.

A. S. thole, scamnus a quo pendet remus; E. thole.

THOWLESS, adj. Inactive.
V. Thewles.

Thowlesnes, Thowlysnes, s. Inactivity.
Wyntown.

THOWRROURIS, s. pl. Perh. skorrowris.
V. Scurrour.
Wallace.

THRA, THRO, adj.
1. Eager, earnest.
Sir Tristrem.
2. Brave, courageous.
Wallace.
3. Obstinate, pertinacious.
Barbour.
4. Reluctant, averse.
Douglas.

Isl. thra, pertinacia; thraa-r, thra, pertinax.

Thra, s.
1. Eagerness.
Wallace.
2. Debate, contention.
Douglas.

Isl. thrai, rancor.

Thra, Thraw, Thraly, adv. Eagerly.
Houlate.

THRAFTLY, adv. In a chiding or surly manner.
Pitscottie.

A. S. thraf-ian, increpare; Isl. thref-a, sublitigare.

THRAIF, THRAVE, THREAVE, s.
1. Twenty-four sheaves of corn, including two shocks, S.
Stat. Acc.
2. A considerable number, S.
Dunbar.

Sw. trafwe saad, strues segetum viginti quatuor fascibus constans.

To THRAIP, v. n. Apparently, to thrive, to prosper.
Dunbar.

Isl. thrif-ast, Su. G. trifw-a, id.

To THRAM, v. n. To thrive, Aberd. Moray.
Gl. Shirr. Ross.

Isl. thro-a, incrementum capere; throan, throtte, incrementum.

THRANG, pret. and part. pa. Pressed.
V. Thring.

To THRANG, v. a. To throng, S.

Sw. traang-a, to crowd; A. S. thring-en, to press.

To Thrang, v. n. to crowd towards a place, S.

Thrang, adj.
1. Crowded, S.
Sir J. Sinclair.

Isl. thraung-ur, Su. G. traang, arctus.

2. Intimate, familiar, S.
Morison.
3. Busily engaged, S.
Hutcheson.

Thrang, s.
1. A throng, a crowd, S.
2. Constant employment, S.
Ramsay.
3. State of hardship or oppression.
Wall.
4. Pressure of business, S.

A. S. thrang, turba; Isl. thraeng, angusta.

To THRAPPLE, v. a. To throttle or strangle, S.
V. Thropill.

THRASH, s. A rush.
V. Thrush.

To THRATCH, v. n. To gasp convulsively, as in the agonies of death, S. B.
Pop. Ball.

Isl. threyte, certo, laboro; thraute, labor.

Thratch, s. The oppressed and violent respiration of one in the last agonies, S. B.
Bp. Forbes.

THRAVE, s.
V. Thraif.

To THRAW, v. a. To cast, to throw.

A. S. thraw-an, jacere.

Douglas.

To THRAW, v. a.
1. To wreathe, to twist, S.
Ferguson.
2. To wrench, to sprain, S.
Gl. Shirr.
3. To wrest, metaph. used.
Crosraguel.
4. To oppose, to resist.
Hist. Ja. Sext.
5. To thraw out, to extort.
R. Bruce.

A. S. thraw-ian, torquere.

Thrawin, part. adj.
1. Distorted, S.
2. Having the appearance of ill-humour; applied to the countenance, S.
Douglas.
3. Cross-grained, of a perverse temper, S.
Anderson.
4. Expressive of anger or ill humour, S.
Ramsay.

Thrawynlye, adv. In a manner expressive of ill humour.
Douglas.

Thrawn-muggent, adj. Having a perverse disposition, Ang.
V. Ill-muggent.

THRAW, s. A pang, an agony, S.; throe, E.
Douglas.

A. S. threa, poena, inflictio; threow-an, agonizare.

THRAW, s. Anger, ill humour, S.
V. Thra, s.
R. Galloway.

THRAW, s. A little while, a trice.
Doug.

A. S. thrah, Isl. thrauge, cursus temporis.

THRAW, s. Perh. favour.
Douglas.

Su. G. traa, Isl. thra, desiderium.

THRAW, adv.
V. Thra.

THRAWART, THRAWARD, adj.
1. Froward, perverse.
Balnavis.
2. Backward, reluctant, S.
Baillie.

Isl. thrayrdi, pervicax contentio.

Thrawart, prep. Athwart, across.
Doug.

THRAW-CRUK, s. An instrument for twisting ropes of straw, hair, &c. S.
Bannatyne P.

THREFT, adj. Reluctant, perverse, Loth.
V. Thraftly.

To THREPE, v. n. To aver with pertinacity, in reply to denial, S.
Douglas.

A. S. threap-ian, redarguere.

Threpe, Threap, s. A pertinacious affirmation, S.
Ross.

THRESUM, adj. Three together.
V. Sum.

THRESWALD, s. Threshold.
Doug.

A. S. threscwald, id.; thresc-an, ferire, and wald lignum.

THRETE, s.
1. A throng, a crowd.
Douglas.
2. In thretis, in pairs.
Douglas.

A. S. threat, caterva; on threate, in choro.

To Threte, v. n. To crowd, to press.

A. S. threat-an, urgere.

Douglas.

THRETE. In threte, in haste, eagerly.
Douglas.

Isl. threyte, certo, laboro; thraa, thratt, assiduus.

THRETTENE, adj. Thirteen, S.
Wyntown.

A. S. threottyne, Isl. threttan, id.

Thretteint, adj. Thirteenth.
Crosraguel.

THRETTY, adj. Thirty, S.
Wyntown.

A. S. thrittig, Isl. thriatio, id.

THREW, pret. v. Struck.
Wallace.

Isl. thrug-a, premere, vim inferre.

THRY, adj.
1. Cross, perverse, S. B.
Ross.
2. Reluctant, S. B.
V. Thra.

THRID, adj. Third, S.
Barbour.

A. S. thridda, Isl. thridie, id.

To Thrid, v. a. To divide into three parts.
Acts Ja. II.

To THRYFT, v. n. To thrive.
Dunbar.

Isl. thrif-ast, Su.G. trifw-as, proficere.

Thryft, s. Prosperity.
Douglas.

Isl. thrif, nutritio.

To THRYLL, v. a. To enslave, to enthrall.
V. Thirl, v.
Bellenden.

Thryll, Thril, Threll, s. A slave.

A. S. Isl. thrael, Su. G. id.

Barbour.

Thrillage, s. Bondage.
Wallace.

THRILWALL, s. The name of the wall, between Scotland and England, erected by Severus.
Fordun.

Lat. murus perforatus; because of the gaps made in it.

To THRIMLE, THRIMBLE, v. a. To press, to squeeze.
Douglas.

To Thrimle, Thrimmel, Thrumble, v. n. To press into, or through, with difficulty and eagerness, S.
R. Bruce.

Teut. dromm-en, premere; or V. next word.

To THRIMLE, v. n. To wrestle, to fumble, S. B.
Muse's Thren.

Isl. eg thrume, certo, pugno.

THRYNFALD, adj. Threefold.
Doug.

A. S. thrynen, trinus.

To THRING, v. a. To press, to thrust.
K. Quair.

A. S. thring-an, Isl. threing-ia, urgere.

To Thring, v. n. To press on, or forward.
Barbour.

THRISSILL, THRISLE, s. The thistle, S.
Lyndsay.

THRISSLY, adj. Testy, crabbed, S. B.

Germ. verdriesslich, fretful, uncivil, rude.

To THRIST, v. a.
1. To thrust.
Doug.
2. To oppress, to vex.
Douglas.

Isl. thrijst-a, thriost-a, trudere, premere.

Thrist, s. Difficulty, pressure.
Douglas.

To THRIST, v. n. To spin; often, to thrist a thread, S. B.

A. S. thraest-an, to wreathe, to twist.

To THRIST, v. a. To trust, to give on credit.
Bur. Lawes.

THROCH, THROUCHE, THRUCH, (gutt.) s.
1. A sheet of paper.
Pitscottie.
2. A small literary work; as we now say, a sheet.
L. Scotland.

THROLL, s. A hole, a gap.
Douglas.

A. S. thyrel, foramen.

THROPILL, s.
1. The windpipe, S. thrapple.
Barbour.
2. Used improperly for the throat, S.
Sir J. Sinclair.

A. S. throt-boll, id. q. the throat-bowl.

THROUCH, s. Faith, credit.
Barbour.

Su. G. trogen, trygg, faithful.

THROUCH, (gutt.) prep. Through, S.
Douglas.

To Throuch, Through, (gutt.) v. a. To carry through.
Baillie.

To Through, v. n. To go on, literally; To mak to through, to make good, S.
Burns.

Through, adj. Thorough.
Mellvill's MS.

Throuch, Thruch, adj. Active, expeditious; as, a throuch wife, an active woman, S. B. from the prep.

Isl. thrug-a, however, signifies, vim inferre.

Through other, Throw ither, adv. Confusedly, promiscuously; S. throuther.
Pitscottie.

Throwgang, s. A thoroughfare, S.
Doug.

Belg. doorgang, a passage.

Throwgang, adj. Affording a thoroughfare, S.

Throughpit, s. Activity. Throughpit of wark.

Through and put.

To THROW, v. a. To twist.
V. Thraw.

THRUCH-STANE, s. A flat gravestone, Loth. Ayrs.
Satchels.

A. S. thruh, thurruc, sarcophagus, a grave, a coffin, Isl. thro, id. Alem. steininer druho.

THRUNLAND, part. pr. Rolling, tumbling about.
Peblis Play.

A. S. tryndled, orbiculatus.

To THRUS, THRUSCH, v. n.
1. To fall, or come down, with a rushing or crashing noise.
Wallace.
2. To cleave with a crashing noise.

Isl. thrusk-a, strepere.

Wallace.

THRUSH, THRUSH-BUSH, s. The rush; Loth. thrash.
Cleland.

THUD, s.
1. The forcible impression made by a tempestuous wind; as including the idea of the loud, but intermitting, noise caused by it, S.
Burel.
2. Impetus, resembling that of a tempestuous wind.
Douglas.
3. Any loud noise, as that of thunder, cannons, &c.
Polwart.
4. A stroke, causing a blunt and hollow sound.
Douglas.
5. A violent assault of temptation.
Rollocke.

A. S. thoden, turbo, noise, din; Isl. thyt-r, fremitus venti proruentis.

To Thud, v. n.
1. To rush with a hollow sound.
Montgomerie.
2. To move with velocity, S.
Rudd.

To Thud, v. a.
1. To beat, to strike, S.
Ruddiman.
2. To drive with impetuosity, S.
Ramsay.

To THUMB, v. a. To wipe any thing by applying the thumbs to it, S.
Ross.

THUMBIKINS, s. pl. An instrument of torture, applied as a screw to the thumbs, S.
Stat. Acc.

THUMBLICKING, s. An ancient mode of confirming a bargain, S.
Ersk.

THUNNERIN, adj. A thunnerin drouth, a strong drought, S. B., apparently expressing that which is viewed as the effect of fire in the air, or lightning.

THOURT, THOURTOUR.
V. Thortour.

THURCH, uncertain.
Barbour.

THURST, s. Could.
Barbour.

Su. G. troesta, valere, posse.

THUS-GATE, adv. In this manner.
Wyntown.

THWAYNG, s. A thong, S. whang.
Wyntown.

A. S. thwang, Isl. thweing, id.

THWARTER-ILL.
V. Thorter-ill.

TYAL, s. Any thing used for tying a latchet. S. B.

Isl. tigill, ligula.

TYBER, s. Perh. warrior.
Sir Gawan.

Isl. tifar, viri alacres.

TIBRIC, TIBRICK, s. The young of the coal-fish, Orkn.
Stat. Acc.

TICHT, pret. Tied.
V. Tight.

To TICK, v. n. To click, as a watch, S.

Belg. tikk-en, id.

TICK, TICKER, s.
1. A dot of any kind, S.

Teut. tick, punctus.

2. A very small spot on the skin, S. B.
V. Teicher.

TICKET, s. A pat, a slight stroke, S.

Belg. tik, a pat, tikk-en, to pat.

TID, s.
1. Proper time, season, S.
2. Humour, S. as, I'm just in the tid.
Ferguson.

A. S. Su. G. tid, time, season.

To Tid, v. a. To choose the proper season, S.

TID, TYD, v. impers. Happened.
Doug.

A. S. tid-an, Su. G. tid-a, contingere.

TYDY, TYDIE, adj.
1. Neat, S.
2. Plump, fat, S.
Douglas.
3. Lucky, favourable.
Ramsay.

Su. G. tidig, decorus; Teut. tydigh, in season, ripe.

TIFT, s. Condition, plight, S.
Wodrow.

Isl. tif-a, tyf-a, manus celeriter movere.

To Tift, v. a. To put in order, S. B.
Morison.

TIFT, s. Used as expressive of tediousness, S.

Isl. tef-ia, Su. G. toefw-a, to delay.

TIFT, s.
1. The act of quarrelling, Loth. tiff, E.
2. The act of struggling in a wanton or dallying way, Loth.
3. The action of the wind.
Ritson.

Isl. tyft-a, to chastise.

To TIFT, v. a. To quaff.
Hamilton.

E. tiff, drink, or a draught.

To TIG, v. n.
1. To touch lightly, to dally, S.
Evergreen.
2. To trifle with, to treat in a scornful and contemptuous manner.
Rutherford.

Isl. teg-ia, teig-ia, lactare, allicere.

Tig-tow, s. To play at tig-tow, to pat backwards and forwards, to dally, S.

Tig, and Su. G. toefw-a, morari.

TIG, TEYG, s. A pet, a fit of sullen humour.
Ferguson.

Gael. taoig, a fit of passion; Su. G. tig-a, to be silent.

Tiggy, adj. Petty, prone to pettishness, S.

To TIG-TAG, v. n. To trifle, to be busy while doing nothing of importance.

E. ticktack, a game at tables.

Baillie.

TIGHT, TICHT, part. pa. and pret.
1. Tied.
Sir Gawan.
2. Prepared, girt for action.
Gawan and Gol.

A. S. tyg-an, to bind, Isl. ty-ia, instruo.

TYISDAY, s. Tuesday.
V. Tysday.

TIKE, TYKE, TYK, s.
1. A dog, a cur; properly one of a larger and common breed, S.
Dunbar.

Su. G. tik, Isl. tyk, a little bitch.

2. A selfish snarling fellow, S.
Gl. Surv. Moray.

Tike-tyrit, adj. Dog-weary, tired like a dog after coursing or running, S.
Minstr. Bord.

Tyked, adj. Having the disposition of a degenerate dog, currish.
Watson.

TYKE and TRYKE, adv. Higgledy-piggledy, in an intermingled state, S. B.

Su. G. tiock, densus; and tryck-a, angustare.

TIL, TILL, prep.
1. To, S.
Barbour.

Moes. G. A. S. Isl. til, Su. G. till, id.

2. With, in addition to.
Wyntown.
3. From, improperly.
Wyntown.

TIL, TILL, as a mark of the infinitive, instead of to.
Douglas.

To TYLD, v. a. To cover, S. B.
Pal. Hon.

Isl. tialld-a, tentorium figere, aulaeum extendere.

Tyld, s. Covert.
Gawan and Gol.

A. S. tyld, Isl. tiald, a tent, an awning.

TYLD, s. Tile.
Bellenden.

TILL, adv. While, during the time that.
Barbour.

To TILL, v. a. To entice.
V. Teal.

TILL, s. A cold unproductive clay, S.
Stat. Acc.

TILLIESOUL, s. A place, to which a gentleman sends the servants and horses of his guests, when he does not choose to entertain the former at his own expense, Loth.

Fr. tillet, a ticket, and sould, soldiers' pay.

TILLING, s. Perh. for titling the titlerk.
Statist. Acc.

TILLIT, pret. v. Coaxed.
Wallace.

Isl. tael-ia, pellicere.

TILT, s. L. tint, proof, as in first edition.
V. Taint, s.
Ross.

TYMBER, TYMMER, TYMBRELL, TYMBRILL, s. Crest of a helmet.

Fr. timbre, id.

Douglas.

Tymbrit, part. pa. Crested.
Douglas.

TIMEABOUT, adj. Alternately, S.
Spalding.

TIMMER, s.
1. Timber, S.

Sw. timmer, id.

2. A legal quantity of forty skins packed up within two boards of timber.
Skene.

Timmertuned, adj. Having a harsh unmusical voice, S.

TIMMING, TEMMING, s. A kind of coarse thin woollen cloth, S.
Stat. Acc.

Fr. etamine, id.

TYMPANE, s. The sistrum.
Douglas.

Lat. tympanum.

TIN, s. Loss.
Sir Tristrem.

TINCHELL, TINCHEL, s. A circle of sportsmen, who, by surrounding a great space, and gradually narrowing, brought great quantities of deer together.
Pittscotie.

Ir. Gael. tinchioll, circuit, compass.

To TYND, v. n. To kindle.
V. Teind.

Tynd, s. A spark.

TYND, s.
1. A harrow-tooth, S.

Isl. tindr, Su. G. tinne, id.

2. One course of the harrow over a field, S.
3. Tyndis, s. pl. The horns of a hart.
Douglas.

Su. G. tinne, any thing sharp like a tooth.

TINDE, s. On tinde, in a collected state.

Isl. tynt, collectum.

Sir Tristrem.

To TINE, TYNE, v. a.
1. To lose.
Wallace.
2. To forfeit.
Acts Ja. I.
3. To kill or destroy.
Wyntown.
4. To tine the saddle, to lose all, S.

Isl. tyn-ast, perdere.

Baillie.

Tineman, s. An appellation given to one of the Lords of Douglas, from his being unfortunate in losing almost all his men in battle.
Godscroft.

Tynar, Tiner, s. A loser, S.
Acts Ja. V.

Tynsaill, Tinsall, Tynsell, s.
1. Loss, S.
Barbour.
2. Forfeiture.
Acts Ja. I.

To Tinsall, v. a. To injure, from the s.
Baron Courts.

To TING, v. a. To ring, S.
Henrysone.

Ting-tang, s. Sound of a bell, S.

Teut. tinghe-tangh-en, tintinare.

To Tinkle on, v. n. To ring chimes about.
Baillie.

TINT NOR TRIAL.
V. Taint.

TIP, s. A ram. Galloway.
Davidson.

To Tip, v. n. To take the ram, S.
Kelly.

Used also actively.

To TIP, v. a. To nettle from disappointment. S.

A metaph. use of E. tip, to strike slightly.

To TIPPENIZE, v. n. To tipple small beer, S. from two-penny.
Ramsay.

TIPPERTY, adj.
1. Unstable, S. B.
2. To gang tipperty-like, to walk in a flighty, ridiculous manner, S. B.
V. Tippertin.

TIPPERTIN, s. A bit of card, with a pin passed through it, resembling a te-totum, Loth.

Hence, to loup like a tippertin.

TYRANE, s. A tyrant.
Bellenden.

Fr. tyran, id.

Hence,

Tyrane, adj. Tyrannical.
Lyndsay.

Tyrandry, s. Tyranny.
Wallace.

Tyranlie, adv. Tyrannically.
Douglas.

TYRE, s. A hat of tyre, part of the dress of Bruce at Bannockburn.
Barbour.

A. S. tyr, tiara.

TYREMENT, s. Interment.
Douglas.

Abbrev. from entyrement, id., used by the same writer.

TIRL, s. A substitute for the trundle of a mill, Shetl.
Statist. Acc.

Su. G. trill-a, to trundle.

TIRL, TIRLE, s.
1. A smart stroke, S.
V. Dirle.
2. A touch, in the way of intermeddling,
Cleland.
3. A dance.
Ramsay.
4. A gentle breeze, S.
Ramsay.

To TIRL, TIRLE, v. a.
1. To uncover, S.
Burns.
2. To pluck off expeditiously; applied to dress.
Priests Peblis.
3. To strip; applied to property.
Ramsay.

Isl. thyrl-a, turbidire versari subito.

To TIRLE, v. n. To produce a tremulous sound by slightly touching, S.

E. trill, v. n.

Muse's Threnodie.

TIRLES, s. pl. Some disease.
Montgomerie.

Fr. tarle, a wood-worm.

TIRLESS, TIRLASS, TIRLIES, s.
1. A lattice, S.
Baillie.
2. A wicket, S. B.
Law Case.

Fr. treillis; Teut. traelie.

Tirlest, part. adj. Trellised, S.

TIRLIEWIRLIE, s.
1. A whirligig, S.
2. An ornament consisting of a number of intervolved lines, S.
Forbes's Shop Bill.

Su. G. trill-a, and hworl-a, rotare.

TIRMA, s. The sea-pie.
Martin.

To TIRR, TIRUE, v. a.
1. To tear.
Douglas.
2. To uncover forcibly.
Douglas.
3. To unroof.
Spalding.
4. To strip one of his property.
Morison.
5. To pare off the sward, S.
Stat. Acc.

A. S. tyr-an, tyrw-an, to tear.

To TIRR, v. n. To snarl, S.

Teut. tergh-en, to irritate.

Tirr, adj. Crabbed, S. B.
V. v.

TIRRIVEE, s. A fit of passion, S.

Fr. tir-er, to dart forth, and vif, lively; denoting the lively action of rage.

TIRWIRR, TIRWIRRING, adj. Habitually growling, S.

Teut. tergh-en, to irritate, and werren, to contend.

TISCHE, TYSCHE, TYSCHEY, TUSCHÉ, s. A girdle.
Douglas.

Fr. tissu, id.; Belg. tessche, a scrip.

TYSDAY, TYISDAY, s. Tuesday, S.
Knox.

A. S. Tiwesdaeg, from Tuisco, a Saxon deity; or Goth. Tijs; Isl. Tijsday, id.

TYSE, TYIST, TYST, v. a. To entice, S. B.
Douglas.

Arm. tis, a train. Su. G. tuss-a, to incite dogs.

TYST, TAISTE, (Orkn.) TYSTIE, (Shetl.) s. The sea-turtle.
Barry.

Isl. teist-a, Norw. teiste, id.

TYSTRE, s. A case, a cover.
Wyntown.

L. B. tester-um, covering of a bed.

TIT, s. A snatch.
V. Tyte, s.

TIT. A tit, a gog.
V. Tid.
Bruce.

To TYTE, v. a.
1. To snatch, to draw suddenly, S.
Wyntown.
2. To move by jerks, S.

A. S. tiht-an, Teut. tyd-en, trahere.Tyte, Tyt, s.
1. A quick pull.
Wyntown.
2. A tap, S.
V. the v.

TYTE, adj. Direct, straight, S. B.
Ross.

Sw. taett, close, thick.

TYTE, TYT, adv. Soon.
Barbour.

Isl. titt, ready.

Titly, adv. Speedily.
Sir Tristrem.

Tyttar, adv. Rather, sooner.
Barbour.

Isl. tidari, compar. of tid-r, frequentior.

TITHING, TITHAND, s. Tidings.
Houlate.

Belg. tijding, Isl. tidende, id.

TITGANDIS. L. tithandis, as in MS. tidings.
Houlate.

To TITLE, v. n. To prate idly, S.
Melvil.

Su. G. twetalen, double-tongued.

Titlar, Tittillar, s. A tatler.
Henrysone.

TITLENE, TITLING, s. The hedge-sparrow.

Isl. tytling-r, id.

Compl. S.

TITTY, s. Dimin. of sister, S.
Ritson.

TITTY, adj.
1. Coming in gusts, S. B., from tit, a stroke.
V. Tyte.
2. Testy, ill-humoured, Renfr.

Tittish, adj. Captious, testy, S. B.

TITTS, s. pl. A disease in the dugs of cows.

Teut. titte, udder.

Montgomerie.

TITUP, s. A trigger.
Bellenden.

From tit, a tap, and the prep. up.

TO, adv. Too, A. S. id.
Barbour.

TO, adv. Preceding a v. part. or adj. quite, entirely, very.
Wyntown.

To is prefixed to many A. S. words, and has various powers; to-faegen, perlaetus, to-braecan, disrumpere, to-cwys-an, quatere, dissipare.

TO, shut. The door is tue, S.

Belg. toe, id. De duur is toe.

TOCHER, TOUCHQUHARE, TOCHER-GOOD, s. The dowry brought by a wife, S.
Bellenden.

Ir. tochar, a dowry.

To Tocher, v. a. To give a dowry to, S.
Pitscottie.

Tocherless, adj. Having no portion, S.
Shirrefs.

To TO-CUM, v. n. To approach.
Doug.

A. S. to-cum-an, advenire.

Tocum, To-cumming, s.
1. Approach.
Douglas.
2. Encounter.
Douglas.

A. S. to-cyme, an approaching.

TOD, s. The fox, S.
Acts Ja. I.

Isl. toa, tove, vulpes.

Tod's birds, an evil brood; sometimes Tod's Bairns.
R. Bruce.

Tod and lambs, a game played on a perforated board, with wooden pins, S.

Tod's tails, s. pl. Alpine club-moss, an herb, S.

To TODLE, TODDLE, v. n.
1. To walk with short steps, in a tottering way, S.
Burel.
2. To purl, to move with a gentle noise, S.
Ferguson.
3. It denotes the murmuring noise caused by meat boiling gently in a pot, Fife; more generally tottle, S.
A. Douglas.

Isl. dudd-a, segnipes esse; Su. G. tult-a, minutis gressibus ire.

TOFALL, TOOFALL, s.
1. A building annexed to the wall of a larger one.
Wyntown.
2. It now properly denotes one, the roof of which rests on the wall of the principal building, S.
Spalding.

Teut. toe-vall-en, adjungere se, adjungi.

TO-FALL, TOO-FALL, s. The close.
To-fall o' the day, the evening, S.

Teut. toe-val, eventus; toe-vall-en, cadendo claudi.

Pop. Ball.

TOFORE, prep. Before.
Douglas.

A. S. to-for, ante, coram.

Tofore, adv. Before.
Douglas.

TOHILE. L. to hile, to conceal.

Isl. hyl-ia, occultare.

Wyntown.

TOY, s. A head-dress of linen or woollen, that hangs down over the shoulders, worn by old women of the lower classes, S.
Burns.

Su. G. natt-tyg, a night-cap; Belg. tooij-en, to tire, to adorn.

To TOIR, v. a. To beat, S. toor.

Su. G. torfw-a, verberare.

Douglas.

TOIT, s. A fit, whether of illness, or of bad humour.
V. Tout.
Semple.

TOYT, s. Toyts of Tay, the fresh water mussels found in Tay.
Muse's Thren.

Teut. tote, tuyt, cornu, extremitas instar cornu.

To TOYTE, TOT, v. n. To totter like old age, S.
V. Todle.
Burns.

* TOKEN, s. A ticket of lead or tin, which every private Christian receives as a mark of admission to the Sacrament of the Supper, S.
Spalding.

TOKIE, s. An old women's head-dress, resembling a monk's cowl, S. B.

Fr. toque, a bonnet or cap; tocquÉ, coiffed.

TOKIE, s. A fondling term applied to a child, S. B.

Germ. tocke, a baby, a puppet.

TOLL, s. A turnpike, S.
Sir J. Sinclair.

TO-LOOK, TOLUIK, s. A prospect, matter of expectation, S.
Knox.

A. S. to-loc-ian, adspicere.

To TOLTER, v. n. To move unequally, to totter.
King's Quair.

Su. G. tult-a, vacillare; Lat. tolutaris, ambling.

Tolter, Toltir, adj. Unstable, in a state of vacillation.
K. Quair.

TO-LUCK, s. Boot, what is given above bargain, S., from the vulgar idea of giving luck to a bargain.
V. Lucks-penny.

TOME, s. A line for a fishingrod, including the whole length, S. O.

TOMMY NODDIE, TOM-NODDY, The puffin, a bird, S., Orkn. The Tam Norie of the Bass.
Barry.

TO-NAME, s. A name added, for the sake of distinction, to one's surname; or used instead of it.
Minstr. Bord.

TONE, part. pa. Taken.
Dunbar.

TONGUE-FERDY, adj. Loquacious, glib of the tongue, Ang.

Su. G. tung, lingua, and faerdig, paratus.

TONGUE-RAKE, s. Elocution, S.

Su. G. tung, and rek-a, vagari.

To TOOBER, v. a. To beat, to strike, S. O. tabour, E. and Loth.

Fr. tabour-er, to strike or bump on the posteriors, q. as on a drum.

Toober, s. A quarrel, S. O.

TOOFALL, s.
V. To-fall.

TOOLYE, s. A broil.

To Toolye, v. n. To quarrel.
V. Tuilyie.

TOOM, adj. Empty.
V. Tume.

To TOOT, TOUT, v. a. To blow or sound a horn, S.
Fountainhall.

Su. G. tut-a, Isl. taut-a, ululare; Su. G. tuta i horn, to blow a horn.

To Toot, v. n.
1. To cry by prolonging the voice, S.
Urquhart.
2. To make a plaintive noise, as when a child cries loud and mournfully, S.

Toot, Tout, s. The blast of a horn or trumpet, S.
Ramsay.

Touting horn, a horn for blowing, S.
J. Nicol

To TOOT, v. n. To express dissatisfaction or contempt.

Isl. taut-a, murmurare.

TOOTHFU', s. To tak a toothfu', to take a moderate quantity of strong liquor, S.
J. Nicol.

TOOT-NET, s. A large fishing-net anchored, Ang.
Law Case.

Belg. tootebel, a certain square net.

Tootsman, s. One who gives warning, by a cry, to haul the toot-net, S.

TOP OUR TAILL, adv. Topsyturvy.
Lyndsay.

TOP ANNUEL, a certain annuity paid from lands or houses.
Acts Marie.

To TOPE, v. a. To oppose.
Baillie.

TOPFAW, s. Soil that has fallen in, or sunk from the surface, Fife.

TO-PUTTER, s. Taskmaster.
Ramsay.

TOR (of a chair), s. Perhaps the round, or the semicircular arm of a chair of state.
Knox.

Fr. tour, Teut. toer, circulus.

TORE (of a saddle), s. The pommel, the forepart of which is somewhat elevated, S.
Colvil.

A. S. tor, a tower, an eminence.

To TORE, v. a. To tear.
Douglas.

A. S. teor-an, rumpere.

TORFEIR, TORFER, s. Hardship, difficulty.
Gawan and Gol.

Isl. torfaer-a, iter difficile et impeditum.

To TORFEL, TORCHEL, v. n. To pine away, to die.
Gl. Sibb.

Isl. torfellde, torvellde, difficilis, arduus.

TORYT. L. taryt, tarried.
Wallace.

To TORN, v. a. To turn.
Douglas.

TORN BUT, retaliation.
Barbour.

Fr. tourn-er, to turn, but a but, on equal terms.

TORNE, s. A turn, an action done to another.
Douglas.

TORRIE, s. A term applied to peas roasted in the sheaf, Fife.

Lat. torreo, q. what is scorched.

TORRY-EATEN, adj. Torry-eaten land, poor moorish soil, exhausted by cropping, very bare, and bearing only scattered tufts of sheep's fescue, S. B.

Isl. torgiat-r, aegre reparabilis; or Fris. torre vermis, and eet-en, q. worm-eaten.

TORRIS, pl. Towers.
Gawan and Gol.

TORT, part. pa. Tortured; distorted.

O. Fr. tort, Lat. tort-us.

Douglas.

TOSCH, TOSCHE, adj. Neat, trim, S.
Douglas.

O. Fr. touzÉ, clipped; Belg. doss-en, to clothe.

TOSCHEODERACHE, s.
1. The deputy of a Mair of fee.
Reg. Maj.
2. The name given to the office itself.
Skene.

Gael. Ir. teachdaire, a messenger; teachdairacht, a message.

TOSIE, adj.
1. Tipsy, intoxicated in some degree, S.
Meston.
2. Intoxicating.
Hamilton.

Mod. Sax. dosig, giddy; Isl. dus, drunken.

TOSTIT, part. adj. Tossed with severe affliction, S. B.

TOT, s. A fondling designation for a child, S.
V. Toyte.
Ramsay.

TOTHIR, TOTHYR, adj.
1. The other, S. pron. tither.
Wallace.
2. The second.
Wyntown.
3. Indefinitely, in the sense of another, or posterior.
Barbour.

TOTTIE, adj. Warm, snug, Perths.

Gael. teoth-am, to warm.

TOTTIS, s. Refuse of wool.
Leg. St Androis.

Su. G. totte, a handful of flax or wool.

To TOTTLE, v. n.
1. A term used to denote the noise made by any substance, when boiling gently, S.
A. Nicol.
2. To purl, applied to a stream, Dumfr.
V. Todle.
Nithsdale Song.

To TOVE, v. n. To talk familiarly, prolixly, and cheerfully, S., often, to tove and crack.
A. Scott.

Norw. toeve, to prattle, to be talkative.

Tovie, adj. Tipsy, Loth.

TOUK, s. A hasty pull, a tug, S.

A. S. twicc-an, vellicare.

Ruddiman.

To TUCK, v. a. To beat.
Spalding.

Teut. tuck-en, icero.

To Touk, Tuck, v. n. To emit a sound, in consequence of being beaten.
Evergr.

Touk, s.
1. A stroke, a blow.
Douglas.
2. Touk of drum, beat of drum, S.
Gl. Sibb.

TOUNDER, s. Tinder.
Lyndsay.

Alem. tundere, Isl. tunthere, id.

TOUSIE, TOWZIE, adj.
1. Disordered, dishevelled, S., sometimes touslie.
2. Rough, shaggy, S.
Burns.

To Tousle, v. a.
1. To put into disorder; often, to rumple, S.
2. To handle roughly, as dogs do each other.
Polwart.

Isl. tusk-a, luctari, tusk, lucta lenis et jocosa.

Tousle, Touzle, s. Rough dalliance, S.
R. Galloway.

To TOUT, v. a.
V. Toot.

To TOUT, TOOT, v. n. To take large draughts, S.
Ferguson.

Tout, s.
1. A copious draught, S.
2. A drinking match, S. B.
Gl. Shirr.

Perh. from Teut. tocht, a draught.

To TOUT, TOWT, v. a.
1. To toss, to put in disorder, S.
Chron. S. P.
2. To throw into disorder by quibbling or litigation.
Melvill's MS.
3. To teaze, to vex, S.

Tout, s.
1. An ailment of a transient kind, S.

Belg. tocht, togt, wind; een zwaare togt, a sore bout.

2. A transient displeasure, a fit of ill-humour, Ang.
Shirrefs.

Touttie, adj.
1. Throwing into disorder; as, a touttie wind, S.

Belg. togtig, windy.

2. Irritable, easily put in disorder, S.

TOW, s.
1. A rope of any kind, S.
Leg. St Androis.

Su. G. tog, Isl. tog, taug, Belg. touw, id.

2. A halter, S.
Muse's Thren.

To TOW, v. n. To give way, to fail, to perish, S. B.

Alem. douu-en, Su. G. do, to die.

To TOWEN, v. a. To tire, to weary out, Fife.

Isl. thion-a, laborare.

To TOWIN, TOWN, v. a. To tame, Loth. Berwicks.
Ramsay.

Teut. touw-en, premere, subigere.

TOWMONT, TOWMON, TOWMOND, s. A year; corr. of twelve-month, used in the same sense, S.

Towmontell, s. A cow of a year old, Ayrs.

TOWNNYS, pl. Tuns, large casks.
Barbour.

TRACED, adj. Laced; as a traced hat, S.

O. Fr. tress-ir, faire un tissu.

To TRACHLE, TRAUCHLE, v. a.
1. To draggle, to trail, S.
Mellvill's MS.

Alem. dregel-en, per incuriam aliquid perdere.

2. To dishevel.
Complaynt S.

Gael. trachladh, to loosen.

3. To drudge, to overtoil, S. B.

Sw. traal-a, duro labore exerceri.

TRACK, s. Feature, lineament, S.

Belg. trek, id. from trekk-en, to dilineate.

TRACK-BOAT, s. A boat used on a canal, S.

Belg. trek-schuyt, id. from trekk-en, to draw.

TRACK-POT, s. A tea-pot, S.

From Belg. trekk-en, to draw.

TRACTIUE, s. A treatise.
Crosraguel.

Fr. traitÉ, id.

TRAD, s. Track, course in travelling or sailing.
Wyntown.

Isl. troeda, terra, quod teratur et calcetur.

TRAGET, TRIGGET, s. A trick, a deceit, S. triget.
Douglas.

O. Fr. trigaud-ier, to embroil.

TRAY, s. Trouble, vexation.
Barbour.

A. S. treg, Su. G. traege, Alem. trege, dolor.

To TRAIK, v. n. To go idly from place to place, S.

Trackit, part. adj. Much fatigued, S.
Dunbar.

Traikit-like, adj. Having the appearance of great fatigue from ranging about.

Belg. treck-en, to travel; Sw. traek-a, niti.

TRAIK, s.
1. A plague, a mischief.
Douglas.
2. The flesh of sheep that have died of disease or by accident, S.
Pennecuik, N.

To TRAIK, v. n. To be in a declining state of health.
Baillie.

Su. G. trak-a, cum difficultate progredi.

TRAILSYDE, adj. So long as to trail on the ground.
V. Side.
Douglas.

To TRAYN, v. a. To draw, to entice.

Fr. train-er, to draw.

Barbour.

Train, s. A rope used for drawing, Orkn.
Stat. Acc.

To TRAIST, TREST, TREIST, v. a.
1. To trust.
Lyndsay.
2. v. n. To pledge faith, by entering into a truce.
Gawan and Gol.

Isl. treist-a, Su. G. traest-a, confidere.

Traist, Trest, s. Trust, faith.
Complaynt S.

Isl. traust-r, Su. G. troest, fiducia.

Traist, Traisty, adj.
1. Trusty, faithful.
Wallace.

Isl. traust-r, Su. G. troest, fidus, fidelis.

2. Confident.
Barbour.

Germ. treist, Su. G. troest, audax.

3. Secure, safe.
Barbour.

Traist, s. An appointed meeting.
V. Tryst.
Barbour.

Traistis, s. pl. A roll of the accusations brought against those who, in former times, were to be legally tried.
Acts Ja. III.

Traistly, adv. Confidently, securely.
Barbour.

TRAIST, s. Frame of a table.
V. Trest.

TRAYT, s. Bread of trayt, a superior kind of bread made of fine wheat.

Panis de Treyt, Fleta.

Chalm. Air.

TRAKIT, part. pa. Much fatigued.
V. Traik.

TRAM, s.
1. The shaft of a cart or carriage of any kind, S.
Dunbar.

Su. G. traam, that part of a tree, which is cut into different portions.

2. A beam or bar.
Spalding.
3. In a ludicrous sense, the leg or limb; as, lang trams, long limbs, S.

TRAMALT NET, corr. from E. trammel.
Lyndsay.

TRAMORT, s. A corpse.
Dunbar.

Su. G. tra, to consume, mort, dead.

To TRAMP, v. a.
1. To tread with force, S.
Lyndsay.

Sw. trampa pa, conculcare.

2. To tread, in reference to walking, S.
Ferguson.

To Tramp, v. n.
1. To tread with a heavy step, S.

Su. G. tramp-a, id.

2. To walk; as opposed to any other mode of travelling, S.
Pop. Ball.

Tramp, s.
1. The act of striking the foot suddenly downwards, S.
2. An excursion, properly a pedestrian one. S.
Burns.

TRANCE, TRANSE, s.
1. A passage within a house, S.
Sir J. Sinclair.
2. Used metaph. in relation to death.
Rutherford.

To TRANE, v. n. To travel.
Burel.

Su. G. tren-a, incedere, gressus facere.

To TRANONT, TRANOYNT, TRANOWNT, TRANENT, TRAWYNT, v. n.
1. To march suddenly in a clandestine manner.
Barbour.
2. To march quickly, without including the idea of stratagem or secrecy.
Wallace.
3. To return, to turn back.
Pal. Hon.

Fr. traine, a snare, an ambush.

Tranowintyn, s. A stratagem of war.
Barbour.

To TRANSE, v. n. To determine, to resolve.
Burel.

Fr. tranch-er, decider, parler franchement.

TRANSS, s. A species of dance anciently in use.
Chr. Kirk.

To TRANSMUGRIFY, v. a. To transform, to transmute, S.
Burns.

* To TRANSPORT, v. a. To translate a minister from one charge to another, S.
Pardovan.

Transportation, s. The act of translating a minister, S.
Acts Assembly.

TRANTLE, s. The rut made by a cartwheel, when it is deep, Ang.

TRANTLES, TRITLE-TRANTLES, TRANTLIMS, s. pl.
1. Trifling or superstitious ceremonies.
Cleland.
2. Moveables of little value, petty articles of furniture, S.
Ross.
3. Toys used by children, S. Loth. trantles.
V. Trentalis.

TRAP, s. A sort of ladder, S.

Sw. trappa, Teut. trap, gradus.

TRAPPYS, s. pl. Trappings.
Douglas.

L. B. trap-us, Hisp. trop-o, cloth.

TRAPPOURIS, TRAPOURIS, s. pl. Trappings.
Douglas.

L. B. trappatura, ornatus È trapo seu panno.

TRAS, s. The tract of game.
Sir Gawan.

Fr. trace, id. trasses, the footing of a deer.

TRAST, TREST, s. A beam.
Wallace.

O. Fr. traste, a cross-beam.

TRAT, TRATTES, s. An old woman; a term generally used in contempt, S.
Douglas.

Isl. draett-ur, Su. G. drott, a servant; Germ. trot, an old woman, a witch.

To TRATTIL, TRATLE, v. n.
1. To prattle, to tattle.
Dunbar.
2. To repeat in a rapid and careless manner.
Lyndsay.

C. B. tryd-ar, to prattle.

Trittell trattell, pshaw.
Lyndsay.

Trattils, s. pl. Trattles, idle talk.
Pitscottie.

TRAVESSE, s.
V. Treviss.

TRAWART, adj. Perverse.
V. Thrawart.
Dunbar.

TRAWYNTIT.
V. Tranont.

TRAZILEYS, s. pl. The props of vines.
Douglas.

L. B. trestell-us, fulcrum mensae.

To TREADLE, v. n. To go frequently and with difficulty, Fife.

TREE, s. A barrel, S.
Acts Ja. V.

Su. G. trae, mensura aridorum.

TREE and TRANTEL, a piece of wood that goes behind a horse's tail, for keeping back the sunks or sods, used instead of a saddle, Perths.

TREGALLION, s. Collection, assortment, Dumfr.

C. B. treigliant, a strolling; treiglian-nu, to effect a circulation; O. Fr. trigalle, a lodging-house.

TREIN, TRENE, adj. Wooden; treein, S.
Bellenden.

A. S. treowen, arboreus, ligneus.

Trein mare, a barbarous instrument of punishment, formerly used in the army.
Spalding.

To TREISSLE, v. a. To abuse by treading, Loth.

O. Fr. tressaill-ir, to leap or skip.

To TREIT, TRETE, v. a. To entreat, Lanerks.; pret. tret.
Dunbar.

O. Fr. traict-er, id. Lat. tract-are.

Treyter, s. A messenger for treating of peace.
Barbour.

TREITCHEOURE, s. A traitour; Fr. trichear.
Douglas.

TRELLYEIS, TRELYEIS, s. pl. Currycombs.

Fr. etrille, Lat. strigil-is.

Doug.

TREMBLING FEVERS, the ague, Ang.

Trembling aixes, Loth. from A. S. ace, dolor.

TRENSAND, part. pr. Cutting.

Fr. trenchant, id.

Wallace.

TRENTAL, s. A service of thirty masses, which were usually celebrated upon as many different days, for the dead.
Bannatyne P.

Fr. trentel, id. from trente, thirty.

To TREST, to trust.
V. Traist.

TREST, TRAIST, TRIST, s.
1. The frame of a table, S. tress.
Pal. Hon.
2. A tripod.
Douglas.
3. The frames for supporting artillery.
Acts Ja. V.

Fr. tresteau, fulcrum mensae.

TREST, s. A beam.
V. Trast.

TRET, adj. Long and well proportioned.
Wallace.

Fr. traict, trait, drawn out, lengthened.

TRETABYL, adj. Tractable, pliable.
Douglas.

To TRETE, v. a. To entreat.
V. Treit.

Tretie, s. Entreaty.
Henrysone.

TRETIE, s. A treatise.

Fr. traitÉ.

Dunbar.

TREVALLYIE, s. A train or retinue, implying the idea of its meanness, Clydes.

C. B. trafull-iaw, to bustle extremely.

TREVISS, TREVESSE, TRAVESSE, s.
1. Any thing laid across by way of bar, S.
2. A counter or desk in a shop, S. B.

L. B. travacha, travayso, Fr. travaison, intertignium.

3. Hangings, a curtain.
King's Quair.

To TREW, v. a. To trust.
V. Trow.

TREW, s. Often in pl. trewis, a truce.

O. Fr. treu, also treves, id.

Barbour.

Trewyd, part. pa. Protected by a truce.
Wyntown.

TREWS, s. pl. Trouse, trousers, S.

Ir. trius, Gael. triubhas, Fr. trousse.

TREWAGE, s. Tribute.
Wallace.

O. Fr. truage, treuage, toll, custom.

TREWANE, adj. Auld trewane, anciently credited.
V. Tronie.
Knox.

Su. G. troen, fidus.

TREWBUT, s. Tribute.
Wallace.

TRY, s. Means of finding any thing that has been lost, S. B.

* TRIAL, s. Proof, S.
Spalding.

TRIAPONE, s.
Burel.

TRIG, adj. Neat, trim, S.
Macneill.

To TRIGLE, TRIGIL, v. n. To trickle.

Isl. tregill, alveolus.

Douglas.

* To TRIM, v. a. To drub, to beat soundly, S.

TRIMMIE, s. A disrespectful term applied to a female, S. B.

TRYNE, s. Art, stratagem.
Godly Sangs.

Fr. traine, id.

TRYNE, s. Train, retinue.
Burel.

Teut. treyn, comitatus.

TRINES, s. pl. Drinking matches.
Polwart.

TRINKETING, s. Clandestine correspondence with an opposite party.
Baillie.

O. Fr. trigaut, one who uses shifts and tricks.

To TRINKLE, TRYNKLE, v. n. To trickle, S.
Douglas.

To TRINKLE, v. n. To tingle, to thrill.
Baillie.

To TRINSCH, v. a.
1. To cut, to hack.

Fr. trench-er, id.

Douglas.
2. To cut off, to kill.
Douglas.

To TRINTLE, TRINLE, v. a. to trundle or roll, S.

Fr. trondel-er, id.; A. S. trendel, globus.

TRIP, s. A flock, a considerable number.

C. B. tyrfa, a flock.

Henrysone.

TRIST, adj. Sad, melancholy.
Douglas.

Fr. triste, Lat. trist-is.

TRYST, TRIST, TRISTE, TRYIST, s.
1. An appointment to meet, S.
Wynt.
To set tryst, to make an appointment to meet, S.
To keep tryst, to fulfil an engagement to meet, S.
To break tryst, to break an engagement, S.
Spalding.
To crack tryst, id.
Z. Boyd.
2. An appointed meeting, S.
Minstr. Bord.
3. The appointed time of meeting.
Wallace.
4. The place appointed, S.
Houlate.
5. A concurrence of circumstances or events.
V. Traist, v.
Fleming.
6. A trial, an affliction.
K. Hart.

To Tryst, v. a.
1. To engage a person to meet one at a given time and place, S.
Fountainhall.
2. To meet with; used in relation to a divine ordination.
Baillie.

To Tryst, v. n.
1. To agree to meet at any particular time or place, S.
Wodrow.
2. To concur with; used metaph. as to circumstances or events.
Fleming.
3. Often used in a passive sense, in relation to one's meeting with adverse dispensations, S.
Fleming.

Tryster, s. A person who convenes others, fixing the time and place of meeting.
Baillie.

Trysting-place, s. The place of meeting previously appointed, S.
Minstr. Bord.

Tristres, s. pl. The stations allotted to different persons in hunting.
Sir Gawan.

L. B. tristra, id.

To TRODDLE, v. n. To walk with short steps, as a little child does, Ang.
Morison.

Germ. trottel-n, tarde et pigre incedere.

TRODWIDDIE, s. The chain that fastens the harrow to what are called the Swingle-trees, S. B.

Isl. troda, terra, and vijd-er, vimen; q. the withe which touches the earth.

TROGGERS, s. pl. The designation given to one species of Irish vagrants, q. trokers, Wigton.
Statist. Acc.

TROISTRY, s. The entrails of a beast, offals, S. B.

Isl. tros, trash, Sw. trastyg, trumpery.

TROYT, s. An inactive person, S. B.

Su. G. tryt-a, pigere, taedere; troett, fessus, lassus.

To TROKE, v. a.
1. To bargain in the way of exchange, to barter, S. truck, E.

Fr. troqu-er, to exchange.

Ferguson.
2. To do business on a small scale, S.
3. To be busy about little, in whatever way, S.

Trock, Troque, s.
1. Exchange, barter, S.

Fr. troc, id.

2. Troques, pl. small wares, S. B.
Shirrefs.
3. Small pieces of business that require a good deal of stirring, S. B.
4. Familiar intercourse, S. B.
Morison.

TROLY, TRAWLIE, s. A ring through which the sowme passes betwixt the two horses, or oxen, next the plough, Ang.
V. Sowme.

Isl. travale, impedimentum; Teut. traelie, clathrus, a bar.

TROLOLLAY, s. A term which occurs in a rhyme used by young people, on the last day of the year, S.

It has been viewed as a corr. of Fr. trois rois allois, three kings are come.

TRONACH, s. The crupper used with a pack-saddle; formed of a piece of wood, connected with the saddle by a cord at each end; Mearns.

TRONE, s.
1. An instrument, consisting of two horizontal bars crossing each other, beaked at the extremities, and supported by a wooden pillar; used for weighing heavy wares, S.
Stat. Dav. II.

L. B. trona, statera publica; Isl. tra-na, a crane; rostrum longiusculum.

2. The pillory, S.
Acts Sed.

Trone-weight, s. The standard weight used at the Trone, S.

Tronare, s. The person who had the charge of the Trone. L. B. tronar-ius.
Stat. Dav. II.

Trone-men, s. Those who carry off the soot sweeped from chimneys; denominated from their station at the Trone, Edinburgh.

To Trone, v. a. To subject to the disgraceful punishment of the pillory.
Kennedy.

TRONE, s. A throne.

Fr. id.

Douglas.

TRONIE, s. A traditionary saw, generally in rhyme; any thing frequently repeated, S. B. apparently the same with Trewane.

TROOD, s. Perh. wood for fences.
Statist. Acc.

Su. G. trod-r, lignum, quod materiam praebet saepibus construendis.

TROPLYS, s. pl. Expl. troops.
Barbour.

Teut. troppel, globus, congeries.

To TROSS, v. a.
1. To pack up, to truss, S.
2. To pack off, to set out, S. B. also turs, truss, S. A.

Fr. trouss-er, to truss.

TROSSIS, s. pl. The small round blocks in which the lines of a ship run.
Complaynt S.

Sw. trissa, Dan. tridse, a pulley.

* TROT, s.
1. Schaik a trot, seems to have been an old phrase for, Take a dance.
Complaynt S.
2. An expedition by horsemen, synon. raid.
Spalding.

Teut. trot, cursus, gressus.

TROTCOSIE, s. A piece of woollen cloth, which covers the back part of the neck and shoulders, with straps across the crown of the head, and buttoned from the chin downwards on the breast; for defence against the weather, S. properly throatcosie, as keeping the throat warm.
Waverley.

TROTTERS, s. pl. Sheeps' feet, S.
Ferguson.

TROVE, s. A turf, Aberd. toor, Ang.
Stat. Acc.

Su. G. Isl. torf, id. torfa, effodere.

TROW, s. The wooden spout in which water is carried to a mill-wheel, S.

Su. G. Belg. trog, Dan. trou, E. trough.

To TROW, TREW, v. a.
1. To believe, S.
Wallace.

Moes. G. traw-an, Isl. tru-a, credere.

2. To confide in.
Barbour.
3. To make believe; often in sport, S.

TROW, s.
1. The devil, Orkn.
2. In pl. an inferior order of evil spirits, ibid.

O. Goth, troll, a spectre, an incarnate goblin.

To Trow, v. a. Apparently, to curse.
Wallace.

To TROW, v. a. To season a cask, by rinsing it with a little wort, before it be used, Ang.

A. S. ge-treow-ian, purgare.

TROWENTYN, L. tranouwintyn.
V. Tranont.
Barbour.

TROWIE GLOVES, a name given to sponges, Caithn.
Stat. Acc.

Q. make-believe gloves.

TROWTH, s.
1. Truth.
Wyntown.
2. Belief.
Wyntown.

TRUBLY, adj. Dark, lowering.
Doug.

Fr. troublÉ, overcast, obscure.

TRUCKER, s.
V. Trukier.

TRUDGE-BAK, a humpback.
K. Hart.

Su. G. trutn-a, to swell.

TRUDGET, s. A trick, a mischievous prank, Loth.

Alem. trug, fraud; O. Fr. trick-er, to deceive.

TRUE-BLUE, adj. An epithet given to those accounted rigid Presbyterians, from the colour of the cockade worn by the Covenanters, S.
True Bleu Presb. Loyalty.

TRUFF, s. Corr. of E. turf, S.
Ferguson.

TRUFF, s. A trick, a deceit.
Douglas.

Ital. truffa, id. truff-are, to cheat.

To Truff, v. a. To steal.
Gl. Shirr.

Truffure, s. A deceiver.
Douglas.

TRUGS, adv. A mode of profane swearing, used among the vulgar, S. B.

Moes. G. triggua, Su. G. trigg, faithful.

TRUKIER, TRUCKER, s.
1. A deceitful person.
Polwart.

O. Fr. trikeur, a deceiver.

2. A designation often given to a female in contempt, as equivalent to "worthless hussy," S.

TRULIE, adj. True, not factitious. A trulie story, S. B.

Su. G. trolig, credibilis.

TRULIS, s. pl. Some kind of game.
Dunbar.

TRULLION, s. A sort of crupper, Mearns.

Teut. treyl-linie, helcium, the trace of a cart-horse.

To TRUMP, v. n. To march, to trudge, S.
Barbour.

Isl. tramp-a, calcare; Germ. trump-en, currere.

To TRUMP up, v. n.
1. To trumpet forth.
Douglas.

Teut. tromp-en, canere tuba.

2. To break wind backwards.
Wynt.

TRUMP, s. A Jews-harp.
Kelly.

Teut. Fr. trompe, Germ. trompff, id.

To TRUMP, v. a. To deceive.
Barbour.

Fr. tromp-er, Teut. tromp-en, id.

Trumpe, s.
1. A trifle, a thing of little value.
Douglas.
2. In pl. goods.
Douglas.

Belg. tromp, a rattle for children.

Trumpour, Trumper, s.
1. A deceiver.

Fr. trumpeur, id.

Dunbar.
2. Used as a contemptuous designation, without any definite meaning.
Philotus.

TRUMPH, s. The principal card, S. trump, E.

To Play trumph about, to be on a footing with, to retaliate, S. B.
Poems Buch. Dial.

TRUNCHER SPEIR, a pointless spear.

Fr. tronc-ir, to cut off.

Evergreen.

TRUNSCHEOUR, s. A plate, a trencher, S.
Douglas.

Fr. trencheoir, quadra mensaria.

TRUSTFUL, adj. Trust-worthy.
Baillie.

TUAY, adj. Two.
V. Twa.

TUCK, s. Tuck of drum, beat of drum, S.
V. Touk.
Wodrow.

TUEIT, s. An imitative word, expressing the short shrill cry of a small bird,
Complaynt S.

TUFF, s. A tuft of feathers or ribbons.
Watson.

Fr. touffe, a tuft, applied to hair, ribbons, feathers, &c.

TUFFING, TOFFIN, s. Tow, ockam; wadding.
Douglas.

O. Fr. estoupe, O. Fr. stoupe, id. Lat. stupa.

To TUFFLE, v. a. To ruffle, to put any thing in disorder by frequent handling, S. Tifle, A. Bor. tyfell, O. E. to employ the fingers much about any thing.
Nithsdale Song.

Isl. tif-a, manus celeriter movere; or O. Fr. touell-er, souiller, gÂter; to soil, to waste, to turn upside down; also, touill-er, salir, tacher.

TUG, s. Raw-hide, of which formerly plough-traces were made, S. O.
V. Teug.
Burns.

To TUGGLE, TUGLE, v. a.
1. To pull by repeated jerks, S.
Ross.
2. To toss backwards and forwards, to handle roughly.
Polwart.
3. To fatigue with travelling or severe labour, to keep under, S. B.
Gawan and Gol.

From Su. G. toeg-a, to draw, or E. tug.

TUG-WHITING, s. A species of whiting.
Spalding.

TUIGH, s. Suspicion.
S. P. Repr.

A. S. tweog-an, dubitare, tweo, a doubt.

TUILYIE, TULYE, TOOLYIE, s. A quarrel, a broil, S.
Polwart.

Fr. touill-er, to mix in a confused manner.

To Tuilyie, Toolie, v. n. To quarrel, to squabble, S.
Skene.

Tuilyie-mulie, s. The same with Tuilyie, S. B.

Teut. muyl-en, to quarrel.

Tuilyeour, s. One who is addicted to fighting or engaging in broils.
Chalm. Air.

Tuilyiesum, adj. Quarrelsome, S. Prov.

TILL, s. Toil, trouble.
Maitland P.

Teut. tuyl, labor.

TULCHANE, TULCHIN, s.
1. A calf's skin, in its rough state, stuffed with straw, and set beside a cow to make her give her milk, S.

Tulchane bishop, one who received the episcopate, on condition of assigning the temporalities to a secular person.
Calderwood.
2. A bag or budget, generally of the skin of an animal, S. B.
Journ. Lond.
3. Applied to a chubby, sometimes to a dwarfish, child, Ang.

Isl. tulk-a, pellicere.

TULSURELIKE, adj. Apparently, fierce or furious.
Henrysone.

Gael. tulchoir, obstinate.

TUMDEIF, s. Perh. swooning.
Roull.

Isl. tumb-a, cadere praeceps; and deyfa, hebetudo.

To TUME, v. a. To empty, S.
V. Teym.

Dan. tomm-er, Su. G. Isl. toem-a, vacuare.

Tume, Toom, Tome, adj.
1. Empty, S.
Wyntown.
2. Untenanted, S.; as, a tume house.
S. Prov.
3. In a state of inanition, as to food, S.
4. Lank, tall and meagre, S.
5. Shadowy, unsubstantial.
Douglas.
6. Vain, having no real cause for boasting.
Douglas.
7. Unprofitable, what brings no return, S.
Ramsay.
8. Deficient in mind, S.

Tume, s. A tume of rain, a sudden and heavy fall of rain, S. B.

Tume-handit, adj. Empty handed, in whatever respect, S.
Ross.

Dan. tomhaendet, id.

TUMFIE, s. A dumpish sort of fellow.

Tumfie, adj. Dull and stupid, S. O.

Dan. dumt-fae, a blockhead.

TUP, s.
1. The common term for a ram, S.
2. A foolish fellow, S.
3. An unpolished store-farmer, S. A.
Mannering.

TUQUHEIT, TEUCHIT, s. The lapwing, S.
Houlate.

Probably meant to imitate the sound made by this bird.

TURBOT, s. The name commonly given, in our markets, to halibut, S.
Stat. Acc.

TURCHIE, adj. Short and thick, squat, Perths.

Gael. dorcha, gross; or radically the same with Durgy.

TURCUME, s. Clotted filth.
Lyndsay.

C. B. tywarchen, a covering, a stratum, Owen; clotty, Richards.

TURDION, s. A species of galliard or gay dance; Fr. tordion.
Compl. S.

TURKAS, TURKES, TURKESSE, s. Pincers, nippers, S.
Dunbar.

Arm. turcques, turkes, id.

TURN, s. To do the turn.
1. To perform any piece of work or business, S.
Reg. Maj.
2. To be sufficient for any purpose; to give satisfaction, S.
Ross.

TURNER, s. A copper coin, formerly current in S., in value two pennies Scots money, and equivalent to a Bodle.
Spalding.

Fr. tournois, the tenth part of a penny Sterling.

TURNGREYS, s. A winding stair.
Wallace.

Fr. tourn-er, to turn, and gre, a step.

TURN-TAIL, s. A fugitive.
Spalding.

TURNE-PYK, TURNEPECK, TURNPIKE, s.
1. The winding stair of a castle.
Wyntown.
2. Any stair of a spiral form, built without a house, S.
Cant.

Teut. torn, a tower; baecke, a place for observation.

To TURS, TURSS, v. a.
1. To pack up in a bale or bundle, S.
2. To carry off hastily.
Wallace.
3. To take one's self off quickly.
Doug.
4. To turss furth, to bring out what has been kept in store.
Wallace.

Tursable, adj. What may be carried away.
Spalding.

TURTOUR, TURTURE, s. The turtle-dove.

Lat. turtur.

King's Quair.

TUSCHÉ, s. A girdle.
V. Tische.

To TUSH, v. n. To express displeasure.
Rutherford.

E. tush, Su. G. tyst, silens; tyst-a, silere.

TUSK, s. The torsk of Pennant, S.

Isl. thosk-r, asellus.

Martin.

TUSKER, s. An instrument made of iron, with a wooden handle, for casting peats, Orkn.

Perhaps, q. twaeskaer, Sw. twae, two, and skaer-a, to cut.

TUSSOCK (of wheat), s. A tuft of wheat in a corn-field, generally owing to the vegetating of the nest or granary of a field-mouse, Loth.

C. B. tusw, a tuft; tuswawg, having a wisp or bundle.

To TUTE, v. n. To jut out, to project, S. B.

Tute, s. A jutting out, a projection, S. B.

Su. G. tut, Teut. tuyte, rostrum, a beak.

Tute-mowitt, adj. Having the nether jaw projected.
Dunbar.

Teut. tuyte-muyl, having the nether jaw projecting more than the upper.

TUTIE TATIE, interj. Pshaw.

Isl. taut-a, murmurare.

TUTIVILLARIS, s. pl. Perh. rustics.

Ir. tuatamhail, tuatavail, rustic.

TUTIWING, s. L. tutilling, a blast or blowing of a horn.
V. Toot.
Barbour.

TUT-MUTE, s. A muttering or grumbling between parties, that has not yet assumed the form of a broil, S. B.

Teut. tuyt-en, to buzz; muyt-en, Su. G. mutt-a, to mutter.

TWA, TUAY, TWAY, adj. Two, S.
Wyntown.

Moes. G. twa, twai, A. S. twa, id.

Twa-faced, adj. Double, deceitful, S.

Twa-fald, Twa-fawld, adj. Double, twofold, S.
Wyntown.

A. S. twe-feald, Sw. twefallt, duplex.

Twa-handed crack, a familiar conversation between two persons, S.

Twa part, two-thirds.
Douglas.
The twa part and third, i. e. two-thirds, S. B.

Twasum, adj. Two in company.
V. Sum, term.

Twa-three, s. A few, S. q. two or three.

TWAY, adj. Two.
V. Twa.

TWAL, adj. Twelve, S.
Barbour.

To TWEDDLE, TWEEL, v. a. To work cloth in such a manner, that the woof appears to cross the warp vertically, kersey-wove, S.

A. S. twaede, duplex; or twa, and dael, part.

Tweddlin, s. Cloth that is tweeled.

Tweddlin, adj. Used in the same sense, S.

To TWICHE, TWITCH, v. a.
1. To touch, S. B.
R. Bruce.
2. To engage with.
Douglas.

Twiching, prep. Touching, concerning.
Douglas.

To TWIG, v. a. To pull hastily, S. B.
Morison.

E. tweag, tweak; A. S. twicc-ian, vellicare; Germ. twick-en, id.

Twig, s. A quick pull, a twitch, S.

TWYN, adj. In twyn, in twain, asunder.
Wallace.

A. S. twegen, twain, from tweg, two.

To Twin, Twine, v. n. To part, to separate.
Wallace.

To Twin, v. a. To twin one out of a thing, to deprive him of it, S. B.

TWYNRYS, s. pl. Pincers, nippers.

Teut. dwingh-en, arctare.

Douglas.

TWINTER, s. A beast that is two years old, S, corr. quinter.
Douglas.

A. S. twy-winter, duos annos natus.

TWIST, TWYST, s. A twig.
Barbour.

Teut. twist, rami abscissi, ramalia.

To TWITCH, v. a. To touch.
V. Twiche.

TWITTER,
1. That part of a thread that is spun too small, S.
2. Any person or thing that is slender or feeble, S.
Kelly.

TWO-PENNY, s. A weak kind of beer, sold at two-pence the Scots pint, or two quarts, S.
Stat. Acc.

Two-penny, (or Tippeny-) house, s. An ale-house, S.


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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