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- †Tains, 5, 26, Go. thorn-branch. See tain-jo, toon
- Tait, tate, 68, 138, tiny bit, tit, teat, tot, Sw. tott, handful of lint or wool
- Tak on, 137, buy on credit
- Talitha, 2, Aram. damsel=mawilo (Wulf.)
- T'allen, 176, Cu. for the hallan, which see
- Tami-da, 36, Go. pret. of tamjan, to tame
- Tam-jan, 36, Go. to tame
- Tammy-reekie, 129, boys' trick as pastime
- Tand, N. 203
- Tangs, 207, C. Du. tongs
- Tante, 207, C. Du.
- Taps, tops, 122, fir cones; 207, of beer
- Tarrow, 69, to hesitate, refuse; tarrowin', grumbling, tarre, to incite
- Taucht, 49, pret. of teach
- Taujan, Go. to do, bring out
- †Taupie, tawpie, 85, 136, 170, a foolish woman, Da. taabe, a fool, Sw. tapig, simple, foolish—prob. not Fr. taupe
- Taurds, 155, taws, ferule. W. tar-o, tar-aw, to strike. "At the Elgin Academy we called it the tag."—Prof. Cooper. See tarrow
- Taw, 12, E. to tan leather, Go. tiuhan, to be ready, with many deriv.
- Taws, ferula, 101, 155, Gael, tas, a whip, scourge; var. of tags, A.S. tawian, to tan, beat. See taw, tyaave
- Tawtiet (Burns), 183, uncombed, towsy, perh. conn. with tatter, N. totra, taltra, pl. tultrer, rags. The aw is accounted for by the elided l. For the term. -iet, see nakkit
- Tchuch, 12, 13, 168, Sc. tough, perh. Go. tahjan, to tear, guttural in A.S. tóh, Ger. zähe. See tíuhan
- Tchuch Jeans, 186, tough geans, a Glasgow sweet
- Teav, tew, 180, Cu., fidget, exert one's self. See taave, taw
- Têk, tai, tôk, 35, Go. take and took
- Tell, 92, to bid or order
- Tell, 88, to one's credit. "It's no tellin' ye," not to your credit
- Tempery cook, 84, temporary
- Teuchat, tchuchat, 125, the lapwing
- Teuk, took, 180, Niths.
- Teva-kudda, 100, Orc. tuva-keuthie—Jam. See tyaave and cod
- Tew, 101, 180, Cu. See taw, tyaave
- Tewsum, Cu. 180
- Th, sound, 14
- Thae, 91
- Thae, thirr, 168
- Thahai, thahan, 31, Go.; cog. taceo, to be silent
- Thai, 32, 39, 45
- Thair, thaim, 45
- Thames (set on fire), 173, temse, tems, A.S. temes, a sieve, Du. tems, a strainer: a corn sieve, which, if worked too quickly, might fire the wooden hoop. "Tammy not given in Jam, E. temse, tems, a sieve, a scarce, bolter" (J. B. F.)
- That, 45, 63, 90, 157
- That, for so, 90
- That, as def. art, 39, 157, 171, that baths, that cleek, that poker, Ab.
- Thaurban, 31, Go. to be in want, Ger. bedürfen, to have cause, Du. durven, A.S. thurfan
- Thaurnus, 23, Go. thorns
- The, 91, Go. thar, E. there; from an old Teut. demonst. tha, Ger. da, dort
- The, particularising, 94
- The, 39, the day
- The, 30, v. to prosper, M.E. See theihan
- The tane and the tither, 171
- Theats, 130, ropes or traces. Ic. "thatt-r, cord, small rope."—Jam.
- Thee, 30, thigh
- Theel, theevil, 129, 172, 182, Fi. porridge-stick, E. thill, cart-shaft, A.S. thille, a thin slip of wood, Ic. thilja, a plank, Ger. Diele, E. deal
- Theihan, 30, Go. to thrive, O.E. ge-théon, to thee, Ger. ge-deihen, to prosper; root sense, to grow, flourish. "So mote I thee!" common M.E. asseveration
- Thewis, thius, 24, Go. a servant, A.S. théow, servant, slave, Ger. dienen, to serve
