THIRDBOROUGH, constable.

Thread, quality.

THREAVES, droves.

Three-farthings, piece of silver current under Elizabeth.

Three-piled, of finest quality, exaggerated.

Thriftily, carefully.

THRUMS, ends of the weaver’s warp; coarse yarn made from.

Thumb-ring, familiar spirits were supposed capable of
being carried about in various ornaments or parts of dress.

TIBICINE, player on the tibia, or pipe.

Tick-Tack, game similar to backgammon.

Tightly, promptly.

Tim, (?) expressive of a climax of nonentity.

Timeless, untimely, unseasonable.

Tincture, an essential or spiritual principle supposed by alchemists to be transfusible into material things; an imparted characteristic or tendency.

TINK, tinkle.

Tippet, “turn—­,” change behaviour or way of life.

Tipstaff, staff tipped with metal.

Tire, head-dress.

Tire, feed ravenously, like a bird of prey.

Titillation, that which tickles the senses, as a perfume.

Tod, fox.

Toiled, worn out, harassed.

Token, piece of base metal used in place of very small coin, when this was scarce.

TONNELS, nostrils.

Top, “parish—­,” large top kept in villages for amusement and exercise in frosty weather when people were out of work.

Toter, tooter, player on a wind instrument.

Touse, pull, rend.

Toward, docile, apt; on the way to; as regards; present, at hand.

Toy, whim; trick; term of contempt.

Tract, attraction.

Train, allure, entice.

Transitory, transmittable.

Translate, transform.

Tray-trip, game at dice (success depended on throwing
a three) (Nares).

TREACHOUR (TRECHER), traitor.

Treen, wooden.

Trencher, serving-man who carved or served food.

TRENDLE-tail, trundle-tail, curly-tailed.

Trick (tricking), term of heraldry:  to draw outline of coat of arms, etc., without blazoning.

Trig, a spruce, dandified man.

Trill, trickle.

TRILLIBUB, tripe, any worthless, trifling thing.

TRIPOLY, “come from—­,” able to perform feats of agility, a “jest nominal,” depending on the first part of the word (Gifford).

Trite, worn, shabby.

Trivia, three-faced goddess (Hecate).

Trojan, familiar term for an equal or inferior; thief.

Troll, sing loudly.

Tromp, trump, deceive.