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ALMONDBURT AND HUDDERSPIELD. 135 Tally, to live unmarried with. Tammy. Scores of people in this neighbourhood were employed from 1750 to 1780 in spinning worsted for the Halifax goods called iammya. There were places both in that town and at Wakefield called tammy halls, where these goods were exposed for sale; but not in Huddersfield. The wool was put out here by agents. Tammy board, a thin slab of wood used for folding waistcoatings or light cloths around. Tang, or Ting, to sting. Jem o' Benny's was once cleaning some outhouses at the bottom of the Grammar School garden, when the wasps proved too troublesome to him. Jem, after making some ineffectual dabs at the noxious insects, said to Mr. £., who was by, * Maister, they ha' tanged me.' ' Never mind, Jem.' So Jem remained quiet. By-and-by he said, < They'n iang*d me agean, Maister.' * Well, Jem, you*a better come out.' * Aw think Aw mun, or (f. e. before) my nose is too big for f hoil,' t. e. before my nose is too big for the doorway. Tangles, a thriftless pei-son. Tangs, the tongs. Tankliments, t. e. trankliments, ornaments ; implements ; accoutre- ments. The tankliments of the mantelshelf are its ornaments ; the tankliment* of a gardener, his spade, rake, &c. Note the elision of the r. Tashel, or Tashil, a tassel. Taunt, used in the expression, ' to make taunt of,' i, e, to make fun of. Tea (pronounced fed — two syllables ; gl. ti:h*). Ted, to spread hay. Teem, to pour out Ray. Teethy (pronounced tedthy ; gl, ti'h'thi — th as in hath cross; peevish; tiresome. Hall, says teety. In the 'Processus Noe' {Totvneley Myeteries) we find — ' For she is faH tethde. For litille oft angre. If anythyn^ wrang be Soyne is she wroth.' Tell'd, past tense and past participle of to ielL Tem'd, past tense and past participle of to teem. Temper, to make (butter) soft for spreading. Temples, an instrument used in weaving, composed of two pieces of wood joined in the middle by a pin. At each end are prods to fasten the cloth, and the object is to keep the cloth stretched m the loom*