Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 24
General
Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 24
Scottish Borders (Scotland) -- Fiction
TEAZLE, _s._ a severe brush; an onset.
_To_ TEET, _v. n._ to peer; to look with the eyes
half shut.
TEHEE, _s._ a loud laugh.
TEINDS, _s. pl._ tithes.
_To_ TEND, _v_. to guard.
TENEMENT, _s._ a house, sometimes applied to one
containing several separate dwellings under one roof.
TENT, _s._ care; attention.
_To_ TENT, _v. n._ to attend.
_To_ TENT, _v. a._ to observe; to remark; to put a
value upon.
TENTLESS, _adj._ inattentive.
TERCER, _s._ a widow living upon a terce.
TEUCH, TEUGH, _adj._ tough.
_To_ TEYME, TEME, TUME, _v. a._ to empty.
THACK, THEIK, _s._ thatch.
THAFTS, _s. pl._ the benches of a boat.
THAIRANENT, _adv._ concerning that.
THAIRATTOUR, _adv._ concerning.
THAIRBEN, _adv._ in an inner apartment of a house.
THAIRM, _s._ the belly.
THAN, _adv._ then; at that time.
THANE, THAYNE, _s._ an ancient Scottish title of honour,
denoting presidency in a county or province.
THEE, THEY, _s._ thigh.
THEGITHER, _adv._ together.
_To_ THEIK, _v. a._ to cover with straw; to thatch.
THEIVIL, _s._ a porridge-stick, or stick for stirring
broth while boiling.
THEN, _conj_. than.
THEWLESS, THOULESS, THIEVLESS, _adj._ unprofitable;
useless; feeble.
THICK, _adj._ intimate; familiar.
THIR, _pron. pl_. these.
THIRL, _s._ to bind; to enslave.
THIRLWALL, _s._ the name given to the wall between England
and Scotland thrown up by Severus.
THO, _adv._ at that time.
_To_ THOLE, _v. n._ to bear; to endure; to suffer.
THON, _adv._ yonder; yon.
THOUELL, _s._ the nitch in which the oars of a boat work.
THOUGHT, THOUGHTY, _s._ a moment.
_To_ THOW, _v. n._ to thaw.
THOWLESS, _adj._ inactive.
_To_ THRAPPLE, _v. a._ to throttle.
THRAW, _s._ a pang; an agony.
THRAW-CRUK, _s._ an instrument for twisting straw or hair
ropes.
THRAWIN, _part. adj_. distorted.
_To_ THREPE, _v. n._ to aver pertinaciously; to argue;
to persist.
THRESUM, _adj._ three together.
THRETTY, _adj._ thirty.
THRIFTY, _adj._ industrious and economical.
THROPILL, THRAPILL, _s._ the windpipe.
THUD, _s._ a dull noise.
THUMBIKINS, _s._ an instrument of torture applied as a
screw to the thumbs to force the sufferer to confess or
divulge a secret, etc.
THUMBLICKING, _s._ an ancient mode of confirming a bargain
by the parties licking their thumbs and then placing them
against each other.
TIBBIE, _s._ Elizabeth.
TICK, TICKER, _s._ a dot.
_To_ TICK, _v. n._ to click as a clock or watch.
TID, _s._ humour.
_To_ TID, _v. n._ To choose the proper time.
TIFT, _s._ the act of quarrelling; a hasty fit of ill
humour.
_To_ TIG, _v. n._ to touch lightly; a game played by
children.
TIKE, TYKE, _s._ a cur; a dog; a rough bad-tempered
fellow.
TIL, TIYL, _prep._ to.
TILL, _adv._ while; during the time that.
TIME-ABOUT, _adj._ alternately.
TIMMER, _s._ timber.
TIMMER-TUNED, _adj._ unmusical; destitute of ear.
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