“Let women deu what gud they can, Thur wicked _teùls_ ’ill lee.” Jwohnny and Jenny. Tew, C, harass, fatigue. “An’ while they skew’t an’ _tew’t_ an’ swet, Wi’ monie a weary sidle.” _Mark Lonsdale._ The Upshot. Theek, S, thatch. “An’ wi’ a lock o’ his yellow hair, We’ll _theek_ our nest when it blows bare.” Ballad—The Twa Corbies. Thir, S; Thur, C, these. “An’ sad an’ silent was the nicht That was atween _thir_ twa.” Ballad—Clark Saunders. “_Thur_ taxes! _thur_ taxes! Lord help us, Amen!” _Ewan Clark._ Ballad. Thole, S, endure. “He that has gude crops may _thole_ some thistles.”—Proverb. Thowless, S and C, soft, inapt. “Fortune aye favours the active an’ bauld, But ruins the wooer that’s _thowless_ an’ cauld.” _Ramsay._ The Widow. Threep, S and C, to aver, or argue, insistingly. “An’ fowk wad _threep_ that she did green For what wad gar her skirl An’ skreich some day.” _Ramsay._ Christ’s Kirk on the Green. “Some _threep_ ’at the times ’ill get better.” _Anderson._ Carel Fair. Throssle, C, the thrush. “The _throssle_, when cauld winter’s geane, Aye in our worchet welcomes spring.” _Anderson._ The Lass abeun Thirty. Throughly, C, corpulent. “_Throughly?_ ey, a gud yard through an’ mair!” Said of Hannah Page, who sold toffy in Whitehaven. Thyvel, C, a porridge stick. “She’ll lick a lean _thyvel_ ’at weds you.” Said to a poor Schoolmaster at Workington. Tine, S, lose; Tint, lost. “_Tine_ thimble, _tine_ thrift.”—Proverb. “O have ye _tint_ at tournament Your sword or yet your spear?” Ballad—The Gay Goss Hawk. Tip, S and C, a ram. “She was nae get o’ muirlan’ _tips_, Wi’ tawtit ket an’ hairy hips.” _Burns._ Puir Maillie. Tipe, C, to drink off. “_Tipe_ it up an’ hev anudder.”—Common fuddling invitation. Toozle, S and C, to rub up, to ruffle or make untidy. “I ance was abused i’ the kirk For _toozling_ a lass i’ my daffin.” _Burns._ The Jolly Beggars. Top-sark, C, an over-shirt, generally made of coarse woollen cloth. “We cannot bed ye o’, but we can lend ye _top-sarks_.”—Said to a weather-bound party at Cockley Beck in Seathwaite. Towp, C, capsize.