TORFEIR, TORFER,s.Hardship, difficulty.Gawan and Gol.
Isl.torfaer-a, iter difficile et impeditum.
ToTORFEL, TORCHEL,v. n.To pine away, to die.Gl. Sibb.
Isl.torfellde,torvellde, difficilis, arduus.
TORYT. L.taryt, tarried.Wallace.
ToTORN,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.torrevermis, andeet-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 aMair 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.
ToTOTTLE,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.
ToTOVE,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.
ToTUCK,v. a.To beat.Spalding.
Teut.tuck-en, icero.
ToTouk,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., sometimestouslie.2. Rough, shaggy, S.Burns.
ToTousle,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.
ToTOUT,v. a.V.Toot.
ToTOUT, 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.
ToTOUT, 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.
ToTOW,v. n.To give way, to fail, to perish, S. B.
Alem.douu-en, Su. G.do, to die.
ToTOWEN,v. a.To tire, to weary out, Fife.
Isl.thion-a, laborare.
ToTOWIN, TOWN,v. a.To tame, Loth. Berwicks.Ramsay.
Teut.touw-en, premere, subigere.
TOWMONT, TOWMON, TOWMOND,s.A year; corr. oftwelve-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; asa traced hat, S.
O. Fr.tress-ir, faire un tissu.
ToTRACHLE, 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. fromtrekk-en, to dilineate.
TRACK-BOAT,s.A boat used on a canal, S.
Belg.trek-schuyt, id. fromtrekk-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.
ToTRAIK,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.
ToTRAIK,v. n.To be in a declining state of health.Baillie.
Su. G.trak-a, cum difficultate progredi.
TRAILSYDE,adj.So long as totrailon the ground.V.Side.Douglas.
ToTRAYN,v. a.To draw, to entice.
Fr.train-er, to draw.
Barbour.
Train,s.A rope used fordrawing, Orkn.Stat. Acc.
ToTRAIST, 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 oftrayt, a superior kind of bread made of fine wheat.
Panis deTreyt, 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.
ToTRAMP,v. a.1. To tread with force, S.Lyndsay.
Sw.trampa pa, conculcare.
2. To tread, in reference to walking, S.Ferguson.
ToTramp,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.
ToTRANE,v. n.To travel.Burel.
Su. G.tren-a, incedere, gressus facere.
ToTRANONT, 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.
ToTRANSE,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.
*ToTRANSPORT,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 ètraposeu 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.
ToTRATTIL, 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.
ToTREADLE,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 thesunksorsods, 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.
ToTREISSLE,v. a.To abuse by treading, Loth.
O. Fr.tressaill-ir, to leap or skip.
ToTREIT, TRETE,v. a.To entreat, Lanerks.; pret.tret.Dunbar.
O. Fr.traict-er, id. Lat.tract-are.
Treyter,s.A messenger fortreatingof 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. fromtrente, thirty.
ToTREST, 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.
ToTRETE,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.
ToTREW,v. a.To trust.V.Trow.
TREW,s.Often in pl.trewis, a truce.
O. Fr.treu, alsotreves, 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.
ToTRIGLE, TRIGIL,v. n.To trickle.
Isl.tregill, alveolus.
Douglas.
*ToTRIM,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.
ToTRINKLE, TRYNKLE,v. n.To trickle, S.Douglas.
ToTRINKLE,v. n.To tingle, to thrill.Baillie.
ToTRINSCH,v. a.1. To cut, to hack.
Fr.trench-er, id.
Douglas.2. To cut off, to kill.Douglas.
ToTRINTLE, 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.
ToTryst,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.
ToTryst,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.
ToTRODDLE,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 theSwingle-trees, S. B.
Isl.troda, terra, andvijd-er, vimen; q. thewithewhich 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.
ToTROKE,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 thesowmepasses 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 theTrone, S.
Tronare,s.The person who had the charge of theTrone. L. B.tronar-ius.Stat. Dav. II.
Trone-men,s.Those who carry off the soot sweeped from chimneys; denominated from their station at theTrone, Edinburgh.
ToTrone,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 withTrewane.
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.
ToTROSS,v. a.1. To pack up, to truss, S.2. To pack off, to set out, S. B. alsoturs, 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. properlythroatcosie, 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.
ToTROW, 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.
ToTrow,v. a.Apparently, to curse.Wallace.
ToTROW,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.
ToTruff,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.
ToTRUMP,v. n.To march, to trudge, S.Barbour.
Isl.tramp-a, calcare; Germ.trump-en, currere.
ToTRUMPup,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.
ToTRUMP,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.
ToPlay trumphabout, 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.
ToTUFFLE,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.
ToTUGGLE, 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.
ToTuilyie,Toolie,v. n.To quarrel, to squabble, S.Skene.
Tuilyie-mulie,s.The same withTuilyie, 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; anddeyfa, hebetudo.
ToTUME,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, atume 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 withDurgy.
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 aBodle.Spalding.
Fr.tournois, thetenthpart of a penny Sterling.
TURNGREYS,s.A winding stair.Wallace.
Fr.tourn-er, to turn, andgre, 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.
ToTURS, 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.
ToTUSH,v. n.To express displeasure.Rutherford.
E.tush, Su. G.tyst, silens;tyst-a, silere.
TUSK,s.Thetorskof 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, andskaer-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.
ToTUTE,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.
ToTWEDDLE, 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; ortwa, anddael, part.
Tweddlin,s.Cloth that istweeled.
Tweddlin,adj.Used in the same sense, S.
ToTWICHE, TWITCH,v. a.1. To touch, S. B.R. Bruce.2. To engage with.Douglas.
Twiching,prep.Touching, concerning.Douglas.
ToTWIG,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, fromtweg, two.
ToTwin,Twine,v. n.To part, to separate.Wallace.
ToTwin,v. a.To twinone 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.
ToTWITCH,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.