Chapter 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.
~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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