The glossary of Scottish words continued...
| T Tack= possession, lease. Tacket= shoe-nail. Tae= to. Tae= toe. Tae'd= toed. Taed= toad. Taen= taken. Taet= small quantity. Tairge= to target. Tak= take. Tald= told. Tane= one in contrast to other. Tangs= tongs. Tap= top. Tapetless= senseless. Tapmost= topmost. Tappet-hen= a crested hen-shaped bottle holding three quarts of claret. Tap-pickle= the grain at the top of the stalk. Topsalteerie= topsy-turvy. Targe= to examine. Tarrow= to tarry; to be reluctant, to murmur; to weary. Tassie= a goblet. Tauk= talk. Tauld= told. Tawie= tractable. Tawpie= a foolish woman. Tawted= matted. Teats= small quantities. Teen= vexation. Tell'd= told. Temper-pin= a fiddle-peg; the regulating pin of the spinning-wheel. Tent= heed. Tent= to tend; to heed; to observe. Tentie= watchful, careful, heedful. Tentier= more watchful. Tentless= careless. Tester= an old silver coin about sixpence in value. Teugh= tough. Teuk= took. Thack= thatch; thack and rape, the covering of a house, and so, home necessities. Thae= those. Thairm= small guts; catgut (a fiddle-string). Theckit= thatched. Thegither= together. Thick= v. pack an' thick. Thieveless= forbidding, spiteful. Thiggin= begging. Thir= these. Thirl'd= thrilled. Thole= to endure; to suffer. Thou'se= thou shalt. Thowe= thaw. Thowless= lazy, useless. Thrang= busy; thronging in crowds. Thrang= a throng. Thrapple= the windpipe. Thrave= twenty-four sheaves of corn. Thraw= a twist. Thraw= to twist; to turn; to thwart. Thraws= throes. Threap= maintain, argue. Threesome= trio. Thretteen= thirteen. Thretty= thirty. | Thrissle= thistle. Thristed= thirsted. Through= make good. Throu'ther (through other)= pell-mell. Thummart= polecat. Thy lane= alone. Tight= girt, prepared. Till= to. Till't= to it. Timmer= timber, material. Tine= to lose; to be lost. Tinkler= tinker. Tint= lost. Tippence= twopence. Tip= v. toop. Tirl= to strip. Tirl= to knock for entrance. Tither= the other. Tittlin= whispering. Tocher= dowry. Tocher= to give a dowry. Tocher-gude= marriage portion. Tod= the fox. To-fa'= the fall. Toom= empty. Toop= tup= ram. Toss= the toast. Toun= town; farm steading. Tousie= shaggy. Tout= blast. Tow= flax= a rope. Towmond, towmont= a twelvemonth. Towsing= rumpling (equivocal). Toyte= to totter. Tozie= flushed with drink. Trams= shafts. Transmogrify= change. Trashtrie= small trash. Trews= trousers. Trig= neat, trim. Trinklin= flowing. Trin'le= the wheel of a barrow. Trogger= packman. Troggin= wares. Troke= to barter. Trouse= trousers. Trowth= in truth. Trump= a jew's harp. Tryste= a fair; a cattle-market. Trysted= appointed. Trysting= meeting. Tulyie, tulzie= a squabble; a tussle. Twa= two. Twafauld= twofold, double. Twal= twelve; the twal, twelve at night. Twalpennie worth= a penny worth (English money). Twang= twinge. Twa-three= two or three. Tway= two. Twin, twine= to rob; to deprive; bereave. Twistle= a twist; a sprain. Tyke= a dog. Tyne= v. tine. Tysday= Tuesday. |
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