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HAMPSHIBE GLOSSARY. 93 Teg [teg], sb. a sheep of the first year. — ^N. H. Tell [tel], V. a. to count or reckon. Ex. * I've told they lath ' = I have reckoned the number of lath, charged by a lath-render. — N. H. Tempest [tem'pust], ab, a thunder-storm. Used exclusively to denote thunder in North Hants, without reference to wind. — N. H. Tender [tend*ur], adj, trying ; used of a sharp east wind ; as, ' the wind is very tender.*^ N, and Q, Ist Ser. x. 120. Terrible [terubl], adj, very, extremely. Ex. < He is terrible ill.' ' He gets terrible handy.' It may sometimes be meant, in mispronun- ciation, for tolerable^ as, ' I*m terrible well, thank 'ee.' — N. H. Terrify [ter'-ifei], v, to tease, worry, irritate, annoy. — Cooper. To frei — ^In. H. Ex. 'And be anxious about nothing. The word here is the same as in the Sermon on the Mount. It means, do not fret ; do not terrify yourselves.' — Kingsley's Toum and Country Sermons, 8er. xxxi. [Preached to a North Hants congregation : Eversley.] Tew [teu], adj. small, tender, sickly. — J. See Tooly. Thee [dhee], pron, very commonly used instead of you in North Hants ; also for thy, your. Ex. * Whaf s thee name P ' "^Ak. Theesum [dhee*zum], pron. these. Ex. ' Tlieemm here things ; ' these things her^. *Ak. Them [dheml pr. those. Ex. * Them be'ant the ones we wanted. • Did 'ee fetch them tools P '— N. H. Then [dhen], adv, that time. Ex. * By then it will be gone.' — J. There-right [dhair-reit], interj. addressed to horses at plough, when required to go straightforward. A.S. >cerrihte, directly. *Ak. They [dhai], those. Ex. 'Drive they cows out of that field.' — Thio, Thik [dhik], pr<»i. this. *Ak. Which seems correct. — W. H. 0. [Put for thilk, A.S. tnlUc—W, W. S.] Thick [thik], adj, (!) Stupid. (2) Very intimate. — Winch. 8ch. 01. Thief [theef], sb. a young ewe. — Lisle. Thik [dhik], jpron. that. — ^Wise, New Forest, p. 190. Never used for that in North Hants.— W. H. 0. See Thic. Thiller-horse [thilnr-haus], ab. the shaft-horse, the last horse in the team. Shakespeare has fill-horse {M. of Yen. II. ii 100). Wise, New Forest, p. 189. ThiBsnm [dhiB*um],|7r(m. this. *Ak. Thoke [thoak], sb. the act of lying in bed late. — Winch. Seh. 01. Thoke [thoak], v. n. to bask ; usually applied to lying warm and comfortable in bed (flr. Owkoc, a resting-place), often used metaphor- ically to denote restmg pleasurably on any idea. Ex. ' I thoke ou the leave-out day next week/ — Adams* WyJcehamicay p. 436.