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104 ANTRIM AND DOWN GLOSSARY. Teem, (1) v, to pour. • He teemed a pint of it down the dog's throat' (2) $b, heayiest rain. * I was out in a perfect teem.' Telling. ' It would be no teUtn* i. e, it would not tell or count in one's fayour— would be hurtfoL ' It would be tellin' me a quare dale if rd knowed that afore,' t. «. it would haye been of great consequence to me to haye known, &o. Temp a sant (tempt a saint), to be yery annoying. * It would temj^ a aant the way you're gettin' on.* Tendered, v. made tender, as linen sometimes is in Uhe bleach.' ' The fibre (of flax) tendered by excess of moisture.' Tent of ink, sb, as much ink as a pen will lift at once out of an ink- bottle. Thainn, sh. cat-gut That, (1) so. * He was that heavy we couldn't Ufb him.' (2^ used in sense of this. A common salutation. * Thafi a soft day, means, ' This is a wet day.' The day, to-day. ' Will you go tJie day, or the morrow 1 ' Thee, sb. the thigh. Thegither, adv. together. Theirsels, themselves. The long eleyenfh of June, saying, used as a comparison of length. The more, adv. although. ' He did it, the mare he said he wouldn't.' The morra oome niver, never. The pigs ran through it, something interfered to preyent the arrangement being carried out. Thiok^ (1) adj. friendly; confidential. 'As thick as thieves/ (2) adj. in quick succession ; close together. Think a heap, v. to like ; to yalue. * We think a heap of him.' Think long, v. to feel a longing; to be home-sick. 'What's the matter witii you ; are you thinking long $ ' Think pity, v. to pity ; to take pity. ' I thought pity o' the chile he was tiiat cowl.' Think shame, be ashamed. * Think shame o' yerser, child I ' Thirtage, sh. Same as Mootfher, or Monitor. The proportion of meal paid to a miller for grinding. OhsoUte, I believe* Thirteen, sb. a name for a British shilling at the time when the BiitiBh and Irish currencies were different The shilling was worth thirteen pence Irish.