Chapter L: B. trona, statera publica; Isl. tra-na, a crane; rostrum

longiusculum.

2. The pillory, S.

_Acts Sed._

~Trone-weight~, _s._ The standard weight used at the _Trone_, S.

~Tronare~, _s._ The person who had the charge of the _Trone_. L. B. _tronar-ius_.

_Stat. Dav. II._

~Trone-men~, _s._ Those who carry off the soot sweeped from chimneys; denominated from their station at the _Trone_, Edinburgh.

_To_ ~Trone~, _v. a._ To subject to the disgraceful punishment of the pillory.

_Kennedy._

TRONE, _s._ A throne.

Fr. id.

_Douglas._

TRONIE, _s._ A traditionary saw, generally in rhyme; any thing frequently repeated, S. B. apparently the same with ~Trewane~.

TROOD, _s._ Perh. wood for fences.

_Statist. Acc._

Su. G. _trod-r_, lignum, quod materiam praebet saepibus
construendis.

TROPLYS, _s. pl._ Expl. _troops_.

_Barbour._

Teut. _troppel_, globus, congeries.

_To_ TROSS, _v. a._

1. To pack up, to truss, S.

2. To pack off, to set out, S. B. also _turs, truss_, S. A.

Fr. _trouss-er_, to truss.

TROSSIS, _s. pl._ The small round blocks in which the lines of a ship run.

_Complaynt S._

Sw. _trissa_, Dan. _tridse_, a pulley.

* TROT, _s._

1. _Schaik a trot_, seems to have been an old phrase for, _Take a dance_.

_Complaynt S._

2. An expedition by horsemen, synon. _raid_.

_Spalding._

Teut. _trot_, cursus, gressus.

TROTCOSIE, _s._ A piece of woollen cloth, which covers the back part of the neck and shoulders, with straps across the crown of the head, and buttoned from the chin downwards on the breast; for defence against the weather, S. properly _throatcosie_, as keeping the throat warm.

_Waverley._

TROTTERS, _s. pl._ Sheeps' feet, S.

_Ferguson._

TROVE, _s._ A turf, Aberd. _toor_, Ang.

_Stat. Acc._

Su. G. Isl. _torf_, id. _torfa_, effodere.

TROW, _s._ The wooden spout in which water is carried to a mill-wheel, S.

Su. G. Belg. _trog_, Dan. _trou_, E. _trough_.

_To_ TROW, TREW, _v. a._

1. To believe, S.

_Wallace._

Moes. G. _traw-an_, Isl. _tru-a_, credere.

2. To confide in.

_Barbour._

3. To make believe; often in sport, S.

TROW, _s._

1. The devil, Orkn.

2. In pl. an inferior order of evil spirits, ibid.

O. Goth, _troll_, a spectre, an incarnate goblin.

_To_ ~Trow~, _v. a._ Apparently, to curse.

_Wallace._

_To_ TROW, _v. a._ To season a cask, by rinsing it with a little wort, before it be used, Ang.

A. S. _ge-treow-ian_, purgare.

TROWENTYN, L. _tranouwintyn_.

V. ~Tranont~.

_Barbour._

TROWIE GLOVES, a name given to sponges, Caithn.

_Stat. Acc._

Q. _make-believe gloves_.

TROWTH, _s._

1. Truth.

_Wyntown._

2. Belief.

_Wyntown._

TRUBLY, _adj._ Dark, lowering.

_Doug._

Fr. _troublé_, overcast, obscure.

TRUCKER, _s._

V. ~Trukier~.

TRUDGE-BAK, a humpback.

_K. Hart._

Su. G. _trutn-a_, to swell.

TRUDGET, _s._ A trick, a mischievous prank, Loth.

Alem. _trug_, fraud; O. Fr. _trick-er_, to deceive.

TRUE-BLUE, _adj._ An epithet given to those accounted rigid Presbyterians, from the colour of the cockade worn by the Covenanters, S.

_True Bleu Presb. Loyalty._

TRUFF, _s._ Corr. of E. _turf_, S.

_Ferguson._

TRUFF, _s._ A trick, a deceit.

_Douglas._

Ital. _truffa_, id. _truff-are_, to cheat.

_To_ ~Truff~, _v. a._ To steal.

_Gl. Shirr._

~Truffure~, _s._ A deceiver.

_Douglas._

TRUGS, _adv._ A mode of profane swearing, used among the vulgar, S. B.

Moes. G. _triggua_, Su. G. _trigg_, faithful.

TRUKIER, TRUCKER, _s._

1. A deceitful person.

_Polwart._

O. Fr. _trikeur_, a deceiver.

2. A designation often given to a female in contempt, as equivalent to "worthless hussy," S.

TRULIE, _adj._ True, not factitious. _A trulie story_, S. B.

Su. G. _trolig_, credibilis.

TRULIS, _s. pl._ Some kind of game.

_Dunbar._

TRULLION, _s._ A sort of crupper, Mearns.

Teut. _treyl-linie_, helcium, the trace of a cart-horse.

_To_ TRUMP, _v. n._ To march, to trudge, S.

_Barbour._

Isl. _tramp-a_, calcare; Germ. _trump-en_, currere.

_To_ TRUMP _up_, _v. n._

1. To trumpet forth.

_Douglas._

Teut. _tromp-en_, canere tuba.

2. To break wind backwards.

_Wynt._

TRUMP, _s._ A Jews-harp.

_Kelly._

Teut. Fr. _trompe_, Germ. _trompff_, id.

_To_ TRUMP, _v. a._ To deceive.

_Barbour._

Fr. _tromp-er_, Teut. _tromp-en_, id.

~Trumpe~, _s._

1. A trifle, a thing of little value.

_Douglas._

2. In pl. goods.

_Douglas._

Belg. _tromp_, a rattle for children.

~Trumpour~, ~Trumper~, _s._

1. A deceiver.

Fr. _trumpeur_, id.

_Dunbar._

2. Used as a contemptuous designation, without any definite meaning.

_Philotus._

TRUMPH, _s._ The principal card, S. _trump_, E.

_To_ ~Play trumph~ _about_, to be on a footing with, to retaliate, S. B.

_Poems Buch. Dial._

TRUNCHER SPEIR, a pointless spear.

Fr. _tronc-ir_, to cut off.

_Evergreen._

TRUNSCHEOUR, _s._ A plate, a trencher, S.

_Douglas._

Fr. _trencheoir_, quadra mensaria.

TRUSTFUL, _adj._ Trust-worthy.

_Baillie._

TUAY, _adj._ Two.

V. ~Twa~.

TUCK, _s._ _Tuck of drum_, beat of drum, S.

V. ~Touk~.

_Wodrow._

TUEIT, _s._ An imitative word, expressing the short shrill cry of a small bird,

_Complaynt S._

TUFF, _s._ A tuft of feathers or ribbons.

_Watson._

Fr. _touffe_, a tuft, applied to hair, ribbons, feathers, &c.

TUFFING, TOFFIN, _s._ Tow, ockam; wadding.

_Douglas._

O. Fr. _estoupe_, O. Fr. _stoupe_, id. Lat. _stupa_.

_To_ TUFFLE, _v. a._ To ruffle, to put any thing in disorder by frequent handling, S. _Tifle_, A. Bor. _tyfell_, O. E. to employ the fingers much about any thing.

_Nithsdale Song._

Isl. _tif-a_, manus celeriter movere; or O. Fr. _touell-er_, souiller, gâter; to soil, to waste, to turn upside down; also, _touill-er_, salir, tacher.

TUG, _s._ Raw-hide, of which formerly plough-traces were made, S. O.

V. ~Teug~.

_Burns._

_To_ TUGGLE, TUGLE, _v. a._

1. To pull by repeated jerks, S.

_Ross._

2. To toss backwards and forwards, to handle roughly.

_Polwart._

3. To fatigue with travelling or severe labour, to keep under, S. B.

_Gawan and Gol._

From Su. G. _toeg-a_, to draw, or E. _tug_.

TUG-WHITING, _s._ A species of whiting.

_Spalding._

TUIGH, _s._ Suspicion.

_S. P. Repr._

A. S. _tweog-an_, dubitare, _tweo_, a doubt.

TUILYIE, TULYE, TOOLYIE, _s._ A quarrel, a broil, S.

_Polwart._

Fr. _touill-er_, to mix in a confused manner.

_To_ ~Tuilyie~, ~Toolie~, _v. n._ To quarrel, to squabble, S.

_Skene._

~Tuilyie-mulie~, _s._ The same with _Tuilyie_, S. B.

Teut. _muyl-en_, to quarrel.

~Tuilyeour~, _s._ One who is addicted to fighting or engaging in broils.

_Chalm. Air._

~Tuilyiesum~, _adj._ Quarrelsome, S. Prov.

TILL, _s._ Toil, trouble.

_Maitland P._

Teut. _tuyl_, labor.

TULCHANE, TULCHIN, _s._

1. A calf's skin, in its rough state, stuffed with straw, and set beside a cow to make her give her milk, S.

~Tulchane bishop~, one who received the episcopate, on condition of assigning the temporalities to a secular person.

_Calderwood._

2. A bag or budget, generally of the skin of an animal, S. B.

_Journ. Lond._

3. Applied to a chubby, sometimes to a dwarfish, child, Ang.

Isl. _tulk-a_, pellicere.

TULSURELIKE, _adj._ Apparently, fierce or furious.

_Henrysone._

Gael. _tulchoir_, obstinate.

TUMDEIF, _s._ Perh. swooning.

_Roull._

Isl. _tumb-a_, cadere praeceps; and _deyfa_, hebetudo.

_To_ TUME, _v. a._ To empty, S.

V. ~Teym~.

Dan. _tomm-er_, Su. G. Isl. _toem-a_, vacuare.

~Tume~, ~Toom~, ~Tome~, _adj._

1. Empty, S.

_Wyntown._

2. Untenanted, S.; as, a _tume house_.

_S. Prov._

3. In a state of inanition, as to food, S.

4. Lank, tall and meagre, S.

5. Shadowy, unsubstantial.

_Douglas._

6. Vain, having no real cause for boasting.

_Douglas._

7. Unprofitable, what brings no return, S.

_Ramsay._

8. Deficient in mind, S.

~Tume~, _s._ _A tume of rain_, a sudden and heavy fall of rain, S. B.

~Tume-handit~, _adj._ Empty handed, in whatever respect, S.

_Ross._

Dan. _tomhaendet_, id.

TUMFIE, _s._ A dumpish sort of fellow.

~Tumfie~, _adj._ Dull and stupid, S. O.

Dan. _dumt-fae_, a blockhead.

TUP, _s._

1. The common term for a ram, S.

2. A foolish fellow, S.

3. An unpolished store-farmer, S. A.

_Mannering._

TUQUHEIT, TEUCHIT, _s._ The lapwing, S.

_Houlate._

Probably meant to imitate the sound made by this bird.

TURBOT, _s._ The name commonly given, in our markets, to halibut, S.

_Stat. Acc._

TURCHIE, _adj._ Short and thick, squat, Perths.

Gael. _dorcha_, gross; or radically the same with ~Durgy~.

TURCUME, _s._ Clotted filth.

_Lyndsay._