Chapter L: B. tester-um, covering of a bed

TIT, _s._ A snatch.

V. ~Tyte~, _s._

TIT. _A tit_, a gog.

V. ~Tid~.

_Bruce._

_To_ TYTE, _v. a._

1. To snatch, to draw suddenly, S.

_Wyntown._

2. To move by jerks, S.

A. S. _tiht-an_, Teut. _tyd-en_, trahere.

~Tyte~, ~Tyt~, _s._

1. A quick pull.

_Wyntown._

2. A tap, S.

V. the _v._

TYTE, _adj._ Direct, straight, S. B.

_Ross._

Sw. _taett_, close, thick.

TYTE, TYT, _adv._ Soon.

_Barbour._

Isl. _titt_, ready.

~Titly~, _adv._ Speedily.

_Sir Tristrem._

~Tyttar~, _adv._ Rather, sooner.

_Barbour._

Isl. _tidari_, compar. of _tid-r_, frequentior.

TITHING, TITHAND, _s._ Tidings.

_Houlate._

Belg. _tijding_, Isl. _tidende_, id.

TITGANDIS. L. _tithandis_, as in MS. tidings.

_Houlate._

_To_ TITLE, _v. n._ To prate idly, S.

_Melvil._

Su. G. _twetalen_, double-tongued.

~Titlar~, ~Tittillar~, _s._ A tatler.

_Henrysone._

TITLENE, TITLING, _s._ The hedge-sparrow.

Isl. _tytling-r_, id.

_Compl. S._

TITTY, _s._ Dimin. of _sister_, S.

_Ritson._

TITTY, _adj._

1. Coming in gusts, S. B., from _tit_, a stroke.

V. ~Tyte~.

2. Testy, ill-humoured, Renfr.

~Tittish~, _adj._ Captious, testy, S. B.

TITTS, _s. pl._ A disease in the dugs of cows.

Teut. _titte_, udder.

_Montgomerie._

TITUP, _s._ A trigger.

_Bellenden._

From _tit_, a tap, and the prep. _up_.

TO, _adv._ Too, A. S. id.

_Barbour._

TO, _adv._ Preceding a _v. part._ or _adj._ quite, entirely, very.

_Wyntown._

_To_ is prefixed to many A. S. words, and has various powers; _to-faegen_, perlaetus, _to-braecan_, disrumpere, _to-cwys-an_, quatere, dissipare.

TO, shut. _The door is tue_, S.

Belg. _toe_, id. _De duur is toe._

TOCHER, TOUCHQUHARE, TOCHER-GOOD, _s._ The dowry brought by a wife, S.

_Bellenden._

Ir. _tochar_, a dowry.

_To_ ~Tocher~, _v. a._ To give a dowry to, S.

_Pitscottie._

~Tocherless~, _adj._ Having no portion, S.

_Shirrefs._

_To_ TO-CUM, _v. n._ To approach.

_Doug._

A. S. _to-cum-an_, advenire.

~Tocum~, ~To-cumming~, _s._

1. Approach.

_Douglas._

2. Encounter.

_Douglas._

A. S. _to-cyme_, an approaching.

TOD, _s._ The fox, S.

_Acts Ja. I._

Isl. _toa_, _tove_, vulpes.

~Tod's birds~, an evil brood; sometimes _Tod's Bairns_.

_R. Bruce._

~Tod and lambs~, a game played on a perforated board, with wooden pins, S.

~Tod's tails~, _s. pl._ Alpine club-moss, an herb, S.

_To_ TODLE, TODDLE, _v. n._

1. To walk with short steps, in a tottering way, S.

_Burel._

2. To purl, to move with a gentle noise, S.

_Ferguson._

3. It denotes the murmuring noise caused by meat boiling gently in a pot, Fife; more generally _tottle_, S.

_A. Douglas._

Isl. _dudd-a_, segnipes esse; Su. G. _tult-a_, minutis gressibus
ire.

TOFALL, TOOFALL, _s._

1. A building annexed to the wall of a larger one.

_Wyntown._

2. It now properly denotes one, the roof of which rests on the wall of the principal building, S.

_Spalding._

Teut. _toe-vall-en_, adjungere se, adjungi.

TO-FALL, TOO-FALL, _s._ The close.

_To-fall o' the day_, the evening, S.

Teut. _toe-val_, eventus; _toe-vall-en_, cadendo claudi.

_Pop. Ball._

TOFORE, _prep._ Before.

_Douglas._

A. S. _to-for_, ante, coram.

~Tofore~, _adv._ Before.

_Douglas._

TOHILE. L. _to hile_, to conceal.

Isl. _hyl-ia_, occultare.

_Wyntown._

TOY, _s._ A head-dress of linen or woollen, that hangs down over the shoulders, worn by old women of the lower classes, S.

_Burns._

Su. G. _natt-tyg_, a night-cap; Belg. _tooij-en_, to tire, to adorn.

_To_ TOIR, _v. a._ To beat, S. _toor_.

Su. G. _torfw-a_, verberare.

_Douglas._

TOIT, _s._ A fit, whether of illness, or of bad humour.

V. ~Tout~.

_Semple._

TOYT, _s. Toyts of Tay_, the fresh water mussels found in Tay.

_Muse's Thren._

Teut. _tote_, _tuyt_, cornu, extremitas instar cornu.

_To_ TOYTE, TOT, _v. n._ To totter like old age, S.

V. ~Todle~.

_Burns._

* TOKEN, _s._ A ticket of lead or tin, which every private Christian receives as a mark of admission to the Sacrament of the Supper, S.

_Spalding._

TOKIE, _s._ An old women's head-dress, resembling a monk's cowl, S. B.

Fr. _toque_, a bonnet or cap; _tocqué_, coiffed.

TOKIE, _s._ A fondling term applied to a child, S. B.

Germ. _tocke_, a baby, a puppet.

TOLL, _s._ A turnpike, S.

_Sir J. Sinclair._

TO-LOOK, TOLUIK, _s._ A prospect, matter of expectation, S.

_Knox._

A. S. _to-loc-ian_, adspicere.

_To_ TOLTER, _v. n._ To move unequally, to totter.

_King's Quair._

Su. G. _tult-a_, vacillare; Lat. _tolutaris_, ambling.

~Tolter~, ~Toltir~, _adj._ Unstable, in a state of vacillation.

_K. Quair._

TO-LUCK, _s._ Boot, what is given above bargain, S., from the vulgar idea of giving _luck_ to a bargain.

V. ~Lucks-penny~.

TOME, _s._ A line for a fishingrod, including the whole length, S. O.

TOMMY NODDIE, TOM-NODDY, The puffin, a bird, S., Orkn. The _Tam Norie_ of the Bass.

_Barry._

TO-NAME, _s._ A name added, for the sake of distinction, to one's surname; or used instead of it.

_Minstr. Bord._

TONE, _part. pa._ Taken.

_Dunbar._

TONGUE-FERDY, _adj._ Loquacious, glib of the tongue, Ang.

Su. G. _tung_, lingua, and _faerdig_, paratus.

TONGUE-RAKE, _s._ Elocution, S.

Su. G. _tung_, and _rek-a_, vagari.

_To_ TOOBER, _v. a._ To beat, to strike, S. O. _tabour_, E. and Loth.

Fr. _tabour-er_, to strike or bump on the posteriors, q. as on a
drum.

~Toober~, _s._ A quarrel, S. O.

TOOFALL, _s._

V. ~To-fall~.

TOOLYE, _s._ A broil.

_To_ ~Toolye~, _v. n._ To quarrel.

V. ~Tuilyie~.

TOOM, _adj._ Empty.

V. ~Tume~.

_To_ TOOT, TOUT, _v. a._ To blow or sound a horn, S.

_Fountainhall._

Su. G. _tut-a_, Isl. _taut-a_, ululare; Su. G. _tuta i horn_, to
blow a horn.

_To_ ~Toot~, _v. n._

1. To cry by prolonging the voice, S.

_Urquhart._

2. To make a plaintive noise, as when a child cries loud and mournfully, S.

~Toot~, ~Tout~, _s._ The blast of a horn or trumpet, S.

_Ramsay._

~Touting horn~, a horn for blowing, S.

_J. Nicol_

_To_ TOOT, _v. n._ To express dissatisfaction or contempt.

Isl. _taut-a_, murmurare.

TOOTHFU', _s. To tak a toothfu'_, to take a moderate quantity of strong liquor, S.

_J. Nicol._

TOOT-NET, _s._ A large fishing-net anchored, Ang.

_Law Case._

Belg. _tootebel_, a certain square net.

~Tootsman~, _s._ One who gives warning, by a cry, to haul the _toot-net_, S.

TOP OUR TAILL, _adv._ Topsyturvy.

_Lyndsay._

TOP ANNUEL, a certain annuity paid from lands or houses.

_Acts Marie._

_To_ TOPE, _v. a._ To oppose.

_Baillie._

TOPFAW, _s._ Soil that has _fallen_ in, or sunk from the _surface_, Fife.

TO-PUTTER, _s._ Taskmaster.

_Ramsay._

TOR (of a chair), _s._ Perhaps the round, or the semicircular arm of a chair of state.

_Knox._

Fr. _tour_, Teut. _toer_, circulus.

TORE (of a saddle), _s._ The pommel, the forepart of which is somewhat elevated, S.

_Colvil._

A. S. _tor_, a tower, an eminence.

_To_ TORE, _v. a._ To tear.

_Douglas._

A. S. _teor-an_, rumpere.

TORFEIR, TORFER, _s._ Hardship, difficulty.

_Gawan and Gol._

Isl. _torfaer-a_, iter difficile et impeditum.

_To_ TORFEL, TORCHEL, _v. n._ To pine away, to die.

_Gl. Sibb._

Isl. _torfellde_, _torvellde_, difficilis, arduus.

TORYT. L. _taryt_, tarried.

_Wallace._

_To_ TORN, _v. a._ To turn.

_Douglas._

TORN BUT, retaliation.

_Barbour._

Fr. _tourn-er_, to turn, _but a but_, on equal terms.

TORNE, _s._ A turn, an action done to another.

_Douglas._

TORRIE, _s._ A term applied to peas roasted in the sheaf, Fife.

Lat. _torreo_, q. what is scorched.

TORRY-EATEN, _adj._ _Torry-eaten land_, poor moorish soil, exhausted by cropping, very bare, and bearing only scattered tufts of sheep's fescue, S. B.

Isl. _torgiat-r_, aegre reparabilis; or Fris. _torre_ vermis, and
_eet-en_, q. worm-eaten.

TORRIS, _pl._ Towers.

_Gawan and Gol._

TORT, _part. pa._ Tortured; distorted.

O. Fr. _tort_, Lat. _tort-us_.

_Douglas._

TOSCH, TOSCHE, _adj._ Neat, trim, S.

_Douglas._

O. Fr. _touzé_, clipped; Belg. _doss-en_, to clothe.

TOSCHEODERACHE, _s._

1. The deputy of a _Mair of fee_.

_Reg. Maj._

2. The name given to the office itself.

_Skene._

Gael. Ir. _teachdaire_, a messenger; _teachdairacht_, a message.

TOSIE, _adj._

1. Tipsy, intoxicated in some degree, S.

_Meston._

2. Intoxicating.

_Hamilton._

Mod. Sax. _dosig_, giddy; Isl. _dus_, drunken.

TOSTIT, _part. adj._ Tossed with severe affliction, S. B.

TOT, _s._ A fondling designation for a child, S.

V. ~Toyte~.

_Ramsay._

TOTHIR, TOTHYR, _adj._

1. The other, S. pron. _tither_.

_Wallace._

2. The second.

_Wyntown._

3. Indefinitely, in the sense of another, or posterior.

_Barbour._

TOTTIE, _adj._ Warm, snug, Perths.

Gael. _teoth-am_, to warm.

TOTTIS, _s._ Refuse of wool.

_Leg. St Androis._

Su. G. _totte_, a handful of flax or wool.

_To_ TOTTLE, _v. n._

1. A term used to denote the noise made by any substance, when boiling gently, S.

_A. Nicol._

2. To purl, applied to a stream, Dumfr.

V. ~Todle~.

_Nithsdale Song._

_To_ TOVE, _v. n._ To talk familiarly, prolixly, and cheerfully, S., often, _to tove and crack_.

_A. Scott._

Norw. _toeve_, to prattle, to be talkative.

~Tovie~, _adj._ Tipsy, Loth.

TOUK, _s._ A hasty pull, a tug, S.

A. S. _twicc-an_, vellicare.

_Ruddiman._

_To_ TUCK, _v. a._ To beat.

_Spalding._

Teut. _tuck-en_, icero.

_To_ ~Touk~, ~Tuck~, _v. n._ To emit a sound, in consequence of being beaten.

_Evergr._

~Touk~, _s._

1. A stroke, a blow.

_Douglas._

2. _Touk of drum_, beat of drum, S.

_Gl. Sibb._

TOUNDER, _s._ Tinder.

_Lyndsay._

Alem. _tundere_, Isl. _tunthere_, id.

TOUSIE, TOWZIE, _adj._

1. Disordered, dishevelled, S., sometimes _touslie_.

2. Rough, shaggy, S.

_Burns._

_To_ ~Tousle~, _v. a._

1. To put into disorder; often, to rumple, S.

2. To handle roughly, as dogs do each other.

_Polwart._

Isl. _tusk-a_, luctari, _tusk_, lucta lenis et jocosa.

~Tousle~, ~Touzle~, _s._ Rough dalliance, S.

_R. Galloway._

_To_ TOUT, _v. a._

V. ~Toot~.

_To_ TOUT, TOOT, _v. n._ To take large draughts, S.

_Ferguson._

~Tout~, _s._

1. A copious draught, S.

2. A drinking match, S. B.

_Gl. Shirr._

Perh. from Teut. _tocht_, a draught.

_To_ TOUT, TOWT, _v. a._

1. To toss, to put in disorder, S.

_Chron. S. P._

2. To throw into disorder by quibbling or litigation.

_Melvill's MS._

3. To teaze, to vex, S.

~Tout~, _s._

1. An ailment of a transient kind, S.

Belg. _tocht_, _togt_, wind; _een zwaare togt_, a sore bout.

2. A transient displeasure, a fit of ill-humour, Ang.

_Shirrefs._

~Touttie~, _adj._

1. Throwing into disorder; as, _a touttie wind_, S.

Belg. _togtig_, windy.

2. Irritable, easily put in disorder, S.

TOW, _s._

1. A rope of any kind, S.

_Leg. St Androis._

Su. G. _tog_, Isl. _tog_, _taug_, Belg. _touw_, id.

2. A halter, S.

_Muse's Thren._

_To_ TOW, _v. n._ To give way, to fail, to perish, S. B.

Alem. _douu-en_, Su. G. _do_, to die.

_To_ TOWEN, _v. a._ To tire, to weary out, Fife.

Isl. _thion-a_, laborare.

_To_ TOWIN, TOWN, _v. a._ To tame, Loth. Berwicks.

_Ramsay._

Teut. _touw-en_, premere, subigere.

TOWMONT, TOWMON, TOWMOND, _s._ A year; corr. of _twelve-month_, used in the same sense, S.

~Towmontell~, _s._ A cow of a year old, Ayrs.

TOWNNYS, _pl._ Tuns, large casks.

_Barbour._

TRACED, _adj._ Laced; as _a traced hat_, S.

O. Fr. _tress-ir_, faire un tissu.

_To_ TRACHLE, TRAUCHLE, _v. a._

1. To draggle, to trail, S.

_Mellvill's MS._

Alem. _dregel-en_, per incuriam aliquid perdere.

2. To dishevel.

_Complaynt S._

Gael. _trachladh_, to loosen.

3. To drudge, to overtoil, S. B.

Sw. _traal-a_, duro labore exerceri.

TRACK, _s._ Feature, lineament, S.

Belg. _trek_, id. from _trekk-en_, to dilineate.

TRACK-BOAT, _s._ A boat used on a canal, S.

Belg. _trek-schuyt_, id. from _trekk-en_, to draw.

TRACK-POT, _s._ A tea-pot, S.

From Belg. _trekk-en_, to draw.

TRACTIUE, _s._ A treatise.

_Crosraguel._

Fr. _traité_, id.

TRAD, _s._ Track, course in travelling or sailing.

_Wyntown._

Isl. _troeda_, terra, quod teratur et calcetur.

TRAGET, TRIGGET, _s._ A trick, a deceit, S. _triget_.

_Douglas._

O. Fr. _trigaud-ier_, to embroil.

TRAY, _s._ Trouble, vexation.

_Barbour._

A. S. _treg_, Su. G. _traege_, Alem. _trege_, dolor.

_To_ TRAIK, _v. n._ To go idly from place to place, S.

~Trackit~, _part. adj._ Much fatigued, S.

_Dunbar._

~Traikit-like~, _adj._ Having the appearance of great fatigue from ranging about.

Belg. _treck-en_, to travel; Sw. _traek-a_, niti.

TRAIK, _s._

1. A plague, a mischief.

_Douglas._

2. The flesh of sheep that have died of disease or by accident, S.

_Pennecuik, N._

_To_ TRAIK, _v. n._ To be in a declining state of health.

_Baillie._

Su. G. _trak-a_, cum difficultate progredi.

TRAILSYDE, _adj._ So long as to _trail_ on the ground.

V. ~Side~.

_Douglas._

_To_ TRAYN, _v. a._ To draw, to entice.

Fr. _train-er_, to draw.

_Barbour._

~Train~, _s._ A rope used for _drawing_, Orkn.

_Stat. Acc._

_To_ TRAIST, TREST, TREIST, _v. a._

1. To trust.

_Lyndsay._

2. _v. n._ To pledge faith, by entering into a truce.

_Gawan and Gol._

Isl. _treist-a_, Su. G. _traest-a_, confidere.

~Traist~, ~Trest~, _s._ Trust, faith.

_Complaynt S._

Isl. _traust-r_, Su. G. _troest_, fiducia.

~Traist~, ~Traisty~, _adj._

1. Trusty, faithful.

_Wallace._

Isl. _traust-r_, Su. G. _troest_, fidus, fidelis.

2. Confident.

_Barbour._

Germ. _treist_, Su. G. _troest_, audax.

3. Secure, safe.

_Barbour._

~Traist~, _s._ An appointed meeting.

V. ~Tryst~.

_Barbour._

~Traistis~, _s. pl._ A roll of the accusations brought against those who, in former times, were to be legally tried.

_Acts Ja. III._

~Traistly~, _adv._ Confidently, securely.

_Barbour._

TRAIST, _s._ Frame of a table.

V. ~Trest~.

TRAYT, _s._ Bread of _trayt_, a superior kind of bread made of fine wheat.

Panis de _Treyt_, Fleta.

_Chalm. Air._

TRAKIT, _part. pa._ Much fatigued.

V. ~Traik~.

TRAM, _s._

1. The shaft of a cart or carriage of any kind, S.

_Dunbar._

Su. G. _traam_, that part of a tree, which is cut into different
portions.

2. A beam or bar.

_Spalding._

3. In a ludicrous sense, the leg or limb; as, _lang trams_, long limbs, S.

TRAMALT NET, corr. from E. _trammel_.

_Lyndsay._

TRAMORT, _s._ A corpse.

_Dunbar._

Su. G. _tra_, to consume, _mort_, dead.

_To_ TRAMP, _v. a._

1. To tread with force, S.

_Lyndsay._

Sw. _trampa pa_, conculcare.

2. To tread, in reference to walking, S.

_Ferguson._

_To_ ~Tramp~, _v. n._

1. To tread with a heavy step, S.

Su. G. _tramp-a_, id.

2. To walk; as opposed to any other mode of travelling, S.

_Pop. Ball._

~Tramp~, _s._

1. The act of striking the foot suddenly downwards, S.

2. An excursion, properly a pedestrian one. S.

_Burns._

TRANCE, TRANSE, _s._

1. A passage within a house, S.

_Sir J. Sinclair._

2. Used metaph. in relation to death.

_Rutherford._

_To_ TRANE, _v. n._ To travel.

_Burel._

Su. G. _tren-a_, incedere, gressus facere.

_To_ TRANONT, TRANOYNT, TRANOWNT, TRANENT, TRAWYNT, _v. n._

1. To march suddenly in a clandestine manner.

_Barbour._

2. To march quickly, without including the idea of stratagem or secrecy.

_Wallace._

3. To return, to turn back.

_Pal. Hon._

Fr. _traine_, a snare, an ambush.

~Tranowintyn~, _s._ A stratagem of war.

_Barbour._

_To_ TRANSE, _v. n._ To determine, to resolve.

_Burel._

Fr. _tranch-er_, decider, parler franchement.

TRANSS, _s._ A species of dance anciently in use.

_Chr. Kirk._

To TRANSMUGRIFY, _v. a._ To transform, to transmute, S.

_Burns._

* _To_ TRANSPORT, _v. a._ To translate a minister from one charge to another, S.

_Pardovan._

~Transportation~, _s._ The act of translating a minister, S.

_Acts Assembly._

TRANTLE, _s._ The rut made by a cartwheel, when it is deep, Ang.

TRANTLES, TRITLE-TRANTLES, TRANTLIMS, _s. pl._

1. Trifling or superstitious ceremonies.

_Cleland._

2. Moveables of little value, petty articles of furniture, S.

_Ross._

3. Toys used by children, S. Loth. _trantles_.

V. ~Trentalis~.

TRAP, _s._ A sort of ladder, S.

Sw. _trappa_, Teut. _trap_, gradus.

TRAPPYS, _s. pl._ Trappings.

_Douglas._

L. B. _trap-us_, Hisp. _trop-o_, cloth.

TRAPPOURIS, TRAPOURIS, _s. pl._ Trappings.

_Douglas._

L. B. _trappatura_, ornatus è _trapo_ seu panno.

TRAS, _s._ The tract of game.

_Sir Gawan._

Fr. _trace_, id. _trasses_, the footing of a deer.

TRAST, TREST, _s._ A beam.

_Wallace._

O. Fr. _traste_, a cross-beam.

TRAT, TRATTES, _s._ An old woman; a term generally used in contempt, S.

_Douglas._

Isl. _draett-ur_, Su. G. _drott_, a servant; Germ. _trot_, an old
woman, a witch.

_To_ TRATTIL, TRATLE, _v. n._

1. To prattle, to tattle.

_Dunbar._

2. To repeat in a rapid and careless manner.

_Lyndsay._

C. B. _tryd-ar_, to prattle.

~Trittell trattell~, pshaw.

_Lyndsay._

~Trattils~, _s. pl._ Trattles, idle talk.

_Pitscottie._

TRAVESSE, _s._

V. ~Treviss~.

TRAWART, _adj._ Perverse.

V. ~Thrawart~.

_Dunbar._

TRAWYNTIT.

V. ~Tranont~.

TRAZILEYS, _s. pl._ The props of vines.

_Douglas._

L. B. _trestell-us_, fulcrum mensae.

_To_ TREADLE, _v. n._ To go frequently and with difficulty, Fife.

TREE, _s._ A barrel, S.

_Acts Ja. V._

Su. G. _trae_, mensura aridorum.

~TREE and TRANTEL~, a piece of wood that goes behind a horse's tail, for keeping back the _sunks_ or _sods_, used instead of a saddle, Perths.

TREGALLION, _s._ Collection, assortment, Dumfr.