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

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_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.

L. B. _tenementum_.

_Ruddiman._

_To_ TENT, _v. a._ To stretch out.

_Douglas._

Fr. _tend-re_, id.

TENT, _s._ Care, attention.

1. _To tak tent_, to be attentive, S.

_Barbour._

2. _To tak tent to_, to exercise concern about, S.

_Lyndsay._

3. _To tak tent of_, to be on one's guard against, S.

_Herd._

_To_ ~Tent~, _v. n._ To attend, generally with the prep. _to_, S.

_Gawan and Gol._

Fr. _attend-re_, or Lat. _attend-ere_.

_To_ ~Tent~, _v. a._

1. To observe, to remark, S.

_Burns._

2. To put a value on, S.

_Ramsay._

~Tentie~, _adj._

1. Watchful, attentive, S.

Fr. _attentif_.

_Maitland Poems._

2. Intent, keen, Galloway.

_Davidson._

~Tentily~, _adv._ Carefully, S.

_Ross._

~Tentless~, _adj._ Inattentive, S.

_Burns._

TER, _s._ Tar.

_Barbour._

Teut. _terre_, Su. G. _tiaera_, id.

TERCE, _s._ A liferent competent by law to widows who have not accepted of a special provision, of the _third_ of the heritable subjects in which their husbands died infeft.

_Erskine._

Lat. _tertia_, Fr. _tiers_.

~Tercer~, _s._ A widow who enjoys a _terce_, S.

_Balfour._

TERE, _s._ Perhaps, expense.

Teut. _teer_, sumptus.

_Douglas._

TERE, _adj._ Tender, delicate.

_Pal. Hon._

Teut. _tere_, tener, delicatus.

TERLYST, TIRLLYST, _part. pa._ Grated.

O. Fr. _trellicié_, id.

_Wallace._

TERNE, TERNED, _adj._ Fierce, choleric.

_Dunbar._

Belg. _toornig_, wrathful, _toorn_, anger.

TERNYTE, _s._ Corr. of _Trinity_.

_Wynt._

TERSE, _s._ A debate, a dispute, S. B.

_To_ ~Terse~, _v. n._ To debate, to contend, S. B.

Teut. _trots-en_, irritare, instigare.

TERSEL, _s._ Table companion.

_Montgomerie._

Teut. _teer-ghe-selle_, id., from _teer_, sumptus, and _selle_, _ghe-selle_, socius.

TESTOON, TESTONE, _s._ A Scottish silver coin, varying in value.

_Cardonnel._

O. Fr. _teston_, capitatus nummus.

_To_ TETE, TEET, _v. n._

1. To peep out, to look in a sly or prying way, S. _teet_.

_Ruddiman._

2. _v. a._ To cause to peep out.

_Douglas._

Su. G. _titt-a_, inspicere, per transennam veluti videre.

~Teet-bo~, _s._

1. Bo-peep, S.

_Ferguson._

2. Used metaph. to denote inconstancy, or infidelity.

_Morison._

TETH, _s._ Temper, disposition.

_Ill-teth'd_, ill-humoured, Fife.

A. S. _tyht_, instructio, _teting_, disciplina.

TETHERFACED, _adj._ Having an ill-natured aspect, S.

Isl. _teit-a_, rostrum beluinum.

TEUCH, TEUGH, TEWCH, _adj._

1. Tough, S.

_Douglas._

A. S. _toh_, id., from Moes. G. _tioh-an_, to draw.

2. Tedious, lengthened out, S.

3. Dry as to manner, stiff in conversation, S.

_Bannatyne Poems._

4. Pertinacious, S.

_A. Douglas._

5. _To make any thing teuch_, to do it reluctantly.

_Gawan and Gol._

TEUCH, _s._ A draught of any kind of liquor, S.

Su. G. _tog_, haustus, potantium ductus; from _tog-a_, trahere; Teut. _teughe_, haustus.

TEUG, TUG, _s._ A rope, a halter, Loth.

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

TEUKIN, _adj._ Quarrelsome, including the idea of fraud, S. B.

Teut. _tuck_, fraus; Isl. _tulk-a_, pellicere.

_To_ TEW, _v. a._ To make tough, S. O.

V. ~Taave~ and ~Taw~, _v._ 1.

_To_ ~Tew~, _v. n._ Grain is said _to tew_, when it becomes damp, and acquires a bad taste, S. B.

Su. G. _taef_, odor, _taefk-a_, gustare.

~Tew~, _s._ A bad taste, S. B.

THA, THAY, THEY, _pron._ These, S.

A. S. _thaege_, id.

_Wyntown._

THACK, _s._ Thatch.

V. ~Thak~.

~Thacker~, _s._ A thatcher, S.

_Ramsay._

~Thack-stone~, _s._ Stone fit for covering houses.

_Acts Ja. VI._

THAFTS, _s. pl._ The benches of a boat, on which the rowers sit, S.

Isl. _thopte_, trabs seu sedile in nave.

THAI, THAY, _pron._ Pl. of _he_ or _she_.

_Gawan and Gol._

THAINS, _s. pl._ Perhaps, gossamer.

A. S. _than_, madidus, humidus.

_A. Hume._

THAIR, used in composition, like E. _there_.

Originally the genit., dat. and abl. of the A. S. article, _thaere_; Isl. dat. and abl. _theirre_.

~Thairanent~, _adv._ Concerning that.

_Acts Sed._

~Thairattour~, _adv._ Concerning.

_Priests Peblis._

~Thairbefor~, ~Tharbefor~, _adv._ Before that time.

_Barbour._

~Thairben~, ~There-ben~, _adv._ In an inner apartment of a house; sometimes _the-ben_. S.

_Acts Sed._

~Thair-but~, _adv._ In an outer apartment; also, _the-but_, S.

_Many._

Teut. _daer-binnen_, intro, intus. Belg. _daar-buyten_, without that place.

~Thairby~, ~Thare-by~, _adv._

1. Thereabout, as to place.

_Barbour._

2. Thereabout, regarding time, S.

_Wynt._

3. Denoting number or quality, S.

Belg. _daerbey_, ad hoc, penes, prope.

~Thair-doun~, ~Ther doun~, _adv._ Downwards, S.

_Dunbar._

~Thair-east~, _adv._ In the east, towards the east, S.

_Baillie._

~Thairfurth~, _adv._ In the open air, S.

_Bellenden._

~Thairintill~, _ad._ Therein.

_Acts Sed._

~Thairour~, ~Thar our~, _adv._ On the other side, in relation to a river,

_Wallace._

~Thairowt~, ~Tharout~, _adv._ Without; denoting exclusion from a place, S.

_Wall._

_To lie thairout_, to lie in the open air during night, S.

~Thairtill~, ~Thertyll~, _adv._ Thereto.

_Douglas._

~Thair up~, _adv._ Out of bed.

_G. Buchanan._

THAK, _s._

1. Thatch, a covering of straw, rushes, &c., _thack_, S.

_Douglas._

_Thack and rape_, the covering of a stack, S.

_Burns._

_In thack an' rape_, in order.

_Burns._

_Out of aw thack and raip_, applied to one who acts quite in a disorderly way, S.

2. The covering of a roof, whatever be the materials.

_Acts Ja. V._

A. S. _thac_, _thaec_, Isl. _thak_, Lat. _tectum_.

_To_ ~Thak~, ~Thack~, _v. a._ To thatch, S.

~Thakburd~, _s._ The thatch-board, the roof.

_Barbour._

THAN, _adv._ Then, at that time, S.

_Barbour._

_Be than_, by that time; _Or than_, before that time.

V. ~Be than~.

THANE, THAYNE, _s._

1. A title of honour, used among the ancient Scots, which seems to have been at first equivalent to Lat. _comes_, as denoting presidency in a county, and sometimes in a province; as well as the command of the forces, and collection of the royal revenues raised in the district.

_Wyntown._

2. An officer, not superior in rank to a knight, who has been viewed as serving under the superior _Thane_.

_Stat. Alex. II._

A. S. _thegen_, _thegn_, primarily a servant. _Cyninges thegen_; Thanus regius; _medmera thegen_, mediocris vel inferior Thanus. Isl. _thegn_, dominus.

~Abthane~, _s._ A title of honour, the meaning of which is uncertain.

_G. Buchanan._

~Thanedom~, ~Thanage~, ~Thanrie~, _s._ The extent of the jurisdiction of a _Thane_.

_Wyntown._

~Abthanrie~, _s._ The jurisdiction of an _Abthane_.

_Harl. MS._

THANE, _s._ Apparently, a fane.

_Pal. Hon._

THANE, THAIN, _adj._ Not thoroughly roasted, rare, S.

_Sir J. Sinclair._

A. S. _than_, moist, humid.

_To_ THARF, _v. n._ To need, to require.

_Sir Tristrem._

A. S. _thearf-an_, indigere, opus habere.

THE, THEY, _s._ Thigh.

_Douglas._

A. S. _theo_, _thegh_, id.

~The-pess~, _s._ Thigh-piece, or armour for the thigh.

_Wallace._

_To_ THE, _v. n._ To thrive, to prosper.

_Sir Tristrem._

A. S. _the-an_, proficere, vigere.

THEDE, _s._

1. A nation, a people.

_Gawan and Gol._

Isl. Su. G. _thiod_, _thiud_, populus.

2. A region, a province.

_Sir Tristrem._

A. S. _theod_, gens; provincia.

3. Species, kind.

_Sir Tristrem._

THEETS, _s. pl._

V. ~Thetis~.

THE-FURTH, _adv._ Out of doors, abroad, S.

_Ross._

THEGITHER, _adv._ Corr. of together, S.

_Ross._

_A' thegither_, altogether.

_Macneill._

THEI, _conj._ Though.

_Sir Tristrem._

_To_ THEIK, THEK, _v. a._

1. To give a roof, of whatever kind, S.

_Wyntown._

2. To cover with straw, &c. to thatch, S.

A. S. _thecc-an_, Alem. _thek-en_, Isl. _thaeck-a_, id.

THEIVIL, THIVEL, _s._ A stick for stirring a pot; as, in making porridge, broth, &c. S. B. _thivel_, Ayrs. Fife, A. Bor. _theil_.

_Ross._

A. S. _thyfel_, stirps, a stem or stalk.

THEME, THAME, _s._

1. A serf, one attached to the soil.

_Wyntown._

2. The right of holding servants in such a state of bondage, that their children and goods might be sold.

_Skene._

A. S. _team_, offspring; or from Isl. _thi-a_, in servitutem reducere.

THEN, _conj._ Than, S.

THERE-BEN, _adv._

V. ~Thairben~.

THETIS, THETES, _s. pl._

1. The ropes or traces, by which horses draw in a carriage, plow or harrow, S.

_Douglas._

2. _To be quite out of thetes_, to be quite disorderly in one's conduct, S.

_Rudd._

Isl. _thatt-r_, a thread, cord, or small rope.

THEW, _s._ Custom, manner, quality.

A. S. _theaw_, mos, modus.

_Wyntown._

~Thewit~, _part. pa._ Disciplined, regulated.

A. S. _theaw_, institutum.

_Pal. Hon._

~Thewless~, ~Thowless~, ~Thieveless~, _adj._

1. Unprofitable.

_Douglas._

A. S. _theow_, a servant, or _theow-ian_, to serve, and the privative particle _les_, less.

2. Inactive, remiss, S.

_Ramsay._

3. Not serving the purpose; as, _a thieveless excuse_, S.

4. Cold, forbidding, S.

_Burns._

_To look thieveless_ to one, to give one a cold reception, S. O.

5. Shy, reserved, Renfrews.

6. Applied to weather in an intermediate or uncertain, state, Renfrews.

7. Feeble.

_J. Nicol._

8. Insipid, destitute of taste, S.

_Ramsay._

THEWTILL, THEWITTEL, _s._ A large knife.

_Wallace._

A. S. _hwitel_, id.; _thwitan_, cultello resecare.

THICK, _adj._ Intimate, familiar, S.

_Burns._

THIEVELESS, _adj._

V. ~Thewles~.

_To_ THIG, THIGG, _v. a._

1. To ask, to beg.

_Wallace._

Alem. _thig-en_, Su. G. _tigg-a_, petere.

2. To go about, receiving supply, not in the way of common mendicants, but rather as giving others an opportunity of manifesting their liberality, S.

_Rudd._

Isl. _thygg-ia_, gratis accipere, dono auferre.

3. To beg, to act the part of a common mendicant, S.

_Henrysone._

4. To borrow; used improperly.

_Ramsay._

~Thiggar~, _s._ A beggar, a common mendicant.

Su. G. _teggare_, id.

_Acts Ja. I._

THIMBER, _adj._ Gross, heavy.

_Ritson._

Isl. _thungber_, gravis, portatu molestus.

THINARE, _s._ A title of honour, apparently equivalent to _Lady_.

_Sir Tristrem._

A. S. _the-on_, vigere, pollere; _theond_, potens; _theonden_, dominus; _theonest_, potentissimus. _Thinare_, q. _theonare_, the comparative.

THINE, THYNE, _adv._ Thence.

A. S. _thanon_, inde, illinc.

_Barbour._

THINE-FURTH, _adv._ Thenceforward.

_Wyntown._

A. S. _thanon furth_, deinceps.

THING, _s._

1. Affairs of state.

_Barbour._

2. It seems to signify a meeting, or convention, concerning public affairs.

_Wallace._

Isl. _thing_, Su. G. _ting_, a meeting of the citizens concerning public affairs.

_To_ THINK SHAME, to feel abashed, to have a sense of shame, S.

_Priests Peblis._

THIR, _pron. pl._ These, S.

_Barbour._

Isl. _theyr_, illi; _thaer_, illae.

_To_ THIRL, THYRL, _v. a._

1. To perforate, to drill, S.

_P. Buch. Dial._

2. To pierce, to penetrate.

_Wyntown._

3. To pierce, to wound.

_Bannatyne P._

A. S. _thirl-ian_, perforare.

_To_ ~Thirl~, _v. a._ To thrill, to cause to vibrate, S.

_Burns._

_To_ ~Thirl~, ~Thirle~, _v. n._ To pass with a tingling sensation, S.

_Ramsay._

_To_ THIRL, _v. a._ To furl.

_Complaynt S._

Teut. _drill-en_, _trill-en_, gyrare, conglomerare.

_To_ THIRL, THIRLL, _v. a._

1. To enslave, to thrall.

_Bellenden._

A. S. Isl. _thrael_, a bond-servant.

2. To bind or subject to, S.

_Bar. Courts._

3. To bind, by the terms of a lease, or otherwise, to grind at a certain mill, S.

_Erskine._

~Thirl~, _s._ The term used to denote those lands, the tenants of which are bound to bring all their grain to a certain mill, S.

_Erskine._

~Thirlage~, _s._

1. Thraldom, in a general sense.

_Douglas._

2. Servitude to a particular mill, S.

_Erskine._

~Thirldome~, _s._ Thraldom.

_Barbour._

THO, _adv._ At that time.

_Douglas._

A. S. Isl. _tha_, Su. G. Dan. _da_, tum, tunc.

THO, _pron. pl._ These.

_Pal. Hon._

Moes. G. _tho_, nom. and acc. pl. of the article.

THOCHT, THOUCHT, _conj._ Although.

V. ~Allthocht~.

_Wallace._

THOCHTY, _adj._ Thoughtful.

_Wyntown._

THOF, _conj._ Although, Loth.; Provincial E.

_Ferguson._

THOILL, TOLL, _s._ Ancient privilege of a baron; denoting, either an immunity from payment of custom in buying, or the liberty of buying and selling on his own lands.

_Reg. Maj._

_To_ THOLE, THOILL, _v. a._

1. To bear, to suffer, S.

_Barbour._

A. S. _thol-ian_, Moes. G. _thul-an_, Isl. _thol-a_, id.

2. To bear with, not to oppose.

_Abp. Hamiltoun._

3. To bear patiently, S.

_Douglas._

4. To restrain one's self; as a _v. n._

_Wallace._

5. To tolerate, in relation to heresy.

_Knox._

6. To exempt from military execution.

_Barbour._

7. To permit, to allow, S.

_Wallace._

8. To wait, to expect, S.

_Abp. Hamiltoun._

9. _To thole the law_, to be subjected to a legal trial.

_Acts Ja. I._

~Tholmude~, ~Thoilmude~, _adj._ Patient; _tholemoody_, S. B.

_Douglas._

A. S. _thole-mod_, _tholmoda_, patiens animi.

THONE, _pron._ Yonder, Loth. _yon_, S.

Moes. G. _thana_, id.; O. Su. G. _thoen_, ille, iste.

THOR, _s._ Durance, confinement.

Sw. _thor_, carcer.

_Gl. Sibb._

THORROWS. _s. pl._ Troubles.

_Burel._

A. S. _threow-ian_, pati.

_To_ THORTER, _v. a._ To oppose, to thwart, S.

_Calderwood._

~Thortour~, _s._ Opposition, resistance, S.

_Bellenden._

~Thorter-ill~, ~Thwarter-ill~, _s._ A kind of palsy to which sheep are subject, Tweedd.

_Stat. Acc._

~Thortour~, ~Thuortour~, _adj._ Cross, transverse.

_Wallace._

Su. G. _twertoefwer_, transverse; Dan. _twertover_, transversely.

_To_ THOW, _v. a._ To address in the singular number, as a token of contempt.

_Wallace._

THOUGHT, THOUGHTY, _s._

1. A moment, as respecting time, S.

2. At a little distance, in respect of place, S. B.

_Ross._

_To_ THOUT, _v. n._ To sob, S. B.

_Gl. Shirr._

~Thout~, _s._ A sob. S. B.

_Ross._

_To_ THOW, _v. n._ To thaw, S.

_To_ ~Thow~, _v. a._ To remove the rigour produced by cold, S.

_Ramsay._

~Thow~, ~Thowe~, _s._ Thaw, S.

_Burns._

~Smore thow~, A heavy snow, accompanied with a strong wind, which, as it were, threatens to _smore_, or smother one, Ang.

THOWEL, _s._ The nitch or hollow in which the oar of a boat acts, Loth.

A. S. _thole_, scamnus a quo pendet remus; E. _thole_.

THOWLESS, _adj._ Inactive.

V. ~Thewles~.

~Thowlesnes~, ~Thowlysnes~, _s._ Inactivity.

_Wyntown._

THOWRROURIS, _s. pl._ Perh. _skorrowris_.

V. ~Scurrour~.

_Wallace._

THRA, THRO, _adj._

1. Eager, earnest.

_Sir Tristrem._

2. Brave, courageous.

_Wallace._

3. Obstinate, pertinacious.

_Barbour._

4. Reluctant, averse.

_Douglas._

Isl. _thra_, pertinacia; _thraa-r, thra_, pertinax.

~Thra~, _s._

1. Eagerness.

_Wallace._

2. Debate, contention.

_Douglas._

Isl. _thrai_, rancor.

~Thra~, ~Thraw~, ~Thraly~, _adv._ Eagerly.

_Houlate._

THRAFTLY, _adv._ In a chiding or surly manner.

_Pitscottie._

A. S. _thraf-ian_, increpare; Isl. _thref-a_, sublitigare.

THRAIF, THRAVE, THREAVE, _s._

1. Twenty-four sheaves of corn, including two shocks, S.

_Stat. Acc._

2. A considerable number, S.

_Dunbar._

Sw. _trafwe saad_, strues segetum _viginti quatuor_ fascibus constans.

_To_ THRAIP, _v. n._ Apparently, to thrive, to prosper.

_Dunbar._

Isl. _thrif-ast_, Su. G. _trifw-a_, id.

_To_ THRAM, _v. n._ To thrive, Aberd. Moray.

_Gl. Shirr. Ross._

Isl. _thro-a_, incrementum capere; _throan_, _throtte_, incrementum.

THRANG, _pret._ and _part. pa._ Pressed.

V. ~Thring~.

_To_ THRANG, _v. a._ To throng, S.

Sw. _traang-a_, to crowd; A. S. _thring-en_, to press.

_To_ ~Thrang~, _v. n._ to crowd towards a place, S.

~Thrang~, _adj._

1. Crowded, S.

_Sir J. Sinclair._

Isl. _thraung-ur_, Su. G. _traang_, arctus.

2. Intimate, familiar, S.

_Morison._

3. Busily engaged, S.

_Hutcheson._

~Thrang~, _s._

1. A throng, a crowd, S.

2. Constant employment, S.

_Ramsay._

3. State of hardship or oppression.

_Wall._

4. Pressure of business, S.

A. S. _thrang_, turba; Isl. _thraeng_, angusta.

_To_ THRAPPLE, _v. a._ To throttle or strangle, S.

V. ~Thropill~.

THRASH, _s._ A rush.

V. ~Thrush~.

_To_ THRATCH, _v. n._ To gasp convulsively, as in the agonies of death, S. B.

_Pop. Ball._

Isl. _threyte_, certo, laboro; _thraute_, labor.

~Thratch~, _s._ The oppressed and violent respiration of one in the last agonies, S. B.

_Bp. Forbes._

THRAVE, _s._

V. ~Thraif~.

_To_ THRAW, _v. a._ To cast, to throw.

A. S. _thraw-an_, jacere.

_Douglas._

_To_ THRAW, _v. a._

1. To wreathe, to twist, S.

_Ferguson._

2. To wrench, to sprain, S.

_Gl. Shirr._

3. To wrest, metaph. used.

_Crosraguel._

4. To oppose, to resist.

_Hist. Ja. Sext._

5. _To thraw out_, to extort.

_R. Bruce._

A. S. _thraw-ian_, torquere.

~Thrawin~, _part. adj._

1. Distorted, S.

2. Having the appearance of ill-humour; applied to the countenance, S.

_Douglas._

3. Cross-grained, of a perverse temper, S.

_Anderson._

4. Expressive of anger or ill humour, S.

_Ramsay._

~Thrawynlye~, _adv._ In a manner expressive of ill humour.

_Douglas._

~Thrawn-muggent~, _adj._ Having a perverse disposition, Ang.

V. ~Ill-muggent~.

THRAW, _s._ A pang, an agony, S.; throe, E.

_Douglas._

A. S. _threa_, poena, inflictio; _threow-an_, agonizare.

THRAW, _s._ Anger, ill humour, S.

V. ~Thra~, _s._

_R. Galloway._

THRAW, _s._ A little while, a trice.

_Doug._

A. S. _thrah_, Isl. _thrauge_, cursus temporis.

THRAW, _s._ Perh. favour.

_Douglas._

Su. G. _traa_, Isl. _thra_, desiderium.

THRAW, _adv._

V. ~Thra~.

THRAWART, THRAWARD, _adj._

1. Froward, perverse.

_Balnavis._

2. Backward, reluctant, S.

_Baillie._

Isl. _thrayrdi_, pervicax contentio.

~Thrawart~, _prep._ Athwart, across.

_Doug._

THRAW-CRUK, _s._ An instrument for twisting ropes of straw, hair, &c. S.

_Bannatyne P._

THREFT, _adj._ Reluctant, perverse, Loth.

V. ~Thraftly~.

_To_ THREPE, _v. n._ To aver with pertinacity, in reply to denial, S.

_Douglas._

A. S. _threap-ian_, redarguere.

~Threpe~, ~Threap~, _s._ A pertinacious affirmation, S.

_Ross._

THRESUM, _adj._ Three together.

V. ~Sum~.

THRESWALD, _s._ Threshold.

_Doug._

A. S. _threscwald_, id.; _thresc-an_, ferire, and _wald_ lignum.

THRETE, _s._

1. A throng, a crowd.

_Douglas._

2. _In thretis_, in pairs.

_Douglas._

A. S. _threat_, caterva; _on threate_, in choro.

_To_ ~Threte~, _v. n._ To crowd, to press.

A. S. _threat-an_, urgere.

_Douglas._

THRETE. _In threte_, in haste, eagerly.

_Douglas._

Isl. _threyte_, certo, laboro; _thraa_, _thratt_, assiduus.

THRETTENE, _adj._ Thirteen, S.

_Wyntown._

A. S. _threottyne_, Isl. _threttan_, id.

~Thretteint~, _adj._ Thirteenth.

_Crosraguel._

THRETTY, _adj._ Thirty, S.

_Wyntown._

A. S. _thrittig_, Isl. _thriatio_, id.

THREW, _pret. v._ Struck.

_Wallace._

Isl. _thrug-a_, premere, vim inferre.

THRY, _adj._

1. Cross, perverse, S. B.

_Ross._

2. Reluctant, S. B.

V. ~Thra~.

THRID, _adj._ Third, S.

_Barbour._

A. S. _thridda_, Isl. _thridie_, id.

_To_ ~Thrid~, _v. a._ To divide into three parts.

_Acts Ja. II._

_To_ THRYFT, _v. n._ To thrive.

_Dunbar._

Isl. _thrif-ast_, Su.G. _trifw-as_, proficere.

~Thryft~, _s._ Prosperity.

_Douglas._

Isl. _thrif_, nutritio.

_To_ THRYLL, _v. a._ To enslave, to enthrall.

V. ~Thirl~, _v._

_Bellenden._

~Thryll~, ~Thril~, ~Threll~, _s._ A slave.

A. S. Isl. _thrael_, Su. G. id.

_Barbour._

~Thrillage~, _s._ Bondage.

_Wallace._

THRILWALL, _s._ The name of the wall, between Scotland and England, erected by Severus.

_Fordun._

Lat. _murus perforatus_; because of the gaps made in it.

_To_ THRIMLE, THRIMBLE, _v. a._ To press, to squeeze.

_Douglas._

_To_ ~Thrimle~, ~Thrimmel~, ~Thrumble~, _v. n._ To press into, or through, with difficulty and eagerness, S.

_R. Bruce._

Teut. _dromm-en_, premere; or V. next word.

_To_ THRIMLE, _v. n._ To wrestle, to fumble, S. B.

_Muse's Thren._

Isl. _eg thrume_, certo, pugno.

THRYNFALD, _adj._ Threefold.

_Doug._

A. S. _thrynen_, trinus.

_To_ THRING, _v. a._ To press, to thrust.

_K. Quair._

A. S. _thring-an_, Isl. _threing-ia_, urgere.

_To_ ~Thring~, _v. n._ To press on, or forward.

_Barbour._

THRISSILL, THRISLE, _s._ The thistle, S.

_Lyndsay._

THRISSLY, _adj._ Testy, crabbed, S. B.

Germ. _verdriesslich_, fretful, uncivil, rude.

_To_ THRIST, _v. a._

1. To thrust.

_Doug._

2. To oppress, to vex.

_Douglas._

Isl. _thrijst-a_, _thriost-a_, trudere, premere.

~Thrist~, _s._ Difficulty, pressure.

_Douglas._

_To_ THRIST, _v. n._ To spin; often, _to thrist a thread_, S. B.

A. S. _thraest-an_, to wreathe, to twist.

_To_ THRIST, _v. a._ To trust, to give on credit.

_Bur. Lawes._

THROCH, THROUCHE, THRUCH, (gutt.) _s._

1. A sheet of paper.

_Pitscottie._

2. A small literary work; as we now say, _a sheet_.

_L. Scotland._

THROLL, _s._ A hole, a gap.

_Douglas._

A. S. _thyrel_, foramen.

THROPILL, _s._

1. The windpipe, S. thrapple.

_Barbour._

2. Used improperly for the throat, S.

_Sir J. Sinclair._

A. S. _throt-boll_, id. q. the throat-bowl.

THROUCH, _s._ Faith, credit.

_Barbour._

Su. G. _trogen_, _trygg_, faithful.

THROUCH, (gutt.) _prep._ Through, S.

_Douglas._

_To_ ~Throuch~, ~Through~, (gutt.) _v. a._ To carry through.

_Baillie._

_To_ ~Through~, _v. n._ To go on, literally; _To mak to through_, to make good, S.

_Burns._

~Through~, _adj._ Thorough.

_Mellvill's MS._

~Throuch~, ~Thruch~, _adj._ Active, expeditious; as, _a throuch wife_, an active woman, S. B. from the _prep_.

Isl. _thrug-a_, however, signifies, vim inferre.

~Through other~, ~Throw ither~, _adv._ Confusedly, promiscuously; S. _throuther_.

_Pitscottie._

~Throwgang~, _s._ A thoroughfare, S.

_Doug._

Belg. _doorgang_, a passage.

~Throwgang~, _adj._ Affording a thoroughfare, S.

~Throughpit~, _s._ Activity. _Throughpit of wark.

Through_ and _put_.

_To_ THROW, _v. a._ To twist.

V. ~Thraw~.

THRUCH-STANE, _s._ A flat gravestone, Loth. Ayrs.

_Satchels._

A. S. _thruh_, _thurruc_, sarcophagus, a grave, a coffin, Isl. _thro_, id. Alem. _steininer druho_.

THRUNLAND, _part. pr._ Rolling, tumbling about.

_Peblis Play._

A. S. _tryndled_, orbiculatus.

_To_ THRUS, THRUSCH, _v. n._

1. To fall, or come down, with a rushing or crashing noise.

_Wallace._

2. To cleave with a crashing noise.

Isl. _thrusk-a_, strepere.

_Wallace._

THRUSH, THRUSH-BUSH, _s._ The rush; Loth. _thrash_.

_Cleland._

THUD, _s._

1. The forcible impression made by a tempestuous wind; as including the idea of the loud, but intermitting, noise caused by it, S.

_Burel._

2. _Impetus_, resembling that of a tempestuous wind.

_Douglas._

3. Any loud noise, as that of thunder, cannons, &c.

_Polwart._

4. A stroke, causing a blunt and hollow sound.

_Douglas._

5. A violent assault of temptation.

_Rollocke._

A. S. _thoden_, turbo, noise, din; Isl. _thyt-r_, fremitus venti proruentis.

_To_ ~Thud~, _v. n._

1. To rush with a hollow sound.

_Montgomerie._

2. To move with velocity, S.

_Rudd._

_To_ ~Thud~, _v. a._

1. To beat, to strike, S.

_Ruddiman._

2. To drive with impetuosity, S.

_Ramsay._

_To_ THUMB, _v. a._ To wipe any thing by applying the _thumbs_ to it, S.