Chapter 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._
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