SWOURN. L.smoryt, smothered.Wall.
SWOURN. L.smoryt, smothered.Wall.
ToTA,v. a.To take.Barbour.
TA,adj.One afterthe.Barbour.
TAandFRA, To and fro.Barbour.
TAANLE,s.V.Tawnle.
ToTAAVE,v. a.1. To make tough, by working with the hands, Moray. Banffs.
Dan.tave, a filament,taved, stringy; or a variety ofTaw,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. fromCabrach, q. v.
ToTACH, 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; alsotaigit.A. Douglas.
ToTAIGLE,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 thetailof cattle, Loth.
TAIL-RACE,s.V.Race.
ToTAILE,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.
ToTailye,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.
ToTAILYEVÉ,v. n.To reel, shake.Douglas.
TAINCHELL,s.Tainchess, pl.A mode of catching deer.V.Tinchell.Monroe.
ToTAYNT,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.
ToTAIR,v. n.To bray.Compl. S.
Teut.tier-en, vociferare.
ToTAIS,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, whencetaesl, fuller's thistle, used in raising a nap.
ToTAIST,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.
ToTAIVER,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 totaivers, Fife.
ToTAK,v. a.To take, S.
ToTakupon,v. a.To conduct one's self.
ToTakin hand, v. a.To make prisoner.Barbour.
ToTakon, v. a.To buy on credit, S.
ToTakon, v. n.To enlist, S.Spalding.
ToTakon hand, v. n.1. To affect state.Wallace.2. To undertake.Barbour.
ToTakthe fute, v. n.To begin to walk as a child, S.
ToTakthe gate, v. n.To set off on a journey, S.
ToTakwith, 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.
ToTakin,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 frompiet, 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.
ToTallon,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.Largefuci, 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.
ToTAPE,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.
Fromtap, andtousiedishevelled.
TAPPILOORIE,s.Any thing raised high on a slight tottering foundation, S.
Teut.tap, extremitas rotunda et acuta, andloer-en, speculari.
TAPPIN,s.A crest, S. O.Falls of Clyde.
Dimin. fromtap, 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 thetap, or topthrawn, or distorted.
ToTAR,v. n.Balnevis.
Perhaps allied to Isl.taera, donare; Su. G. nutrire.
TARANS,s. pl.Souls of unbaptized children.Pennant.
Gael.taran, id.
ToTARGAT,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.
ToTARY,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. abull'shide.
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.
Fromtarry,adj.belonging to tar.
ToTARROW,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.
ToTARTLEat 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; ortartuffe, a hypocrite;tartuffi-er, to assume a false appearance.
ToTARVEAL,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.
ToTASH,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.
ToTath,v. n.To dung, S.
ToTath,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.
ToTAW,v. n.To lay hold of, to tumble about.Gl. Sibb.
Su. G.tae-ja, Isl.tae-a, carpere lanam.
ToTAW,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.
ToTaz,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.
ToTEAL, TILL,v. a.To wheedle, to inveigle by flattery, Ang.Chr. S. P.
Su. G.tael-ja, Isl.tael-a, pellicere, decipere.
Tealer,Tealeron,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.
ToTee,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.
ToTEEN,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 fortaes, toes.Leg. St Androis.
TEESIE,s.A gust of passion, Fife.
Teut.tees-en, vellicare.
ToTEET,v. n.To peer.V.Tete.
Teet-bo,s.V. underTete.
ToTEETH,v. a.To indent a wall with lime on the outside, S.Stat. Acc.
TEETHY,adj.Crabbed, ill-natured, S.
Q. to shew theteeth.
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.
ToTEIL,v. a.To cultivate the soil, S.Chart. Ja. V.
A. S.til-ian, to labour, to cultivate.
ToTEYM, 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.
ToTeind,Teynd,v. a.To tithe, S.Godly Sangs.
Sw.tiend-a, Belg.teind-en, decimare.
TEYND,s.Uncertain.Gawan and Gol.
ToTEIND, 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.
ToTEYNE, 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.
ToTELE,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, andvif, lively, spurting.
ToTEME,v. a.To empty.V.Teym.
TEMED,pret.Enticed.Sir Tristrem.
Isl.tem-ia, assuefacere.
TEMPER-PIN,s.The wooden pin used fortempering, 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.
ToTEND,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.
ToTENE,v. a.V.Teyne,v.
TENEMENT,s.A house; often denoting a building which includes several separate dwellings, S.
L. B.tenementum.
Ruddiman.
ToTENT,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.
ToTent,v. n.To attend, generally with the prep.to, S.Gawan and Gol.
Fr.attend-re, or Lat.attend-ere.
ToTent,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 thethirdof the heritable subjects in which their husbands died infeft.Erskine.
Lat.tertia, Fr.tiers.
Tercer,s.A widow who enjoys aterce, 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. ofTrinity.Wynt.
TERSE,s.A debate, a dispute, S. B.
ToTerse,v. n.To debate, to contend, S. B.
Teut.trots-en, irritare, instigare.
TERSEL,s.Table companion.Montgomerie.
Teut.teer-ghe-selle, id., fromteer, sumptus, andselle,ghe-selle, socius.
TESTOON, TESTONE,s.A Scottish silver coin, varying in value.Cardonnel.
O. Fr.teston, capitatus nummus.
ToTETE, 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; fromtog-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.
ToTEW,v. a.To make tough, S. O.V.TaaveandTaw,v.1.
ToTew,v. n.Grain is saidto 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. ofheorshe.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; sometimesthe-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.
ToThak,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 superiorThane.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 aThane.Wyntown.
Abthanrie,s.The jurisdiction of anAbthane.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.
ToTHARF,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.
ToTHE,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.
ToTHEIK, 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, ortheow-ian, to serve, and the privative particleles, less.
2. Inactive, remiss, S.Ramsay.3. Not serving the purpose; as,a thieveless excuse, S.4. Cold, forbidding, S.Burns.To look thievelessto 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.
ToTHIG, 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 toLady.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.
ToTHINK SHAME, to feel abashed, to have a sense of shame, S.Priests Peblis.