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Chapter C: B. tanial, to set on fire, tannli, a fire glow, tanlhuyth,

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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.

~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._

_To_ TELE, _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, and _vif_, lively, spurting.

_To_ TEME, _v. a._ To empty.

V. ~Teym~.

TEMED, _pret._ Enticed.

_Sir Tristrem._

Isl. _tem-ia_, assuefacere.

TEMPER-PIN, _s._ The wooden pin used for _tempering_, 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._

_To_ TEND, _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._

_To_ TENE, _v. a._

V. ~Teyne~, _v._

TENEMENT, _s._ A house; often denoting a building which includes several separate dwellings, S.

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