SWOURN. L. smoryt, smothered.
Wall.
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.
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.