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Chapter C: B. tyb-io, tyb-ygio, to feel

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~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._

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