Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIV. eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 214 pages of information about Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIV..

Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIV. eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 214 pages of information about Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIV..

To TINE, TYNE, v. a. to lose.

TINT, pret. of To lose.

To TIRL, s. to give a stroke.

TIRLESS, TIRLASS, s. a lattice; a wicket.

TIRLIEWIRLIE, s. a whirligig.

To TIRR, TIRLE, v. a. to tear; to uncover.

TIRRIVEE, s. a fit of passion.

TIRWIRR, TIRRWIRRING, adj. habitually growling.

TITTY, s. a sister.

TO, adv. shut.  The door is to, i.e. shut.

TOCHER, s. the dowry brought by a wife.

TOCHERLESS, adj. destitute of portion.

TOD, s. a fox.

TODLE, TODDLE, v. n. to walk in a tottering manner, or with short unsteady steps.

TODDY, s. whisky, sugar, and hot water.

TODDY-LADLE, s. a small ladle of wood or silver used in filling a glass from a tumbler in which toddy is made.

TOFALL, s. a building annexed to the wall of a larger one.

TOIT, TOUT, s. a fit of illness; a fit of bad humour.

TOKIE, s. the head-dress of an old woman, resembling a monk’s cowl.

TO-NAME, s. a surname.

TOOM, TUME, adj. empty.

TOOT, TOUT, s. the blast of a horn or bugle.

TOOTHFU’, s. a moderate quantity of strong drink.

TOSCH, TOSH, TOSHE, adj. neat; trim.

TOT, s. a term of endearment used to a child.

TOUSIE, TOWSIE, adj. disordered; shaggy; rough.

To TOUSLE, v. a. to pull at; to put in disorder, as tearing at a girl in sport or rough dalliance.

TOUT, s. a copious draught.

TOW, s. a rope of any kind.

TOWMONT, TOWMOND, s. a year.

TOY, s. a woollen or linen headdress worn by women of the lower orders, with the lower part hanging down to the shoulders.

To TOYTE, TOT, v. n. to totter as in childhood or old age.

TRAIST, TRYSTE, s. an appointed meeting.

TRAM, s. the shaft of a cart or carriage.

To TRAMP, v. a. to tread with vigour; to walk, as opposed to riding.

TRANCE, s. a passage within a house leading from one part to another.

To TRANSMUGRIFY, v. a. to transform; to transmute; to change in appearance.

TRAWART, adj. perverse.

TREWS, s. pl. trowsers.

TRIG, adj. neat.

To TRIM, v. a. to drub.

To TROKE, v. a. to bargain in the way of exchange; to barter.

TROTTERS, s. pl. sheep’s feet.

To TROW, TREW, v. a. to believe.

TROWTH, s. truth; belief.

TRUE-BLUE, s. an epithet applied to rigid Presbyterians, in allusion to the colour of the cockad worn by the Covenanters.

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