An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

Part 52

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_To_ SWATTER, SQUATTER, _v. a._

1. To move quickly in any fluid, generally in an undulating way, S.

_Lyndsay._

2. To move quickly in an awkward manner.

_Watson._

Teut. _swadder-en_, turbare aquas, fluctuare; Su. G. _sqwaettr-a_, spargere.

~Swatter~, _s._ A large collection, especially of small objects in quick motion, Loth.

SWATTLE, _s._ The act of swallowing with avidity, Stirlings.

_To_ SWAVER, _v. n._ To walk feebly, as one who is fatigued, S. B.

_Ross._

Teut. _sweyv-en_, vacillare, nutare; _sweyver_, vagus.

_To_ SWEAL, _v. a._ To swaddle, S.

V. ~Swayl~.

_To_ SWEAP, _v. a._ To scourge, S.

Isl. _swipa_, a scourge.

_Ruddiman._

SWECHT, _s._ The force of a body in motion.

Su. G. _swigt-a_, vacillare.

_Doug._

_To_ SWEE, SWEY, _v. n._ To incline to one side.

~Swey~, _s._ V. ~Sway~.

SWEEK, _s._ The art of doing any thing properly, S. B.

Su. G. _swik_, _swek_, dolus; Isl. _mer-um swig_, ultra meas vires.

_To_ SWEEL, _v. n._ To drink copiously. S. _swill_, E.

* SWEET, _adj._ Not salted, S.

_A. Douglas._

SWEETBREAD, _s._ The diaphragm in animals, S.

SWEETIES, _s. pl._ Sweetmeats, S.

_Ramsay._

~Sweetie-bun~, ~Sweetie-scon~, _s._ A cake baked with sweetmeats, S.

_Pop. Ball._

SWEG, SWEIG, _s._ A quantity, a considerable number, Loth.

This seems merely a variety of ~Swack~, q. v.

SWEY, _s._ A long crow for raising stones, Ang.

Isl. _sweig-ia_, inclinare.

SWEYNGEOUR, SWYNGEOUR, _s._ A drone, a sluggard, S.

A. S. _sweng_, lazy; _swongornes_, torpor.

SWEIR, SWERE, SWEER, SWEAR, _adj._

1. Lazy, indolent, S.

_Dunbar._

A. S. _swaer_, _swere_, piger, deses.

2. Reluctant, unwilling, S.

_Ramsay._

3. Niggardly, unwilling to part with any thing, S. O.

~Dead-sweir~, _adj._ Extremely lazy, S.

_Rutherford._

~Sweir-kitty~, _s._ An instrument for winding yarn, S. B.

_Sweir_, and _Kitty_, a contemptuous term for a woman.

~Sweirnes~, _s._ Laziness, S.

_Dunbar._

~Sweir-tree~, _s._ An amusement, in which two persons are seated on the ground, and holding a stick between them, each tries who shall first draw the other up; Fife.

SWELCHIE, _s._ A seal.

V. ~Selch~.

_Brand._

SWELCHIE, _s._ A whirlpool, Orkn.

V. ~Swelth~, s.

SWELL, _s._ A bog, S. B.

V. ~Swelth~.

_To_ SWELLY, _v. a._ To swallow, S.

_Douglas._

A. S. _swelg-an_, Su. G. _swael-ja_, vorare.

_To_ SWELT, _v. n._ To die.

_Barbour._

A. S. _swealt-an_, _swelt-an_, mori.

_To_ SWELT, _v. n._ To have a sense of suffocation, especially from heat, S.

_Ross._

Isl. _swael-a_, _swaelt_, suffocare.

SWELTH, _adj._ Voracious.

_Douglas._

A. S. _swelgeth_, devorat, q. that which _swalloweth_; Isl. _swaelt-a_, esurire.

SWELTH, _s._ A gulf, a whirlpool.

_Doug._

Su. G. _swalg_, Teut. _swelgh_, a gulf; Isl. _swelg-r_, Dan. _swaelg_, vorago, gurges.

SUENYNG, _s._ Dreaming.

V. ~Sweuin~.

SWERD, _s._ A sword.

V. ~Suerd~.

SWERF, _s._ A swoon.

V. ~Swarf~.

SWERTHBAK, _s._ The great black and white gull.

V. ~Swartback~.

_Houlate._

Isl. _swartbak-ur_, the lesser guillemot.

SWESCH, _s._ A trumpet.

_Stat. Gild._

A. S. _sweg_, pl. _swegas_, sound in general, any musical instrument; Moes. G. _swiga-jon_, to pipe.

SWEUIN, SWEVING, SWEVYNYNG, SWENYNG, _s._ A dream, the act of dreaming.

_Douglas._

A. S. _swef-en_, Isl. _sueffn_, id. from _swaef-a_, dormire.

SWYCHT, _adj._ Perh. for _wicht_, powerful, with _s._ prefixed.

_Barbour._

SWICK, _adj._ Clear of any thing, Banffs.

Su. G. _swig-a_, loco cedere.

_To_ SWICK, _v. a._

1. To deceive, to illude, Fife.

2. To blame, Ang.

A. S. _swic-an_, decipere; also, offendere.

~Swick~, ~Swyk~, _s._

1. Fraud, S. B.

_Wyntown._

Su. G. _swik_, anc. _swick_, id.

2. Blameableness.

_I had nae swick o't_, I had no blameableness in it, S. B.

A. S. _swica_, _swic_, offensa.

3. A deceiver, Fife.

A. S. _swice_, deceptor.

~Swicky~, _adj._

1. Deceitful, Ang.

2. Sportively, tricky, Ang.

V. ~Swik~.

_To_ SWIDDER, _v. n._ To hesitate, pron. _swither_, S.

_Ross._

A. S. _swaether_, which of the two; Su. G. _swaefw-a_, fluctuare.

_To_ ~Swidder~, _v. a._ To cause to be irresolute.

V. _v. n._

_Douglas._

~Swidder~, ~Swiddering~, ~Swither~, _s._ Doubt, hesitation, S.

_Ross._

SWIFF, _s._ Rotatory motion, or the humming sound produced by it, Loth.

Isl. _swef-ast_, Su. G. _swaefw-a_, circumagere.

_To_ SWIG, _v. n._ To turn suddenly, S. A.

~Swig~, _s._ The act of turning suddenly, S. A.

Isl. _sweig-a_, to bend.

_Gl. Complaynt._

_To_ SWIK, _v. a._ To assuage pain or grief, by fixing the attention upon some interesting object.

_Douglas._

A. S. _swic-an_, fallere.

SWYK, _s._ Fraud, deceit.

V. ~Swick~.

_To_ SWYKE, _v. a._ To cause to stumble.

_Sir Gawan and Sir Gal._

A. S. _swic-an_, facere ut offendat.

SWIKFUL, _adj._ Deceitful.

_Wyntown._

~Swikfully~, _adv._ Deceitfully.

_Wyntown._

SWILK, _adj._ Such.

_Barbour._

A. S. _swilk_, talis; Moes. G. _swaleik_, id. from _swa_, so, and _leik_, like.

_To_ SWILL, _v. a._ to swaddle; S. _sweal_.

V. ~Swayl~.

_Montgomerie._

SWINE-FISH, _s._ The wolf-fish, Orkn.

_Barry._

SWINE'S ARNUTS, _s._ Tall oat grass, with tuberous roots, S.

SWINE'S MOSSCORTS, _s._ Clown's allheal, S.

Sw. _swinknyl_, from _swin_, swine, and _knyl_, a lump.

SWING, _s._ A stroke.

A. S. id.

_Barbour._

SWYNGYT. L. _fwyngyt_, foined, pushed.

O. Fr. _foine_, a sword.

_Barbour._

_To_ SWINGLE _lint_, to separate flax from the core, by beating it, S.

_A. Scott._

Teut. _swinghel-en het vlas_, id.; A. S. _swing-an_, flagellare.

~Swingle-wand~, _s._ The instrument with which flax is _swingled_, S. B.

SWINGLE-TREE, _s._

1. One of the moveable pieces of wood put before a plough or harrow, to which the traces are fastened, S.

2. Used improperly for the poles of a coach.

_Journ. Lond._

Teut. _swinghel-en_, to move backwards and forwards.

_To_ SWINK, SWYNK, _v. n._ To labour.

A. S. _swinc-an_, laborare.

_Henrysone._

~Swink~, _s._ Labour.

_Sir Tristrem._

SWIPPER, _adj._

1. Nimble; S. B. _swippert_.

_Douglas._

2. Sudden, S. B.

_Ross._

3. Hasty, tart, S. B.

A. S. _swip-an_, Isl. _swip-a_, cito agere; Isl. _swipr_, subita apparentia.

~Swipperlie~, ~Swippertly~, _adv._ Swiftly.

_Douglas._

SWYRE, _s._ The neck, &c.

V. ~Sware~.

_To_ SWIRK, _v. n._ To spring with velocity.

Allied perh. to E. _jerk_, or Belg. _schrikk-en_, to start.

_Dunbar._

_To_ SWIRL, _v. n._

1. To whirl like a vortex, S.

2. Used improperly to denote the motion of a ship in sailing.

_P. Buch. Dial._

Su. G. _swarfw-a_, Isl. _swirr-a_, to be hurried round.

~Swirl~, _s._ The whirling motion of a fluid body, S.

_Douglas._

SWIRL, _s._ A twist or contortion in the grain of wood, S.

~Swirlie~, _adj._

1. Full of twists, contorted; applied to wood.

_Burns._

2. Entangled; applied to grass that lies in various positions, S.

SWITH, SWYTH, SWYITH, _adv._

1. Quickly; _als swyth_, as soon.

_Douglas._

2. Equivalent to "be gone," "avast," S.

_Shirrefs._

Isl. _swey_, apage; Su. G. _swig-a_, loco cedere.

~Swithnes~, _s._ Swiftness.

_Bellenden._

_To_ SWOICH, SWOUCH, _v. n._ To emit a hollow whistling sound.

V. ~Souch~, _v._

SWONCHAND, _part. pr._ Vibrating.

Germ. _swenck-en_, motitare.

_Houlate._

SWOON, _s._ Corn is _in the swoon_, when, although the strength of the seed is exhausted, the plant has not fairly struck root, S. B. In this state, the blade appears sickly and faded.

A. S. _swinn-an_, to decay.

SWORDICK, _s._ Spotted blenny; so denominated from its form, Orkn.

_Barry._

SWORDSLIPERS, _s. pl._ Swordcutlers.

_Knox._

Teut. _slyp-en_, acuere, exterere aciem ferri; Su. G. _slip-a_, id.

SWORL, _s._ A whirling motion.

V. ~Swirl~.

_Douglas._

SWOURN. L. _smoryt_, smothered.

_Wall._

T

_To_ TA, _v. a._ To take.

_Barbour._

TA, _adj._ One after _the_.

_Barbour._

TA ~and~ FRA, To and fro.

_Barbour._

TAANLE, _s._

V. ~Tawnle~.

_To_ TAAVE, _v. a._

1. To make tough, by working with the hands, Moray. Banffs.

Dan. _tave_, a filament, _taved_, stringy; or a variety of ~Taw~, _v._ 2.

2. To touse.

_Gl. Surv. Mor._

3. To entangle.

_Ibid._

~Taavin~, ~Tawin~, _s._ Wrestling, tumbling.

Teut. _touw-en_, agitare.

_Journ. Lond._

TAAVE, TYAAVE, _s._ Difficulty, Banffs.

V. ~Tawan~.

TAAVE-TAES, _s. pl._ Pitfir split into fibres for making ropes, Moray.

V. ~Taave~, _v._

TABETS, TEBBITS, _s._ Bodily sensation, S. B.

C. B. _tyb-io_, _tyb-ygio_, to feel.

~Tabetless~, ~Tapetless~, ~Tebbitless~, _adj._

1. Benumbed, S. B.

2. Heedless, S. O.

_Burns._

TABRACH, _s._ Animal food nearly in a state of carion, Fife.

Dan. _tab-e_, to lose; or corr. from ~Cabrach~, q. v.

_To_ TACH, TATCH, _v. a._ To arrest.

_Wallace._

Fr. _attach-er_, id.; Isl. _tak-a_, _tak-ia_, to take.

TACHT, _adj._ Tight, S. B.

Sw. _tact_, id.

TACK, TAK, _s._ Act of seizure.

_Acts Ja. IV._

TACK, _s._ A slight hold, S.; E. _tack_, _v._

TACK, _s._ Act of catching fishes, S.

Isl. _tek-ia_, captura.

_Monroe._

TACK, TAKKE, TACKE, _s._

1. A lease, S.

_Acts Ja. II._

2. Possession for a time, S.

~Tacksman~, _s._

1. One who holds a lease, S.

_Erskine._

2. In the Highlands, a tenant of the higher class.

_Stat. Acc._

TACKET, _s._ A nail for the shoe, S.; E. _tack_, id.

_Morison._

TACKIT. _Tongue-tackit_, _adj._ Having the tip of the tongue fastened by a small film, S.

2. Tongue-tied, S.

TAE, _s._

1. The toe, S. A. Bor.

2. Prong of a fork, &c. S.

TAFFIL, TAIFLE, _s._ A table, S. B.

Germ. _tafel_, tabula cujuscunque generis.

_Spalding._

TAFT, TAFTAN, _s._ A messuage, S. B.

Su. G. _tofft_, Isl. _topt-r_, area domus.

TAG, _s._

1. A latchet, S.

2. Any thing used for tying, S.

_Balfour._

3. A long and thin slice, S.

4. In pl. Trumpery.

_Chron. S. P._

TAGGIT, _part. pa._ Confined.

_Priests Peb._

TAGGLIT, _adj._ Harassed; encumbered, S. B.

V. ~Taigle~.

TAY, TAE, _s._ A toe, S.

_Douglas._

A. S. _ta_, id.

TAID, _s._ A toad, S.

A. S. _tade_.

TAIDREL, _s._ A puny creature.

_Polwart._

A. S. _tedre_, imbecillis.

TAIGIE, TEAGIE, TYGIE, _s._ A cow with some white hairs in her tail, Fife; also _taigit_.

_A. Douglas._

_To_ TAIGLE, _v. a._ To detain, S.

Sw. _taaglig_, slow of motion; Isl. _toegl-a_, taediose instare alicui rei.

TAIL, TALE, _s._ Account.

_Wyntown._

Su. G. _tael-ia_, A. S. _tel-an_, to reckon.

TAIL-ILL, _s._ An inflammation of the _tail_ of cattle, Loth.

TAIL-RACE, _s._

V. ~Race~.

_To_ TAILE, _v. a._ To flatter one's self.

V. ~Teal~.

_Barbour._

TAILE, _s._ A tax; Fr. _taille_.

_Barbour._

TAILE, TAILYE, TAILYIE, TAILLIE, TAYLYHE, _s._

1. A covenant.

_Barbour._

2. An entail, S.

_Barbour._

O. Fr. _taillier_, id. Du Cange.

_To_ ~Tailye~, ~Tailie~, _v. a._

1. To bind by a bond or indenture.

_Wyntown._

2. To entail, S.

_Bellenden._

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._

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.