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. 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.
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.