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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_Ross._

THUMBIKINS, _s. pl._ An instrument of torture, applied as a screw to the thumbs, S.

_Stat. Acc._

THUMBLICKING, _s._ An ancient mode of confirming a bargain, S.

_Ersk._

THUNNERIN, _adj._ _A thunnerin drouth_, a strong drought, S. B., apparently expressing that which is viewed as the effect of fire in the air, or lightning.

THOURT, THOURTOUR.

V. ~Thortour~.

THURCH, uncertain.

_Barbour._

THURST, _s._ Could.

_Barbour._

Su. G. _troesta_, valere, posse.

THUS-GATE, _adv._ In this manner.

_Wyntown._

THWAYNG, _s._ A thong, S. _whang_.

_Wyntown._

A. S. _thwang_, Isl. _thweing_, id.

THWARTER-ILL.

V. ~Thorter-ill~.

TYAL, _s._ Any thing used for tying a latchet. S. B.

Isl. _tigill_, ligula.

TYBER, _s._ Perh. warrior.

_Sir Gawan._

Isl. _tifar_, viri alacres.

TIBRIC, TIBRICK, _s._ The young of the coal-fish, Orkn.

_Stat. Acc._

TICHT, _pret._ Tied.

V. ~Tight~.

_To_ TICK, _v. n._ To click, as a watch, S.

Belg. _tikk-en_, id.

TICK, TICKER, _s._

1. A dot of any kind, S.

Teut. _tick_, punctus.

2. A very small spot on the skin, S. B.

V. ~Teicher~.

TICKET, _s._ A pat, a slight stroke, S.

Belg. _tik_, a pat, _tikk-en_, to pat.

TID, _s._

1. Proper time, season, S.

2. Humour, S. as, _I'm just in the tid_.

_Ferguson._

A. S. Su. G. _tid_, time, season.

_To_ ~Tid~, _v. a._ To choose the proper season, S.

TID, TYD, _v. impers._ Happened.

_Doug._

A. S. _tid-an_, Su. G. _tid-a_, contingere.

TYDY, TYDIE, _adj._

1. Neat, S.

2. Plump, fat, S.

_Douglas._

3. Lucky, favourable.

_Ramsay._

Su. G. _tidig_, decorus; Teut. _tydigh_, in season, ripe.

TIFT, _s._ Condition, plight, S.

_Wodrow._

Isl. _tif-a, tyf-a_, manus celeriter movere.

_To_ ~Tift~, _v. a._ To put in order, S. B.

_Morison._

TIFT, _s._ Used as expressive of tediousness, S.

Isl. _tef-ia_, Su. G. _toefw-a_, to delay.

TIFT, _s._

1. The act of quarrelling, Loth. _tiff_, E.

2. The act of struggling in a wanton or dallying way, Loth.

3. The action of the wind.

_Ritson._

Isl. _tyft-a_, to chastise.

_To_ TIFT, _v. a._ To quaff.

_Hamilton._

E. _tiff_, drink, or a draught.

_To_ TIG, _v. n._

1. To touch lightly, to dally, S.

_Evergreen._

2. To trifle with, to treat in a scornful and contemptuous manner.

_Rutherford._

Isl. _teg-ia_, _teig-ia_, lactare, allicere.

~Tig-tow~, _s._ _To play at tig-tow_, to pat backwards and forwards, to dally, S.

_Tig_, and Su. G. _toefw-a_, morari.

TIG, TEYG, _s._ A pet, a fit of sullen humour.

_Ferguson._

Gael. _taoig_, a fit of passion; Su. G. _tig-a_, to be silent.

~Tiggy~, _adj._ Petty, prone to pettishness, S.

_To_ TIG-TAG, _v. n._ To trifle, to be busy while doing nothing of importance.

E. _ticktack_, a game at tables.

_Baillie._

TIGHT, TICHT, _part. pa._ and _pret._

1. Tied.

_Sir Gawan._

2. Prepared, girt for action.

_Gawan and Gol._

A. S. _tyg-an_, to bind, Isl. _ty-ia_, instruo.

TYISDAY, _s._ Tuesday.

V. ~Tysday~.

TIKE, TYKE, TYK, _s._

1. A dog, a cur; properly one of a larger and common breed, S.

_Dunbar._

Su. G. _tik_, Isl. _tyk_, a little bitch.

2. A selfish snarling fellow, S.

_Gl. Surv. Moray._

~Tike-tyrit~, _adj._ Dog-weary, tired like a dog after coursing or running, S.

_Minstr. Bord._

~Tyked~, _adj._ Having the disposition of a degenerate dog, currish.

_Watson._

TYKE ~and~ TRYKE, _adv._ Higgledy-piggledy, in an intermingled state, S. B.

Su. G. _tiock_, densus; and _tryck-a_, angustare.

TIL, TILL, _prep._

1. To, S.

_Barbour._

Moes. G. A. S. Isl. _til_, Su. G. _till_, id.

2. With, in addition to.

_Wyntown._

3. From, improperly.

_Wyntown._

TIL, TILL, as a mark of the infinitive, instead of _to_.

_Douglas._

_To_ TYLD, _v. a._ To cover, S. B.

_Pal. Hon._

Isl. _tialld-a_, tentorium figere, aulaeum extendere.

~Tyld~, _s._ Covert.

_Gawan and Gol._

A. S. _tyld_, Isl. _tiald_, a tent, an awning.

TYLD, _s._ Tile.

_Bellenden._

TILL, _adv._ While, during the time that.

_Barbour._

_To_ TILL, _v. a._ To entice.

V. ~Teal~.

TILL, _s._ A cold unproductive clay, S.

_Stat. Acc._

TILLIESOUL, _s._ A place, to which a gentleman sends the servants and horses of his guests, when he does not choose to entertain the former at his own expense, Loth.

Fr. _tillet_, a ticket, and _sould_, soldiers' pay.

TILLING, _s._ Perh. for _titling_ the titlerk.

_Statist. Acc._

TILLIT, _pret. v._ Coaxed.

_Wallace._

Isl. _tael-ia_, pellicere.

TILT, _s._ L. _tint_, proof, as in first edition.

V. ~Taint~, _s._

_Ross._

TYMBER, TYMMER, TYMBRELL, TYMBRILL, _s._ Crest of a helmet.

Fr. _timbre_, id.

_Douglas._

~Tymbrit~, _part. pa._ Crested.

_Douglas._

TIMEABOUT, _adj._ Alternately, S.

_Spalding._

TIMMER, _s._

1. Timber, S.

Sw. _timmer_, id.

2. A legal quantity of forty skins packed up within two boards of _timber_.

_Skene._

~Timmertuned~, _adj._ Having a harsh unmusical voice, S.

TIMMING, TEMMING, _s._ A kind of coarse thin woollen cloth, S.

_Stat. Acc._

Fr. _etamine_, id.

TYMPANE, _s._ The sistrum.

_Douglas._

Lat. _tympanum_.

TIN, _s._ Loss.

_Sir Tristrem._

TINCHELL, TINCHEL, _s._ A circle of sportsmen, who, by surrounding a great space, and gradually narrowing, brought great quantities of deer together.

_Pittscotie._

Ir. Gael. _tinchioll_, circuit, compass.

_To_ TYND, _v. n._ To kindle.

V. ~Teind~.

~Tynd~, _s._ A spark.

TYND, _s._

1. A harrow-tooth, S.

Isl. _tindr_, Su. G. _tinne_, id.

2. One course of the harrow over a field, S.

3. _Tyndis_, _s. pl._ The horns of a hart.

_Douglas._

Su. G. _tinne_, any thing sharp like a tooth.

TINDE, _s. On tinde_, in a collected state.

Isl. _tynt_, collectum.

_Sir Tristrem._

_To_ TINE, TYNE, _v. a._

1. To lose.

_Wallace._

2. To forfeit.

_Acts Ja. I._

3. To kill or destroy.

_Wyntown._

4. _To tine the saddle_, to lose all, S.

Isl. _tyn-ast_, perdere.

_Baillie._

~Tineman~, _s._ An appellation given to one of the Lords of Douglas, from his being unfortunate in losing almost all his _men_ in battle.

_Godscroft._

~Tynar~, ~Tiner~, _s._ A loser, S.

_Acts Ja. V._

~Tynsaill~, ~Tinsall~, ~Tynsell~, _s._

1. Loss, S.

_Barbour._

2. Forfeiture.

_Acts Ja. I._

_To_ ~Tinsall~, _v. a._ To injure, from the _s._

_Baron Courts._

_To_ TING, _v. a._ To ring, S.

_Henrysone._

~Ting-tang~, _s._ Sound of a bell, S.

Teut. _tinghe-tangh-en_, tintinare.

_To_ ~Tinkle~ _on_, _v. n._ To ring chimes about.

_Baillie._

TINT NOR TRIAL.

V. ~Taint~.

TIP, _s._ A ram. Galloway.

_Davidson._

_To_ ~Tip~, _v. n._ To take the ram, S.

_Kelly._

Used also actively.

_To_ TIP, _v. a._ To nettle from disappointment. S.

A metaph. use of E. _tip_, to strike slightly.

_To_ TIPPENIZE, _v. n._ To tipple small beer, S. from _two-penny_.

_Ramsay._

TIPPERTY, _adj._

1. Unstable, S. B.

2. _To gang tipperty-like_, to walk in a flighty, ridiculous manner, S. B.

V. ~Tippertin~.

TIPPERTIN, _s._ A bit of card, with a pin passed through it, resembling a _te-totum_, Loth.

Hence, _to loup like a tippertin_.

TYRANE, _s._ A tyrant.

_Bellenden._

Fr. _tyran_, id.

Hence,

~Tyrane~, _adj._ Tyrannical.

_Lyndsay._

~Tyrandry~, _s._ Tyranny.

_Wallace._

~Tyranlie~, _adv._ Tyrannically.

_Douglas._

TYRE, _s. A hat of tyre_, part of the dress of Bruce at Bannockburn.

_Barbour._

A. S. _tyr_, tiara.

TYREMENT, _s._ Interment.

_Douglas._

Abbrev. from _entyrement_, id., used by the same writer.

TIRL, _s._ A substitute for the trundle of a mill, Shetl.

_Statist. Acc._

Su. G. _trill-a_, to trundle.

TIRL, TIRLE, _s._

1. A smart stroke, S.

V. ~Dirle~.

2. A touch, in the way of intermeddling,

_Cleland._

3. A dance.

_Ramsay._

4. A gentle breeze, S.

_Ramsay._

_To_ TIRL, TIRLE, _v. a._

1. To uncover, S.

_Burns._

2. To pluck off expeditiously; applied to dress.

_Priests Peblis._

3. To strip; applied to property.

_Ramsay._

Isl. _thyrl-a_, turbidire versari subito.

_To_ TIRLE, _v. n._ To produce a tremulous sound by slightly touching, S.

E. _trill_, _v. n._

_Muse's Threnodie._

TIRLES, _s. pl._ Some disease.

_Montgomerie._

Fr. _tarle_, a wood-worm.

TIRLESS, TIRLASS, TIRLIES, _s._

1. A lattice, S.

_Baillie._

2. A wicket, S. B.

_Law Case._

Fr. _treillis_; Teut. _traelie_.

~Tirlest~, _part. adj._ Trellised, S.

TIRLIEWIRLIE, _s._

1. A whirligig, S.

2. An ornament consisting of a number of intervolved lines, S.

_Forbes's Shop Bill._

Su. G. _trill-a_, and _hworl-a_, rotare.

TIRMA, _s._ The sea-pie.

_Martin._

_To_ TIRR, TIRUE, _v. a._

1. To tear.

_Douglas._

2. To uncover forcibly.

_Douglas._

3. To unroof.

_Spalding._

4. To strip one of his property.

_Morison._

5. To pare off the sward, S.

_Stat. Acc._

A. S. _tyr-an_, _tyrw-an_, to tear.

_To_ TIRR, _v. n._ To snarl, S.

Teut. _tergh-en_, to irritate.

~Tirr~, _adj._ Crabbed, S. B.

V. _v._

TIRRIVEE, _s._ A fit of passion, S.

Fr. _tir-er_, to dart forth, and _vif_, lively; denoting the lively action of rage.

TIRWIRR, TIRWIRRING, _adj._ Habitually growling, S.

Teut. _tergh-en_, to irritate, and _werren_, to contend.

TISCHE, TYSCHE, TYSCHEY, TUSCHÉ, _s._ A girdle.

_Douglas._

Fr. _tissu_, id.; Belg. _tessche_, a scrip.

TYSDAY, TYISDAY, _s._ Tuesday, S.

_Knox._

A. S. _Tiwesdaeg_, from _Tuisco_, a Saxon deity; or Goth. _Tijs_; Isl. _Tijsday_, id.

TYSE, TYIST, TYST, _v. a._ To entice, S. B.

_Douglas._

Arm. _tis_, a train. Su. G. _tuss-a_, to incite dogs.

TYST, TAISTE, (Orkn.) TYSTIE, (Shetl.) _s._ The sea-turtle.

_Barry._

Isl. _teist-a_, Norw. _teiste_, id.

TYSTRE, _s._ A case, a cover.

_Wyntown._

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._