Chapter 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._