Part 49
Su. G. _swoerfw-a_, in gyrum agitari.
~Swarff~, ~Swerf~, _s._
1. Stupor, insensibility.
_Wallace._
2. A fainting-fit, a swoon; _swarth_, Ang.
_Cleland._
SWARFE, _s._ The surface.
_Rollocke._
SWARYN, _s._
V. ~Syvewarm~.
SWARRACH, _s._ A large unseemly heap, Ang.
Su. G. _swaer_, gravis.
SWARTBACK, _s._ The great black and white gull, Orkn.
_Barry._
Norw. _swartbag_, id.
SWARTH, _s._ A faint.
V. ~Swarf~.
SWARTRYTTER, _s._ Properly, one belonging to the German cavalry.
_G. Buchanan._
Teut. _swerte ruyters_, milites nigri.
SWASH, _s._ The noise made in falling upon the ground S.; _squash_, E.
_Ruddiman._
_To_ SWASH, _v. n._ To swell.
_Z. Boyd._
Su. G. _swassa_, to walk loftily.
~Swash~, _s._
1. One of a corpulent habit, S.
2. A large quantity viewed collectively, S.
~Swash~, ~Swashy~, _adj._
1. Of a broad make, S. B.
_Gl. Shirr._
2. Fuddled; q. swollen with drink, S.
_Ramsay._
SWATCH, _s._
1. A pattern, S.
_Sir J. Sinclair._
2. A specimen of whatever kind, S.
_Wodrow._
3. Metaph. a mark, S.
SWATHEL, _s._ A strong man.
_Sir Gawan._
A. S. _swithlic_, ingens, vehemens.
SWATS, _s. pl._ New ale, S.
V. ~Swaits~.
_To_ SWATTER, SQUATTER, _v. a._
1. To move quickly in any fluid, generally in an undulating way, S.
_Lyndsay._
2. To move quickly in an awkward manner.
_Watson._
Teut. _swadder-en_, turbare aquas, fluctuare; Su. G. _sqwaettr-a_, spargere.
~Swatter~, _s._ A large collection, especially of small objects in quick motion, Loth.
SWATTLE, _s._ The act of swallowing with avidity, Stirlings.
_To_ SWAVER, _v. n._ To walk feebly, as one who is fatigued, S. B.
_Ross._
Teut. _sweyv-en_, vacillare, nutare; _sweyver_, vagus.
_To_ SWEAL, _v. a._ To swaddle, S.
V. ~Swayl~.
_To_ SWEAP, _v. a._ To scourge, S.
Isl. _swipa_, a scourge.
_Ruddiman._
SWECHT, _s._ The force of a body in motion.
Su. G. _swigt-a_, vacillare.
_Doug._
_To_ SWEE, SWEY, _v. n._ To incline to one side.
~Swey~, _s._ V. ~Sway~.
SWEEK, _s._ The art of doing any thing properly, S. B.
Su. G. _swik_, _swek_, dolus; Isl. _mer-um swig_, ultra meas vires.
_To_ SWEEL, _v. n._ To drink copiously. S. _swill_, E.
* SWEET, _adj._ Not salted, S.
_A. Douglas._
SWEETBREAD, _s._ The diaphragm in animals, S.
SWEETIES, _s. pl._ Sweetmeats, S.
_Ramsay._
~Sweetie-bun~, ~Sweetie-scon~, _s._ A cake baked with sweetmeats, S.
_Pop. Ball._
SWEG, SWEIG, _s._ A quantity, a considerable number, Loth.
This seems merely a variety of ~Swack~, q. v.
SWEY, _s._ A long crow for raising stones, Ang.
Isl. _sweig-ia_, inclinare.
SWEYNGEOUR, SWYNGEOUR, _s._ A drone, a sluggard, S.
A. S. _sweng_, lazy; _swongornes_, torpor.
SWEIR, SWERE, SWEER, SWEAR, _adj._
1. Lazy, indolent, S.
_Dunbar._
A. S. _swaer_, _swere_, piger, deses.
2. Reluctant, unwilling, S.
_Ramsay._
3. Niggardly, unwilling to part with any thing, S. O.
~Dead-sweir~, _adj._ Extremely lazy, S.
_Rutherford._
~Sweir-kitty~, _s._ An instrument for winding yarn, S. B.
_Sweir_, and _Kitty_, a contemptuous term for a woman.
~Sweirnes~, _s._ Laziness, S.
_Dunbar._
~Sweir-tree~, _s._ An amusement, in which two persons are seated on the ground, and holding a stick between them, each tries who shall first draw the other up; Fife.
SWELCHIE, _s._ A seal.
V. ~Selch~.
_Brand._
SWELCHIE, _s._ A whirlpool, Orkn.
V. ~Swelth~, s.
SWELL, _s._ A bog, S. B.
V. ~Swelth~.
_To_ SWELLY, _v. a._ To swallow, S.
_Douglas._
A. S. _swelg-an_, Su. G. _swael-ja_, vorare.
_To_ SWELT, _v. n._ To die.
_Barbour._
A. S. _swealt-an_, _swelt-an_, mori.
_To_ SWELT, _v. n._ To have a sense of suffocation, especially from heat, S.
_Ross._
Isl. _swael-a_, _swaelt_, suffocare.
SWELTH, _adj._ Voracious.
_Douglas._
A. S. _swelgeth_, devorat, q. that which _swalloweth_; Isl. _swaelt-a_, esurire.
SWELTH, _s._ A gulf, a whirlpool.
_Doug._
Su. G. _swalg_, Teut. _swelgh_, a gulf; Isl. _swelg-r_, Dan. _swaelg_, vorago, gurges.
SUENYNG, _s._ Dreaming.
V. ~Sweuin~.
SWERD, _s._ A sword.
V. ~Suerd~.
SWERF, _s._ A swoon.
V. ~Swarf~.
SWERTHBAK, _s._ The great black and white gull.
V. ~Swartback~.
_Houlate._
Isl. _swartbak-ur_, the lesser guillemot.
SWESCH, _s._ A trumpet.
_Stat. Gild._
A. S. _sweg_, pl. _swegas_, sound in general, any musical instrument; Moes. G. _swiga-jon_, to pipe.
SWEUIN, SWEVING, SWEVYNYNG, SWENYNG, _s._ A dream, the act of dreaming.
_Douglas._
A. S. _swef-en_, Isl. _sueffn_, id. from _swaef-a_, dormire.
SWYCHT, _adj._ Perh. for _wicht_, powerful, with _s._ prefixed.
_Barbour._
SWICK, _adj._ Clear of any thing, Banffs.
Su. G. _swig-a_, loco cedere.
_To_ SWICK, _v. a._
1. To deceive, to illude, Fife.
2. To blame, Ang.
A. S. _swic-an_, decipere; also, offendere.
~Swick~, ~Swyk~, _s._
1. Fraud, S. B.
_Wyntown._
Su. G. _swik_, anc. _swick_, id.
2. Blameableness.
_I had nae swick o't_, I had no blameableness in it, S. B.
A. S. _swica_, _swic_, offensa.
3. A deceiver, Fife.
A. S. _swice_, deceptor.
~Swicky~, _adj._
1. Deceitful, Ang.
2. Sportively, tricky, Ang.
V. ~Swik~.
_To_ SWIDDER, _v. n._ To hesitate, pron. _swither_, S.
_Ross._
A. S. _swaether_, which of the two; Su. G. _swaefw-a_, fluctuare.
_To_ ~Swidder~, _v. a._ To cause to be irresolute.
V. _v. n._
_Douglas._
~Swidder~, ~Swiddering~, ~Swither~, _s._ Doubt, hesitation, S.
_Ross._
SWIFF, _s._ Rotatory motion, or the humming sound produced by it, Loth.
Isl. _swef-ast_, Su. G. _swaefw-a_, circumagere.
_To_ SWIG, _v. n._ To turn suddenly, S. A.
~Swig~, _s._ The act of turning suddenly, S. A.
Isl. _sweig-a_, to bend.
_Gl. Complaynt._
_To_ SWIK, _v. a._ To assuage pain or grief, by fixing the attention upon some interesting object.
_Douglas._
A. S. _swic-an_, fallere.
SWYK, _s._ Fraud, deceit.
V. ~Swick~.
_To_ SWYKE, _v. a._ To cause to stumble.
_Sir Gawan and Sir Gal._
A. S. _swic-an_, facere ut offendat.
SWIKFUL, _adj._ Deceitful.
_Wyntown._
~Swikfully~, _adv._ Deceitfully.
_Wyntown._
SWILK, _adj._ Such.
_Barbour._
A. S. _swilk_, talis; Moes. G. _swaleik_, id. from _swa_, so, and _leik_, like.
_To_ SWILL, _v. a._ to swaddle; S. _sweal_.
V. ~Swayl~.
_Montgomerie._
SWINE-FISH, _s._ The wolf-fish, Orkn.
_Barry._
SWINE'S ARNUTS, _s._ Tall oat grass, with tuberous roots, S.
SWINE'S MOSSCORTS, _s._ Clown's allheal, S.
Sw. _swinknyl_, from _swin_, swine, and _knyl_, a lump.
SWING, _s._ A stroke.
A. S. id.
_Barbour._
SWYNGYT. L. _fwyngyt_, foined, pushed.
O. Fr. _foine_, a sword.
_Barbour._
_To_ SWINGLE _lint_, to separate flax from the core, by beating it, S.
_A. Scott._
Teut. _swinghel-en het vlas_, id.; A. S. _swing-an_, flagellare.
~Swingle-wand~, _s._ The instrument with which flax is _swingled_, S. B.
SWINGLE-TREE, _s._
1. One of the moveable pieces of wood put before a plough or harrow, to which the traces are fastened, S.
2. Used improperly for the poles of a coach.
_Journ. Lond._
Teut. _swinghel-en_, to move backwards and forwards.
_To_ SWINK, SWYNK, _v. n._ To labour.
A. S. _swinc-an_, laborare.
_Henrysone._
~Swink~, _s._ Labour.
_Sir Tristrem._
SWIPPER, _adj._
1. Nimble; S. B. _swippert_.
_Douglas._
2. Sudden, S. B.
_Ross._
3. Hasty, tart, S. B.
A. S. _swip-an_, Isl. _swip-a_, cito agere; Isl. _swipr_, subita apparentia.
~Swipperlie~, ~Swippertly~, _adv._ Swiftly.
_Douglas._
SWYRE, _s._ The neck, &c.
V. ~Sware~.
_To_ SWIRK, _v. n._ To spring with velocity.
Allied perh. to E. _jerk_, or Belg. _schrikk-en_, to start.
_Dunbar._
_To_ SWIRL, _v. n._
1. To whirl like a vortex, S.
2. Used improperly to denote the motion of a ship in sailing.
_P. Buch. Dial._
Su. G. _swarfw-a_, Isl. _swirr-a_, to be hurried round.
~Swirl~, _s._ The whirling motion of a fluid body, S.
_Douglas._
SWIRL, _s._ A twist or contortion in the grain of wood, S.
~Swirlie~, _adj._
1. Full of twists, contorted; applied to wood.
_Burns._
2. Entangled; applied to grass that lies in various positions, S.
SWITH, SWYTH, SWYITH, _adv._
1. Quickly; _als swyth_, as soon.
_Douglas._
2. Equivalent to "be gone," "avast," S.
_Shirrefs._
Isl. _swey_, apage; Su. G. _swig-a_, loco cedere.
~Swithnes~, _s._ Swiftness.
_Bellenden._
_To_ SWOICH, SWOUCH, _v. n._ To emit a hollow whistling sound.
V. ~Souch~, _v._
SWONCHAND, _part. pr._ Vibrating.
Germ. _swenck-en_, motitare.
_Houlate._
SWOON, _s._ Corn is _in the swoon_, when, although the strength of the seed is exhausted, the plant has not fairly struck root, S. B. In this state, the blade appears sickly and faded.
A. S. _swinn-an_, to decay.
SWORDICK, _s._ Spotted blenny; so denominated from its form, Orkn.
_Barry._
SWORDSLIPERS, _s. pl._ Swordcutlers.
_Knox._
Teut. _slyp-en_, acuere, exterere aciem ferri; Su. G. _slip-a_, id.
SWORL, _s._ A whirling motion.
V. ~Swirl~.
_Douglas._
SWOURN. L. _smoryt_, smothered.
_Wall._
T
_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_.
~Taint~, _s._ Proof.
_Acts Ja. I._
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.