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IVhtn HO authority is given for plant-namts, the infotiuatioit has been obtained from A Dictionary of English
Plant Names, by J. Britten and R. Holland. E. D. S., 1878-86.
T, sb. I.Ma. Stf. Der. Shr. Bdf. Nrf. Suf. Ken. Som.
Also written tee I.Ma. Stf. Der. Bdf. Nrf Suf Ken.'
w.Soni.' ; and in form tye Der. 1. In fo;/;/>. (i) Tbob,
a T-shaped frame used in pumping mines; (2) -handle,
a handle of a spade, &c. having a short cross-bar at the top ;
(3) headed, of a plough : having a T-shaped head.
(i) Stf. Tlie Chionicle (Oct. 25, 1901). (2) Shr.' (3) s.Bdf.
These are called tee-headed ploughs in the south of the county,
Batchelor Agric. (1813") 162.
2. An iron, shaped like the top of the letter T, with a
chain attached to the centre.
Nrf.' Suf.' Iron holdfasts in the shape of the top of the letter
T, pendant on short chains from the seels of a hoi.^e's collar, or
from the thillbells. They are thrust, one end first, through
staples on the shafts. Ken' w.Soni.' Tees are at the ends of the
chain to a horse's headstall or night-halter.
3. The point where a cross vein intersects another at
right angles.
Der. Tee or Tye is where a cross vein approaches another vein
at nearly right angles, whose side it joins without intersecting or
breaking through it, Tapping CI. to Manlovt (1837) ; New Thing,
Old Thing, . . Tee or Pee, Manlove Lead Mines (1653) 1. 44.
4. Phr. that's the tee, that is the right thing, ' that's the
ticket.'
I Ma. A understandin — that's the tee. Brown Witcli (1889) 93.
TA, pron. e.An. Also in forms te e.An.'; ter Nrf.;
to e.An.' Suf It, that.
e.An.' Nrf. Ta be the wice o'iny sweetlieart. Gillett S*ig. Sol.
(i860) V. 2; What on aarth can ter be about, A.B.K. Wright's
Fortmte (1885") 6 ; Athout ter be that gude-natured waiter, ib, 45 ;
Common hereabouts (M.C.H.B."). Suf. I didn't know who to-was
(S.J.) ; Suf.' ' Dew it rain ? ' ' Is ta dew.'
TA, see Take, The, dem. adj., Thou.
TA(A,_s6. Sc. Cum. Wm. Lan. Also in form taw
Sh.I. [te.] 1. A fibre, filament ; a fibrous root ; a thread.
Cf taave.
Sh.I. Doo sees foo he [fish liver] can be peeled, an' da taas taen
oot afore I pit in da floo'r, Sh. News (June a, 1900) ; The taws
(taas) o' da liver refers to the fibrous part of the fish-liver, which
was generally extracted before using the liver as an article of diet
(J.S.) ; Jakobsen Dial. (1897) 3a ; S. & Ork.', Cat.'
Hence Taaie, adj. fibrous, full of fibres. S. & Ork.',
Cai.' 2. A stolon, as of couch-grass, sedge, &c. Cai.'
3. pi. Wood split thin with which to make baskets.
Cum.'* Wni. Aur aud fello is soa leam he can dea nowt but
rive taas for wliiskets an teanales, Wheeler Dial. (1790) 5a.
ne.Lan.'
[1. Cp. Icel. lirgja, fibre (Vigfusson).]
TAA, see Taw, sb.^
TAAHELLYIK, s6. Sh.I. One of the flat stones laid
along the lower edge of the roof under the straw for
running off the water. Jakobsen Dial. (1897) 88.
[Cp.ON./rt^, thatch, and hella, a fiat stone (Vigfusson).]
TAAL, I'. Obs.o'c obsol. n.Cy. Yks. Also written tale
n.Cy. ni.Yks.' 1. To settle; to accommodate oneself to
new circumstances, habits, &.c. Cf. thole, v.
n.Cy. Grose (1790^ ; (Hall.) n.Yks.' ; n.Vks.' 'Tlior sheep
deeant taal weel to their new haaf,' do not get reconciled to their
new quarters ; n-Yks."* e.Yks. As a servant in a place, sheep in
a pasture, Marshall liiir. Ecoii. (1788). ni.lks.'
2. To make agree; to reconcile. ni.Yks.'
[Cp. Dan. taale, to bear, stand, support ; to suffer, endure
(Larsen).]
VOL. VI.
TAAMjt'. Nhb.Cum.Wm. To doze, go to sleep; to faint.
Nhb.' He'll syun taain ower. Cum., Wm. Nicolson (,1677)
Tmns. R. Soc. Lit. (1868) IX.
TAAN, see Take, Tone, mini. adj.
TAAND, sb. Sh.I. [tend.] A firebrand ; a burning
peat ; a live coal. Cf. tend, f .^
He lit the remnant of a ' fill ' of Greenland plug with a ' taand,'
Burgess Louiia Biglaii (1896) 21 ; The guidwife would seize a
lowin taand [live coal] and chase the uncanny visitor out the door,
throwing the fire after her, Spence/7^- Z.o«( 1899) 140; S.&Ork.'
[Cp. ON. /audit, fire (Vigfusson).]
TAANLE, TAAPIE, see Tawnle, Tawpie.
TAAR, TAAS, TAASTRIL, TAAT, TAATIE, see
Tear, v.\ Tawsle, Taistrel, Taut, v.'^, Tatie.
TAAVE,!'. Sc. Also in forms tyaave( Jam.); tyauve
Bnff.' [tev.] 1. To tease out, as oakum ; to ravel. Sh.I.,
Mry. (Jam.) Cf. ta(a. Hence (i) Taave-taes, i'A. //. pit-
fir, used for making ropes, being split into fibres and
twisted ; (2) Tyaavin-skate, sb. a dish composed of skate
reduced to filaments.
Ul Crm., Iiiv., Mry., Nai. (Jam.) (2) Bnff.', Rnt. (Jam.)
2. To caulk ; to close up a rent with stuffing.
Sh.I. Yon bit o' rent could a been taav'd up for a while, onywye
fil da drought cam', S/i. Aews (Dec. 24, 1898) ; S. & Ork.'
TAB, s6.' Sc. Nhb. Cum. Yks. Lan. Der. Not. Lin.
Lei. Nhp. War. Oxf e.An. Hmp. Also in form twab
Lan. [tab, taeb.] 1. The narrow or pointed end of
anything ; the end of an object intended for insertion in a
hole cut for its reception. Also in coiiip. Tab-end.
Cum.' The narrow end of a field, &c. ; Cum.^" n.Yks.' The
lower portion of an iron scraper with one leg, which is to be let
into and fixed by aid of lead or cement in a stone. w.Yks. (J. W.),
ne.Lan.'
2. The end of a strap outside the buckle. N.Cy.', Nhb.'
3. A label affixed to goods for sale ; a luggage label.
War.^ 4. A tatter ; a torn piece of a garment ; the
waste end cut off a piece of cloth.
Nhb.' w.Yks. A hearth-rug made o' worsed tabs Afore the fire
wor spread, Cudworth Dial. Sketclies (1884) 106; w.Yks. ^ Lan.
It [i.e the shirt] dangult, aw bits, o' twabs, cleeur rewnd obewt
him, Paul Bobbin Sequel (1819) 8.
Hence (i) Tabbing, sb. a stripe woven in a different
colour of weft at the end of a piece of calico, &c. ; (2) Tab-
end, sb. the end of a piece of cloth, esp. the first-woven end
to which the strings of the warp are attached.
(i) Lan. Nowt like a smeawch for puttin' a finish upo' things.
It's like a tabbin'at th' eend of a cut, Brierley Red ]Vi»d. (i868)
270, ed. 1884. s.Lan.' Colloquially it is used in the sense of
'finishing' anything. 'Aw'm just puttin' th' tabbin' on.' a)
w.Yks. Tom Treddlehoyle Bainisla Ann. (i866) 56. e.Lan.',
s.Lai).'
5. The loop by which a garment is hung up. Sc. (G.W.)
Hence Tabbed, ppl. adj. of a cap, &c. : having the
corners folded up.
Abd. Her mither ware a tabbit mutch. Skinner Poems (1809) 79,
ed. 1859.
6. The latchet of a shoe ; the pieceof ashoe to which the
buckle is fastened.
N.Cy. 2, ne.Lan,', Der.', nw.Der.', Lin.', n.Lin.', Nhp.', e.An.'
7. The tongue closing up the front of a boot or shoe.
w.Yks.^ Not.', Lin.', Lei.' 8. The metallic tag at the
end of a boot-lace, &c.
Cam.2, ne.Lan,', Der.', n.Lin.', Oxf. ,G.O.\ e An.'
B
TAB
[2]
TABOR
9. A shoe-string. Hmp.' 10. pi. Obs. Children's
hanging sleeves. n.Cy. (K.), N.Cy.= 11. The ear. Also
in coiiip. Tab-hole. Cf. tib, sb}
Not. • I'll pat your tab,' I'll bo.\ your ears (H.E.B.) ; Not.' s.Not.
Ooh! my tabs is co'd (J.P.K.). Lin.'
TAB, sb? Dev. Cor. [tab.] A turf; dried roots and
g^rass raked up and burnt ; cow-dung dried for burning.
Cf. tabban, 2, tob, sb.
s.Dev. (Miss D.) Cor. If I'd a tab of turf handy, I'd bring it at
your mouth, you greasy cavalryman, ' Q.' IFaiideiiiig Htalh (1895)
21 ; Cor.>2»
TXR, sb? Nhb.' [tab.] Part of the entrails of a sheep
or pig.
TAB, I/.' e.Yks.' [tab.] To catch, seize.
He was just oft" when maisther tabbed him.
TAB, si." and f.* Yks. [Not known to our correspon-
dents.] 1. sb. Notice to quit. n.Yks. N. fi^ Q. (1883)
6th S. vii. 245. 2. V. To give notice to quit.
To tab a tenant, ib.
TXB,adj.andsb.^ Sc. Not. Lin. [tab.] 1. a^/. Of a cat :
striped, brindled; a shortened form of 'tabby.' Sc.
(iAn.Suppl.) 2. Co;«/>. Tab-cat, (i) a striped or brindled
cat, a tabby cat ; (2) a pet cat.
(i) Not.' Lin.' Do yah see that there big tab-cat? (2) Lnk.
My first new hat . . . Sleek and black As ony young tab cat,
Murdoch Lyie (1873) 60.
3. sb. A male cat ; a pet name for a cat. Sc. (Jam.
Siippl.)
TABBAN, sb. Cor. Also in forms tabbun, tabm
Cor.= ; tabn Cor.'; tubban Cor." [tasban.] I. A
morsel, esp. of food ; a slice of bread and butter.
Hen-cock, han cock, give me a 'tabban,' or else ' Col-perra '
shall come to your door, Flk-Lore Jrn. (1886) IV. 131 ; A tabban
they called a piece, Tregellas Characler (1868) 54 ; Cor.'^
2. A piece of tiirf Cor.=« Cf tab, sA.^
fOCor. tabiii, a piece ; a morsel (Williams).]
TABBER, see Tabor.
TABBET, sb. Obs. Sc. Also in form tabbit. In
phr. lo take tabbet, to take an opportunity of having any
advantage that may come in one's way.
Ayr. I'll tak tabbit wi' you anither time, Edb. Mag. (Apr.
i8ai) 35a (Jam.).
TABERING, see Tavering.
TABERN,si!>. Obs. n.Cy. Acellar. (K.); Grose (1790);
N.Cy.^ [Lat. labenia, a booth, stall.]
TABERNACLE, sb. and v. Sc. Yks. 1. sb. A wood-
man's hut ; a gipsy-tent, or other similar portable structure.
w.Yks. It was a tabernacle sort o' thing ; you might have goUen
a stack of hay under it, thack and all (C.C.R.).
2. Phr. to keep up the tabernacle, to continue in a full habit
of body, not to lose flesh ; to use means for keeping thus.
Sc. For a' the sair wark he speaks about, he ay keeps up the
tabernacle (Jam.'i.
3. V. To camp out.
w.Yks, Thou looks as if thou had been tabernacling out a month
(C.C.R.i.
TABET, sb. Sc. Also in forms taebet Fif ; taipit Fif
Lth. (Jam.); tapet Sc. n.Sc. (Jam.); tebbit n.Sc. (Jam.)
Fif ; teppit Fif Lth. (Jam.) ; tibbit Frf. ; tibet w.Sc.
iJam.S"/!//.) [tebst; te'bit.] Bodily sensation, feeling;
strength ; also iji pi.
Sc.The man . . . lost liis tebbit, Drummond il/i(fte)>mf/i> (1846)
18. n.Sc. My fingers lost the tebbits (Jam.). Frf. Lurking in the
burn till there were no tibbits in his toes, Barrie Tommy (1896)
251. Fif. Tennant Pii/r/s/ri' (1827) 164. Lth (Jam.)
Hence Tabetless, adj. (i) destitute of sensation, numb ;
(2) heedless, foolish.
(I) n.Sc. (Jam.) Abd. But toil and heat so overpower'd her
pith, That she grew tabletless, and swarft therewith, Ross Helenore
'■■(68) 25, cd. 1813. Frf., e.Per. My fingers are juist tabetless
wi" washin' in that cauld watter (W.A.C). w.Sc. (Jam. Siippl.)
Fif. Taebetless fingers had to be thawed in loo water, Colville
I'nwicular (1899) 18. Lth. (Jam.) (a) Sc. The coof wlia believes
angels visits aie few Is nocht but a tapetless loon— I'd droon,
Allan Litis (1874- 279. w.Sc. (Jam); Slill used {ih. Suppi).
Ayr. nie tapetless, ramfcezl'd hizzie. She's salt at best, and some-
thing lazy, BuR.NS 3itd Ep. lu J. Lapraik (Apr. 21, 1785) St. 3.
Lth. The laddie's gane teppitless (Jam.).
TABLE, sb. and v. Var. dial, uses in Sc. Irel. and Eng.
[tebl, teabl, tiabl.] 1. sb. In conip. (i) Table-board, a
table, esp. the top; (2) -cloot, a table-cloth ; (3) -grave-
stone, a flat gravestone'; (4) seat, a square pew in church
with a table in the middle ; (5) -tombstone, see (3).
(i) Dor. (W.C. c. 1750). Som. Free quarters for ho'se an' man,
let alone victuals an' drink, but a day's pay on the table-board to
boot, Raymond Smoke, 10. w.Som.' Ue'-v u-kaard uwai' dhu kai-
udhudoo'ur? Aaylaef--m uun ee binaewtaap-dhu tae'ubl-boo-urd.
Dev. Whom he valued so much for their companionable qualities,
not only with hounds, but at ' table-board,' Mem. Rev. J. Russell
(1883) xiv. Cor.' (2) Ayr. I had clean forgotten the table-cloot,
that by way of a daidly was preened wi' a wee siller saumon to
my lapelle. Service Notaiicliims (1890) 28. (3) w.Yks. Grace sat
her dahn on a table gravestun, Yks. IVkly. Post (Oct. 24, 1896).
(4) Sc. (Jam.) (5) e.Sc, It's a wee like a table-tombstane. Strain
Eliiishe's Drag-net (1900) 165. Lnk. We had jumped the dyke,
and were seated on atable tombstone, Roy GsH«n/s/»^(ed. 1895)92.
2. "Phr. {1) tocotip thetables, ioreiort; to 'turn the tables ' ;
(2) to have one's legs under a very good table, to be very well
oft"; to have no cause of complaint.
( i) Ayr. I coupit the tables by saying it wud be wicer like if she
got her ain guid-brither to pit a halter on sic vicious bruits,
Johnston Coiigal/oii (1896) 75. ,2) n.Lin.'
3. The table spread for the Sacrament of the Holy Com-
munion ; the Communion table ; gen. in pi.
Sc. (Jam.) Bnff.' 'To gang to the tables,' to partake of the
Communion. Per. She goes forward to the Tables, and the whole
lot of ministers and elders cannot hinder her, Sarah Tytler
IVikh-wife {iQgi) 17. Suf. On the first Sunday of the month the
women-folk remained behind, ' for the Table,' Betham-Edwards
Mock Beggars' Hall (1902) 29.
4. Obs. A woollen-trade term : an arrangement for
stretching cloth during the process of ' raising.'
w.Yks. Nearly automatic gigs in place of hand-raising tables,
BiNNS Front Vill. to Town (1882) 17.
5. A platform.
Con. Divil another thing he done from the first minute he put
his feet on the table, Bodkin Sliillelagh (1902) 78; I walked upon
the table niesel', as stiff as the best, ib. 79.
6. A hedging term : see below.
Nhp.' War.^ The two rows of quick in a double hedge are
called the top and the bottom table, the latter being nearest the
ditch. Hnt. (T.P.F.)
Hence Table-hedge, sb. the prepared ground for
planting the quick. Nhp.', War.^ 7. The side of a
road or path, liaving an entablature of soil, along which
the water runs; a kind of gutter. s.Wor. (H.K.) Cf.
tabling:, 3. 8. v. Obs. To board.
Fif. He was tabled in the house of ane advocate called Mr. ,
whose wife wes his aunt. Row Ch. Hist. (1650) 468, ed. 1842.
N.Cy.', w.Yks.' Lan. His wife came to us about Jany. 7th, and she
had tabled with us till his return out of Ireland with her son and
servant, Newcome Atitob. (1661) in Clietli. Soc. Publ. (1852)
XXVI. 138.
Hence Tabler, sb., obs., a boarder.
w.Yks.i Lan. Mr. Bath was w"' mee y' day. I begin to fear
least y' busynes pruve inconvenient about tablers, Newcome
Diary (1663) in Clietli. Soc. Publ. (1849) XVIII. 152.
9. To make a watercourse by the side of a road ; to
clear out a watercourse ; gen. in phr. to table the road.
Won (H.K.)
TABLING, sb. Sc. Yks. Wor. Glo. Bdf [te'blin.]
1. The stone coping of a wall or gable.
Abd. Up on the watch-tower riggin' there's a draggled hoodie
craw. . . Up an' doon the tablin' wi' a gloatin' roupy boast. He
haps, Murray Hamewith (1900) 25. w.Yks. (J J.B.\ Glo.'^
2. Obs. A ledge on a bank in which quicks are planted.
Bdf. The plants [quicks] being set on a ledge or tabling on the
declivity, Batchelor Agric. (1813) 271.
3. The side of a road or path, having an entablature of
soil, along which the water runs ; a kind of gutter. s.Wor.
(H.K.) Cf table, 7.
TABM, TABN, see Tabban.
TABOR, sb. and v. Sc. Chs. Stf. Lei. Nhp. War. Wor.
Shr. Glo. Also written labour Sc. (Jam.) ; and in forms
tabber Stf Lei.' Nhp.''' War." w.Wor.' s.Wor.' se.Wor.i
Glo.'; taber Chs.' [teb3(r; ta'b3(r).] 1. sb. In comb.
TAB RAG H
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TACK
Tabor-and-pipe, 065., a musical instrument consisting of a
tabor, or tambourine, and a small pipe.
se.Wor.' The tabor was suspended from the left arm and beaten
with a small stick held in the right hand ; the pipe held to the
mouth and fingered with the left hand.
2. Phr. (75 hard as a lahbcr, very hard. Glo. Northall
Flk. Phr. (1894). 3. A knock, rap, tap.
w.Wor. Thur corned a tabber at the doore, ^S. Beauchamp
Grantley Grange (18741 I. 29.
4. pi. A beating, drubbing. Cld. (Jam.) 5. v. To rap,
tap lightly ; to drum ; to patter.
Chs ' Stf. You can tabber on a drum, The Chronicle (Oct. 25,
1901). Lei." Thecr"s rabbits i'this "ool : doon't ye'ear'cma-tabberin ?
Nhp.' How that hoy is tabbcring the tabic ; Nhp.^, War.'^
w.Wor.' Go you up ta the top earner of the coppy. Bill, an' labber
a the big oak till I cahls to 'ec. s.Wor.' se.Wor.' Ef thee
shuds't want me, come un tabber my winder, look thu. Shr.'
I'heer's some one taborin' at the brcw-'us window ; yo'd'n better
see who it is — be'appen it's one o' the cliaps after Sally. Glo.
Thaay tabbers wi thairvit on the groun, Chelleiiliam Exam. (Feb.
12, 1896) 8; Glo.i
Hence Tabberer, sb. (i) one who taps or knocks lightly.
Lei.' ; (2) the lesser spotted woodpecker, Dendrocopus
minor. Lei. Swainson fi/'rrfi (1885) 99. 6. To beat time,
esp. with fingers and feet in dancing.
Chs.' Shr.' ' Did'n'ee 'ave a daince at theClub, Sally?' 'No,
nod o' the Green, the fine folks wun saunterin' alung, clippin' one
another like a bar 'upgin' a dog, — I dunna call it daincin', — so two
or three on our chaps tooken the room at Clar's, an' then we
coulden tabor away theer.'
Hence Taborer, sb. a country dancer.
Shr.' A certain man, who had obtained local celebrity as a
dancer in a ' country-footing,' was known as 'Jack the Taborer.'
7. To beat, drub, thrash. Cf. toober.
Sc. (Jam.), e.Sc, Lth. < lA. s.v. Toober). Shr.' 'Ell tabor 'is
jacket fur'im right well, if 'e ketches 'im. Glo.'
TABRAGH, sb. Obs. Fif. (Jam.) Animal food that is
nearly in a state of carrion.
TABRIG, see Tobrig.
TABSHAG, sb. Wm. [ta'bjag.] A term of reproach
for an idle person.
What's that auld tabshag up lull noo ? ^B.K.)
TACH, V. and sb. Sc. Lakcl. VVm. Yks. Lan. Chs. Stf.
Der. Not. Lin. Rut. Lei. Nhp. War. Cor. Also written
tatch Sc. (Jam.) n.Cy. n.Yks.* w.Yks." Lan.' e.Lan.'
s.Lan.' Chs.'^ s.Chs.' Lin.' n.Lin.' Rut.' Nhp.' ; and in
form taich Lakel.^ [tatj, taetj.] 1. v. To drive a nail
just far enough to give it a slight hold. Abd. (Jam.)
2. To fasten on in a slight manner; to join together
loosely or temporarily ; also with in or together. Cf.
tack, v.'^ 2.
Abd. (Jam.) Lakel.2 Tach us a button wi' ta? e.Yks.',
w.Yks.'. ne.Lan.' Der. Addy Gl. , 1888) iS.v. TadgeJ.
Hence (i) Tached-end, (2) Tacher's-end, (3) Tachet-
end, sb. a cobbler's end of waxed thread ; often used for
the whole thread ; (4) Taching, sb. {a) a slight fastening
or hold [not known to our correspondents] ; (A) the waxed
thread used for sewing the sole of a shoe to the upper
leather; (5) Taching-end, sb., see (3); (6) Taching-
waxer, sb. a shoemaker ; (7) Tachy, adj. stickj', viscous,
adhesive.
(i) Lin. Streatfeild Lin. and Danes (1884) 370 ; Lin.', n.Lin.'
(2) Nhp.' (3) se.Lin. (J.T.B.), Ritt.' (4, <i) Cor. Skilful hands jam it
lan anchor] tightly in the jagged rocks, for a Liching on the
flukes guarantees dislodgment when we want to quit, Coriih. Mag.
(Nov. 1900)629. (6) s.Lan.' (5) n.Cy. Grose (1790) MS. add.
(P.) w.Yks."* Lan. I'll lay thee a grey lapstone, an' a tachin-
end to boot. Rosy Trad. (1829) II. 207, ed. 1872 ; Lan.', ne.Lan.',
e.Lan.'. s.Lan.' Chs.' More correctly it means only the ends of
such threads to which the bristles are attached, after the shoe-
maker has used them as far as he can, and sometimes the meaning
is thus restricted. ' Mester Barrow, would yo gie my mother
tatchineends to sew my buttons on wi'?' Chs.^^, s.Chs.'. Stf.',
Der.'*, Not.', Lin.' Lei.' Every piece of ' tachinend ' used in
joining has a hog's bristle fixed at each end so as to act like a kind
of flexible needle. A series of holes is 'stabbed' with the awl
through both the leathers to be joined. The workman draws his
' end ' halfway through the first hole ; he then passes one end of
it one way through the next hole, and the other end the reverse
waj' through the same hole, and so on, drawing the work tight at
each stitcli. Nhp.', War.*^ (6) Lan. You scamp of a t.ichin-
waxer, Brif.rley il/nWorfa (1867) iii. (7' n.Yks "
3.56. A fringe ; a shoulder-knot. Twd., Slk. (Jam.)
[2. Cp. Wyth trycd tassclcj \cx\.o tacchcd in-noghc,
Gaivayne (c. 1360) 219.]
TACH, see Tash, v.. Tatch, sb.
TACHE, sb. Yks. [tetj.] A rest used for drilling
holes, esp. used by silversmiths.
w.Yks.2 Fixed in the workbcncli. It sometimes projects from
the edge of the bench ; w.Yks.*
TACHE, sec Tash, v.. Teach.
TACHENER, sb. ? Obs. Sus. A young man em-
ployed in a fishing-boat. (F.E.S.) ; Brighton Cosliimal
(1580) in Sus.' 135. See Takener.
TACHT, adj. Sc. [taxt.] 1. Tight, tense, close.
n.Sc. ( Iam.), Cai.' 2. Of persons: strict, severe. Cai.'
TACHY, see Tatchy.
TACK, sb."- and z;.' Ircl. n.Cy. Chs. Stf. Not. Lin. War.
Wor. Shr. Hrf. Glo. Oxf Hrf. Wil. Also written tacke
N.Cy.' [tak, taek.] 1. sb. Obs. Substance, solidity;
used of the food of animals. Nrf Marshall Rnr. Ecoii.
(1787); Grose (1790). 2. Fig. Substance, endurance;
reliability.
N.Cy.' Chs." ; Chs.^ There is no tack in such a one.
3. Hired pasture (or horses, cows, &c. ; esp. in phr. out
to tad:, used of animals : put out to pasture.
War.23 Wor. Horses or horned cattle will be taken into
Westwood Park to tack or ley, Berrow's Jrn. (Apr. 1873'.
w.Wor.', se.Wor.', s.Wor.' Shr.' ' Yo'n got a power o' stock fur
yore farm, Maister.' * Aye, I mus' get some out on tack.' Hrf.
DuNCUMB ///s/. //»/. (1804-12) ; Hrf.'=. Glo.", Wil.'
4. Stuff, esp. used of food or drink, ^e";;. in a depreciatory
sense ; anything of little or no value, or of inferior quality.
Ker. The foinest tack in the wurld for the kidneys. Bartram
IV/iite/ieaded Boy {i8gS) 107. n.Cy. (Hall.) s.Stf. This bread is
awful tack, Pinnock B/k. Cy. Ann. (i8g5\ Not. Hard tack
(J.H.B.). Lin.' This is queer tack. War.'^, se.Wor,' s.Wor.
I didn't waant to thraow the milk an' tack i' the yord (H.K.) ;
s.Wor.' Shr.' ' 'Ow dun yore tatoes tiu*n out this time, John ? '
' Mighty middlin', theer inna many, an' whad theer is bin poor
tack'; Shr.^ Hrf.^ It's wretched tack. Glo. 'Twun't hurt 'ec, 'tis
some good wholesome tack, Buckman Darke's Sojoiini (1890) vii ;
Glo.' Oxf. He sells some very good tack (G.O.\ Wil.' [And
Martilmas beefe doth beare good tack. When countrie folke doe
dainties lack, TussER Hush. (T580) 28.]
5. Foolish talk. War.^, se.Wor.', s.Wor. (H.K.) 6. v.
To hire pasture for cattle ; to put out animals to graze ;
gen. with out.
War.^ ; War.* I moan lack out some of my stock. Wor.
Morton O'c/o. ^^)7f. ( 18631. s.Wor. (H.K.) Shr., Hrf. Bound
Provinc. (1876 . Hrf.' He has tacked out bis horses. Oxf.' MS. add.
7. To take animals for pasturage on hire.
Shr.' Mary Cadwallader 'as sent halfa crown for tackin' the
donkey, an' wants to know if you'll tack 'im a week or nine days
TACK, sb.'^ Irel. War. Wor. Shr. Hrf. Glo. Dev. [tak,
taek.] 1. The tools, implements, or appliances for any
work or trade ; ' tackle.'
War.' se.Wor.' A razor-grinder's machine is his tack ; a
smith's box of tools for shoeing horses is his * shoeing tack.'
s.Wor. Cider-making tack (H.K.). She' My tacks bin at
Newport, or I'd soon ketch them rots. n.Dev. Good tack, Hoiae
Siibsecivae (1777) 425.
2. Timber at the bottom of a river. Hrf.' Hence
Tacked, ppl. adj. of a fishing-net: caught in the bottom
of a river, ib. 3. Clothes; a shred of clothes ; the least
covering. .
Ir. There won't be a tack on the boy I bring, for fairy clothes
aren't luckj-, Bodkin Sliil/elagli (1902 177. w.Ir. You won't lave
me a tack to my feet, Lover Leg. (1848) I. 233. s.Wor. Bring
my tack j'ondcr {H.K.\
4. Phr. lach for tram, good timber for wagon-making ;
timber cut ready for mending agricultural implements.
Hrf (W.W.S.), Glo.'
TACK, sb.^ Irel. Dur. Cum. Yks. Lan. Chs. Der. Lin.
Wor. Shr. Hrf. Glo. Ken. Sus. Also written tak Cum.
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TACKET
n.Yks.'* w.Yks. ; and in form take n.Yks.* [tak, task.]
An unpleasant or strongly-marked flavour.
N.I.' Ant. Butter is said to have a tack when it is rancid,
Dallymeiia Obs. (1892). Dnr.' Cum.' This yel hes a tack o'
t'cask ; Cum.'' n.Yks.' If two articles of food arc cooked together,
and the stronger flavoured one communicates a taste to the other,
it is said to 'have a t.»k o' t'ither.' n.Yks.^ It has a queer tack
wi' 't ; n.Yks.*, ne.Yks.' e.Yks.' It's gettcn a tack wiv it.
w.Yks. Theer nali, that's summat like ; it's a bit o tak wi it, hez tliat
(B.K.). Lan.', nLan.', ne.Lan.', e.Lan.' s.Lan.' This ale's
getten a nasty tack in it. Chs.' Ale which has been put into
a musty cask is said to have a tack, or a tack of the cask ; Chs.^,
s.Chs.',nw.Der.' Lin. STREATFEiLD//«.(7)irfZ)a;(^s (1884") 369; Lin.'
n.Lin. Sutton IVds. (i88i)- sw.Lin.' It had a nasty tack about it.
w.Wor.* The aay'l [ale] 'as a tack a the barrel. Shr.' The beer
'as a bit of a tack on it yet ; Shr.° The ale has got a tack o' th'
barrel. Hrf.^, Glo.', Ken.". Sus >«
Hence (i) tieither tack nor IwisI, phr. ot meat: flavour-
less; (2) Takt, fpl. adj. having a marked flavour; gcii.
used of an acid liquid.
(i) Cum.< (2) n.Yks.'; n.Yks.* It's a lahtle bit ower takt ti
mah liking.
TACK. V.' and sA.* Var. dial, uses in Sc. Irel. Eng. and
Amer. Also in form teck Cum.'" [tak.taek.] 1. v. In
phr. dotft stitch thy seam before fhoii hast tacked it, look
before you leap. Chs." 2. To fasten ; to hold or keep
together ; to fi.x. Cf tach, 2.
Sc. (Jam.) Lnk. Jock roosed the auld horse frae his rest, . .
Syne tacked him snugly tae liis cart, Orr Laigh Flichls (1882) 39.
Edb. Content eneugh gif they hae wherewithal Scrimply to tack
their bq^y and their sauI, Fergusson Poems {i~iTi) 183, ed. 1785.
Cum. Thur ootside parishes at's just teckt on roond t'edges eh
Cumberlan, S\-rg\%sov Joe Scoap (i88i) 89; Cum.*, w.Yks. (J.W.)
Shr., Hrf. Bound Piovmc. (1876).
Hence (i) Tacked,/'/'/, adj. having the tongue fastened by
a small film ; Jig. having an impediment in the speech ;
' tongue-tied ' ; see Tongue-tacked, s.v. Tongue, 1 (27) ;
(2) "Tacker, sb. a shoemaker's waxed thread ; (3) Tacker-
gra.s^, sb.i\\tkno\.-gTas,s,Polygomimavictilare; (4) Tacking,
(51 Tacking-end, sb., see (21.
(i) Sc. (Jam.) Ayr. 'When their tongues are tacked, and speak
nothing, Dickson Writings (1660) I. 148, ed. 1845. Edb. Their
tongues began at length not to be so tacked, Moir Maitsie IVaucIt
(1828, ii. (a) Dor. Haynes Voc. (c. 1730) in N. (5^■ Q. (1883) 6th
S. viii. 45; Dor.' Soni. 'Tis zaw cawld, I can't work wi' tha
tacker at all, Jennings Obs. Dial. w.Eiig. (1825) 179. w.Soni.'
Dev. This here stuff's so tough as ever was a tacker. Reports
Provinc. (iB82\ {3) w.Som.' From its likeness to a ' tacker,' or
shoemaker's wax-end. Dev.* (4) Der.^ ^5) Not. (J.H.B.)
3. To nail.
Elg. Tlie coffin, stout, strong, an' weel tackit, Wi' plenty o"
room, Tester Poems (1865"! 134. [Amer. The roof, half a dozen
pigeons cooin' on one end, an' her on the other tackin' away.
Lloyd Chfomc Lonfcr (rgoi') 47.]
4. sb. A stitch.
Sc. (A.'W.) Cum.' A teck i' time seavvs nine ; Cum.*
5. A slight hold or fastening ; that which holds or fastens.
Sc. It hings by a lack (Jam.).
6. Obs. The membrane which attaches the tongue to the
undcr-part of the mouth.
Slg. The sight of the father's danger brake the tack of a son's
tongue who was tongue-tacked from the birth, 'Wodrow See. Sel.
Riog. (ed. 1845-7) I- 247-
7. A shelf; a mantelpiece; a bacon-rack. See Clavel-
tack, s.v. Clavel, 2 (4).
Hmp.' Up on th' tack. Wil.' Chimney-tack. How many tacks
arc there in the pantry? Dor. Haynes Voc. (c. 1730) in N. (y O.
(1883) 6th S. viii. 45; Dor.' Pliates an' dishes up 'pon tack, ai'g.
Som. Cheese tacks (W.F.R.). e.Som. 'W. & J. G/. (1873). Dev.
Moore H,sI Dev. 1 iBag) I. 355. n.Dev. Till un a traunchard vrom
tha tack. Rock Jim an' IVelt (i86-j) st. 18.
8. The handle of a scythe.
e.An.' Nrf. All the gang was there, some on 'em fitting new
sticks to the scythes, some on 'em putting in tacks, Emerson Son
of Fens (1892) 131.
9. A coalmining term : a small prop of coal sometimes
left in 'kervin"'; a 'gird' to support it until the ' kerving'
is finished. Nhb.' Nhb., Dur. Greenwell Coal Tr. Gt.
(1849). 10. A path ; a causeway. Sus. Holloway; Sus.'
11. A time, season, spell, as of weather.
Sc. We had experienced a long tack of wet weather, Wright
Lnird Nicoll (28th ed.) 38. Ayr. We had a lang tack of very wat
we.-ither. Service Dr. Diigiiid (ed. 1887) 138. Dmf. Frae sun-rise
to sun-set's a dreigh tack o' care, Cromek Remains (1810) 50.
12. A manoeuvre ; an evasion ; an expedient.
Edb. '^'our nephew . . . canna be up to sae mony shifts an' tacks
as you, Ballantine Deanhaiigh (i86g) 117.
13. Phr. (i) to keep close tack to a person, to keep close
behind him ; (2) upon some tack, in some way or another.
(i) Don. Billy started . . . off in the diraction of the spot, . . the
goat, as he well expected, keeping close tack till him, Cent. Mag.
(Feb. igoo) 605. (2) Lan. Hoo'd getten him upo' some tack,
Clegg Sketches (1895) 2.
[1. Takkyn, or some what sowyn to-gedur, siitiilo, con-
sittiilo, consito (Prompt.).]
TACK, v.^ and sb.^ Wor. Som. Dev. Cor. [tsek.]
1. V. To strike with the open hand ; to slap ; to beat.
s.Wor. A'll tack 'ee, 'ee young 'ound (H.K.). w.Cy. (Hall.)
w.Som.' Tommy! come in this minute, or I'll tack your bottom
vor 'ee, I will ! n.Dev. Chell tack et out wi' tha, Exnt. Scold.
(1746)1.18. nw.Dev.', Cor.'2
2. To clap the hands.
w.Cy. Grose (1790) Sitppl. Dev. They little bits of pigsies a-
laughing and a-tacking their hands for joy, TozER Poems (1873)
77 ; Dev.' A laugh'd and tack'd her hands at en, 7. nw.Dev.'
Cor. The piskies testify their joy by tacking their hands, Brand
Po/). .<4;i/i'y. (1813) III. 44, ed. 1870; Cor.' ' Tackhands ' is to slap
hands by way of approval ; Cor.^
3. To pat ; to smooth down.
nw.Dev.' Idn a a booty ? Kom an' tack'n down, my dear.
4. sb. A slap.
w.Cy. (Hall. ) Dev. I'll gic thee a glide tack ef thee dii'th that
again, Hewett Pens. Sp. (1892); Dev.' n.Dev. Wi' that Jones
gied hissel a tack, RocKy/i;i an' Nell (1867) St. 1 14. Cor. M (j" Q.
(1854) 1st S. x. 440 ; Cor.'
TACK, v." and sh." Wm. Not. I.W. Amer. [tak,
tsek.] 1. V. An aphetic form of 'attack.'
Win. When it comes to 'tackin' ma puir Wullle, I canna thole
it, Ollivant Owd Bob (1898; vii. I.'W.' [Amer. (CD.)]
2. sb. An attack.
Not. Tant warn't no willing party to the 'tack on your house.
Prior Forest Flk. (igoi) 288.
TACK, v.^ Dev. [taek.] To trim a hedge. See
Hedge-tacker, s.v. Hedge, 1 (46).
Let un go back to his job, which was hedge-tacking, Phillpotts
Sons of Morning (igoo) 16; Her eyebrows was so ragged as a
hedge as wants tackin', ib. Striking Hours (igoi) 158.
[MDu. tackeii, to hew, lop (Hexham).]
TACK, TACKAD, see Take, Tacket, s6.'
TACKED, ppl. adj. Cor. Beaten ; brought to a stop
through exhaustion.
I baant tacked yet, but tes oncommon hilly, Tregellas Character
fi868) 84 ; Cor.^ A horse, an engine, or a man is said to be tacked,
i.e. cannot complete its task through exhaustion. 'I'm most
tacked.'
TACKER, 56.' Dev. Cor. [taB-ka(r).] Somethingthat
one cannot get over; a ' clincher' ; a great lie ; also in pt.
Dev. Horae Siibsecivae (1777) 425. Cor.' ' That's your tackers,
old boy.' meaning ' I have set you an example which I know j'ou
cannot imitate.' ' That's a tacker for you.'
TACKER, sb.'^ Dev. Cor. and Amer. [taek3(r).] A
small child, esp. a small boy. Cf. tacket, sb.'^
Dev. Ever since I was a little tacker, Reports Provinc. (1885).
nw.Dev.' Cor. I was a tiny tacker then, ' Q.' Troy Town (1888)
xi. [Amer. Dial. Notes (i8g6) I. 76."]
TACKES, V. Obs. Ess. To mend apparel. Monthly
Mag. (1814) I. 498 ; Gl. (1851) ; Ess.'
TACKET, sb.' and v. Sc. Nhb. Dur. Cum. Yks. Also
written tackit Sc. ; and in form tackad Cai.' [ta'kit.]
1. sb. A small, broad-headed nail, esp. used for boots
and shoes ; a tin-tack.
Sc. (Jam.) ; Thick boots— boots studded with tackets, Keith
Prtte (i8g5) 144. ne.Sc. Shoe a horse, ca'a nail, Ca' a tackit in's
tail, Gregor /VI'-Z.o>-f (1881) 16. Cai.' Per. Botchin' an' borin',
and drivin' shoe tackets, Stewart Character (1857) 73. Rnf.
Though our employer many a way May have his mind distracket
. . . 'We do not care a tacket, M''Gilvray Poems (ed. i86a) 328.
Ayr. Rusty airn laps and jinglin jackets. Wad baud the Lothians
TACKET
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TAD
three iii tackets, A tovvmont gudc, Burns Cnptnm Grose ("nSg) St.
6. Twd. The tackets o' his boots mann hac slilliered on the stane,
BuCHAN Il'enllifr {iSgg) 199. Gall. Mactacgart Eiicycl. ',1824') 4,
ed. 1876. N.Cy.' Nhb. Tackets To cobble their canny pit shoon,
Al.i.AN Tyneside Siigs. (1891 1 108. Dur.', Cum.", n.Yks.'". ne.Yks.'
Hence (i) Tacket-boot, sb. a hobnailed boot; (2)
•maker, sb. a maker of hobnails ; (3) -soled, (4) Tackety,
adj. hobnailed ; filled with 'tackets' ; (5.) Tacketyshoed,
adj. wearing hobnailed shoes.
(O Sc. Wearing his strongest tacket boots, Keith Bonnie Lady
(1897) 171. (2) ne.Sc. Tlie airmy cobblers can hardly keep the
sodgers' soles frae the grun'. an' the tackit-mackers, workin' nicht
an' day, can barely supply the demand for tackits, Grant Keckhlon,
63. Lnk. Such [women] . . . ought only to be matched with
tacketmakers, tree trimmers, and male taylors, Graham iVrilings
(1883) II. 148. (3) Sc. He envied the tacketsoled boots that gave
his quarry the advantage, Keith Iiidinii Uncle (1896J 274. (4)
Sc. fJAM.^ ne.Sc. The toes of his big tackety boots, Gordok
Nori'lnmid Ho {l9()^) IT). Bnff.' Abd. Tak' affyertacketie beets
at ance, Alexander Ain Flk. 11882) 25. Frf. My feet enclosed in
stout 'tackety' boots, Barrie LiV/;^ (1888) i. e.Fif. The neb o'
Andra's tackety shoe, Latto Tant Bodkin (1864) i.\. Ayr.
Clattering through the paved yard in his tacketly boots, Douglas
Green Shnllers (1901) 298. Kcb. I had my tacketty boots on, MuiR
Miincraig (1900) 104. Nhb.' (5") Fif. Merry, chubby-faced,
tackety-shoed jockies. Prvde Queer Flk. (1897) 244.
2. The penis. n.Cy. (Hall.) 2. v. To drive ' tackets*
into boots or shoes ; to fasten with ' tackets.'
Sc. (Jam.), Bnff.i e.Sc. Thick-soled blucher boots tacketed for
rough roads, Setoun R. Urijuliarl (iSg6) i.
[1. Tacket, claiiiilus, Levins Maiup. (1570).]
TACKET, s6.2 Sc. [takit.] A restless, unruly boy.
Cf lacker, sb?
Are you Adam Gordon, . . the little tacket whose broken bones
I used to have the pleasure of setting? Keith Indian Uncle
(1E96) 358.
TACKIE,s6. Bnff.' [ta-ki.] 1. A game ; see below.
A game in which one is appointed to pursue and catch the
others. Often played in the stack-yard, and it is then commonly
called ' tackie amo' the rucks.'
2. The pursuer in the game of 'tackie.'
TACKLE, si.' and v. Van dial, uses in Sc. Ire!, and Eng.
Also written tackel Lan. ; and in form tayckle Cor.
[ta'kl, tae'kl.] 1. sb. Gear ; implements, esp. agricul-
tural implements ; machinery ; harness. See Tackling^.
Sc. (A.W.) w.Yks. He'so sooartso tackle abeawt him fur his job
(D.L.). s.Lan.' s.Stf. He'd got his talkin tackle on, Piknock Blk. Cy.
./Jiix. (1895). Not. (L,C.M.\Der.' Nhp.' When any one is going to
repair an article, it is commonly asked, ' Have you got your tackle
ready?' Wor. The Squire found the cricket tackle for us (E.S. '.
Oxf.', n.Bck. (A.C.\ Snr.', Sus.i Hmp.> Cart-tackle; plough-
tackle. Wil.' n.Wil. He never brought his tackle wi"iin (E.H.G.).
Dor. Wonderful tackle our hands do be, zure now! C. Hare Vill.
Street {1895) 26. w.Soni.', Dev.' Cor. Maybe you'd like to see
my tayckle, what I work with, Lee Paul Carah (1898) 51.
2. Food or drink, esp. drink; food for cattle; stuff or
material of any kind.
Lan. Th' tay itsel wur gradely tackel too, Ferguson Moiidynnrf',
19. s.Lan.' Oxf.' What tackle d'ee call this? Brks.' That ther
be precious good tackle. Sur.' Sus.' I calls this here claret wine
about the poorest tackle ever I taasted. Hmp.' This be capital
tackle. I.W.2 ' D'ye call this treyad beer, you ? ' ' Well, et goos
vor't, mayet, but 'tis darned rum tackle to my mind.' Wil.i Haven't
'ee got any gingham tackle ? Jefferies G/. £s/rt/f (1880) iv ; Thaay
[the sheep] be goin' into th' Mash to-morrow. . . We be got shart
o' keep. . . Thur's a main sight o' tackle in the Mash vor um. ib.
Greene Feme Farm (1880) \'. w.Som.' Nif this idn rare tackle,
missus; I zim do drink moorish. Dev. £.»>«. ScoW. (^1746) G/., ed.
1778. nw.Dev.i
3. V. To catch with fishing-tackle.
Sc. A fouth o' spotted trout Whilk we had tackled weel, Nicoll
Poems (cd. 1843) 254.
4. To repair, mend ; gen. with up.
e Lan.' Oxf.' I can't tackle up this old ship's trough
We can easy tackle-un-up.
5. To equip. Lan. Davies Races (1856) 239.
attack ; to punish.
Lnk. I'm wae that Brown shou'd ha'e tack'lt ye sae, Hamilton
Poems {186$) 202, ed. 1885. Nhb. He began tacklin' releegion,
Hmp.'
6. To
Pease A/«ivt o' //ic Ai/ (1894) 125. Lan. I wish't awd ne'er bin
tackelt bi owt woss then a goose i' mi coortin' days, Ferguson
Moudyivarp's Visit, 16. Dev. Lokcc, zee ycr, Ted, I'll tackle thee
tu tha-truth-ov-music bimbyc, zee ef I dawn't, Hewett Peas. Sp.
(18921.
7. To bring to account ; to take to task.
Sc. (A.W.> w.Wor. He's bin atacklin" on him. S. Beauciiamp
Grantley (1874 '■ '97- w.Soni.' So scon's I yeard o' it, I went
and tackled-n about it. nw.Dev.'
8. To accost. Sc. (A.W.), Nhb.' 9. With to : to set to
work heartily at.
Sc. (A.W.) Lan. Tackle to't rcct while yore yung, Cy. IVds.
No. 17. 262.
10. With wilh : to grapple with.
n.Yks. Ah tackled wi' I'badgcr. Ah tackled wi' t'work (I.W.).
TACKLE, .<^6.^ N.I.' [takl.] A quick and rather
troublesome child.
TACKLE, aA.^ Obs. Sc. Also in i'orm teckle. An arrow.
The swallow-tails frac tcckles flew. Hekd Cull. Sngs. (1776) I.
53; The swallow taill frae tackles flew, Scott Mnislrelsy (1802)
I. .'62, cd. 1806.
TACKLER, .sb. Lan. [ta-kla(r).] An overlooker in
a weaving-shed.
For tackier Tom con stond it o', Ramsbottom P/i(TS«q/'Z'i's/r<ss
(1E64) 34 ; Lan.', e.Lan,', s.Lan.'
TACKLING, sb. Yks. Som. Dev. [taklin, taeklin.]
1. Materials for making a fire. See 'Tackle, sb.^
w.Yks.5 Wi' tub gehr ust' tackling thergetlier lad when tubs
gotten thee supper ! 27.
2. Food or drink.
w.Som.' n.Dev. Whan tha com'st to good tackling, E.\ni.
Scold. (1746) 1. II.
3. Deeds, documents, ic.
w.Yks.3 Well, he's got the tacklin' on it no doubt, somewhere
laid by.
TACKNE, iA. Sh.I. Also in form taikne (Jam.). An
old ridiculous person. (Iam.), S. & Ork.'
TACKY, adj. Irel. Not. Glo. and Amer. [taki, taeki.]
Sticky, as varnish or glue before it is quite hardened.
N.L', Not.', Glo.' [Amer. Diul. Notes (1896) I. 394.]
TACKY-LACKY, sb. Som. Dev. [taekilaeki.] A
drudge ; a person at every one's beck and call.
w.Som. Poor maid, her's tacky-lacky to all the tother sarvunts,
Athenaeum (Feb. 26. 18981. Dev. ' 'Ow minny zarvints dii Passen
Wadow kep?' 'There's Bill Swam tha coachman. Dick Ley the
grume, and George Urdood tha tackylacky, and tii or dree more
besides,' Hewett Peas. Sp. (1892).
TACT, I'. s.Chs.' [takt.] ? A corrupt form of 'attack.^
I tacted two women ofT Willeymoor abowt theise politics, bu'
they gen me a pratty nointin', afore they'd done wi' me.
TAD, sb.^ Som. Dev. [taed.] A quantity; a burden,
load. See Tod, sb.^ 4.
Dev. Farmer coming in with a very heavy load of hay, said,
■ I've a-got a middlin' tad here, sure 'nough,' Reports Provinc.
(i88g).
Hence Taddick, */). a small quantity of anything ; a
measure, &c. partly filled.
w.Som.' ' 'Ton't take long to put up thick bit of a taddick,' a man
said of a very small rick of hay. ' 'Tidn boo half loads, they
taddicks what he do draw,' another man said of the work done by
a hired cart.
TAD, s6.' Yks. Lin. e.An. Also in form tod Yks. Lin.
[tad ; tod.] 1. Dung, manure. Cf tathfe.
n.Yks. (T.S.) Lin. Goose tod, cow tod, Streatfeild Lin. and
Danes (1884) 372. n.Lin. IV. cr' O. (1852) 1st S. v. 376 ; n.Lin.',
c.Cy. (Hall.i Nrf. Miller & Skertchly Fenland (1878) iv;
Arc/t. (1879J III. 174.
2. Fig. A person of little use or account.
n.Yks. ' He's gitten a tod lor tuppence," he has married a woman
of little use(T.S.).
[Norw. dial, tad, manure (Aasen).]
TAD, sb.' s.Chs.' [tad.] In plir. on the tad. (i) in
unstable equilibrium; (2) on the point of ; (3) ready to start.
(i) A thing is said to be ' o' the tad ' when just about to topple
over. (2) Jiist upil)th taad- u th foa-ks goo in voa-t = on the eve
of the polling-day. (3^ Ah'm just upo' the tad = I may start
any moment.
TAD, see Tat, dem. adj., Toad, Tod(d.
TADAGOPIE
[6]
TAG
TADAGO-PIE. sb. Obs. Cor. Also written taddago
pie Cor.' A pie madeof prematurely born pigs; see below.
The devil of a pye out of Cornwal. made of sltalled pigs, i.e.
of young pigs, whereof a sow has miscarried. For tadaliv'd,
tadago'd, i.e. had it hv'd (or been born alive), it w'' have gone
upon its legs, Hoiae Siib'secivac (1777) 4^5 ! Cor.*'
TADDLE, V. Shr.' fta'dl.] To pay minute attention
to ; to be very tender with ; to feed carefully, as of a sick
person or delicate young animal. Cf. tiddle, v}
After the Doctor 'ad left 'er, I taddled wi' "er, an' gi'ed 'er some,
crame an' waiter.
TADDLE, see Toddle.
TADDLECOCK, sb. Nhp.' [ta'dl-kok.] One of the
small cocks into which hay is put to protect it from dew
or rain, before the haymakers finish their day's work.
TADDY, sb. Sc. [ta'di.] A certain kind of snufif, so
called from the name of its maker ; also used in coiitp.
Taddysnuff.
Sc. Irish blackguard and taddy snuff mixed, Wright Sc. Li/e
.1897) 5. w.Sc. Loading his left nostril with a powerful charge
of Taddy, Macdonald Srtll(ii:eitl (1869) 133, ed. 1877. Lnk.
Some tea to the auld folk, tobacco or taddy, Nicholson Idylb
(1870' 46.
TADDY, ndj.^ 'Wor. [tae'di.] Pot-bellied. s.Wor.
(H.K.), s.Wor.'
TADDY, ^rf/.' Irel. [ta'di.] Untidy ; tossed about.
U!s. There t.iddy beads is ill to red (M.B.-S.).
TADE, see Take, Toad.
TADGE, I'.' Not.3 [tadg.] To scrape along; to get
along with difficulty. Cf todge, v.
TADGE, I'.' w.Yks.= [tad^.] To stitch lightly together.
Also usedy5§-. ; see below. Cf. tadgel.
A newly-married couple are said to be tadged.
TADGEL, V. Stf ' [tadgl.] To tie ; ftg. to be married.
Cf tadge, J'.^
TADGER, sb. n.Lin.' [ta'dg3(r).] The centre marble
in a game at marbles.
TADGY, sb. Not. [ta'dsi.] The hedge-sparrow.
Accentor tnodiilaris. s.Not. It's on "y a tadgv's ness (J P.K.).
TADLYOODLY, adj. Cor. Tipsy. Hammond Cor.
Parish (1897) 341 ; Cor.^
TAEK, TAET, see Thack, v.\ Tait, sb."-
TAFF, sb. Obs. Sc. Turf
s.Sc. The wish that I hae lang nourished, to see the auld taff o'
the kirk-j'ard cover the moil that keeps ye frae the sicht o' her ye
hae ruined, Wilson 7"in/fs(i836 II. 45.
Hence Taff-dyke, sb. a fence made of turf
Gall. I foun' mysell soberin, sat down on a tafT dyke, and took
a look o' the lift, Mactaggart Eiicvcl. (18241 158, ed. 1876.
TAFF, TAFFATY, see Taft, Taffety, adj.
TAFFEL, sb. Sc. Also written taffil Abd. ; and in
form taifle n.Sc. (Jam.I [ta'fl ; tefl.] A small table.
n.Sc. (Jam.) Abd. There was a four-nooked taffil in manner of
an altar standing within the kirk, Spalding Hisl. Sc. 11792) I. 23.
Per. An old person said, ' Bring in owre the tafTel, an' put some-
thing on't for him to eat ; an' mak haste, lassie' (G.W.).
[The same word as OE. Icrfl (fr. Lat. tabula), a chess-
board (B.T.l.l
TAFFEREL, adj. Obs. Sc. 1, Thoughtless, giddy.
Slk. Bessy Chisliolm — Heh 1 are ye therein? May Chisholm
—Where's your titty ? Poor tafTerel ruined tawpies ! Hogg
Perils of Man [ 1823) III. 202 (Jam.).
2. Ill-dressed, ib. (Jam.)
TAFFETY, sb. \Vil. A toad ; see below.
This use of the word has been noted once or twice at Salisbury
by a correspondent, but we can learn nothing more about it
(G.E.D.).
TAFFETY, adj. Ken. Sur. Sus. limp. I.W. Wil. Dor.
Som. Dcv. Also written taffaty Sur. ; taflfetty I.W.' ;
and in form tafferty Sus. [tafati.] 1. Dainty, fastidious,
particular ; affected ; csp. as regards food.
Ken. (F.E.), Ken.>, s.Sur. ^T.T.C. , Sus. (F.E.) w.Sas. He
cannot eat that, he is such a tafferty man i G.A.W.\ Hmp.
I suppose you can cat cold pie, Jessie, . . talTely as you've been
bred, Gray Htart nf Storm (1891; I. 241; Hmp.', I.W.', Wil.'
Dor. He's 50 taffety, he won't cat what others will (C.V.G.);
Dor.' Som. Sweetman Wincmiton Gl. (1885). e.Som. W. & j!
Gl. (1873). w.Som.' I never can't abear thick sort o' pigs, they
be so ter'ble taffety; they'd starve to death 'pon the mait I gees
mine. Dev. Reports Proviiic. 1,1889) ; I niver did zee nobody zo
taffety as yu be; j'ii can't ayte nort like nobody else, Hewett
Peas. Sfi. 118921. n.Dev. An' taffety dildrums in es talk, Rock
Jim ail' Nell (1867) St. 86.
2. Tender, delicate.
Hrap. I could eat a taffety chicken (T.L.O.D.).
TAFFIAT, sb. Obs. Chs.^ Also in form tafia. Sugar
and brandy made into cakes.
TAFFLE, V. and sb. Sc. Cum. Yks. Lan. Not. Lin.
Nhp. Dor. Som. Dev. [tafi, tse'fl.] 1. v. To ravel, en-
tangle ; to ruffle. See 'rifle.
Dmf. Her hair's a' tafTled— what o'that? Wallacz Sebooliiiaster
(1899) 370. e.Yks.', n.Lan,' Lin. Streatfeild Lin. and Danes
(1884)369; Lin.' My kite band has got taflled. n.Lin. Sutton
JVds. (1881) ; n.Lin.' sw.Lin.' The rope was in such a tallfled
state. Dor. Gt. (1851). w.Sora.' That skein's all taffled up so,
I never sha'n't undo it. Dev. Then es vlies ed tatBe in the trees,
Pulman Sketches 1842) 60.
2. Without: to untwist ; to become unwoven at the end;
used of cloth. Sic. e.Yks.' Hence Tafflings, 56. />/. the
bits of thread which come off a woven fabric when cut.
Lin. Streatfeild Lin. and Danes (1884)369. n.Lin. Pick them
tafflin's up ofTn th' carpit (M.P.) ; n.Lin.'
3. To throw into disorder ; to beat down crops, grass, &c.
Cum.' ; Cum.'' Crops looked well, but wheat is a good deal
taffelt in some places with the wet and cross winds. Dor.
Barnes Gl. U863).
4. To move aimlessly.
Cum.* TafHing with his hands amongst the chatT.
5. Fi^. To perplex, tire, wear out, exhaust with fatigue.
Fif (Jam.), Cum.", Dor. (W.C. c. 1750). 6. To trifle,
idle, loiter.
Not.^ Nhp.' My servant goes tafSing about and don't get on
with her work.
7. sb. Anything tangled or confused ; a tangle.
n.Lin.' Th' cat maade all th' silk e' sich 'n a taffle, I was a
nooer, if I was minnit. afoore I could get it reightled. Fo'st he
said, an' then she said, an' then the'r lawyers bed each on 'em a
wo'd or two a peace, till it got to be sich 'n a real tatlle I seem'd
to knaw a deal less then when we started.
8. The aimless movement of light matter ; a slight move-
ment on water. Cum. (H.W.), Cum.*
TAFFY, sb. Cum. Wil. [tafi, tae'fi.] A weak-minded,
thoughtless, irresolute person ; a simpleton ; also in coinp.
Taffy-horn, -noddles, -noodle, -watty.
Cum.'; Cum.* In siv. Taffy describes the character rather than
the individual. n.Wil. (G.E.D. )
TAFIA, see Taffiat.
TAFT, sb. Sh.I. I. Ma. Also in form taflt I.Ma. [taft.]
The thwart of a boat. See Thoft.
Sh.I. Strik rouwin faider frae his taft. Burgess Pasniie (1892)
58; S. & Ork,' I.Ma. Sortin them out on the taff. Brown
Doctor (iBS-j \ 18.
[Dan. tofte, a thwart (Larsen).]
TAFT, TAFTEN, see Toft, Toftin.
TAG, sb.' and v.' Sc. Cum. Yks. Lan. Lin. Nhp. 'Wor.
Shr. Glo. Brks. Bdf Hrt. e.An. s.Cy. Sus. limp. Cor.
Amer. Also written tagg Glo. [tag, taeg.] 1. sb. Any
small object hanging loosely from a larger one; a tip; a tail.
w.Sc. 'There's a tag o' clay liingin' at your coat.' Always
applied to something disagreeable and dirty (Jam.). Cld. That's
a gude tag, as the coo said o' its tail {ib.). ne.Lan.'The end of a
fo.x's tail.
2. The white hair on the point of the tail of a cow or an
ox. Mry. (Jam.) Hence Taggie, Taigie, Teagie, or
Tygie, sb. a cow having a white-tipped tail.
Sc. Had taggie by the tail, says the proverb, ne'er quat certainty
for hope, Magopico (ed. 1836) 25. Mry., w.Sc, (Jam.) Fif. An
whare was Rob an' Peggy For a' the search they had. But i' the
byre 'side Teagie, I.ike lovin' lass an' lad ? Douglas Poems
(1806) 124.
3. The tail-end of a rump of beef Cor." 4. The
twisted and pointed end of a lock of wool as it is shorn
from the fleece.
Shr.' Dunna gflO so avenless about that 65l, snip the end off the
tag, an' toze it well as the grace can get among it.
TAG
']
TAGGEI/r
5. A small piece of material, hanging from a piece en-
closed in paper to serve as a pattern. w.Yks. (R.H.R.)
6. Obs. A disease in slieep : see below.
Lth. A disease, allecting the tail, lias been denominated Tag.
It consists of scabs and sores, situated on the under side of the tail,
arising, in warm weather, from its being fouled in purging, £ssaj's
J-Jig/i/. Soc. III. 434 (Jam.\
7. The low rabble ; also used a//nb.
e.Lth. Riff-raff rogues, whase victims were ... To such tag
knaves . . . superior, Mucklebackit Rhymes (1885) 7. Nlip.',
e.An.i
8. A wild, romping girl.
w.Yks.* He's two daughters, and they're regular tags.
9. Comb, (i) Tag and rag, the whole of anything, every
bit; (2) -lock, a small canal, or extended lock, cut for the
purpose of connecting two navigable portions of the river
Calder, between Elland and Brighouse ; (3) -mag, the
dung which adheres to a cow's hind quarters ; (4) -rag, {a)
a mean person ; a vagabond ; a low rabble ; also used
attrib. ; (b) rubbish ; bad workmanship ; (5) -rag-day,
May 14th, when servants leave their places ; (6) -ragly,
good-for-nothing; (7) •wool, the long foul 'tags' of wool
on sheep.
(i) Abd. (Jam.) (2) w.Yks. Leeds Merc. Siippl. Oct. 22, 1898).
(3) w.Yks. A woman at Barnsley complained to a solicitor that
another woman had called her 'an old tagmag," and when asked
to e.\plain the word did so as above (S.O.A.). (4, n) Cum."
Nhp.' There were plenty of tag-rag at the fair. Wor. 'E'd sunner
goo a arbourin' uth anny tag-rag, nar a'd goo alung ov annybuddy
as is respectable (H.K.). Cor. 'Here are father's company,'
cried out Tom ; . . ' and what a tag-rag party ! ' Blackw. Mag. (Feb.
1862) 163. (6) w.Yks.2 (5) Lin. (J.C.W.) (6) n.Lin. Sich a
tagragly crew they is (M.P.). (7) Glo. Jlorae Siibsecivae {I'm)
426; Glo.l
10. V. To add something to the end of an object.
Brks.' If us tags on a bit to the ind o' that ther rawpe a 'coll
rache as vur as us wants un to 't.
11. pass. To have the lower end or point of the tail white.
Mry. (Jam.) Ayr. If the lower part of her tail was white she
was said to be tagged, Agiic. Surv. 425 (16.). Lth. (Jam.) Rxb.
Her little tail wi' white was taggit, Ruickbie IVayside Cottnger
(1807) 178.
12. To smear; to saturate with mud, rain, &c. ; esp. used
of dirtying the bottom of a skirt. Cf. taggle, 2.
Nlip.' Glo. Well tagged with smut powder, Marshall Review
(1818) II. 454. Bdf. I've tagged the tail of my gown (J.W.B.).
13. Obs. Of a sheep: to cut away the dirty locks of wool
from about the tail.
Hrt. Ellis S/i*"/!. GiiiV/f (1750). s.Cy. (Hall.) Hmp. Holloway.
14. With after : to follow closely ; to follow at the heels of.
Gall. 'Wha has coupit the boy-hoose [school]?' he would say,
as a whole village green came tagging after him and his donkey,
Crockett Kil Kennedy (1899) viii. Lan. (F.R.C.) Nhp.* The
children are always tagging after her. e.An.' He is always tagging
after her. Sus., Hmp. Holloway. [Amer. It don't convene to
one of our free and enlightened citizens, to tag after any man,
that's a fact, Sam Slick Cloci)>iaker {1836) ist S. .xxi.-c.]
15. To carry on the back. Lin. (J.C.W.)
TAG, sb.^ and v.' Sc. Yks. Lin. [tag.] 1. sb. Any-
thing used for tying or binding ; a strap, thong, or piece
of leather; esp. the strap of a shoe.
Sc. Scolicisms (1787) 90. Frf. He wore tags of yarn round his
trousers beneath the knee, Barrie LicJit (1888) ii. Per. He . . .
left behind ... in Girzie's tiger claws Lumps o' his lugs, like tags
of tawse, Spence Poems (1898) 198.
2. A long, thin slice; a piece.
Sc. (Jam.) ; I wish it may come through you like tags o' skate,
Henderson Prov. (1832) 19, ed. 1881. Sh.I. Shii tried hir best ta
peel a tag o' hard skate fir ta denner, Sli. News (Mar. 9, 1901).
3. A schoolmaster's ' tawse.'
Sc. When any unusual disturbance took place, the master threw
the * tag' — a piece of a gig trace burnt at the end to make it hard
— at the oftender, Coinli. Mag. (Aug. 1861) 224. n.Sc. Punish-
ment on the hands with the tag — a piece of old hard leather, cut
into two or three thongs or tails, or of new supple leather, cut into
five or six narrow thongs which were knotted, Gregor Olden
Time, 53. Bnff.' Abd. Gin the niaisti-'r wud lay on the tag twice
as weel, it wud be fat he's sair needin', Alexander Ain Ftk.
(1882)89; (A.W.)
4. A small portion of a horse's mane gathered together
and plaited into a cord.
Lin. Stkeatfeild Lin. and Danes (1884) 369. n.Lin.' The will
of John Slcyght, of Santon, in the parish of Appleby, made in
1551, contains a bequest of 'One blak tagged kowe.' The animal
had probably some of its long hair pleated into tags.
5. A twist of long grass or rushes. n.Yks.''* 6. v. Ois.
To tie, bind, fasten.
Sc. (Jam.) n.Sc. A custom which still prevails in fairs or
markets. Young people sometimes amuse themselves by stitching
together the clothes of those who are standing close to each other ;
so that when they wish to go away they find themselves confined.
This they call tagging their tails li.). Fif. Hands of unhallow't
men out-draggit Pai's velvet-cods wi' silver taggit, Tennant
Papistry {182-]) 211.
7. To beat with a 'tawse.' Bnff".' 8. To beat with wisps
of long grass or rushes.
n.Yks.' In former days when a considerable number of moweis
or shearers chanced to be working together in the same harvest
field, one of the men was not unlikely to be desired by his fellows
to wet — that is to kiss— some young woman or other, either on
the ground of some jesting sarcasm or reflection on their power of
working, or for some other reason. If he demurred about doing
as he was bid, or did it but not to the satisfaction of the others,
the penalty was to tag him, or belabour him with twisted wisps of
long grass ; n.Yks."
TAG, v.^ and sb.^ Nhp. Glo. Oxf. Wil. Dev. Amer.
[tag,taeg.] 1. v. To drag, tramp; to walk with difficulty ;
geii. with about, along, or around.
Glo.', Wil.i.G.E.D.) be V. Grose (1790) A/5. (ii/(/.(M.) nw.Dev.'
I've bin taggin' about all day. He waz taggin' alung 20 well's a
could. [Amer. Yer paw's al'ays bein' a goin' somewhere ever
since I knowed him, an' I've alaj-s had to tag along, CDil. Mag.
(May 1902) 129.]
Hence (i) Tagging, ppl. adj. tiring, tiresome; (2)
Tagster, sb. a vagabond ; a scold ; a virago.
(i) nw.Dev.' A tagging job. (2) Dev. Hoiae Siibsecivae (1777)
426 ; She's a regular tagster, Reports Provinc. (1885); Dev.'
2. sb. Thesecondof two persons dragging a cart, pushing
a barrow, &c. ; gen. in phr. to pull tag.
Nhp.'* Oxf.' Fill yer barra full o' straa, an' tie this yer piece of
oalter [halter] t' un, an' I'll pull tag. Wil.' When a lawn-mower
or barrow is too heavy for one man to manage alone, a rope is
attached for a boy to draw by, who is said to ' pull tag.'
TAG, sb.* and v.* Wor. Glo. Ken. Sur. Sus. Hmp.
LW. Wil. Also written tagge Ken.'* Sus. [taeg.]
1. sb. A one-year-old sheep. See Teg.
m.Wor. (J.C. 1 Glo. Hoiae Siibsecivae (1777) 426 (s.v. Tagg-
wool). s.Cy. (Hall. "I Ken. You.sg Annals Agric. (1784-1815)
XIX. 75 ; Ken.'*, Sur.' Sus. Ray (1691) j Sus.'*, Hmp.', LW.',
Wil. (G.E.D.)
2. V. Obs. To Stock a field with yearling sheep. Ken.
Young Annals Agric. (1784-1815) XIX. 75.
TAG, sb.^ Cor. A small wild narcissus.
(B. & H.I ; Cor.3 They no longer exist, having been transformed
by cultivation into the well-known ' Scilly whites.'
TAG, i;.» Feb. (Jam.) [tag.] Of the moon : to wane.
The mune's taggin.
TAG, v.° Hrf* [taeg.] To make brown, the effect
of high wind and rain on hops. Hence Tagged,///, adj.
unhealthy-looking, out of condition.
TAG, V.'' Obs. Wil.' To tease, torment.
TAGANANDRAjSi. Obs. ne.Lan.' A mode of confining
an animal in a place, as by a stake or tether ; also usedy?^.
I'll set tha i taganandra. I'll send tha to taganandra.
TAG(G, sb. and v. Sc. Irel. [tag.] 1. sb. Fatigue ;
a burden ; a troublesome labour.
S. & Ork.' Ir. It was a terrible tag. Barlow Martin's Comp.
(1896) 175.
2. V. To oppress by hard work ; to exhaust.
Bnff.' Gehn they wir weel taggit wee wark, they widd be glaid
t' win t' thir beds seen.
TAGGE, TAGGELD, see Tag, sb.*, Taggelt.
TAGGELT, sb. Cum. Wm. Lan. Chs. Also written
tagalt Lakel.* ; taglt Wm. ; and in forms taggeld Wm. ;
taglet Cum.*' [ta'glt.] 1. A ragged, dirty person ; a
vagabond ; an idle good-for-nothing ; a rascal, scamp.
Lakel.* Cum.'*; Cum.* A taggelt like that sud be hatit like
TAGGLE
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TAIL
puzzen, 55 ; Cum* Wm. Thor gossipin taggelds, Wilson Lite
Bit ev a Sang, 98; Thae wer arrant taglts an tastrils, Clarke
Spec. Dial. (1865) 15. n.Lan.' Tiiow nasty dirty taggelt. Thow
drukkcn taggelt. ne.Lan.', Clis.'
2. A mischievous little child. s.Wm. (J.A.B.)
TAGGLE, V. Yks. Not. Nhp. [tagl.] 1. To tangle.
Not. (J.H.B.) Hence Taggle-rods, sb.pl. a. woollen-trade
term : a frame arrangement for keeping teazles in position
for raising cloth. w.Yks. (J.M.) 2. Of women's skirts:
to saturate with mud, rain, &c. Nhp.' Cf tag, sb.^ 12.
TAGGLE, see Taigle.
TAGGY, sb. Cum. Wm. [ta'gi.] The curfew bell;
gen. in coiiip. Taggy-bell.
Lalcel.' So called near Penrith, where the custom of ringing the
taggy is still kept up. Cum. Used in modern times to frighten
children; if out after eight o'clock, 'Taggy would get them.'
Sullivan Cum. and IVnt. (1857 85 ; (M.P.) ; Cum.". Wm. fM.P.)
TAGGY-FINCH, sb. s.Wor.' The chaffinch, Frhigilkt
coetebs.
TAGH, see Taugh, sb}
TAGHAIRM, sb. Obs. Sc. A mode of divination
formerly used by the Highlanders.
Last evening-tide Brian an augury hath tried, Of that dread kind
which must not be Unless in dread extremity. The Taghairm called,
Scott Lady of Lake (1810) cant. iv. st. 4 ; A person was wrapped
up in the skin of a newly-slain bullock, and deposited beside a
waterfall, or at the bottom of a precipice, or in some other strange,
wild, and unusual situation, where the scenery around him
suggested nothing but objects of horror. In this situation he
revolved in his mind the question proposed, and whatever was
impressed upon him by his e.xalted imagination, passed for the
inspiration of the disembodied spirits, who haunt the desolate
recesses, ib. ttote.
[Gael, taghairm, a noise, echo ; a mode of divination by
listening to the noise of water cascades (Macb.'vin).]
TAGL, sb. Sh.L [tagL] Anything trailing behind
one when walking. Jakobsen Dial. (1897) 17.
TAGLET, 56. Wm. [taglit] The metal tag of a lace.
See Tag, s6.' n.Wm. This whang hes neea taglet on (B.K.).
TAGLET, TAGLT, see Taggelt.
TAGNEY, ii. e.An.' [tae'gni.J Finery ; also used rt///-;'6.
' Tagney clothes,' the Sunday best.
TAGRALING, prp. Hrf. Glo. 1. Abusing. Wor.
(R.M.E.), Hrf^ Glo. iR.M.E.) 2. Courting. Hrf.^
TAGREEN, sb. Nhb. Yks. Also in form tagareen
Nhb.' [ta'grin.] Marine stores. Nhb.' Hence (i)
Tagreen-man, sb. a man owning marine stores ; see
below ; (2) Tagreen-shop, sb. a marine stores' shop ; an
old clothes' shop.
(i) Nhb.' A ' tagareen man ' has a floating shop which he rows
about the tiers of ships, announcing his presence by a bell. His
dealings are carried on by barter or cash, as may be convenient ;
and old rope, scrap-irun, or other similar unconsidered trifles, are
exchanged for the crockery or hardware with which the boat is
stocked. (2) n.Yks.'2, m.Yks.'
TAGS, sb. pi. Lin. [tagz.] In phr. to set tags, to
challenge to feats of agility or skill by doing them first
oneself. se.Lin. (J.T.B.J
TAGUE, a/>. Lakel.2 A tease.
Yon barn's a reg'lar tague fteg'.
TAG -WORM, s6. Cor.» [tas-g-wam.] The earthworm.
TAH, V. Lan. Cor. [ta.] To void excrement ; used
by nurses to little children. s.Lan. (LW.) Cor. A'. Ss' O.
(1854) ist S. X. 440. ~
TAH, int. Yks. [ta.] Used as a command to desist.
n.Yks. Tah ! deean't dcea that ! (LW.)
TAH, TAHEE, see Taugh, sb.\ Tee-hee.
TAHTLE, V. Wm. [taU.| 1. To idle about, to
dawdle ; to do light work in a listless manner; gen. with
about or around.
Set intuit an' nut tahtle aboot as if thoo was flail (B K )
s.Wm. (J.A.Ii.) '
2. With about or around: to walk carefully, to step
gingerly so as to avoid mud, &c.
Tahtlin aroond t'fauld yan wad think a bit o' coo shitten wad
puzzen the (B.K V
TAICH, see Tach. Teach.
TAICKLE, sb. N.L' [te'kL] A randy; a talking,
scolding woman.
TAID, sb. and v. Obs. Sc. (Jam.) 1. sb. The dung
of black cattle. Ags. (s.v. Tath.) Cf. tad, sb.'^, tath(e.
2. V. To manure land by the droppings from cattle,
either in pasturing or folding. Ags. Of black cattle only. Fif.
TAIGIE, see Tag, s6.'
TAIGLE, V. and sb. Sc. Nhb. Yks. Also written
taigel Nhb.' ; and in lorm taggle n.Sc. (Jam.) [te'gL]
1. V. To entangle ; to catch so as to hold ; to harass,
annoy ; to tackle ; to weary, fatigue.
Sc. Two irreverent young fellows determined, as they put it,
'to taigle the minister,' Ford Thistledown (1891) 51; She went
out early and returned late, weary and taiglet, as she called it,
Whitehead Dnft Davie (1876) 103, ed. 1894. n.Sc, Cld. (Jam.)
Lnk. Others cunningly stretched out their legs to taigle the
wrathful dominie, Fkaser IVhatips (1895) ii. Edb. Ye taigled
your gown on a nail ; I heard something gang screed as we
whipped through the door, Beatty Secrelar (\Hg-i) 38.
2. "To detain ; to cause to delay; to hinder ; to take up
one's time and attention.
Sc. (Jam.); I was taigled, ye ken, on the road, Ochiltree Red-
bttni (1895) xvii. Ayr. We were taigled so long, that the coach
was startiiig from the door of the Cross-Keys as we got oot to the
causey. Service Dr. Dugitid {^d. 1887'! 85. Lnk. Hooever, no to
taigle ye, I'll mak' a lang story short, Fraser IVIiaups (1895,1 '■
Edb. Haste ye, I have been taigled long enow, Beattv Secretar
(1897) 230. Gall. They that are trysted to the Bridegroom's work
must taigle themselves with no other marriage engagements,
Crockett Moss-Hags 118951 xxiv. Nhb.'
Hence Taiglesome, adj. retaining, retarding, hindering.
Sc. A taiglesome road, one which is so deep or 50 hilly that one
makes little progress (Jam.). Ayr. A multifawrious multipleecity
of things that are a wee taiglesome in the telling, Service Dr.
Ditguid (ed. 1887) 103.
3. To delay ; to tarry, linger, loiter, dawdle.
Sc. I tell you fairly, there's too much Advocate's door and
Advocate's window here for a man that comes taigling after a
Macgregor's daughter, Stevenson Catriona (1893) vii. e.Sc. I
winna taigle, if you think we can get awa'. Strain Ehnslte's
Drag-net (1900) 115. Ayr. A sore malady, which soon rose to
such a head that Robin Brown taigled more than two hours for
me ; but still I grew worse and worse, Galt Gilliaize (18231 xxvi.
e.Lth. They mairched on abreist o' the times, an whiles aheid o'
them : no like the Tories, whae were aye taiglin ahint, Hunter
J. Inwick (1895I 98. Dmf. I'll taigle at e'en i' your neuks nae mair,
Reid Poems (1894) 161. Gall. (W.G.), n.Cy. (Hall.), w.Yks.2
4. sb. A hindrance, delay ; that which causes it. Cld.
(Jam.)
TAIGSUM, ao>-. Sc. (Jam. S;(/'/'/.) [te'gssm.] Hinder-
some, tedious, wearisome, ' taiglesome.'
TAIKEN, see Token.
TAIKIN, sA. Cai.' [te'kin.j A kind of cloth, ticking.
TAIKNE, see Tackne.
TAIL, sb. and v. Var. dial, and colloq. uses in Sc. Irel.
and Eng. Also in forms taail Brks.' LW.'=; tahilWor.;
teal Sc. ;_teale Cum.; teal s.Chs.' ; toyle w.Cy. ; tyel
Wxf ' [tel, teal, tial.] 1. sb. Obs. The posteriors ; the
rump.
Sc. Quo' she, I've fa'n upon a shift. And scratched her tail,
Pennecuik Coll. (1787) II. Lnk. No say [so] much judgment as
to wyse the wind frae her tail, but lute it gang afore Ibuks, Gra-
ham IVnlings (1883) II. 28. Edb. Erst you've hain'd my tail Frae
wind and weet, frae snaw and hail, Fergusson Poems (1773) 199,
ed. 1785.
2. The train of a robe, &c. ; pi. the bottom of a skirt.
Sc. (Jam.) ; If he had seen a prelate's mitre upon his head, and
their side robes upon him, with some bearing up their tails. Kirk-
ton C/i. Hist. (1817) 116. Sh.I. ' Juist view ye mi tails. . . See ! '
shil said, as shil took da blade o' a auld table knife ta scrape atf da
gutter, SI). News (Dec. 4, 1897). Cai.' Lnk. Three-story flounces
o' silk roun' yer tails, Watson Poems (1853) 46. Slk. Yowe an'
me's had to buckle up oor tails an' milk the kye at nicht, instead
o' din kin' oor hair, an'gaun to dancin' schules,THo.MSON Drntnmel-
dale ( 1901) 78.
3. A woman's skirt.
Oxf.' MS. add., Glo. (F.P.T.) Wil.' Hev'ee got ar' a ould taail
to gie I, Miss? Soui. I should be glad of an old tail (L K.L.).
sw.Dev. Can "ee give me an old black tail, m' lady? (J.S.)
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4. A retinue ; a following.
Sc. 'Ah, if yon Saxon Duinhe-wassel saw but the chief himself
with his tail on ! ' ' With his tail on ? ' echoed Edward in some
surprise. 'Yes — that is, with his usual followers, when he visits
those of the same rank,' Scott Wavciley (1814') xvi. n.Sc. (Jam.)
w.Sc. We must have the school packed with our people before he
can bring up his tail, Macdonald Scltleiiicnl (1869) 25, ed. 1877.
n.Lin.' When cums to a parish meetin'shealus brings a long
taail ahint him.
5. The hind part of a cart, harrow, plough, &c. ; one of
the handles of a plough.
Abd. Wily craws fae the dawn to dark At the harrow tail are
flittin', Murray Hatiiewtth (igoo) 3. nLin.' s.Wor. Often the
plough is set and let go, and the ploughman does not ' foller
the tahils' but walks among the stubble and leaves the plough to
itself (H.K.). Shr.i Brks. The uncouth instrument itself, the
strong, patient man at the ' tail,' as he would call it, Spectator
(Oct. 18, 1902^ 563. w.Som.i
6. Of a ship : the rear, stern.
Ayr. As the tide was in our tail . . . we streekit a' our claith,
laid our best strength on the lang oars, Ainslie Land 0/ Burns
(ed. 1892) 127.
7. A fish.
Sh.I. Fir every tail 'at wis captered a score escaped, Ollason
Marcel (1901) 63.
8. Obs. A horse-leech.
Gall. Horse-leeches . . . wont, like the others, fall off, but con-
tinue sucking so long as they can get a drop of blood, while the
life-stream flows out of their nether end, whence the name
' towals ' or ' tails,' leeches at either end, Mactaggart Eiuycl.
(1824') 229, ed. 1876.
9. pi. Inferior sheep drafted from a flock.
Sc. The lambs, dinmonts, or wethers, drafted out of the fat or
young stock, are sheddings, tails, or drafts, Stephens Farm Bk.
(ed. 1849) I. 213.
10. pi. Onion leaves. Sc. Garden Wk. (1896) No. cvi. 136.
11. The stalk of a mushroom. Brks. A^. dr' Q. (1880) 6th
S. i. 499. 12. The end of a portion of time.
Sc. (Jam.), Cai.' Abd. They're to be marriet i'the tail o'hairst,
Alexander Ain Flk. (1882) 157. Frf. In the tail o' the day I
says, Barrie Minister (1891) xlii. Edb. It's wearin On now to
the tail o' May, Fergusson Poems (1773) 109, ed. 1785. Nhb.'
Tail o' the week.
13. The water which has run beneath the wheel of a
water-mill ; the channel conveying the water from the
wheel. n.Lin.^ w.Som.' 14. Of a field : the lower end.
Cai.' 15. A weaving term : a number of cords extended
over the pulleys in the harness-box, connecting the
'simple' with the yarn.
Rnf. Making our mounting, tail and tapwark To operate weel,
Webster Rliymes (1835) 152. Lnk. Lang may the tail and
harness-box Support the nation, M'Indoe Poems (1805) 12.
16. Obs. A mining term : the waste tin that falls hind-
most in the ' buddle.' Wal. Ray (1691). 17. A kind of
wooden lever at the back of a windmill.
Nrf. ' I shall have to start that mill off.' I went and got hold of
the rope and pulled the gripe up, and made that fast round the
tail so that wouldn't jerk her off, Emerson Sou of Fens (1892) 336.
18. The lighterpartof grain; small refuse grain; 'seconds'
of flour; the awns of grain. Cf tailinfg, 3.
Cai.i, Ayr. (Jam., s.v. Tail-meal), Lei.', se.Wor.*, Brks.
(W.H.E.), Brks.i Hrt. Ellis Mod. Hiisb. (1750) VI. iii. 71.
e.Suf. (F.H.) Sur.' There's pretty nigh as much tail as head
corn this season. Hmp. There's three sacks o' tail as 'ull do for
chicken's victuals (W.H.E.). Wil.'
19. pi. Hay left in the field after the bulk is harvested.
e.Lan.* 20. Comb, (i) Tail-band or -been, a crupper;
(2) -barley, refuse inferior barley ; (3) -binder, a long
stone in a building which rests upon the corner stone, and
extends for some distance over the course of stones that it
is level with, in order to strengthen the wall ; (4) •bottom,
the bottom bar in a cart-tail; (5) -box, a part of a wind-
mill; see below; (6) corn, the inferior part of corn, ^f«.
consumed at home or given to poultry ; (7) -crab, the
capstan on which the spare rope of a crab is wound ; (8)
•cratch, the rack at the back of a wagon for holding hay,
&c. ; (9) •door, the door or lid at the back of a wagon, cart,
&c. ; (10) -end, (a) the latter part of anything; the end,
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termination ; the residue after the best portion has been
taken away ; (A) the shallow end of a pool of water; (c)
the finishing end of a piece of silk, cloth, &:c. ; (11) -ender,
a term of contempt for one who is habitually late in
everything he undertakes; (12) •ends, see 16); (13I •goit,
the channel which conveys the water from a mill; (14)
•head, the root of the tail; (15) .ill, a disease of a cow's
tail ; (16) -ladder, a framework afifixed to the end of a
wagon to increase its length; (17) -meal, see (6); (18)
•net, the herring-net first 'shot,' and therefore the one
farthest from the boat ; (19) -pipe, (a) a mining term : the
suction-pipe of a pump ; {b) to tie a tin or other rattling
thing to a dog's tail, and then turn it loose ; (20) •pole, the
pole which joins together the front and back wheels of a
wagon underneath ; (21) -race, the current of water in its
passage from a inill ; (22) -rackle, incontinent; (23)
-rageous, lustful ; (24) -rope, a mining term : the rope by
which the empty set of tubs are drawn back into a mine ;
(25) -rot, see (15); (26) •seed, small poor seed; (27)
•shot, the outer skin of the tail of a mouse, rat, &c., freq.
left in traps ; (28) -shotten or •shotten-soker, (29) -slip,
see (15) ; (30) -slough, see (27); (31) -soak, see (15) ; (32)
-soaken, of heifers : having the 'tail-soak'; (33) -teukit,
having the tail or handle of the wool-card tacked on with
tacks; (34) -toddle, conjugal rights ; (35) -top, the swingle
or short stick of a flail ; (36) -water, see (21) ; (37) -wheat,
see (6) ; (38) •wind, of reaping: see below ; (39) •worm,
see (15).
(i) Wxf.i, n.Cy. (Hall. "I, Dur.>, e.Yks.> w.Yks." He click'd
hod o' t'mane wi' ya hand, an tailband wi' t'other, ii. 303.
ne.Lan.i, n.Lin.' (2j Hrf.', w.Som.' (3) w.Yks.' (4) w.Yks.
(J.J.B.) (5) Som. Her foot was upon the ladder to ascend into
the tail-box — one part of that revolving dome at the head of a
stone mill by which the sails are brought to face an ever-shifting
wind, Raymond Smoke. 23. (6) Not.', Lei.', Nhp.', Hnt. (T.P.F.),
w.Som.', Cor.' (7) Nhb.' Nlib., Dur. Nicholson Coal Tr. Gl.
(ed. 1888). (8) w.Wor.i, Hrf.2 (9) se.Lin. (J.T.B.) (10, n) Frf.
And in the tail-end they went thegither to look for one, Barrie
Tommy (1896) x. Don. The short an' the long, an' the tail-end
of all, was that she talked over Padh's mother, Macmanus Bend of
Road (1898) 208. Nhb.' e.Yks.' Tail-end o' cart. Tail-end o'
week. w.Yks. (J.W.), Chs.', se.Wor.' w.Som.' I baint gwain
to take the tail-end arter he've a-zold all the best. (A) Nhb.'
Nhb., Dur. Nicholson Coal Tr. Gl. (ed. i888\ (<r) w.Yks. (J.M.),
(S.A.B.) (II) Lakel.'' (121 ne.Lan.', Chs.» s.Chs.' A name
applied to the small and inferior grains blown to the outside of
the corn-heap in winnowing with a fan. Lin.', n.Lin.', sw.Lin.',
Lei.', Nhp.' 2, 'War.* Shr.' Jim, bring the blind sieve full o' tail-
ends fur the fowls; Shr.^ Glo. Grose (1790); GIo.', Hmp.',
I.W.' Wil. Britton Beauties (1825) ; Wil.' (13) w.Yks.* (14')
Cum. ' Nicked at tSale-heed,' said of an animal enormously fat
(J.Ar.). Wm. Lost, — Three ewes and two lambs. I. P. on horn,
pop far hook and near shoulder ; ewes marked across tail-head,
Wm. Gazette (Oct. 12, 1901) 5, col. 3. [The first point handled
is the tail-head, Stephens Farm Bk. (ed. 1849) IL 141.] (15) Sc.
Stephens Farm Bk. (ed. 1849) I. 520. Lth. Cured by letting
blood in the part affected (Jam.). Gall. When a cow takes the
tail-ill, or is elfshot, these females are sent for to cure them, Mac-
taggart Eticycl. (1824) 500, ed. 1876. (16) Glo.' (s.v. Raves).
w.Mid. It is removable at will (W.P.M.). (17) Ayr. Made of the
tails or points of the grains. As these are first broken off in
milling, they are separated from the body or middle part, which
is always the best (Jam.). (18) Bnfif.' (19, a) Nhb.' Nhb., Dur.
Nicholson Coal Tr. Gl. (ed. 1888). (A) Som. (W.F.R.) w.Som.»
Cats are sometimes served the same way. nw.Dev.', Cor.* (ao)
Wil.' (s.v. Waggon). (21) Sc. Depones, that the refuse at the
Gordon's mill field is discharged into the river by the tail-race of
their mill. State Leslie ofPowis (1793) 164 (Jam., s.v. Race). (23)
Wm. She's nin a bad sooart at boddum, but she's a bit tail rackle
(B.K.). (23) n.Yks.2 (241 Nhb.' Nhb., Dur. Nicholson Coal
Tr. Gl. (ed. 1888). (25) Sh.I. Ane of Arty's kye is gotten da
tail rot, S/i. A'cas (July 14, 1900). (26) Ken. Tail-seed from my
seed-mill. Young Annals Agric. (1784-1815) V. 114. (27) Lin.>
(281 Chs.'* e.An.' The spinal marrow becomes so affected that
the beast is unable to stand. (29) Sc. There is disease in it ; and
it is called the tail-ill or tail slip, Stephens Farm Bk. (ed. 1849)
I. 520. Lnk. A disease which cold sometimes brings upon cows —
first appears in the end of the tail, by affecting it in such a manner
that it seems soft to the touch. As the disease proceeds upwards,
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every joint has the appearance of being dislocated, Ure Hist.
RulhergUn (1793) 191 (Jam.). (3°) Lin.', n.Lin.i (31) Chs.ls,
I.W.'2 w.Cy. Grose (1790). (32) s.Chs.' The lowest joint of
the tail becomes loosened and softened, generally from lack of
sufficient nourishment. -What do you think of my new heifer,
George?' ' Well, hoo looks as ev hoo'd bin teel-soaken an'
poverty-strucken through th' winter.' (33) Sh.I. ' Four-neukit,
tail-teukit, an' teeth oot o' number.' A Guddik, the answer being
wool-cards, Spence FlkLore (1899") 183. (34) Gall. Each noddle
That scrimps his spouse o' her tail toddle, Lauderdale Poems
(1796) 67. (35) e.An.i Norwich Merc. (Nov. 15, 1828). (36)
w.Yks. It works immersed in the tail-water, so that no part of the
fall is lost, Leeds Merc. Sitpfl. (Oct. i, i875\ in Peacock Gl.
(1889) ; n.Lin.' (37) Rut.' To make the earn averages fair,
you've a roight to tek the tail wheat an' not the best samples only.
Lei.', Nhp.', War.^", s.War.', s.Wor. (H.K.I, s.Wor.', Hrf.12,
GIo. (A.B.), Oxf.' (s.v. Tallin' whate), Hnt, (T.P.F.}, Sus.' Hnip.
HoLLoWAY. w.Som.', Dev.3 (38) Lth. To shear wi' a tail-wind,
to reap or cut the grain, not straight across the ridge but diagon-
ally (Ja.m.\ (39) n.Sc. (lA.) Abd. The tail-worm is also cured
by cutting off a few inches of the tail, which bleeds pretty freely,
Agric. Siirv. 491 (ib.). n.Lin.' A disease to which cows that have
recently calved are subject ; believed to be caused by a worm in
the marrow of the tail. It is really paralysis following milk fever.
Ignorant farriers not uncommonly make large cuts in the tail for
the purpose of pulling out the worm, which they profess to show.
1'he object extracted is a sinew.
21. Phr. (i) neither tail nor horn, not a trace of; (2)
proud as a doq with two tails, very proud indeed ; (3) tail
on end, full of eagerness and expectation ; (4) — over end,
(5) — over nose, topsy turvy, head over heels ; (6) — to tail,
used in making exchanges, gen. of horses and cattle ; see
below ; (7) to be a tail end on, to be an unpaid balance of
an account on ; (8) to flea the tail, to draw near the conclu-
sion of a piece of work ; (9) to get one's tail in the well, to
get oneself entangled in some unpleasant business, affect-
ing either character or interest ; (10) to have the wrong
sow by /he tail, to wheedle the wrong person ; (11) to keep
the tail in water, to prosper.
(i) Arg. For weeks on end we saw them neither tail nor horn,
as the saying goes, Munro Shoes of Fort. (1901) 316. (2) Cor.
IV. Morning News (Apr. 22, 1902). (3) s.Hmp. But you're so tail-
on-end, Vek.ney L. Lisle (1870) x.xvi. I.W.2 They be all taail-on-
end vor't. Dor.', Cor. '2 (4) e.Yks.' n.Lin.' He tum'l'd taail
oher end doon th' stee. (5) Cor. I seed stars 'nough to fill a new
sky, . . an' I went down tail over nose, Phillpotts Prophets
(1897) an. (6' w.Som.' The precise meaning is even-handed— i.e.
without any payment or other adjustment of value in the animals
or things 'rapped.' 'Mr. Baker chopped way me vor this here
'oss vor a cow and calve what I turned into fair. We was ever so
long dalin, 'cause he wanted to turn 'em tail to tail ; but I wadn
gwain to chop way he 'thout drawin' o' money ; and come to
last I made a sovereign [suuvreen] out o' un.' (7) Wm. He could
nivver shear his awn rig, iher was alius a tail end on owder t'rent,
er t'public-hoose, er someway ! B.K.). (8) w.Yks.' (9) Sc. (Jam.)
(10) Slk. I've had the wrang sow by the teal, Hogg Poems (ed.
i865> 37a. (11) w.Yks.' Let what will happen, hee's seuie to
kecp't tail i' t' waiter, ii. 305.
22. V. To cut off" or dock the tail of an animal ; to cut off
the roots of turnips. Cf top and tail, s.v. Top, 19 (2).
e.An.i (s.v. Top and Tail). w.Som.' I always tails my lambs to
21X weeks old.
^^' )y',w "^' '° ^° '^^s ; '° diminish ; to lose ground.
n ^c-.y^'T'o"^' ^•'•^■' ^*"' •^"' "'=" 'ha con tail off a bit,
Clecc Sielches (1895) 40. Midi. All on 'cm a hundred yards ahind
!88*"'war a """^ '''"' "' "''"' ^'"'^^'"•' ^">P'' <>f Clopton (1897)
24. With in : to join in.
nh^H., 'aJ ■ Vn ^" 'of"^ '*'' '" somewhere in the chowrusses,
aittckw. Mag. (Dec. 1861) 712.
the •ri?,td°iea\.eXther'° '^°'"'^ '■°"^^"' '° ^ P^^'"^"" ""^
A.^coJ'A-^rj'ed.'IU 9^'" ""''' ""■' "'" "" "'^■^ '' ^""''
26. With up: to flow back.
Sor.i The buster under the road is not big enough to take the
/atcr, it tails up on to my land. =nougn to take the
27. To make an even exchange of animals.
TAILIE, SCO Tailyie.
c.An.'
TAILIN(G, sb. and ppl adj. Yks. Lin. Lei. Nhp. War.
Wor. Shr. Glo. Oxf. Brks. Hmp. LW. Wil. Dor. Som.
Cor. Aus. Also in forms taailin Brks.' ; taailun LW.' ;
tailen Wil.' Dor.' 1. sb. The latter part ; the end ; also
in pi.
Wor. It is better to have the frost now [in December] than the
tailings in May (E.S.).
2. "The outer edges of a fleece of wool ; the dirty wool
shorn off' from around the tail of sheep. w.Yks. (J.M.),
w.Som.' 3. Refuse inferior corn; 'hinder-ends'; gen.
in pi. Cf tail, 13.
So. (A.W.),L:n.',n Lin.', sw.Lin.l, Lei.', Nhp.'^, War.3, s.Wor.
(H. K.),Shr.' Glo. When light corn or ' tailing' is given to the horses,
an additional quantity is allowed them to make up for its lightness,
Morton Farm (1832) 19; Glo.', Brks.', Hmp.', LW.', 'Wil.', Dor.i
Som. Ef yo keps um alius on tailin, skim and swipes, Agrikler
Rhymes {1812) 57. w.Som.t Never zeed whait turn out better;
there wadn nit a bushel o' tailing in all thick there gurt rick.
Hence (i) Tailing-flour, sb. the 'seconds' of flour.
Wil.' ; (2) Tailing- wheat, sb. inferior wheat. Oxf J, Wil.'
4. //. A mining term : the poorest tin, the sweepings or
refuse of ore.
Cor."' [Aus. The boy . . . loved to be burrowing amongst old
tailings, or groping in the sludge of an auriferous creek after little
patches, Longman's Mag. (Sept. 1901) 394.]
5. ppl. adj. Late, drawing towards the close.
Wor. That was the tailing season when the strawberries began
to get small (E.S.).
TAILOR, sb. and v. Sc. Nhb. Cum. Yks. Lan. Chs.
Wal. Not. Nhp. Shr. Oxf Lon. Som. Dev. Cor. Also
written taylor Oxf ; and in forms tailder w.Som.'
nw.Dev.' Cor.' ; taillier ne.Lan.' ; taillyer Sc. ; tailyer
w.Yks.'; taylear Cum."; teeler s.Chs.'; teilwr Wal.;
tyellior Nhb. [te'lalr ; te-lja(r.] 1. sb. In comb, (i)
Tailor-blay, the bleak, Leucisais albitrmts ; (2) -body,
used contemptuously for a tailor ; (3) -finish, the lesser
redpole, Linota rufescens ; (4) -'s garters or -'s gartens, the
ribbon-grass, Phalaris arundinacea variegata ; (5) -man, a
tailor; (6) -'s mense, (a) a small portion left by way of
good manners ; (b) tailors' cuttings ; (7) -'s needles or
Tailors' needles, the shepherd's needle, Scandi.v Pecten-
Veneris ; (8) -'snip, a pinch given to a person wearing new
clothes for the first time ; (9) -tartan, the daddy-long-
legs; (10) -'s yard or -yard-band, (n) the three stars forming
the belt of Orion ; (b) tlie constellation Aquila.
(i) Oxf. (G.O. ); Oxf.' I have caught nothing but a few taylor
blays, MS. add. (2) Twd. Ye wee, sneck-drawin' tailor-body,
wad ye set up your bit feckless face against a man o' place and
siller? BucHAN Burnet (1898) 25. Nhb. The awkwardest o' a'
awkward tailor-bodies an' prentice lads, Jones Nhb. (1871) 33.
(3) Cum.* (4) Sc. (A.W.) ; Appleringie, speeriment, tailors'
garters, and nancy-pretty, Wright Sir. Life (1897) 59. (5) Frf.
The tailor-man an' his laddie . . . walkit off fair skeered one
morning, Barrie Thrums (1889) xi. (6, a) N.Cy.' When a tailor
works at his customer's house and has his meals there, he leaves
a little food on his plate to show that he has had enough. This is
called the tailor's mense, and has come to be applied to all food
left on the plate. Nhb. 1, w.Yks.', ne.Lan.i (i) N.Cy.' (7) n.Dev.
(B. & H.), Cor.'2 (8) w.Sc. His faither wad gar him get a guid
taillyer's nip for his new troosers, Macdonald Sf^//f<«««/ (1869)
27, cd. 1877. (9) Nhb. (R.O.H.) (10, a) Nhp.' The Tailor's Yard-
band, which hangs streaming high, Clare Shep. Cat. (1827) 3;
Nhp. 2, Shr.i (6) Som. (W.F.R.)
2. A townsman, esp. one not used to horses.
s.Not. A lot of tailors, from Nottingham. ' He ho'ds the reins
like a tailor' (J.P.K.).
3. The best man at a wedding.
s.Wal. 'Madlen is to be my bridesmaid.and Ivor Parry will be the
teilwr.' In olden times the man who made the wedding garments
was always supposed to see his employer safely through the
ceremony, hence the best man is still called the ' tailor,' Raine
Torn Sails (1898) 42.
4. The bleak, Leuciscus alburnus.
Lon. All Thames anglers know that bleak are nick-named tailors,
the general impression being that tlieyare good enough for tailors
to eat, Fishing Gazette (Jan. 18, 1890) 32, col. i.
6. A caterpillar. s.Chs.' 6. The water-spider, ^rpy-
roneta aquatica. Cum." (s.v. Tom Tayleor). 7. pi. The
TAILYIE
["]
TAIT
shepherd's needle, Scaiidix Pedett-l'eiieiis. Cor.', e.Cor.
(B. & H.) 8. V. To practise the trade of a tailor.
w.Som.', nw.Dev.' 9. To shoot badly; to hit birds
without stopping or killing them.
Nhb. After that again the pheasants come wilder, an' gettin'
flurried belike, he tailors them, Pease Tales ^1899"! 24.
TAILYIE, sb. and v. Obs. or obsol. Also in forms
tailie (Jam.) ; tailzie, talyee Sh.I.; telyie (Jam.). 1. sb.
A cut, slice ; a large piece, esp. used of meat.
Sc. (Jam.), Sh.I. {Coll. L.L.B.) Fif. Tliey denncr'd weel, wi'
cheirfu' hearts. On tailyies fat and fine, Tennant Papistry (1827)
185. Rnf. That devoiir'd a sonsy tailie. An' had a belly like a
Bailie, Picken Poems (1813) I. 59.
2. An entail.
Sc. (Jam.) ; This Shaws-Castle here Tse warrant it flee up the
chimney after the rest, were it not weel fastened down with your
grandfather's tailzie, Scott SI. Ronan (1824) x; Like heirs of
line or heirs of tailzies, Colvil IVhigs Supplication {ei. 1796) 1. 1293.
3. V. To entail. Sc. (Jam.)
[2. He seith to me he is the last in the tayle of his lyflode,
the qweche is cccl. marke and better, Pas/on Letters (c.
1449) I. 89.]
TAIN, TAINlE, see Town, Tone, num. adj.
TAING, TAINGS, see Tang, sb.^, Tongs.
TAINT, V. and sb. Yks. Hrt. Hnt. e.An. Also in form
tent Yks. [tent.] 1. v. Of wood : to decaj'.
n.Yks. This wood is tented (I.W.).
2. Obs. To infest.
Hrt. Tainted with meece. Gossans Hist. Hit. (1879-81') III. 321.
3. 56. A very dirty slut. e.An.' 4. A large protuberance
on the top of a pollard tree. e.An.' Suf. cAti. N. &" Q.
(1866) II. 325. 5. Obs. The glow-worm. Hrt. Ellis
Sliep. Guide (1750) 306.
TAIPIT, see Tabet.
TAIRD,5i'. Obs. Sc. Also in forms terd Lnk. Lth.
(Jam.); turd Bnff.' 1. A term of great contempt; applied
to people and animals. Bnft'.', Lnk., w.Lth. (Jam.)
2. A gibe, taunt ; sarcasm.
Lth. He cast a taird i' my teeth (Jam.).
TAIRDIE, TAIRENSIE, see Tardie, Tearansy.
TAIRGE, TAIRGER, see Targe, Targe r.
TAIS, see Tass(e.
TAISCH, sb. Sc. [tej.] The voice of a person about
to die; second sight. Cf. task, .sA.^
n.Sc.Some women . . . said to liim,they had heard two taischs,
that is, two voices of persons about to die ; and what was
remarkable, one of them was an English taisch, which the3' had
never heard before, Boswell Jni. (1785) 150 (Jam). s.Sc. A
second-sighted man had arrived in the glen conducted by the
power of the taisch, Wilson Tales ;i836'i II. 247.
[Gael, taibhs, taibhse, the shade of a departed person ; a
vision, apparition, ghost (M. & D.).]
TAISIE, see Tass(e.
TAISSLE, V. and sb. Sc. Yks. Also in forms taisle
Sc. Bnft".' ; taizle Yks. ; tassel Sc. ; tassell, tassle Sc.
(Jam.) ; teasle Sc. (Jam.) Bnft'.' ; teazle Lth. (Jam.) [te'sl.]
1. V. To entangle, twist; to toss, throw into disorder;
to mix, jumble.
Sc. Applied to the action of the wind when boisterous. ' I was
sair taisslit wi' the wind ' (Jam.). Bnflf.' She teaslet the twa kynes
o" woo through ither. Yks. Ah sawlhee floatin'byon thy rig [back]
taizled like an ovvd tree, Baring-Gould Pciiiiyqcks. (1890) 141.
2. With among or in : to handle overmuch. Bnft".', Cld.
(Jam.) 3. To examine with such strictness as to puzzle
the respondent ; to confuse, bewilder, perplex.
Sc. He taisslit me sae wi' his questions, that I didna ken what
to say (Jam.). Bnff.' Rxb. The leader of a party has need to
keep his head clear and 3'ald, and doesna care to be taisled by a
whale hantle o' fulish questions, Hamilton Outlaws (1897) 26.
4. To tease, irritate, vex.
Bnff.' Dinna teasle the bairn that wye. Lth. (Jam.)
5. sb. The act of mixing or throwing into disorder ; a
state of disorder.
Sc. The effect of a boisterous wind, when the clothes are
disordered (Jam.). Bnff.' The act of mixing; spoken mostly of
fibrous substances, and followed by ' thcgeethir ' and ' through ithcr."
6. With in or among: overmuch handling. Bnff.', Cld.
(Jam.) 7. a puzzle; the act of puzzling. Sc. (Jam.)
8. The act of vexing or teasing. Bnft.' 9. A severe
brush or tussle of any kind.
Sc. A sair taissle (Jam.) ; They got a sair day's tassel amongst
these Ochil hills, Kikkton C/i. Ilist. (1817) 358.
TAISTE, see Teistie.
TAISTREL, sb. Sc. Nhb. Dur. Lakel. Yks. Lan. Also
written taystrel Lake!.' w.Yks. ; and in forms taastril
w.Yks. ; taistril(l Rxb. (Jam.) w.Dur.' Lakel.' w.Yks.'
Lan.' s.Lan.'; tarestril w.Yks.'; tastrild n.Cy. n.Yks.'*
ne.Yks.'m.Yks.'; teastrelne.Lan.'; teastril Lan.'s.Lan.';
teeasthril e.Yks.' ; testrel Wm. ; testril N.Cy.' w.Yks.;
teystrill Nhb.; ? thistrill Yks. ; tyestral Nhb.'; tystrill
Rxb. (Jam.) [testril, teastril.] 1. A passionate, violent,
or sour-tempered person ; a good-for-nothing ; a rascal,
scoundrel; a loose liver; a mischievous child; also used
atlrib.
N.Cy.' Nhb. Smack at his uncle's jaws struck Ham. Doon went
the teystrill sprawlin', RonsoN Evangeline (1870) 357; Nhb.',
Dur.', e.Dur.', w.Dur.', LakeL"^ Cum. Hadn't he been a taistrel
toboth?CAiNES/i«rf. Cn))»-(i885)56; Cum.'^i Wm. The testrels
leev'd and lusted as usual, Hutton Bran New JVark (1785') 1. 224.
Yks. T'two young thistrills were in a funk. Broad Yks. (1885) 44.
n.Yks.' =3*, ne.Yks.', e.Yks.', m.Yks.' w.Yks. Aw wor alius to
be fun amang th' warst taystrels i' th' district. Hartley Clock Aim.
(1879)23; Banks IF/y7(/. JFrfs. (1865); Willak List Wds. {1811);
w.Yks.' ii. 306 ; w.Yks.* Lan. Dick has often said he wur a
taistril, Staton Looniinaty (c. 1861) 62 ; Lan.', n.Lan.', ne.Lan.',
e.Lan.', s.Lan.'
Hence Taistrilrig, sb. a mischievous, wicked person.
w.Yks. Leeds Merc. Sttppl. (Oct. 22, 1898). 2. Obs. A
light, wanton, dirty, or careless woman ; an idle slut.
Rxb. Often applied to a girl who from carelessness tears her
clothes (Jam.). n.Cy. (K.)
TAISY, see Teasy.
TAIT, .v6.' and i-.' Sc. Nhb. Cum. Wm. Yks. Lan.
Also written taet Sc. (Jam.) S. & Ork.' N.Cy.' ; tate Sc.
(Iam.) Cai.' N.Cy.' Nhb.'; and in forms teat Sc. Cum.'*
■Wm. ; teate Cum. ; teatt Cum.' ; teeat Yks. ; teeht
Cum.; tett Sc. ; tyet Nhb.' [tet, tiat] L sb. A piece
of fluff" or down ; a lock of hair, wool, or other fibrous
substance ; a truss of hay or corn. Cf tat, sb.*, taut, v.'^
Sc. A tait o' woo' would be scarce amang us . . . if ye shouldna
hae that, and as gude a tweel as ever cam affa pirn, Scorr Guy
Af. (1815) xxvi ; (Jam.); At ilka tett o' her horse's mane Hung
fifty siller bells and nine, Scorr Minstrelsy (1802) IV. 117, ed.
1848. S. & Ork.', Cai.' Bnff.' Commonly used of what is plucked.
' The coo made oot t'pyoul awa a taitt o' corn a took oot o'
the stathel.' Kcd. Bere an' aits in sheaves or taits, Weel haint
the summer through, Grant Z,<7V5 (1884) 3. e.Fif. That's very
bonny. Tammy my man— a bonny teat o' hair indeed, Latto Taitt
Bodkin (1864) xiv. Ayr. Teats o' hay an' ripps o' corn. Burns
Deat/i of Mailie, I. 34. Lnk. They often sent him . . . a ' wee tait
o' hay," Fraser Whaiips (1895) vi. N.Cy.'; Nhb.' Cum. And
wheyles I gat her teates o' hay, Anderson Ballads (ed. i8o8)
197; (Hall.); Cum.''» Wm. Thoo's o' covered wi' teats frac
heed ta fiut : whar's ta been ? (B.K.) n.Lan.'
Hence (i)Tatelcck, a small matted lock of hair, wool, &c.
Cld. (Jam.) ; (2) tate of glov, pin: a small sheaf of cleaned
straw. Cai.' 2. An untidy head of hair. e.Yks. Marshall
Riir. Econ. (1788). 3. A small quantity of anything.
Sc. (Jam.) ; ' Barba bifurcata,' quhilk is divided in twa taits or
parts, Skene Difficill IVds. (168O 59. Per. O' winter's snaw
there's but a tale remainin', Haliburton Ochil Idylls {i8gi) 68.
Fif. Expressions for small quantities— a tate, a curn, a stime,
CoLViLLF. Veiitacular (1899) 18. Edb. Myjacket ... in thesleeves
had retreated to a tait below the elbows, MoiR Mansie Waueh
(1828) iv. Gall. Mactaggart F.itcycl. (1824) 223, ed. 1876. N.Cy.',
Nhb.', Cum.'* Wm. ' Will ye hev some mair meat ? ' 'Ah'lljust
hev t'least lal teat ye can tliink on, thenk ye' (B.K.).
4. V. To pull or pluck any fibrous substance in small
quantities. Bnff.' He taittit the hair oot o's hehd. w.Sc.(Jam.)
ilence Teated, ppl. adf matted, uncombed.
Cum. Frowzy beard and visage wan, Teated locks and garments
tattcr'd, Stagg Misc. Poems ^ed. 1807) 24 ; Cum.'*
[1. Tzie, fibra, Levins Manip. (1570). Cp. Iccl. lata,
shreds (Vigfusson).]
TAIT
[12]
TAKE
TAIT, V? and sb? w.Cy. Dor. Som. Also written tate
w.Cy. [tait.] 1. V. To tilt ; to overturn. w.Cy. (Hall.)
2. To play at see-saw. Dor.' We did talt upon a plank, 62.
3. sb. A game of see-saw.
Dor.' Then we went an' had a t4it, 61. Scm. She had a tait
upon that stool, Raymond Love and Quiet Life (.1894) 205.
TAIT sb? W.Cy. [Not known to our correspondents.]
The top'of a hill. (Hall.) [.' Fr. tele, head.]
TAIT, V? Wor. 1. To lift up, raise; to get into a
high position.
s.Wor. 'E dooes look tailed up [of one on a high horse, ladder,
or treel. To a child it would be said, ' Doan't ee get a taitin' a top
o' thot lather ' ^H.K.).
2. To shake about ; to stir, toss about.
If cows get amongst hay or straw and ricks themselves it would
be said, ' Thahy caows 'em a got i' the rick-yard agen an' 'a bin a
tailing an' to'lin it about' \ib.) ; 'Goo an' tail thot 'ahy aboula bit.'
Said of hay in cocks or close together when it wants raising,
shaking, and lightening up (ib.).
8. With o^or up : to dress up smartly.
I sin 'em goo by. but jes' gad, 'em wuz tailed up surely {ib.),
TAIT, int. Nhb.' [tet.] An e.xclamation of remon-
strance. 'Tail ! man alive, ye manna de that.'
TAITH, TAIVE, see Tath'e, Tave, v.'^
TAI'VER, V. and sb. Sc. Also in forms tavar, taver.
[ti'var.] 1. V. To wander ; to delay. (Jam.)
Rnf. I kenna hoo I hae patience wi' him when he tavers at een
here. Gilmol-r Pai^lty Weavers (1876) 6.
Hence (i) Taiversum, adj. tedious, fatiguing; (2)
Taivert./'/'/.nrf/'. wandering, exhausted with work, fatigued.
( i) Sc. Jam.' (2 Sc. For e'en's a bit taiverl bird frae the west
shot atowre, Waddell /5<iiV?/i 118791 xvi. 2.
2. To talk idly, foolishly, or wildly ; to rave. Sc. (Jam.)
Hence Taivert, ppl. adj. (i) idle, foolish, senseless,
half-witted, raving ; (2) stupefied with drink, intoxicated.
(i) w.Sc. (Jam.) Drab. Keep thought for things o' sense and
lair, And ne'er on taivert clash its treasures ware, Salmon
Gowoeieafi (1868;. 12. Ayr. A taivert tawpie, wi' her hair hingin'
doon her back in pennyworths, clashes a gowpenfu' o' glaur in her
Jo's face. Service A'olnnciiiins (18901 73; 1 wouldna trust the
judgment . . . o' that tavart body Gibby Omit, Galt Entail (1823)
xviii. Gall. He had a wild lavert look, Crockett Banner 0/ Blue
(190a) X. (2, Ayr. Ye wouldna hae me surely, Mr. Nettle, to sit
till I'm tavert ? I fin' the wine rinnin in my head already, Galt Sir
A. Jl'ylie . 1822; x.\viii.
3. sb. pi. Wild, raving words.
Sc. My auntie wi' her taivers gansell'd ye cot o't, Ochiltree
Redburii (1895) x.
4. //. Rags, tatters, tears.
Sc. They'd dung themsels to taivers, Drummond Muckoiiiacliy
(1846 58; Jam.)
Hence Taivert, ///. adj. overboiled ; boiled to rags.
Twd., Slk. (Jam.i
TAIZIE, TAIZLE, see Tass(e, Taissle.
TAKiE, see Tack, sb.''
TAKE, V. and sb. Var. dial, and colloq. uses in Sc.
Irel. Kng. Amcr. and Aus. [tek. tiak ; tak, tek ; te, ti.]
I. V. Gram, forms. 1. Preseiil Tense: (i)Ta, (2)Taake,
(3iTaayke, (4) Tack, (5) Tae, 16) Taen, (7) Taigh, (8)
Taik, (9) Taiuk, (10) Tak, (11) Tay, (12) Teak, (13)
Teake, (i4iTeayk, (151 Teck, (16) Tee, (17) Teeak, (18)
Tek, (19) Tey, (20) Teyk, (211 ?Theayk, (22) Tik, (23)
?Toon, (24) Ty, (25) Tyek. [For further examples see II
below.]
(i) w.Ylcs. Ta it wi the'h. Basks JVkJld. Wds. (1865"! ; w.Yks.> Ta
that, and be off; w.Yks.'s, r.eLan.', e.Lan.", Clis.^. Der.'^, nw.Der.'
(a I Wxf.' Taake heed. n.Lin.', s.Wor. U.K. ) Dev. Phillpotts
Sinking Hours tigoi) 162. (3) Brks.' (4) Sc. (Jam.), Bnff.',
N.Cy.', Dur.i Cum. An' I mcd tack my kick amango' thereabout
GiLris Ballads : 1874) 77. Wm. Aad twa three lile cheeses ta
Uck la aald Aggy Birkclt, Sf:cc. Dial. (1885) pt. iii. 5. n.Yks.
i!;^'' ..*■*'"• '^'' ^™P ^'°'^'"' ""^'''" y" P'?s tiv a feyn markit,
Wrav Afs/Woii 1876 209; w.Yks."5,Ctis.23^ stf.i,Der.l,Nhp.»
Oxf.' MS. add. (5 , Nhb. Taein soun brass ool o' his pouch' Jones
Nhb. (1871; 65. Yks. Tae it out, Howitt Hope on (18401 viii
e.Lan.', s.Lan.' Chs. Oud Peler, iii. Der.s Not. Tae ode
(J.H.B.). Shr." Tell Sal to lac some bread an' cheese to the owd
mon. (6; Gall. MACTAGCART£Hr)'f/.(i824). (7) Chs.sa (8) Ess.
DowNE Ballads (1895) 41. (g) Ken. (G.B.) (10) Sc. (Jam.),
S. & Ork.', Cai.' Abd. Aw'U tak' the siller, Alexander yo/jH«_y
Gibb 1,1871) i. Ayr. To tak me frae iny mammie, Burns Oure
Young, St. I. Wgt. They sa3' it laks a lang spune tae sup wi' the
deevil, Saxon Gall. Gosiip (18781 51. N.I.", n.Cy. lE.K.) Nhb.
Sae don 3-our plaid an' tak your gad, Coquet Dale Sngs. 1,1852) 59.
w.Dur.', Lakel.'2, Cum.i" Wm. Let us give and tak, Hutton
Bran New IVark (1785) 1. 478. n.Yks.l^* ne.Yks.i Tak ho'd
ont. e.Yks.i m.Yks.l Iiitrod. 42. w.Yks.^, Lan.', n.Lan.',
ne.Lan.', e.Lan.', s.Lan.l, Chs.", s.Chs." s.Stf. Pinnock Blk. Cy.
Ann. 11895). Der.2, nw.Der.', Not. (LC.M.), n.Lin.', sw.Lin.>
Shr.' Tell John to tak the bottle to the fild. Sur. It's tlie traade
loafers laks to, Bickley Sur. Hills (1890, I. xiii. Hmp. 1 H.R.)
Dev. FoRO Postle Farm (1899) 142. (11) w.Yks.l Tay hod on't.
Lan.', s.Lan.', Chs.' ^3, s.Chs.' Shr.^ "Tay hout on it wunne?
(12) Cum.' Wm. Caan't teak a plain order? 'Ward Elsmere
(1888) bk. L iii. (13) Sc. Murray Dial. (1873) 208. Dor. To
teake the bread from our mouths. Hare As IFe Sow (1897) 122.
Som. Teake a drop mwore water, Raymond Good Souls iigoi)
318. Dev. Te-ake es Iha voxes, Baird Sng. Sol. (i86oi ii. 15.
(14) Nhb. He might teayk a fancy tiv us, Robson Bk. Ruth (i860)
ii. 2. (i5j Cum. Him wad I gladly teck, Rayson Ballads (1858)
4. Lan. Acerington Obs. (Feb. 2, 1895). n.Lan." l,s.v. Tean).
(16) Chs." (17) w.Dur." n.Yks. Tha teeak trew pains, Castillo
Poems (,1878) 57. (18) Cum." e.Yks. Flit & Ko Reel of No. S,
38. Lan. Kendal Nans (Mar. 23, 1889). Der. I'ld tek el very
kindly, mam, Gilchrist Peakland (1897) 4. Not. Tek my word
for it. Prior Rtnie (1895) 177. n Lin.', Lei.", War.^ Brks.
When you teks your wages, Hayden Round our Vill. (igoj) 28.
Dor. Let us . . . tek a walk, Windsor Mag. (,Mar. 1900) 420.
e.Dev. Tek yer aies away vrom me, Pulman Sng. Sol. (i860) vi.
5. (19) s.Lan." (20) Nhb. Teyk heed, RoBSON iry«;ij'f/mf (1870)
Introd. 8. (2i) Nhb. Thou theayks a vast oh caaling on, Bewick
/"(i/fs (1850) 12. 1^22) Dor. Tik ut, my bwoy, tik ut, Agnus /««
O.xber \igoo) 59. (23) Yks. Bookfolk tooneth naw heed o' what
we do, Blackmore Mary Anerley {\^ig] s^vW. (24) Lan. He 'ur
to tyth Hoyde [to take the Hide], Tim Bobbin Vie-w Dial. (ed.
1808) 19. (25) Nhb. Thre bonny Sodgers, canna tyek a buzzum
maker, Dixon Whitlingham \'ale 11895) 2,19; Nhb."
2. Prcleiite: (i) Taaike, (2) Tack, (3) Tade, (4) Taed,
(5) Taen, (6) Taid, (7) Tak, (8) Take, (9) Taked, (10)
Taken, (11) Tane, (12) Tayed, (13) Tayk, (14) Teaak,
(15) Teak(k, (16) Teeak, (17) Teeak'd, (18) Tek, (19)
Teuk, (20) Teuk't, (21) Tewk, (22) Tik, (23) Tock, (24)
Toke, (25) Tooked, (26) Tooken, (27) Tuck, (28) Tuik,
(29) Tuk, (30) Tuke, (31) Tyak, (32) Tyuk.
(i) w.Yks. I went back I'next day and taaike a pair o' pincers
wi' me, Lucas Stud. Nidderdale (c. 1882) 73. (2) n.Lan. Her ald'st
dowlerfandil,an tack off wi't, Morris Si>i;-ro'iJioH'/oi;( 1867) 5. (3)
w.Yks. They tade him aht at waiter, To.m Treddlehoyle Bairnsla
^H«. (1847) 51. Shr.2 Tade him whoam. (4) w.Yks.3, Shr."/;(/)W.
55. (5) Frf. 'WiLLOCK Roselty Ends (i886) 63, ed. 1889. Gall.
(A.W.) n.Ir. We taen him intil the hoose, Lyttle Paddy
McQuillan. 92. (6) w.Yks. As if he taid hizsen for sumbody else,
Dewsbre Ohn. (1866) 5. s.Chs." 85. (7) Wm. She picked up the
bits as he let 'em fall and tak 'em down, Rawnsley^ch//;!. IVords-
umih (i88^). w.Yks. Leeds Mere. Suppl. (Oct. 29, 1898). (8)
w.Yks. After some scruples he consented, an' take it home. Cud-
worth ZJm/. 5fe<<:/<f5 (1884) 27. (9) Shr.2 (10) Nhp." I taken it.
War.2 I taken the horse to be shod, isterday. Hrf.' I taken it
away ; Hrf.^ [Amer. Carruth Kansas Univ. Quar. (Oct. 1892).]
(11) Fif. My first visit . . . tane place. Latto Tarn Bodkin (1864) ii.
w.Yks. (J. W.I, Not." Lei." Ah tane 'im. (12) Yks. Deeame tayed it
varry milch ti heart, Fetherston T. Goorkrodgcr (1870) 17, in
LeedsMerc. Suppl. (Oct. 22, 1898). (13) Wm. (E.W.P.) (r4)Cum.
Sargisson yof Sroa/) (1881) 3. (15) Cum.", n.Yks. (I.W.) w.Yks.
Heeame he wistlin' teak his way, Inoi-EDKW Ballads (1860; 261.
n.Lan. He teak an aid man up for stealing em. A'. Lonsdale Mag.
(Jan. 1867) 270. (16) Cum. Gilpin finZ/nrfi I 1874) 2i6. n.Yks.*,
ne.Yks." (17) e.Yks. A sparro'-hawk . .. teeak'd lahtle thing
away iv his claws, Wray Ntstlelon (1876) 85. (181 ni.Yks."
Introd. 42. (19) Bnff. Syne a hearty drink we teuk. Taylor
Poems (1787)64. Nhb. She teuk the lead, Bewick Tales (1850)
14; Nhb.', Cum.3 I. Wm. Teuk the alarm, Whitehead Leg.
(1859) 7. n.Yks. 2, ne.Yks." 35, e.Yks.", m.Yks." Introd. 43.
w.Yks." He teuk 'em . . . for round bits o' leather, ii. 300. (20)
Cum. Dickinson Lamplugh (1856) 5. (21) e.Yks. He tewk
off his hat, Nicholson Flk. Sp. (1889) 36. (22) m.Yks." Introd.
42. (23) Cum. 3 I tock her seaf heam, 39. (24) Cum. Thatokean
yilp like mice, N. Lonsdale Mag. (Feb. 1867) 312. Shr.2 (s.v.
TAKE
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TAKE
Qiioke\ (25 Dor. I be main glad as us tookt the babe to chu'ch,
Hare Diita/i Ke//ow {igoi) 22. w.Som.' Dev. 'Twas for tlie lad
her tookcd the money, Zack On Trial (1899) 247. Cor. The
gentlefolks corned after lier . . . and tooked herofT, Haring-Goui.d
Gavcrocks (1887) iii. (26) e.Dev. He tooken olT his coat, Jane
Lordship {iSg-}) 21. (27) Ir. I tuck liis horse, Pnddidiia (ed.
1848) I. 60. War. (J.R.W.), Ess.> (28) Sc. Murray Dial.
(1873) 208. Nhb. He tiv whiskey tuik, Oliver Local Sags.
(1824) 7; Nhb.' Cum. Tap Caldew tuik my way, Anderson
Ballads (1805) 66. (29) n.Ir. A gruppit my hat an' tuk oot, Lyttle
Paddy McQuillan, 4g. w.Ir. He tuk up the goose, Lover Leg.
(1848) 1. ~io. Cum. Farrall Bcfly Wilson 1,1876) 3. w.Yks.
Hartley Clock Aim. (18961 7. Lan. T'vvalk she tuk, Harland
& Wilkinson /"/*-Z.o)f (1867 : 60. s.Lan.' Der. Gilchrist Pcai-
land (1897) 165. Brks. Hughes Scour. While Horse (1859) vi.
Cor. We tuk en to church, • Q. ' Tlircc Ships (ed. 1892) 71. (30)
Sc. (Jah.\ Dur.', n.Yks. iI.W.), w.Yks.'s (31) Wm. Yesterday
he tj'ak his bed, Carey Herriofs Choice (1879) \\. xii. (32) Nhb.'
3. Pp.: (i) Taan, (2) Taed, (3) Taen, (4) Taend, (5)
Tain, (6) Takken, {7) Tan, (8) Tane, (9) Taned, (10)
T-ayn, (11) Tean(n, (12) Teane, (13) Teean(n, (141 Teenn,
(15) Tekken, (16) Teiin, (17) Tocken, {18) Ton, (19)
Tooan, 120) Took, (21) Tooked, (22) Tooken, (23) Tuck,
(24) Tuk, (25) Tuke, (26) Tukkan, (27) Tune, (28) Tyen.
(i) Cum. HuTtON Bran New Wark (1785) 1. 293. w.Yks.' Sud
they be taan nappin by't owerlooker, ii. 305. (2) Sbr.^Jnlrod. 55.
(3! Sc. (Jam.), Cai.' Abd. As muckle again as I've ta'cn, Alex-
ander yo/njiy Gibb (1871) V. Slk. Ye hae taen guid care o' iier,
Thomson Z))-H<H<»<'Wn/f(i9oi) I r. N.I.' Nhb. He's ... wivhim's
taen maist aw greet folk, Oliver Local Sngs. (1824) 6. Wm.
Wheeler Dial. (1790) 113, ed. 1821. n.Yks.'* ne.Yks.' Ah've
ta'en it. eYks.' m.Yks.' Jnlrod. 42. w.Yks.' ^5^ ne.Lan.',
e.Lan.', s.Lan.', Chs.', Not.', n.Lin.', sw.Lin.', Kut.' Nhp.' The
child was ta'en ill, so I ta'en it home. Shr.' They'n taen that
cowtout o' the leasow, I see. (4'i Gall. MACTAGGARTfiig'f/. (1824).
(5) m.Yks.' Inlrod. 42. w.Yks, Tain aht a these humble circum-
stances, Shevvild Ann. (1851) 6. Chs.=, Not.', Lin.' (6) Wm.
HuTTON Bran New Wark {i-]?!^^ 1. 302. n.Yks.' ^■•, e.Yks.', s.Lan.'
I. Ma. Nora was that tak'n aback, Rydings Tales 11895) 35. Dev.
Longman's Mag, (Feb. 1899^ 335. (7) Sc. (Jam. Siipfl., s.v. Ton).
ne.Lan.', e.Lan. ', s.Lan. 1 Chs. Hasta tan aw tlia wants! Clough B.
Bressii/lle {i8-]g) 14. (8)Sc.(Jam.) Or.I. To be tane and hangit be
the craige quhill he die, Peterkin Notes (1822) App. 33. Abd.
He's tane the lassie by the hand, Kinloch Ballad Bk. 1,1827) g,
ed. 1868. Cum. Dickie's tane leave at lord and master, Gilpin
Ballads (1874) 92. w.Yks.', Chs.2, Der.', nw.Der.', Not.', Rut.',
Lei.', War.^, Shr.' (9) Sc. The runner places his hand upon their
heads when they are said to be taned. The game is continued
till all are taned, Chambers Pop. Rhymes (ed. 1870) 124. (10)
Wm. En wen I gat hame, en meh seat I 'ed tayn, Blezard Sngs.
(1848)18. s.Lan,' (11) Per. If they get me but once lean They'll
have me down to Aberdeen, S.Miiii Poems (1714) 3, ed. 1853.
Cum.', Cum.3 13, Cum.*, n.Yks. (W.H.), n.Lan.', s.Lan.l (12)
Sc. Murray Dial. (1873) 208. (i3'i Wm. Spec. Dial. (1877) pt. i.
9. n.Yks.2, e.Yks.' (14) Cum.l (i$)'eiir,W\vi.K\ Black Mary,
219. Wm. When t'pi war tekken oot a t'uven, RoEisoN.<4n/(/ Taales
(1882) 9. Not. Tekken by surprise, Prior Forest Flk. (igoi) 118.
n.Lin.' se.Lin. He was tekken up last Friday (J.T.B.). Cor. I've
tck'n 'ee back, ' Q.' Ship of Stars (1899) 227. (i6) Nhb. Had teun
his-sel off, Forster Sng. Sol. (1859) v. 6. e.Dur.' (17) Cum.
(E.W.P.) (i8j Sc. (Jam. 5"//-/.) (19) ne.Lan.' (20) Ayr. The
Laird from wham the Ian' \vas took, Ainslie Land of Burns (ed.
1892) 185. Ir. Ould Widdy Dempsey . . . had took up, Barlow
Shamrock {igoi) 27. Wm. Ollivant Owd Bob (1898) 14. Lan.
I mun hate him if my little baby's took from me, Saunders Abel
Drake {ie62) i. s.SU. Piunock Blk. Cy. Ann. {i8gs). Der. He's
been took fro' me, Gilchrist Ffni/n;irf( 1897") 73. Not.', n.Lin.', Lei.',
Nhp.', War.'3, s.Wor. (H.K.), Glo.', Oxf.'^MS.add. Brks. Hayden
Pound otir I'lll. (1901)87. Suf. Mr. Flindell . . . has took you up in
hisgig, BETHAM-EDWARDs/.orrfo///rt>f«/(i899) 155 ; Suf.' Ken.
I didn't ouglit to ha' took it now, Carr Cottage Flk. (1B97) 278.
Sur.', Sus.', Hmp. iH.C.M.B.), I.W.2 Dor. Her be that proud an'
took up wi' the babe. Hare Broken Arcs (1898) 215. n.Wil.
(E.H.G.) Som. Unless that word's a-took back I'll go to once,
Raymond Mot o Mendip (1898) ii. Dev. He will be took, Baring-
Gould Furze Bloom (1899) 22. Cor.^ [Araer. Maybe you'd been
took prisoner, Harris Tales, 164.] (21) Hrt. You've tooked a
lot o' matches, Geary /?»»'. Life (1899) 48. s.Hmp. He's tookt
hisself off lor good, Verney L. Liile (1870) xxix. Dor. You'd
tookt she a traipsin', Hake Dinah Kellotv (1901) 30. Som. When
the soldiers had alookt my sheep, Raymond Smoke, 69. w.Som.'
Dev. That there stuff what they've been and took'd dun to the
church. Reports Provinc. (1883). Cor. They do say he's tookt et
weth 'im, Harris Wheal Vcor {igoi) 116. (Amer. Ihey've tookt
it afore the boss got it tho', Sam Slick Clockmaker (1836 3rd S.
xvi.] (22) Lnk. Poetry had ' tooken ' Johnny's brain, Murdoch
Readings (1895 I. 42. Yks. I've tooken a deal o' pains. Dyke
Craiktrees {i8gT) 168. s.Chs.' Stf. T'child's tooken what he sent,
Cornh. Mag. ijan. 1894) 35. n.Lin.', Sbr.' e.Dev. I should beg
pardon, and get tooken on again, Jane Lordship ,18971 47. Cor.
For fear I should be tooken faint like, Forfar Penlowan ^1859) i.
(23) Don. Macmanus Bend of Road (1898) 240. Glo. Gibbs
Cotswold P'ill. (1898) 90. (24) Lnk. Murdoch Doric Lyre (1873)
1 01. n.Ir. A had tuk an early brekfast. I.yttle Paddy McQuillan,
13. Dwn. As if someyin the saddle had tuk, Savage-Armstrong
Ballads (1901) 201. Don. I was tuk by Willie-the-Wisp, Mac-
manus Chim. Corners {iSgg) 86. Ker. If money's offered it should
be tuk at wanst, Bartram IVhiteheaded Boy (1898) 83. Yks. Dyke
Craiktrees (,1897) 34. I.Ma. Had to be luk down to Ramsey for
repairs. Brown Yams (1881J 23, ed. 1889. Der. Gilchrist Peak-
land (1897) 81. Glo. 'E weren't tuk to the workus, J.ongman's
Mag. (May 1900) 40. Brks. She wur tuk in a carriage, Hayden
Round our Vill. 1,1901) .';7. Ess. Burmester John Loll (1901) 1 10.
Cor. Lee Widoxv Woman (1899) 56. [Amer. Ef they was a
breastwork to be tuk, Lloyd CArom'c Z-on/fr (1901) 9.] (25) Nrf.
Spilling Molly Miggs (1902) 89. Dev. What's tuke 'e ? Phill-
POTTS So"s o/jl/or/im^g- (igoo) 63. (26 Cum.' (27) e.Dur.' (28)
Nhb. But then the road's se het, it's tyen, Wilson Pitman's Pay
(1843)3; Nhb.i
II. Dial. uses. 1. v. \n comb, wnih adv. and prep.: (i)
Take about, {a) to take care of; to make firm and secure ;
to see to; esp. to nurse a dying person and see to the
funeral ; (b) to cut and house a crop ; (c) to kill and make
an end of; (2) — after, (a) to run after, pursue; (6) to
copy, imitate; (3) — again(st, to take a dislike to; to
thwart ; (4) — at, to resemble ; (5I — away, (n) of cattle :
to remove from pasture ; to unstock ; [b) to go fast ; to
make straight for ; (c) to partake of food ; {d) to hide from
view ; [e) to deprive of sensation ; (/) to take the sheaves
from the wagoner and give them to the man who builds
the stack ; (6j — by, (a) to grieve ; to be much aflected by
any melancholy event ; (b) to put on one side or away ;
see below ; (7) — down, (a) to reduce in circumstances;
to lessen ; to make bankrupt ; (/;) to reduce in health ; to
emaciate; to lay low in sickness; (c) to weaken by
dilution; (rfj to launch a boat; (c) to take to pieces; (/)
to convert; to convince of sin; (8) — for, (n) logo towards;
(b) to be fond of; (9) — hence, to carry otl by death ; (10)
— in, (a) to enclose waste land and bring it under cultiva-
tion ; to improve land ; (b) to store ; to house cattle or
crops ; to strip apples off a tree; (c) to take corn into the
barn to be threshed ; (dj of a stack : to decrease the width
of the courses in order to form the roof ; to make concave;
(e) to admit water, &c. ; to leak ; (/) see (5, c) ; {g) to
capture, subdue ; (/;) to draw in a wagon ; (/) to enter; of
a congregation : to assemble for service ; (j) to receive
lodgers ; (k) to get up with ; to overtake ; to get over the
ground quickly ; {/j to accept as a member of a Dissenting
church or of a society; (;«) to understand; (11) — in
about, to bring into a state of subjection ; to bring under
proper management ; (12) — in for, to defend ; ' to stand
up lor'; (13)— in o'er, to take to task; (14) —in with,
(a) to associate and become intimate with ; (b) to over-
take ; (15) — of, (a) see (4); (b) to deserve; to accept as
one's deserts; (16) — off, (a) to go off hastily or furtively;
to abscond ; to set out on a journey or expedition ; (b) to
leap from a mark; (c) to separate lambs, calves, or foals
from the mother ; to reduce the amount of milk received
by a calf from the mother; (d) to drink oft'; [e) to turn
off; to stop ; (/) to cease work ; (g) of the weather: to
clear up ; to cease raining or blowing ; (/;) to diminish ;
of the daylight : to shorten ; (;) to take a likeness ; to
draw, photograph ; (j) to fail, give way, break down; (k)
to match against ; (I) to slaughter, murder ; (;/;) to mock,
befool, jeer at ; («) to reprove, rebuke, chide; (17I —on,
(rt) to grieve, lament ; to get excited ; (h) to assume ; to
feign, pretend ; to act as a hypocrite ; (c) of cattle :
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TAKE
to fatten ; (rf) to succeed to an inheritance or business ; to
take charge of; (e) to begin ; (/) to buy on credit ; to get
into debt ; tg) to enlist ; to adopt a profession, &c. : (A) to
become attached to; to sympathize with ; (/) to ache, be
painful ; (J) to begin to get fuddled ; (t) to be left alone,
to be left to oneself; to take what may come; (/) see
below; (;;;) see (15.*); (") to engage; (18) —on with,
(a) to engage oneself to ; to consort with ; to engage ; (b)
to like; "to be attracted by; (19) —out, (a) to receive
payment in kind ; (6) to copy ; to write out; (c) see (16, rf);
(d) to go, depart ; (e) to grieve over ; (20) — out from, to
buy from ; (21) — ower, to go, esp. to ascend; (22) — til,
to like ; to take a liking for ; (23) — to, (a) to shut ; (b) to
capture, arrest; (c) to enter on; to take possession of;
{(/) to serve as food ; (e) to countenance, assist ; (/) to
adopt ; (g) to attack ; (/;) to marry ; (/) to own, acknow-
ledge ; to answer for the truth of anything; to stand to
a bargain ; ij) to scold, punish ; (k) to deceive, ' take in ' ;
(/) to astonish ; to take by surprise ; to put out of coun-
tenance ; (lit) to detect; (24) — up, (a) to lift the coffin
and start the funeral procession ; (b) of cream : to skim
off; (c) of potatoes: to dig, plough up and earth down;
{d) to clean out the ditches of water-meadows ; (e) to bind
corn into sheaves ; (/) to take on lease ; (g) to prepare
fish for curing or cooking; (/;) to borrow; (/) to take in,
as a newspaper ; (7) to collect, gather up ; (k) to stop a
runawaj' horse; (/) see {16, g) ; (;») to improve in health
or character ; («) to answer shortly and hastily ; to inter-
rupt in order to correct ; to defeat in an argument ; (o)
see (19, d) ; tpj see (10, m) ; (q) to short-coat a baby; (r)
to begin to re-open ; (5) see (10, e); (25) — up about, to
interest in; to absorb; gcii. in pass.; (26) — up for, to
defend ; to give surety for ; to protect, assist ; (27) — up
in, (28) — up of, see (25) ; (29) — upon, to take effect on ;
to act on; (30) — up with, (a) to consort with, esp. with
a view to matrimony ; 'to keep company with' ; to make
friends with ; ib) to delight, attract ; to absorb ; gen. in
pass.; (c) to adopt as an idea; (31) —with, (a) to kindle ;
to catch fire ; (/;) to please, captivate ; gen. in pass. ; (c) to
begin to thrive after a temporary decay ; to sprout, take
root ; (d) to acknowledge as one's own, esp. to acknow-
ledge a child ; (e) see {23, /).
(i, n) Sh.I. It's little a rivin' storm friclitens me whin my hoose
is ta'en aboot, Stewart Tales (1892) 54. Bnff.' The servan' took-
aboot the aul' man wee a' care. Abd. They're crying out for want
o' batter, And I maun jump and take about it, Shirrefs Poems
(•79°) 332- Ags. (Jam.) (A) Bnff.i The corn crop wiz weel taen
aboot this sizan. (c) S. & Ork.> (2, a) Cum.' He teiikk efter
t'hares; Cum", n.Yks.*, Sus. (J.S.F.S.), Hmp. (F.E.) (A, e.Yks.i
(3) n.Yks. (I.W.) ; n.Yks." Ah've ta'en agaan her. ne.Yks.' Oor
maastther's ta'en agecan ma. w.Yks. He alius teuk agean him
after that, Leeds Merc. Suppl. (Oct. 29, 1898^ Der. First thing
hoo did . . .were to tek against children. . . Hoo couldna beer the
sect o' other fowk's, Gilchrist Peaklaitd (zBg^) 182. (4) n.Yks.
He tacks at mc (I.W.). (5, a) w.Som.i 'Tis time they there young
bullicks was a-tookt away, they baint doing no good. Dev. All
slock an' cattle took'd away. An' kip'd atwum 'pon strow an' hay,
PuLMAN Sketches (1842) 49, ed. 1853. (6) n.Yks. T'dog teeak
away eftcr it, Tweddell Clevel. Rhymes (l6^5) 44. Cor. The
'ugly brute' took right away down' towards the fovvling-pool.
Hunt Pop. Pom. tv.Eiig. (1865) iia, ed. 1896. (c\ Cai. Ye maun
be hungry, lass. Sit doun an' tak" awa', M<^Lennan Peas. Life
(1871) II. 175. (rf) Sh.I. Doon cam a white mist 'at took awa' da
laand, Sh. JVeivs (June 8, 1901). (<•) Abd. Suddenly striken in an
apoplexy, and his right side clean taken away, Spalding Hist. Sc.
(17921 1. 19. (/) n.Lin.' You can't git women to tak awaay upo'
th" stack as thaay cwscd to do. (6, a) Dev.' Her, poor homan,
took by upon the death of her husband, and never gooded arter,
16. (6) Nlib.' ' Tyck her bye.' . . A call from the banksman to the
breaksman, meaning that the cages are no longer required, and
may be removed to any part of the shaft most convenient to the
breaksman. n.Yks. Tack t'cups by (I.W.). (7, a) n.Sc. (Jah.\
Cni.', BnfT.', Cld. (Jam.) n.Yks. They teeak down wages (I.W.^.
(i) Sc. He's sair tane doun wi' that host (Jam.). Cai.i, Bnff.i
Per. Gude grant he bena ta'en doon wi' a fivver on the tap o't,
Cleland Inchbracken (1883) 104, ed. 1887. Cld. (Jam.") Gall!
Feed onybuddy on bear-meal and buttermilk, an' it'll tak them
doon, Saxon G(i//. Cossi/> (1878) 64. w.Yks. (J. W.) Lan She wur
takken doun a weeksin", Burnett //ajfo»VA's( 1 887) xl. (c)Sc.(A,W.)
{d) ne.Sc. Not so many years ago the launching or ' takin' doon'
was invariably accomplished by tlie fishermen themselves turning
out in scores or hundreds. 'The hail toon is rcquestit to turn oot
eynoo to talc' doon the boats at Futtrit-neuk,' Green Gordoiihaven
(1887) 31. (f) Frf. It's naething ava' the takin'-doon o' a clock . . .
an' Meggie's a din-makin' body to raise sic a sang aboot takin'
her doon, Mackenzie A'. Pine 1,1897) 146. (/) Cor.^ John Smith
preached up to Wesley las' night. There was one or two look
down, I hear. (8, n) Hrf.= The fox took for Westhide Wood, (i)
I.W.^ He takes vor that bwoy terribly, now his mother's dead.
(9^ e. Dev. The early days before the taking hence of brother John,
Jane Lordship ( iSg"]) 99. {10, a) Bnff.^ Frf. 'Taking in' in the
dialect of the Mearns means really 'breaking up' moorland for
the first time, Inglis Aiit Flk. (1895) 78. s.Sc. The moor and
the moss they hae a' ta'en in, Watson Bards (1859'! 5. n.Yks.
He teeak in a entack (I.W.). w.Yks. A gardin taen in is mah
sister, Littledale S>ig. Sol. (1859") v. 12. Chs.' Dor. All thik
land wur our common as you took't in. Hare Broken Arcs (1898)
100. w.Som.i (A) BnfT.i We took-in twa rucks. He's oot at the
tackan-in o' the nout. w.Soni.' Mr. Bird've a-tookt en all his
apples. (c)Sc. (A.W.) Sh.I. Da girsie corn alTo' da sooth ditches
. . . hit's a bit skrovlin, an' '11 be da first taen in, Sh. News (Oct. 20,
1900). B.ks.i w.Som.* We be gvvain to take in a vvhaiten rick
to-morrow, (d) Sc. (A.W.) n.Yks. Tack t'stack in a bit ^I.W.).
s.Not. Y'uv begun to tek in too soon ; yer waint get all the stuff
on the stack iJ.P.K.). {e) Sc. That boat taks in water (Jam.).
Cai.i Ayr. The thatch took in the rain an' all that was vile. Cent.
A/a^. (Sept. 18B3I 755. n.Cy.,w.Yks. (J.W.) (/) Dev.^ (.g-) Abd.
The estates . . . directed the earls of Montrose and Kinghorn to go
to the place of Airly, and to take in the same, Spalding Hist. Sc,
(1792)1.228. nw.Der.i (/i) Hmp. (H.R.) (ij Sc. The church takes
in at twal'hoors, Wright Sr./.i/«(i897)59. Lnk. (Jam.) n.Yks.^
He teuk in. [Amer. Dial. Notes (1896) I. 50.] (;) s.Not. P'raps
Mrs. Smith might accommodate 3'ou for a night or two ; she takes
in. She thinks to addle a little with lekkin in (J.P.K.). (A) Sc.
(Jam.) Abd. Right cheerfully the road they did tak in. An' thought
that night to their tryst's end to win, Ross Helenore (1768) 86, ed.
1812. (I) n.Yks. They teak her in when ower avvd (I.W.).
w.Yks. (S.K.C.) (»i) n.Yks. He didn't tack me in (I.W.). (11)
Sc. (Jam.) (12) Sh.I. A'm no g.Tun ta tak' in fur da dog sae far,
S/;. A^«i's (Nov. 20, 1897). (13) Sc. (Jam.) (14, a) Cld. (iA.) (A)
N.I.i You'll soon take in with him. (15) Sc. He disna tak o' his
father, who was a gude worthy man (Jam.). Cai.^ (A) Bnff.i Jle's
lost the maist o's siller; he can tack o't, for it didna cum in an
honest wye. (16, fl) Sc. Noo, I maun tak affhame (Jam. Siippl.),
Ayr. Then homeward all take off their sev'ral \va3% BvRNS Colter's
Sal. Night (1785) St. 18. Ir. If iver I do aught to disoblige it, off
it takes, Barlow Martin's Comp. (1896) 114. N.I.' Nhb. The
horse took off at a rapid pace, Richardson Borderer's Table bk.
(1846) V. 354; Nhb.l Cum.' If he doesn't pay his debts he'll hev
to tak hissel off or lang ; Cum.* Wm. We teuk off, Southey
Doctor (1848) 559. n.Yks.' ne.Yks.i He went ti pleeace ; bud
afoor a week was owered he teeak off. e.Yks.', m.Yks.' Lan.
The bwoath tuk off up stears, Scholes Tim Gamwattle (1857) 22.
s.Not. Yer can tek off; y'are not wanted 'ere (J.P.K.). n.Lin.
He teks off to look fer his hook. Peacock Talcs and Rhymes
(1886) ^^. sw.Lin.' Shr.' As soon as the Bobby shewned up yo'
shoulden a sin 'ow they tooken off. (A) War.^ Take off, taw.
(c) n.Yks. We've lean t'cow off ti milk her yance a day. We've
lean t'cauf off ti yah feed a day (I.W.). n.Lin.' (rfj Sc. (Jam.
Snppl.) Abd. Tak ofTj'Our dram, Dominie, Ruddiman Se. Parish
(1828) 33, ed. 1889. Per. Tak' ofi"your gl.TSses a', Spence Poems
(1898) 73. Lnk. Black Falls of Clyde (1806) 174. (<•) Sc. To tak
aff the mill (Jam. Siippl.). (/) s.Not. He'll dig mappen a few
yards an' then tek off for a hour or two (J.P.K.1. {g) Sc. The
rain is taking ofr(A.W.). Sh.I. Whan is dis gales an' sleet gacin'
ta tak' afl"? Sh. News (Jan. 27, 1900). Cai.' (/i) Nhb.', n.Yks.
(I.W.), n.Yks.= e.Yks.i Days begin ti tak-off. Cor. As the tides
would 'take off' he didn't blame them, Harris Onr Cove {igoo)
148. ((') Som. Volks never didn live long arter they be a-tookt
olT, Elworthy Evil Eye (1895) 86. w.Som.' Father bin a-tookt
off, but 'tidn a bit like'n. Dor. He took off the church, Barnes
Gl. (1863). Dev. Old and curious enough for . . . sketching young
ladies to visit and ' take off,' Hartland Forest, 189. (_/) Sh.I. ' I
faer me back 'ill tak' aff.' ' Lamb, if doo canna boo dee, doo'll
hae ta leave,' Sh. News (July 7, 1900). {k) Cor. The sides [at
' hurling' at St. Ives] are formed in this way — 'Toms, Wills, and
Jans, Take off all's on the san's ' — that is, all those of the name of
Thomas, John, or William, are ranged on one side, those of any
other Christian name on the other. Hunt Pop. Rom. w.Eitg.
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(1865) 400, ed. 1896. (/) Edb. You were in the house at the time
of liis taking off, Beatty Secrelar 1897") 366. («i) Sc. (Jam.),
S. & Ork.', Bnff.i (<i) Dor. He took en off, so quick, Barnes GI.
(l863^. (17, «) Sc. John took on very ill about it, Whitehead
DafI Davie (1876) 269. ed. 1894. Sh.I. He's wirkin an' takin on
laek a dog i' da feerie, 5/i. Netvs (Nov. 24, 1900). Cai.' e.Sc.
Dinna tak' on like that, Setoun R. L'rqu/iarl (1896) xxiii.
Per. Dinna tak on like this. Drum, Ian Maclaren Aiilci Lang
Syne (1895) 156. Nhb. Divvent take on like that, Lilburn
Borderer (1896; 335; Nhb.', Cum.i* n.Yks.'^ A whent takking
on about it ; n.Yks.'' He did tak on wlien he gat ti knaw.
ne.Vks.i Whisht, honey ; thoo maun't tak on leyke that. e.Yks.'
Deeant tak-on seeah ; it'll all cum reet iv end. w.Yks. Dunnot
tak' on, father, Snowden Tales IVohls ^Sgs) vii. Lan.' Tha
munnot tak-on o' thattens — tha'U only mak tliisell ill. s.Lan.',
Chs.>, Stf.' Der.2 Hur ta'es on so. Not.'; Not.^ It's no use
takin' on about it. n.Lin.' Shell tak' on trcmendious if iv'ry
thing is n't just dun to suit her. Lei.', Nhp.', War.^ Shr.' 'Er
took on sadly w'en a toud'n 'er as Yodut wuz djed (s.v. On).
Oxf.'.Brks.' Bit.^ ARO Bessie Coslrdl {i6g$) 6^. Hnt. (T.P.F.),
e.An.' Cmb.' Don't take on so about him. Nrf. (E.M.) Suf.' 'A
take on wemmently. Ess. I earn bear you taikin' on, Downe
Ballads (1895) 41. Ken. He took on for a bit, Longman's Mag.
(July 1891) 272. Hmp. He do take on so (H.C.M.B.). Wil. Her
took on ter'bie 'bout th' ould zow a-dyin' (G.E.D.). Dor. Don't
'ee take on, Susie, my dear. There don't 'ee cry, Francis
Pastorals (1901) 50. w.Som.' Dev. You was struck all of a heap,
and took on terrible, Baring-Gould Furze Bloom (1899) no;
Dev.' Cor. He says nothing, but takes on, ' Q.' Three Ships (ed.
1892) 118. [Amer. It took on so they took it off, Lowell Biglow
Papers (1848) 118.] (A) w.Yks.' Shr.' ' 'Er took on as 'er wuz
mighty bad.' ' 'E took on 'im soft.' ' To take on soft ' is to
assume an air of liupeless stupidity (s.v. On\ Hrf.^ {c) Sc.
Thai stots are fast takin on (Jam.), (rf) Sh.I. A'm no sae auld —
lest no auld aneugh to tak' on a hoos, Sh. News (May 25, 1901'.
Abd. There's sorrow in the mansion, an' the lady that takes on Is
young to hae sae muckle on her han', Murray Hamewilli (1900)
35. {e) Sc. Rosmer hame frae Zealand came. And he took on to
bann, Jamieson Pop. Ballads (18061 I. 215. (/j Sc. (Jam.) Fif.
To get into debt was to tak on, Colville Vernacular {iHgg) 18.
Edb. Thae wha shine Wi' unpaid feasts and ta'en on wine, Mac-
NEiLL Bygane Times (1811) 8. {g) Sc. (Jam.) ; To take on for a
soldier. Monthly Mag. (1798) II. 436. Abd. To be sogers do
take on, Anderson Poems (ed. 1826) 70. Wxf. And get a
protection for having taken on as a true Catholic, Barrington
Skitches (1830) III. XX. e.An.' (/i) Nhb.' Bella an' him's tyen
on. n.Yks.'^ w.Yks.' To tack on him. (>) e.An.' Nrf. My
rheumatics dew take on (E.M.); My missus ha' scrushed her
little finger, it finely ache and take on, Cozens-Hardy Broad Nrf.
(1893'! 74. (y)Sc.(jAM.) (A) Sh.I. We stickit hir [a boat] att far
enough, an' he's [it's] ebbin', so lat her tak' on, Sh. Netcs (July 3,
1897) ; ( J.S.) (/) n.Sc. Hell tak' on to the town loan Fan she takes
on her fickie fickie, Buchan Ballads (1828) I. 250, ed. 1875. («i)
Bnff.' (h) w.Yks. (J.W.) Cor. I took on a new servant yesterday
(M.A.C.) : Cor.3 Carriers attend and offer prices for work, the
lowest being taken on, i.e. engaged. Driving ends, excavating,
&c. are let in the same way, the men who will do it for least
per fathom being taken on. (18, a) Cai. Engaged her to take on
with him, Andrews Bygone Ch. Life (1899) 180. n.Yks.''',
ne.Yks.' w.Yks.' Shoe'l tack on wi ony body. Oxf. I won't
take on with tliat job at any price (G.O.). Suf. I'd like to see
myself a takin' on with you chaps, BethamEdwards Mock
Beggars' Hall (1902)148. Dor. The widow Fiander be a-takin'
on wi' the new love before she is off wi' the old, Francis Fiandcr's
Widow (1901) pt. II. vii. (A) n.Ir. She wur terbly taen on wi'
M'^Gurk, LvTTLE Paddy McQuillan, 93. N.I.' They're greatly
taken on with him. (19, a) Ayr. I had to content mysel' with
takin't oot in fother for my horse, Service Dr. Dugiiid (ed. 1887)
121. w.Yks. (J.W.), Oxf. (G.O.) w.Som.' I zells my butter to
Mr. into shop; but I baint gwain to no longer, cause I never
can't get no money, [I am] always forced to take it out. 1,6) w.Yks.',
Nhp.' War.3 Take out those accounts from the day book and let
me see them. w.Som.' Take out Mrs. Jones's bill to once, {c) Kcd.
Bids them a' 'tak'oot their drams, 'Grant Z.n)'s (1884) 71. Rnf. Tak'
out yer toothfu', Clark Rhymes (1842) 20. id) Don. Phelim tuk
out to the fair, ftn)Son'5il/<i,g^. (May 1900 478. n.Yks.^ (c)Wm.
Kitty took it [her lover's death] terribly out, Bricgs Remains
(1835) 57. (20) Abd. Ye never saw sic trash : to tsk it out frae
R M But troth we'll need to gie him o'er. He's really sic
a fash, Beattie Parings (i8or) 31, ed. 1873. (21) Cum.* It tcukk
owerbet'Cleugh-gill, DiCKiNSONi(7«i/>/</;?/i(i856)6. w.Yks. (J.W.)
(23) Sc. (A.W.), n.Yks.', ne.Yks.' w.Yks. Ah hevn't ta'en tul 't
yit, onyhah, Leeds Merc. Snpf>l. Nov. 5, 1898 . ,23, a Sh.I. Da
strangers rose an' gied oot, takin' tii da door efler dem, Ollason
Mareel (1901) 84. Abd. Fan j-er throu' jist tak' ye tee the yettie
ahin ye, Alexander ^i;i Flk. (1882 83. (61 Shr.' The bum took
to him clos agen the Bridge, (c) War.* We shall lake to the other
house next week. Shr.' 'Ell tak to the farm at I-ady Day;
Shr.' Tak to it as nest Newyus day. w.Som.' 'Tis all a-signed
'bout takin' o' the farm : but ihey baint gwain to take to 'im 'gin
Lady-day. (rf) w.Yks.3 He's nowt to tak to. s.Lan.' They
hannot getten mitch to tak' to, 39. Suf. Give me something to
take to (C.L.F.). Ess. I haven't enough to take to (S.P.H.). (e)
n.Yks,' They teuk tiv him. (/ War.' I'm gooin' to tek to
Sarah's little boy, now the father's dead. Shr.' Uncle Ben said
'e'd take to one ; an' then the three others tooken to the rest.
Glo. Very good it wur o' the parson to take to the child,
BucKMAN Darke's Sojourn (1890) ii. wSom.' Her know'd 'twadn
'er own calve, and 'er never widn take to un. (g) w.Cy. Grose
(1790). (A) Shr.' He had her afore I took to her. (;j n.Cy.
Grose (1790) MS. add. (P.) n.Yks. (I.W. w.Yks. Aye, Ah'U
tak' to that, Leeds Merc. Siippl. 'July i, 1889); w.Yks."', Nhp.',
Hnt. (T.P.F.) (/) Not.' Lei.' Nivver wur so took-to in all my
loife. {k) Nhp.' A's got took to finely with them ship a bole this
marnin. (/) Lan. He'll be takken to when he comes a-whoam !
He'll scarce know what to think on't, Longman's Mag. (1896) 262.
Chs. Th' sheep stealin gawfin were just as much takken to as
aw were, Croston Enoch Criimft (1887) 15, s.Chs.' Aliy woz
tookn too wen ahy seed im ston'din ut th doour, un mey thingkin
ee wuz i Livurpool au* dhu weyl. s.Stf. He was soo took tu at
seein' her, he hadner a word to say, Pjnnock Elk. Cy. Ami.
(1895). War.'; War.^ I never was so took to. Shr.' I never
wuz so took to in all my life w'en I 'eard they wun gwun clane
away. Glo.' Oxf.' MS. add. Sur.' Sus.' I was quite took-to
when you come in. I.W.' I thought he'd be took to zomewhen
or nother. Dor.' He's a-took-to at laste then, (m) Dev. You
was took-to, joung feller, Pulman S.^etches (1842) 150, ed. 1871.
(24, a) w.Yks. 1 wer bidden, an they wer to take up at three
(A.C.). (6) Cor. (M.A.C' ; The basin of clotted cream,— which
had been ' taken up' with unusual care. Hunt Pop. Rom. zv.Eng.
(1865) 375, ed. 1896 ; Cor.2 We scald our cream so that it rises in
a thick solid mass at the top of the pan. It is a great point to
take this up in a neat unbroken piece to fit the basin in which
it is served at table. It is done with a special skimmer, thin. Hat,
round, and perforated, (c) se.Lin. (J.T.B.) (d) Dor. It was the
season for ' taking up ' the meadows. Hardy Tcss (1891) 253, ed,
1895 ; (C.V.G.) (<•) s.Not. Bill's tckkin up for Mester Brown
(J.P.K.). (/) Som. I aimed to gie up a-working undergroun'
an' take up a bit o' lan', maybe, an' live out in the light,
Raymond Men 0' Mendip (1898) ix. [Aus. We want it took up
on a proper lease, Longman's Mag. 1, Nov. 1901) 17.] {g) S. &
Ork.' (h) ne.Lan.', Chs.' s.Chs.' Dhi aadn taak- iip H riik u
miin'i wen dhi wentn tu)th piais, On dhur^z u daayt iv dhi)n
gofn streyt yet. Wil. He was obliged ... to 'take up'— i.e. to
borrow— a thousand pounds, Jefferies Hodge (1880) I. 65. (i')
w.Som.' We've a tookt up the Magnet 'is tain year, (j) Kcd. He
got a beggin' paper drawn . . . An' took a soud o' siller up.
Grant Z.(7)'s (1884I 9. (A) Suf.' (/) Sh.I. He's [it's] takin' him
up i' da wadder, Sh. Nescs (Oct. 16, 1897'. Gall. The weather's
taking up now, For yonder is the weatlier-gaw, Mactaggart
Encycl. (1824) 468, ed. 1876. Nhb.' Lakel.' Ah wish t'wedder
wad tak up. Cum.' ; Cum.* It'll seun tak up, for't wind's gaan
roond. n.Yks."; n.Yks.* If it dizn't tak up seean, t'hay '11 be
nut wo'th leading. e.Yks.' We've had a lang spell o' wet, bud
weather seems ti be takkin up noo. w.Yks.' ne.Lan.', s.Lan.',
Chs.'^, Stf.', nw.Der.', Not.' n.Lin.' It raain'd iv'ry daay e'
Maay-munth, but when Jewne cum'd it took up. Rut.' Lei.' It
lukes loike tckkin oop fur a frosst. Nhp.' If, after a thaw, there
is an appearance of renewed frost, it is said, ' The frost will not go
yet, it will take up again." War.' Shr., Hrf. Bound Provinc.
(1876). Hnt. (T.P.F.), Ess.', Wil.' Dor. It be a-goin to take up
to-night, Francis Fiandcr's Widoiv (1901) pt. i. x. (mi Per.
Gin ye dinna tak j'ersel' up, she'll ne'er be yours ava ! Cleland
Inchbracken (1883) 242, ed 1887. Wgt. Awake tae a sense o' yei
shame ; Tak' up, and yc'll soon get anither bit hame, Fraser
Poems (1885) 143. Don. Isn't it the rammed shame for ye, ye
oul' greyheaded reprobate, . . that j'e wouldn't think of lakin'
yerself up? Macmanus Bend of Road (1898) 228. n.Yks." He's
nobbud bin a ragally chap; bud mebbe he'll tak' oop yet ; n.Yks.'*,
Chs.^, nw.Der.' s.Not. P'raps she'll tek up a bit now it's warmer
(J.P, K.\ Suf.' Ah — yah — 'a mah take upbinebine — tha'snowoo in
'cm as yit. (h)Sc. (A.W.) w.Yks. He's alius takin' me up i' mi talk
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(S.K.C.) ; To take one up in an argument is to beat them therein ;
also to remind them especially of something of an unpleasant
character. ' Ah'd a goa at him on t'Reights o' Woman, an' then
Ah teuk him up abaht t'Local Veto," Leeds Merc. Suppl. (July 8,
1899). War.2 Shr.i Well, yo' nee'na tak' one up so sharp,
jest gi'e a body time to spake. Yo' touden the paas'n wrang,
Molly — but I didna like to tak yo' up afore 'im. w.Som.i Well,
you no 'casion vor to take anybody up so short ; you mid harky gin
anybody 've a-zaid what they got to zay. {o) Lan. They'd taen
up th moorside. Waugh Heather (ed. Milner) I. 40. sw.Lin.'
He took up the street as hard as he could go. (/>) Sc. I gied him
several hints, but he coudna, or woudna, tak me up (Jam.)-
s.Sc. Ye had juist taen up the tale wrang, Wilson Tales (1839)
V. 55. (?) Oxf.' MS. add. (y) Abd. Aw hear the skweel's takin'
up neist week, Abd. Wkly. Free Press iNov. i, 1902). (s) Nrf.
' Dew she [a wherry] take up much, Breezer?' 'She dew suck
a little juice inter her 'tween wind and water,' Longman's Mag.
(Nov. 1902) 42. 125) Sc. He's just real taken up about the
lad, Keith Lisbeth (1894^1 vi. Sh.I. He wis awfil taen up aboot
his midder, Sh. News (Oct. 20, 1900). Frf. I dinna care to
mention it, but the neighbours is nat'rally taen up aboot it, Barrie
Thrums (1889) vii. (26) w.Yks..', ne.Lan.i. Cor. When John
come home, like a husband always should, he took up for his
wife, HuntPo^. Rom. w.Eiig. (1B65) 318, ed. 1896. (27) s.Dev.
They'm powerful took up in them pickters, Longman's Mag.
(i90i> 44. (281 s.Wor. A wuz alius took up ov 'em [bees],
Vig. Mon. in Berrow's Jrn. (Oct. 1897). (29) Lnk. It took
upon her hameart heart. An' she begoud to spew, Murdoch
Doric Lyre (1873) 53. (30, a) Sc. (Jam.) Sh.I. Takkin' up wi'
a lipper laek Donal' ? Sh. Neivs (May 28, 1898). Frf. When a man
o' forty tak's up wi' an auld hizzy o' sixty, Willock Rosetty Ends
(1886) 37, ed. 1889. Per. For this end [she] took up wi' Johnny,
Spence Poems (1898) 184. Ayr. Grannie Dickson, the howdie,
who had ta'en up with him in his younger days. Service Dr.
Dtiguid (ed. 1887) 113. Gall. To tak' up wi' a silly partan o' a
bairn like tliis, Crockett A. Mark (1899) ^x. Ir. She's very apt
to ha' took up wid somebody else, Barlow East unto West (1898)
193. Uls. He'll be taking up with some one else before the
[marriage] day, Hamilton Bog (1896 11. Cum.^ Does t'e think
I'll tak up wid Ann Dixon's oald sheun ? 41; Cum.* n.Yks.*
He'll tak up wi' onny lass. e.Yks.', w.Yks. (J.W.) Der. Hoo
tuk up wi' th' chap fro' Gressbrock Dale, Gilchrist Peakland
(1897 I 165. Not.' n.Lin.' Why, squire, I niver thoht as you'd
hev taa'en up wi' him. Lei.', War.3 s.Wal. If Johnnie George
hadn't took up with me, Longman's Mag. (Dec. 1899) 144. Oxf.
She'll take up with any new face (G.O.). Brks. Jim be wunnerful
changed sence a took up wi' they, Hayden Round our Vill.
(1901) 168. Ken. I'd as lief see her take up with him as with
any one, Longman's Mag. (Feb. 1897) 377. Dor. He's took up
wi' Rosie now, has he? Francis Pastorals (1901) 269. Som.
I've never been able to please ee since you took up wi' her so
thick, Raymond Men o' Mendip (1898) viii. w.Som.i Cor. The
giant's last wife . . . thought it the wisest course to ' take up' at
once with Tom, Hunt Pop. Rom. w.Eiig. (1865) 59, ed. 1896.
[Amer. It can't be you're thinking of taking up with David Prince ?
Cent. Mag. (Oct. 1882) 827.] (i) e.Sc. He began to look at Beauty,
an' it was plain he was gey taen up wi' her, Strain Elmslie's
Drag-net (1900) 21. Per. It's thriving weel, its leaves is green,
and it's like to be a paying crop wi' fruit, and he's fair ta'en up
wi' it, Sandy Scott (1897) 31. Fif. Some o' us is that ta'en up
wi' oor particklar kirk, we fair forget our neebour ! Heddle
Marget (1899) 4. Ir. He'd be apt to ha' tuk up wid somebody
else and let your lesson pass. Barlow Ghost-bereft (1901) 88.
n.Yks. He was sair teean up wi' t'presents (I.W.). w.Yks. (J.W.)
Lan. Aw'm most takken up wi these styem engines, Clegg
David's Loom (1894) ii. Lei.' A's that took up wi' them crowlin'
things. War.3 s.Wor. He was quite took up 'uv my John,
PoRSON Quaint IVds. (1875) 10. Brks. The young 'uns be so
took up wi' one another, Hayden Thatched Cottage (1902) 193.
Ken. I never see a girl so took up with a chap as she was with
him, Longman's Mag. (July 1891) 268. Dor. They be all took up
wi' theirselves — never a thought for we, Cornh. Mag. (.Sept. 1900)
311. Son). I can't think why you be so much a-tookt up wi'
he! Raymond Sam and Sabina (1894) xii. w.Som.' Our Jim's
terr'ble a-tookt up way raidin. Dev. You're terrible took up wi'
my brother Tom, Baring-Gould Idylls (1896) 222. (c) Ir. Ne'er
a raisonable body'd ever ha' took up wid the notion of livin' that-
a-way. Barlow Shamrock (igoi"! 38. (31, o) Sc. The kill took
low, and the mill likewise took wi't, Steamboat (^iQzz) 347 (Jam.).
(6) Sc. I didna tak wi' him (Jam.). Cld. (16.) Ayr. Nanny Fulton
was so ta'en with the sturdy reaver, Service Dr. Duguid (ed. 1887)
9. e.Yks. Jack seems to be takken wT Smith lass (R.S.). w.Yks.
Tha'rt ower ta'en wi' thi' fancy man, Snovvden Tales Wolds ( 1893)
vii. n.Lan. T'auld body was takken wi' a bit o' finery, Wilson
Bacca Queen (igor) 14. Chs. Chs. N. if Q. (1881) I. 173 ; Chs.'
Aw'm no ta'en wi' him, aw con tell the. Der, Took wi' a devil's
fine cloathes an' rings, Gilchrist il/t7to« (1902") 16. Dor. First he
were quite took wi' the notion, Francis /7nWf»'s Widow (1901)
pt. II. iii. Dev. I beant a bwoy no longer, tu be takken wi' a
show, Longman's Mag. (Feb. 1899) 335* {'^) Sc. It is said that
corn has not ' tane wi' ' when it has not sprung up ; a tree is said
to be beginning to ' tak' wi" when it begins to take root (Jam.).
(rf) n.Sc. Nabody's taen wi' that buke yet (16.). Abd. Now that
the child was born, Jock . . . desired to know articulately from the
man himself whether he was to tak' wi"t an' pay for't, Alexander
Ain Flk. ( 1882') 221. Per. She having sworn that it was his only,
he took wilh the bairn, M aidmeut Spottiswoode Miscell. (1844-5)
II. 248. Lnk. No even your bystarts to my bairn, for he'll ne'er
tak wi"t, Graham Wntings (1883) II. 18. (e) Sc. I was not
drunk; I'll no tak wi' that (Jam.). Per. ' Will ye tak' wi' 't then?'
asked the keeper. ' I maun,' said Tam, Haliburton Furth in
Field (iBg^) 85.
2. Comb, (i) Take-away, a capacity for eating; an
appetite ; (2) -bannets, a game ; see below ; (3) -oif, (a)
a satirical valentine ; (b) a mimic ; a satirist ; a punster ;
(4) -on, a woman living with a man who is not her hus-
band ; (5) -up, (a) a boy's leather ' sucker ' (q.v.) ; (b)
a tuck.
(i) w.Yks. 1 Ournewsarvant's a good tack-away. s.Chs.' Ee)z
u rae'r taak'-uwee', aan'i-aay ; un sey dhii mee't uz ee piit aayt u
seyt ut siip ur, yu)d thingk' ee)d bin tiemt fiir u fau-rtnit. Nhp.'
Our servant has got a famous tack-away. War. 2 That lad's got a
pretty good take away ; War.^ He has a fairly good take-away.
Shr.' That chap's a rar' tak-away, 'e ete two cantle o' suppin' fur
'is supper, an' a great lownder o' bread an' cheese. (2) Knr. A
game in which wads or pledges are deposited on both sides, which
are generally bonnets ; and the gaining party is that which carries
off, one by one, all the wads belonging to that opposed to it (Jam.).
(3, (?) s.Not. She hed three vollentines, but they were all tek-offs
(J.P.K.). (6) Sc. (Jam.) N.Li Dear! but you're a sore take off.
Cum.'*, n.Yks.12 e.Yks.' MS. add. (T.H.) (4) Cum. (E.W.P.)
(5, a) Lan. Leathern 'tak'-ups ' for sucking up stones, Brierley
Cast upon World ( 1886) i. s.Lan.' We'n stick true to t'other like
a tak'-up to a dur-flag, 32. (6) Dmf., Gall. (Jam.)
3. Phr. (i) be taen dein wha laiks, whoever may have
taken them ; (2) to be ill taken, to be anxious, disturbed, or
mentally upset ; (3) — taken (away,\.o die; (4) — back, to
be taken aback, to be surprised, startled; (5) — bad or
badly, to be taken ill ; (6) — by the face, to be put to the
blush ; (7) — for death, to be seized with a mortal illness ;
(8) — off, see (3) ; (9) — on one, to be taken from one by
death; (10) — to the door, to be taken by surprise; (ii)
• — worse, to be suddenly seized with illness ; (12) to be well
taken out or (up) with, to be popular ; to receive much
attention ; (13) to take a bite, to partake of food ; (14) — a
breath, to recover one's breath; (15) — a Burford bait, to
make a greedy meal; (16) — a draw of one's pipe, to
smoke ; see Draw, 36 ; (17) — a heave, a tin-mining term :
to lose the trace of a vein of metal by the shifting of the
earth ; (18) — a person, to take a person's bet ; (19) — a
prayer, to offer up a prayer ; (20) — a spot, to take a situa-
tion; (21) — a talking to, to rebuke severely; (22) —
amends of, to punish ; {23) — bad, to take ill ; (24) — badly
with, to dislike, to get on badly in work, &c. ; (25) — bite
and sup, see (13) ; (26) — boggart or the boggart, to take
fright ; used esp. of animals ; (27) — by the hand, to
patronize, assist; to marry; see Hand, 2 a (44) ; (28) —
by the head, to intoxicate ; (29) — by the heart, {a) to gain
the affections ; (b) to affect ; to overcome by emotion ;
(30) — by the large, to take as a whole ; (31) — company, to
walk out together when courting; to 'keep company';
(32) — count of, to pay heed to, to regard ; (33) — day
about, to work on alternate days ; see Day-aboot, s.v.
Day, 1 (i) ; (34) — ease, to be quiet ; (35) — /at, to take
offence ; (36) — fear, see below ; (37) —foot or one's feet,
to take one's departure, to make oft"; (38) — from a per-
son, to inherit from a person, to derive by heredity; (39)
— good-bye, good-night, Gr'c. of or ivith, to say good-bye,
&c. to ; (40) —harm, to suffer harm ; (41) —hold, (a) to
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undertake an office, &c. ; to help in any work or duty ;
(b) to catch fire ; (42) — AoM oit, (a) to cause pain or
illness ; to move ; to affect painfully ; {b) of the soil : to
exhaust ; (43) — ill, see (5) ; (44) - /// willt, see (24) ; (45)
— in one's oivn hand, obs., to make free with ; to use no
ceremony with ; (46) — in over one's cliair and sit down,
see below; (47) —in the preaclier, see below; (48) — it
favourable, to take it as a favour; (49) — it ill out, to take
offence ; (50) — it to do, ia) to take it in earnest ; (b) see
below; {51) — it tul oneself, to accept an innuendo ; (52)
— it li'ith a finger, see below; (53) — joy, to be pleased ;
(54) — law on, to take legal measures against ; see Law,
s6.' 2 (10); (55) — neighbourhood, to accept assistance;
(56) — nicks at, to take aim at; (57) — occasion of, to take
advantage of; to befool ; (58) — off' a person, see (38) ; (591
— o_ff of one's feet, see (37) ; (60) — on hand, to undertake ;
(61) " one, to be necessary for one ; to require an effort
for one ; (62) — one above the knee. Sec, of water : to reach
above the knee, &C. ; (63) — one in over, to call to account ;
to bring to trial; (64) — one in the head, of an idea, litc. :
to come into one's head ; (65) — one till, to try one's hand
at anything ; to begin upon a job ; to exert oneself, make
an effort ; (66) — one to the knees, &.C., see (62) ; (67) — one
with, to require from one ; (68) — one's bag of bones home,
to depart, ' get out ' ; (69) — one's bed or the bed, to go to
bed, esp. on account of illness ; (70) — one's breath, to
deprive of breath; (71) — one's civil, to take one's
departure without ceremony ; see Civil, 1 ; (72) — one's
death, to be seized with a mortal illness ; to expose one-
self to death ; (73) — one's tye, to meet the gaze of one ;
(74) — one's (fair) end at a person, to be amused at him ;
(75) — one's fling, to do as one likes ; (76) — one's fun off
a person, see (74); (77) — onei's hands off, to decline or
repudiate a bargain; (78) — one's hurry, to take one's
time; to wait; (79) — oni's kite, see (37); (80) —one's
length, to stretch out at full length ; (81) — one's pumps off,
to lay aside all restraint ; (82) — one's purpose, to do as one
thinks fit; (83) —one's push, to go away; (84) — one's
wind, (a) see (70); (b) see (14) ; (85) — oneself (again, (a)
to correct one's language ; to recall what one has begun
to say; (b) to bethink oneself; to recollect something
which induces a sudden change of conduct ; (86) — one-
self out of a society, to leave a society ; (87) — order for, to
provide for or against ; (88) — over short, to take up one's
words too severely; (89) — rheumatics, to get rheumatism ;
(90) —scathe, see (40); (91) — sick, see (5); (92) —
strength, to regain strength ; (93) — that way, to behave in
a certain way ; (94) — the air, (a) to go out for an airing ;
(b) of frost : to turn to rain ; (95) — the better of, to get the
better of; to cheat; {96) —the Book (tip, to hold family
prayers ; (97) — the cow, to lose heart ; (98) — the door, (a)
to shut the door ; (b) see (68) ; cf. Door, sb. 2 (9) ; (99) —
the door over one's head, to leave a room ; (100) — the floor,
(a) to stand up ready to dance ; (b) to walk ; (c) a skittle-
playing term : see below ; (loi) — the foot, of a child : to
begin to walk; (102) — the frunis, see (35); (103) — the
gap, to yield, to give in ; to beat a retreat; (104) —the
hunger, to become hungry ; (105) — the lanes, to rent the
right of grazing the highways and by-lanes of the sur-
veyors of highways; (106) — the nearest, to take the
shortest way; (107) —the pot, obs., to take the scum off
the liquor in a pot ; (108) —the road, — road, or to the road,
to set out or resume a journey ; to become a vagrant; (logj
— the sands, to flee the country ; to take safety in flight ;
(no)— the shine off of,to ex.ce\; (iii) — the stadh, to become
restive; (112) —the wife, to marry; (113) —through
hands, (a) to reprimand ; see Hand, 2 (45) ; (b) to under-
take ; (114) — //// //, to acknowledge, admit; to confess;
(115) — /;// one, to apply a censure to oneself; {116) —to
church, to marry; (117) — /o do, to rate, reprove; see
Doing, 4 (2); (118) —to one, see (115); (119) —to one's
beaters, to run away ; (120) — to oneself, (a) to take a hint ;
to apply to oneself ; (A) to take everj'thing or too much;
to steal ; (121) — to the books, to take to reading; (122) —
to the heather, obs., to live as an outlaw on the moors; (123)
VOL. VI.
— under hands, see (60) ; (124) — up mould and stone, obs.,
to take permanent possession; (125) — up the psalm, to
start a psalm; to act as precentor; (126) — upon one, to
assume airs of importance ; (127) — n'ell, to be attractive;
to command a good price or ready market ; (128) — with
it, to feel ; to regard it ; (129) — with one, to drink with
one ; (130) ~ with the ground, of plants: to begin to thrive
after a temporary delay; (131) —icitness, to charge to
bear witness ; (132) zi'hen a thing takes one,vihen one feels
inclined to do anything.
(i) Sh.I. Da shaeves is awa. be taen dem wha laeks, Sli. Neics
(Oct. 14, 1899). (2) s.Laii.' Hoo's ill ta'en abeawt loazin' that
cliylt. (3 Sc. If I sud bo ta'en awa' afore 1 see ye again. Ford
Tliiilledouiii 1 1891)97. Ayr. What if it should be ta'en awa' before
it was kirstened ? Johnston Glenbiickie (1889) 107. Don. She
sufTered terrible, the crathur, afore she was tuck, Macmanus Bend
of Road 1898) 240. Nhb. Bein' ta'en sae sudden-likc. Pease
Mark o' Deil U894' 25. Wro. Took he was — took in the pride o'
his prime, Ollivant Owd Bob (1898) 1. w.Yks. (J.W.) Der.
Gilchrist AVf/io/(is I 1899) 16. n. Lin.' Buried is he? Well, Ithoht
'at he'd be tooken afoore long when [I] seed him last Scottcr-shaw.
s.Cxf. You never knows when you may be took. Rosemary
Cliilleriis (1895 1 65. Brks. What hever thee'll do, Thomas, when
I be took, Hayden Round our Fi7/. (1901) 87. Ess. They were
my mother's, and I got 'em when she was took, Burmester Jolni
Lott (1901) 51. w.Sus. My wife was took two years ago, Gordon
Vill. and Doctor (1897) 105. Dor. He were took verj' unexpected,
Francis Fiander's IVidow (1901J pt. i. i. Som. Not since poor
mother were a-tookt, Raymond Men o' Mendip (1898 1 i. Dev.
O'Neill Idyls (1892) 11. Cor. Phillpotts Propltets (1897) 271.
f4) w.Yks. Ah wor reight ta'en back when Ah seed him comin',
Leeds Merc. Siippl. (Oct. 29, 1898). Dev. I never was so took back
in my life, fJ'/Hrfsoj-iV/rto'. (Apr. 1900 738. '5;:Sc.(A.W. ) w.Vks.
Yond child mud be takken badly ageean.HARTLEYB/ar*/oo/( 1883) 1 1.
I. Ma. Tuk very bad, Brown Doctor (1887) 4. Der. Hoo were took
bad wi' the bronkittus, Gilchrist Mdton (1902" 22. Not. She's took
very badly, Prior /orc5/ F/*. (1901) 282. Lei.', Brks.' Ess. I'm
tuk so wonderful bad with the lumbago, Burmester John Loll
(1901) no. Wil. I were took so bad that time, Tennant Vill.
Notes (1900) 63. Dev. Poor Kitty Comer was ' took bad' more
than a week ago, O'Neill /(/)/s (1892"! 33. Cor. He's took bad,
Lee IVidotv IVoman (1899) 35. (6) Lan. (Hall.) (7) s.Oxf. He's
main an' bad, and I believe as ee's took for death, Rosemary
Cliiltcrns (1895,1 163. n.Wil. (E.H.G.) (8) Lnk. Peter an' Kale
were taen off, ane by ane, An' auld Janet was left by the ingle her
lane, Watson Poeins (1853) 32. (9) Ir. Me poor father was tuk
on us . . . And we waked him and buried him. Barlow Ghost-bereft
(1901)45. ( 10) s.Lan.i (11) Brks.' Sur.' A person seized with
illness is universally said ' to be took worse.' Dev.^ (la) Sc.
This must be viewed as primarily denoting the attention paid to
one in the way of frequent invitations (Jam.). Nhb. Tom, there-
fore, was a general favourite, being 'well ta'en up wi,' Nciec. Dy.
Leader (Jan. i, 18971 5> <^ol. 2. e.Dur.' (13) Ayr. Ye wudna
mind me asking him to tak a bite wi us 0' what was gaun, John-
ston Congalton (1896) 87. n.Cy., w.Yks. (J.W.) (141 Ayr.
Pedlar chaps. . . Here aft sit doon to tak a breath, Wnnr. Jottings
(1879) 189. (15) Oxf. Murray Hndbk. 0.\f (1894) 20a. (16)
Sc, Ir. (A.W.) LMa. You'll be takin' a draw of your pipe,
which I see in your coat pocket, Rydisgs 7Vi/('5(i895^ 25 ; iSlil.)
(17) Cor.' ; Cor.° A mineral lode is said to ' take a heave ' when a
' fault ' has shifted or broken its course. (i8)Sc.(A.W.) Nhb.
' I'll . . . gie thoo 3 to I.' ' I'll tak' thoo,' I says. ' An' I'll tak'
thoo,' says he, Pease Marii o' Deil (1894) 90. w.Yks. J.W.)
(19) I. Ma. When the Pazon heard it he fell on his knees and he
took a shockin prayer. Brown Doctor V1887) 82. (20) e.Yks.'
(21) e.An.' I wish, sir, you would be so good as to send for my
Tom into your study, and take a talking to him ; I hope ta would
daunt him. (22) Ayr. It was an awfu' like trick an' ane we could
been ta'en amen's o'. Service Dr. Diignid \ei. 1887) 204. (23)
N.L' (24) Sc. (A.W.) n.Yks. He tacks badly wi't ^I.W.).
(25) Nhb. We'll tak' bite and sup thegither, Clare Love of Lass
(1890) I. 13. (26) w.Yks. Jim Baldwin's horse 's ta'en t'boggard,
an' it's goane dahn Wilsdin like mad, Leeds Merc. Siippl. (Nov. 5,
1898). Lan. That sect him ofT as tho' he'd taen boggart, Kay-
SHUTTLEwoRTHSra»-5rf(i/f(i86o)I.56. (27)Sc. ,A.W.),n.Yks.2 (28)
Yks. It took [tih'k]him by t'head iC.C.R.\ n.Yks.'^ w.Som.' I
never didn drink but about of a pint o' it, but I'll be darned if I
wadii most a-tookt by th' head. (29, a) n.Yks.'* You mun first tak
her by t'heart, an then tak her by t'hand. (i) n.Yks.' So :— give
na mair, she's got her part; She's weak; 'twill take her by the
L>
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lieart, Joco-Ser. Disc. 49. w.Yks. (C.C.R.) (so) Gall. Ye had
cuttit yoursel' faa'in' doon thae dreadsome rocks, an' ta'en by the
large, ye werena bonny to look upon, Crockett Dark o' Moon
(1902) 90. (31) Dev. When young farmers first begin to walk out,
their usual mode of address is, ' Will you take company, my
pretty ? ' Reports Provinc. (1902). (32"! Sur. Folk here don't take
much 'count on he, BicKLEYSiic. Hills(i&ijo) II. xv. Som, Nobody
took much count of this slip of a maid, Raymond A'oSo;(/ (1899) 29.
(33) Sc. (A.W.) Nhb. Aw tuik for some time da_v about, XVilson
Piliiian's Pay (1843) 30. (34) I. Ma. He couldn' never take aise
couldn' that chap. Brown Doctor (1887") 141. (35) w.Yks. If a
playmate take oft'ence at another, he will cross or clasp his little
fingers, and, with outstretched hands, will snappishlj' cry out,
'Tak' fat an' lean. An' niver speyk to me agean.' The one to
whom the remark is uttered then understands that enmity exists
between them, Leeds Merc. Siippl. (.Oct. 29, lags'). (36) Cor.^
There are occasional cases of miners who suddenly — with or with-
out evident reason — contract a sudden horror of working under-
ground. It is said of such a man, • He took fear,' (37) Sc. The
children took their bare feet and went to the sands, Glasgow
Herald (Apr. 3. 1899"!. Kcd. Meerie's men took fit an' ran Whene'er
they saw the lowe, Grant Lays i 1884) 29. ^38) Ayr. A bit shilpit
callan' of Laird Speckle's, who took the sma' banes from the
mother of him. Service Dr. Diiguid (ed. 1887) 123. (39) Abd.
Now, Johnny, tak good nicht o's an' rin awa to yer bed 1 G.W.^ ;
At the gude nicht taking with sum strangers from Edinburgh,
o/. iBs. od., Abd. Burgh Rec. (40) Ir. He's took no harm, only
the pair of thim's frightened out of their sivin sinses. Barlow
Shamrock (igoi') 55. n.Cy., w.Yks. (J.W.) (41, «) n.Yks.' He
wur ex'd t'stan' judge, last Cattle Show ; bud he wur desper't shy
o' takkin' ho'd. w.V ks. Ah teuk ho'd an' helped him wi' his books
haufan-hahr or more, Leeds Merc. Suppl. (Oct. 29, 1898. (6)
n.Yks. T'kindlin' tacks hod (l.W. 1. w.Yks. (J.W.) (42, a)
n.Lin.' I could n't ha' beleaved 'at onj'thing wo'd ha' took hohd on
him as bairn's death did. When wind fra th'eiist cums in at that
kitchen door it taks hohd o' me sorely I can tell'ye. (i) n.Yks.
Lahn tacks hod o't land sair (I.W.V n.Lin.' I alius reckon line
takes hohd on th' land moore then oht else we graw. (43) w.Sc.
Mrs. M'Farlane, puir pody, she teuks very ill, Carrick Laird of
Logan (1835) 79. Fif. It was promisin' braw when I took ill,
Robertson Provost (1894) 30. w.Yks. (J.W.) Shr.^ Tane ill.
Hmp. He was took ill (^H.C.M.B.). Dor. Be the maid took ill?
Francis Pastorals (1901) 30. Dev. He took ill hisself wi' burn-
gout, Phillpotts Striking Hours (1901) 155. (44) Sc. He took
very ill vvi't at first ; but he's beginning to tak belter wi't now
(Jam.). Per, Weemen tak ill wi' changes when the3''re gettin' up
in years, Maclaren .^iiW /.oo^ Syne (1895) 27. Slg. Yell tali'
ill wi't for a wee while, but ye maun juist tak' things easy, Harvey
Kennetlicrook (1896) 238. (45) Sc. To man 1 can be answerable :
and for God I will take him in my own hand. Walker Peden
(1727) 48 (Jam.). (46) Bnff.' A phrase to signify that a person
has got everything prepared for him to settle him in trade, marriage,
&c. ' Nae thanks t'him for bein' weel aff"; he hid naething a-dee
fin he got that fairm bit tack in our's chair an" sit doon. Ony
bodie cud dee that.' (47) w.Yks. (J.W.'i n.Lin.' A term used by
members of the Methodist bodies for giving hospitality, bed and
board, to the itinerant ministers. ' I wish you was convarted ; . .
it wad do you a power o' good, an' th' connection an' all, 'cause
then you'd tak' in th' preachers,' Peacock R. Skirlaiigh (1870) II.
106. (48) Cor. Us takes it mighty favourable to see your butival
flags a hangin' out, Phillpotts Prophets (1897) 94. (49) e.Ltb.
Ye iieedna tak it ill oot ; . . faithfu', ye ken, are the woun's o' a
frien', HunterJ. //Jifici (1895) 200. (50, a) n.Lin.' He's straange
an' fierce oher the job, he's real taa'en it to do. {b) When a person
makes a series of blunders, or several misfortunes happen in
succession, he is said to have ' taa'en it to do.' 'Well, if you'll
beleave me, when I cum'd in fia th' barn, George bed tum'Icd
doon graainry steps, Sarah Ann hed cutten her sen, an' theare
was Polly, she'd fall'd doon wi' her head agean fender, an' I says,
"Well, really, Sarah Ann," says I, "I think all on ye mun ha'
taa'en it to do."'!*. (51) Sc. (A. W.), n.Yks. (l.W.) (52) Wm. A
derisive phr. for those who require a great deal of persuasion — an
allusion to the method a very young calf is taught to feed on milk.
' Ah wad'nt bodder wid seek like, next thing they'll want ta tak it wi
a fingger mebby' (B.K.). (53: I. Ma. AUis in a friendly way with
them, and takin joy, Brown Yarns (1881) 219, ed. 1889. (54)
n.Lin. Boggard mun tek law on him, Peacock Talcs and Rhymes
(i886j 67. (55) Cuiu.'* (56) Doif. Standing tirling at the door-
pin, with Mistress Jennie taking nicks at us the while with her bit
dags, Hamilton Mawkin (1898) 218. (57) Frf. Dinna ye try to
tak' occasion o' the minister, Inglis Ai>i Flk. (1895) 80; (J.B.)
(58) Per. Ye tak' your leanness aff your mither, Haliburton
Dunbar (1895) 88. (59^ Sh.I. When I wis flitted da kye, I took
aff o' my feet, an' fir da hill I set, Sh. News (July 2, 1898). (60)
e.Lth. I'll tak on han' to tell ye what your poseetion is. Hunter
J. Imvick (1895) 205. (61) Per. It just takes me no to run round
the town, Sandy Scott {1897) 12. Don. The bank will fall in to-
day and kill two men close beside you ; it'll take you to be on your
guard and watch well, Cornh. Mag. XXXV. 177. (62) Wgt. The
sea took him abune the knees, Saxon Gall. Gossip (1878) 15. (63)
Sc. (Jam., s.v. Ourtane). (64) n.Yks, It teak him i' t'head ti dea't
(l.W.). (65) Sh.I. Doo niver took dee till ta pit a handle ta da
bit o' fleeter. Sh. Nezvs (Feb. 10, 19001 ; Shii bed twise to tak till
her afore shii wan till her feet, ib. (May 15, 1897) ; (J.S.) (66)
Dev. Mrs. Coaker . . . walked slap through the stream, as took her
to the knees, Phillpotts Stiiiing Hours (1901) 77. (67) Sh.I.
Hit 'ill tak him wi' a' his sense ta confuit dee, Sh. News (July 17,
1897). (68) w.Yks. A derisive phr. used to an ill-favoured person
whom it is intended to order away and insult at the same time.
' We want nowt wi' thah here, sooa tak thi bag o booans
hooam ' (B.K.) ; (J.W.) (69) Sh.I. Shu cam hame frae da bridal,
an' took hir bed, an' niver wis oot fil shii wis taen oot ta be
streekit, Sh. News (Dec. 15, 1900). ne.Sc. He wud actually tak'
the bed an' gie up the ghost for my sake, Grant Keckleton, lo.
Edb. She fell sick and took her bed, Pennecuik Helicon (1720) 162.
Gall. To take his bed for some time after, being so stinged, Mac-
TAGGARTfi/ryc/. (1824) 272, ed. 1876. n.Cy., w.Yks. (J.W.) (70)
Sh.I.Ta tink ipun it tak'snii brelh,Danesty sniils, 5A.A'<'jfs(Jan.29,
1898J. Elg. The thocht o' his wraith, . . Amaist took my breath,
Tester Po««s (1865) 141. (7i)n.Cy. Ah waited tell Ah was stalled,
than Ah thowt Ah wad tak mi civil if ther was nowt full it (B.K.).
(72) Don. When Father Eddy . . . took his death, the Bocca Fadh
was one of the picked half-dozen v/ho werestarted over the mountains
to fetch his brother, whom he wanted to see before he'd close his
eyes, Macmanus BfHrfo/y?o«rf (1898) 138. w.Yks. (J.W.) Cor.
Tell Gunner Spettigew to put on his hat at once. Ask him what
he means by taking his death and disgracing the company, ' Q.'
IVaiulering Heath (1895) 43. (73) Ayr. It chanc'd his new-come
neebor took his e'e, Burns i?)i^s o/^^v (1787) I. 87. (74) Uls.
He looked so queer you would have taken your fair end at him
(M.B.-S.\ Ant. Ballymena Obs. (1892). (75) n.Yks. They may
tak ther fling, Tweddell Clcvel. Rhymes{i8T$) 38. w.Yks. (J.W.)
(76) Wgt. He . . . determined to take his fun off him, Saxon Gall.
Gossip {i8-]8) 58. (77) Chs.i He was to have had th' farm ; but
he took his hands off it, and then I took it. (78) Lan. Tay yer
hurry a minute an' we'll gooa wi ye (B.K.). Chs.'^ (79) Nlib.*-
(80; Slg. He'll tak their length wi' broken croon Upon the sod,
Buchanan Poems (1901) 36. (81) Ir. We took our pumps off,
Carleton Traits Peas. (ed. 1881) 102. (82) w.Yks. He gav him a
gooid sahnd threshing — 'nah,'hesez, 'thah can tak thi purpose, 'an'
left him (B.K. ). (83) w.Yks. Thah 's done, tak thi push (16.). (84, a)
Sc. (A.W.) n.Yks. He hat my sahd and teak my wind (l.W. ). (,b)ib.
Let t'horses rist and tack their wind {ib.). (85, a) Sc. (Jam.) ; He
said, ' But treason is fact,' and taking himself again, he said, ' It is
true, it is but treason in their judgment,' Thomson Cloud of Wit-
«essfs(i7i4) 138, ed. 1871. (.6) Sc. (Jam.) Abd. When hunger now
was slaked a little wee, She takes hersel, and aff again she'll be,
Ross Helenore (1768) 30, ed. 181 a. (86) n.Yks. He teak his sel
out o' t'society (I.W.). (87) Sc.(A.W.) n.Cy. Grose (i79o)S»/>/i/.
(88) Abd. Gie's nae mair o' that ; Ye tak' the lad o'er short. Cock
Stiains (1810) II. 132. (89) Nrf. I don't see why I should take
rheumatics, Forbes Odd Fish (1901 > 17. (90) Lnk. The sheep tak'
nae skaith. Eraser IVhaiips (1895) xii. Edb. Benjie might
take skaith from the night air, Moir Mniisie IVaiich (.1828) xiv.
(91) Ir. Thin the wife tuk sick, Barlow Bogland (1892) 58, ed.
1893. (92) n.Dev. Mary Amelia was slow to take strength, and
one might zay that her niver rightly got back to herzulf again,
Zack Dunstable IVeir (1901) 244. (93) s.Hmp. I'm main glad
she've a took that way, Verney L. Lisle (1870) xi. (94, n) Sc.
The tall gentleman who preferred to take the air at that untimely
hour, Keith Indian Uncle (1896) 257. Edb. Out they gae a wee
to tak' the air, Aikman Poems (i8i6j 171. Gall. A guid heartsome
evening to you, Betty! Ye are takin' the air? Crockett Kit
Kennedy (i8gg) 116. (6) Lnk. The chitterin' birdies patient wait
To see you tak' the air, John [Frost], Nicholson Idylls (1870)61.
Gall. (A.W.) Uls. The frost has taken the air (M.B.-S.). (95)
Lnk. I canna bear the thocht o'bein' ta'en the better o'a'thegither
by a perfect, even-doon scoun'ril, Eraser IVhaups (1895) 177.
(96'' Gall. Had I bidden more at home 0' nights and ever been at
the ' taking of the Book,' Crockett Love Idylls {igoi) 308 ; It was
her father ' taking the book ' up at Lochryan, ib. 227. (97)
Cum.* (98, a) Sc. She went out and did not t.ike the door with
TAKE
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her, Ramsay Reinin. 100. Abd. ' Tak the door to ye, Mistress
Crathie,' indicating which side he wished it closed from, Mac-
DONALD Z.Ois;> (1877) Ixiii. Ayr. Taking the door on my back I
left them, and the same night came off on the Fly to Edinburgh,
Galt Frovosl (1822I vii. i^A'i Abd. Some, by chance, the door
had took, Wha scarce cud see, Cock SIraiiis 1810I I. 131. Lnk.
I baud Conscience tak' the door, An' leave me to mj' fancy,
Murdoch Doric Lyre (1873) 68. Edb. Mavius gave short salutes,
and took the door, Pennecuik Helicon (1720) 7. s.Lan.' (99)
Sh.I. VVilhoot s.iyin' a word, ye may weel link he wis blyte ta tak
da door ower his head as fas as he cud, Stewart Tales (,1892) 70.
(100, a) Sh.I. A"m tinkin' hit wid a been da trid d.iy afore dey wid
a' been able ta tak da flOre, Sli. Kens (Dec. i, 1900). Kcb. When
at Can'lemas he took the floor He tripped to the lilt o' the chanter,
Ar.mstrosg //ijf/fs/rff (1890) 216. Uls. I'm after inviting you to
take the flure willi me, Hamilton Bog (1896) 89. i,i) Rnf. A
towmont gane, or little mair. The wee things baith had ta'en the
(lair. Young Pictures (1865"! 51. (c) Nrf. The groom proposed
skittles at eventide. I was fortunate enough to take tlie floor the
first shot — you must strike the foremost pin on the right or left
cheek. Voila the secret, Emeuson Laguons (ed. 1896) 25. (,101)
Sc. (Jam.), Cai.' Lnk, He begins to tak the fit, liurning his hands,
and getting clyties, U' \tiDOZ Poems (1805") 40. ( 102" Cum.^ Many
a fellow wad tak t'frunts if his wife spak till him i' that way, 19.
(103) s.Lan. ^ (104 I Don. He began to take the hunger, and when
he looked at the fine skillet of ripe strawberries he was carrying
home . . . his teeth began to water, Mac.manus Cliint. Corners
(1899"! 23. (105) n.Lin.' (106; Ayr. She thro' the yard the
nearest taks, Burns Ha/hueen (1785) st. 11. (Io^) Yks. I've
tane the pot (K.). (108; Sc. So ye hae taen the road again,
Scott SI. Ronan (1824 xiv. Sh.I. Shu hed made up her mind fir
ta tak' da road, Ollason Marecl (1901) 9. Abd. Ready to tak'
road again, Ale.xander .lin Flk. (1882") 195. w.Sc. What garrcd
ye take the road! Buchan Lost Lady (1899^ 37. Lnk. Noo,
neebors, ance mair, wi' my stick i' my haun, I'll tak' to the road
— to the northward I'm gaun, Hamilton Pof<»s( 1865) 149. Rxb.
We took the road early next morning, Dibdin Bonier Li/e {iSt)-])
8t. Ir. That same [vagrant] must be Nell o' Flynn, sorra a worse
ivir tuk the road, Lawson Sacrifice (1892) 176. (log) Sc. (Jam.
Siifi/>l.,s.v. SandsV Ayr. Auld-light caddies bure sic hands, That,
faith, the youngsters took the sands Wi' nimble shanks, Burns
l-y. JSinifisoii (1785) St. 26. (no) Sc. fA.W.) Cum.' He teuk
t'shine ofT o' t'rest ; Cum.*, w. Yks. (J. W.) (in) Ir. Some of the
young horses took the stadh, Carleton Traits Peas. (cd. 1881) 58.
(112) Ayr. They tell me, Peter, ye're gaun to tak the wife, Service
Notandunis {iSgo) 122. (113, n) Sc. (A.W.\ Nhb.' n.Tfks.They
teak him through hands I.W.). (i n.Yks. He teak t'job through
hands (I.W.). (114) w.Yks. As for mysen, I'll tak tul't an' mak' no
boans abaht it — I've been a reg'lar rascal, Cudworth Dial. Sietc/ies
( 1884) 12 ; Wi' ta tak' tull 't Ah seed tha o' Monda' nccght ? Leeds
Merc. Siif'pl. (July i, 1899) ; I tak tult, Yksnian. (1878J 151, col. 2.
(115) Sc. (Jam.) fii6; Suf. Honour bright, Priss, some day, I'll
take you to church, Betham-Edwards Mock Beggars' Hall (1902)
85. (117) e.An.' (118) Sc. (Jam.) (119) N.'l.i (120, n) Sc.
(A.W.) n.Yks. David didn't at first tak Nathan's parable tiv his
sel(I.W. '. (i) li. Tack t'pie te yer sel [don't divide it]. He teak
tiv his sel [he stole] (i'6.). (121) ne.Sc. Sin' I took to the bulks,
whether I like the place or no', I get on very wcel, Grant
Keekleton, 133. (i22; Gall. It became at last a word in Scotland
that ' to take to the heather was to be in the way of getting
grace,' Crockett Moss-Hags (1895) xxvi. ,123) n.Yks. He can
tack nowt onder hands (LW.). (124) Sh.I. (J.S.) (125) Sc.
He tuke up the psalm in the kirk (Jam.). BnfT. To read in the
kirk and take up the psalm every Sabbath, Cramond Ciillcn Ann.
(1888) 39. Ayr. For ' taking up the Psalm,' Grey received an
allowance of ^ 16 Scots per annum, Edgak Old Church Life (i886'i
II. 107. 1 126J Abd. There's fowk 'at it set.s weel to tak upo' them I
Macdunald Lossie{i6-)i) xv. (127') Sc. She's a braw lass an' taks
weel. Ne'ersaw cowls tak better (Jam. Sh/>/>/.\ (i28)Abd. Foo
wud ye "a ta'en wi'l gin onybody had speer't that at you ? Alex-
ander Ain Flk. (1882, 77. (129) Ir. By my song, we took
decently with him, anyhow, Cari.eton Trails Peas. (ed. 1843I I.
65- (130) Sc. (Jam.) (131) Abd. With the approval of the police
sergeant, and the concurrence of certain persons inside the tent,
who had been ' ta'en witnesses,' Alexander Ain Flk. ( i88j1 112
(132) Sc. (A.W.) w.Yks. He'll do it when it takes him, and not
before (C.C.R. .
4. Used redundantly with and and another v.-\ in gen.
coUoq. use.
Ir. Her cherished Nellie 'took and died on her 'of some mysterious
malady, Barlow Shamrock (1901 17. N.I.' TaVc an' do tliat at
once. w.Yks. (J.W.) s.Stf. He tak's an' gi'es her his bond
friendly like, Pinnock Bit. Cy. Ann. '1895;. sw.Lin.' He look
and did. He took and went. Oxf.' Take and do it, MS. add.
Brks. Tuk and carried 'un down ther', Ht;GHEsSioi(»-. White Horst
f '859) ^'- Suf. Dew yew lake and give me that 'ere (C.T.\ Ken.'
He'd better by half take and get married. Sur.' He'd better by
odds lake and give up the farm. Hmp. Taake and goo long to bed
with, do, Gray Ribslone Pippins (1898; 18. Soni. Do lake an'
speak out, Raymond A/^n o' Meiidip 'iBgS, xvi. Cor. To think that
they shud take an' rob A widdcr. Daniel Budget, a8. [Amer. He
took and hit him, Dial. Notes (1896) I. ai2.]
5. To take root ; to grow.
ne.Lan.i w.Som.' I put on all the grafts, but they did'n take,
not one of them.
6. Of a lamb : to suck from a strange ewe.
Dor. Mistress and man were engaged in the operation of making
a lamb 'take,' which is performed whenever a ewe has lost her
own oll'spring, one of the twins of another ewe being given her as
a substitute. Hardy Madding C>oirrf(i874) xviii.
7. T(i sketch, draw. Not.' Lei.' A's tekkin' the choo'ch.
8. To marry ; to accept as husband or wife.
ne.Sc. Folks warna slack to say that 1 took him for the sake of
a couthie doonsit. Grant Keekleton, 10. Cai. I will lake Robert
Oman, HoRNECoHM/ns/WedSgd) 128. Frf. Wha did he tak? Barrie
Thrums (1889 1 iii. Slk. He maun look for perfection in the lass
that takes him, Thomson Di-uinnicldale (1901) 131. Kcb. Whun
women's silly ancuch tae tak men . . . they whiles hae a deal lac
pit up wi'. Trotter Gall. Gossip 1901) 73. Dev. I've . . . axed
Mother Loncy's maid to taake me, PHiLLPOTTsS/ni('/;i^//oKri(i9oO
162. Cor. The maidens mus be quait persest. For noan ov mun
wul take ther rest Ontil they lake a man, \)At>izi. Maty Anne's
Troubles, 9.
8. To enclose land. w.Yks.^ 10. To charge ; to
accept as the price.
Sh.I. Kins doo what Jeemson is lakkin' for hit da year ? Sh.News
(Apr. 20, 1901).
11. To cost time.
Frf. It'll tak's, I'm sure, to get them partit. Sands Poems (1833)
87. Lnk. Mony an hour stown frae her sleep My wifie they did
tak'. Miller Willie Winkie ed. 1902) 41.
12. Offish : to rise to bait readily.
Sc. The trout 'II no tak ava the d.iy (Jam. Suppl.). n.Yks.'
' Weel, d' they tak' at all, the moorn ?' ' Neea matters. Ah rose
a few, yah bit, but Ihey's gien ower agen ' ; n.Yks.*
13. Of water: to begin to freeze. Chs.'^ 14. To smite,
strike ; to deliver a blow.
Sc I'll tak you over the head wi" my rung J.\m.% Sh.I. Taking
him a crack on the shin, Burgess Sketches (2nd ed.) 51. Abd.
Took him on the chafts therewith, Ritchie S/. iJnWn'rf 11 883) 113.
Ayr. My grannie . . . got baud o' the tangs, an' took them alang
jny mother's cuits, Service Dr. Diigiiid (ed. 1887^ 202. Lnk. I
takes her a civil nap on the nose, Graham Writings 1883 II. 101.
Gall. A pebble . . . took Powie Fleemistcr on the elbow joint,
Crockeit a. Mark (1899") xii. N.I.' A stone just took him in the
eye. n.Cy. A'. v&^ Q. 1,1880) 6th S. i. 274. Nhb.' He tyuk him sic
a bat. Ane tuik him on the heed. n.Yks. Hcteak himabat ower
t'lug (I.W.I. w.Yks. .Shoo dibbled \_sic' up her neive as if shoo
wor bahn ta tak ma between t'een. Hartley Clock Aim. (1874)31.
Nbp.2 I took him such a flick o' th' yead. Brks.' I took un a knock
on the yead wi' this ycr slick. Dev. It [bullctj took'n in the
shoulder, Norway Parson Peter (1900) 318.
15. To strike against ; to catch in.
Ayr. Something took his foot, and he stumbled and fell to the
ground, Galt Gilhaize (18231 ''i''- Lnk. When I got lae the door,
losh, ma fute took the mat, An" awa' I gaed sprauchlin' the tap o'
my hat, Thomson Leddy .May (18831 138. Dmf. His tae took
Nelly's corner stane, Whilk gart him i' the gutter grane, Quinn
Lintie ( 1863) 226. Lan. I think j'ou'd belter get on th' box and
see as Gib doesn't take th' stoop, Westall Biicli Dene (1889) II.
58. e.An.' Driving a carriage against a large stone, or taking a
post in brisk motion.
16. To seize, as with pain or sudden illness ; to aflcct ;
to happen to.
Abd. What's ta'en ye the nicht, 'at ye speyfc sae to me ?
Macdonald Warlock (1882) I. Dmf. What can hae ta'en ye- if I
may spier, — That ye suld bide i' the muirlan' here ? Kz\D Poems
(1894) 181. Gall. What's ta'en ye, Kab, since ye gaed awa"!
Crockett Z.oi;*/rf)7/s (1901) 345. Ir. ' What's look me?' he said,
with a start. Barlow Martin's Comp. (1896 55. w.Yks. (J.W.I
n.Lio.' It's a munth sin' I was taa'cn, an' I've nivcr been oot o' bed
P 2
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sin'. Suf.' Ken. If you or me, Dimmick, was to be took with a
stroke or a fit, Conih. Mag. (Jan. 1894') 56. w.Som.i The pain
tookt her in the back. Her was a-tookt fust in the zidc, and tlio
the pain urned all over her. Dev. I b'ain't sure but what death's
a-took me! Ford Pos//f />?)•;« (1899') 206. [Amer. A month or
two ago, when Peter was first took, Cent. Mag. (Feb. 1885) 554]
17. To burn brightly. Cai.' 18. To blight ; to blast, as
if by witchcraft ; to infect.
w.Yks. (C.C.R.) Nhp.i 'The potatoes are tacked again.' 'The
cankers have tacked the gooseberries and currants.' Particularly
applied to the early stage of consumption, ' He's tacked.' Applied
to the effect of heat or frost on vegetation. 'The frost has took
the greens.' 'The blight has took the apple trees.' War.° The
frost took the blossoms last night. The blight has took the fruit
trees ; War.^ The blight in its course has taken the apple trees.
Shr.2 The fly has taen the turmits. Hnt. (T.P.F.), w.Cy. (Hall.)
19. To go ; to betake oneself to ; to frequent, haunt.
Abd. He taks the hill wi' gun an' tyke, OoiLviEy. Ogilvie (1902)
114. Frf. The body who took the hill for twelve hours on the day
Mr. Dishart, the Auld Licht minister, accepted a call to another
church, Barrie Thrums (1889) xv. Per. We took the braes, We
left the toun like hunted raes, Haliburton Ochil Idylls (1891) 13.
Lnk. An eerie path . . . That thro' a plantin ta'en, Orr Laigh
Flichts (1882) II. Gall. He took through the door as if the dogs
had been after \{\m,Q.v.ocviT.1i Standard Bcayer (\?,<^'&) g6. N.I.'
They took down the old road. w.Yks. An when safe thear besuar
an' tack Throo Temple Bar, Tom Treddlehoyle Thowts (1845) 26.
s.Chs.* Th)ky'aat- took aaj't xi dhu baa'rn ut u praati baat*. Ey
took oaTjdh ej. I. Ma. If there's ghoses takin anywliere it's in
trees it is. Brown Yarns (1881) 103, ed. 1889. War. The fox
was headed and took along themetals, £ws/m);i/c«. (Dec. 11, 1897).
20. To undertake to do work ; to take a contract for.
Kcb. It was him took thae drains; . . the factor's gaun tae tak
them fae him if tliey'r no dune next month, Trotter Gall. Gossip
(1901) 373. n.Cy., w.Yks. (J.W.) Lan. Came and took 20 falls
of delving of me at a 11 shillings, Walkden Diary (ed. 1866) 103.
w.Som.i We tookt it to low. I widn take it again vor double the
money.
21. To contest ; to engage in combat.
w.Vks. We three '11 tak ye three, Leeds Merc. Siifipl. (Oct. 29,
1898). Oxf. (G.O.)
22. To acknowledge.
Wgt. He . . . said he wouldn't believe the wean was his, and
wouldn't take it when it was born, Saxon Gall. Gossip (1878) 224.
23. To understand.
Abd. I hardly take ye . . . but I may, if ye will be plainer. Cobban
^ngcl {i8g8) 22. Slk. Do you take me? Hogg Tales [^1838) 191,
ed. 1866. w.Yks. Ah teuk it soa (^.B.). ne.Lan.> Dev. 'Do
you take me?' Young Reed nodded, Phillpotts Sons 0/ Morning
(1900) 161.
24. To think ; to take for granted ; to consider.
Sh.I. Even dan I tak', my lamb, Dey kenna whedder Sheni, or
Ham,or Japhethbe'sdir clue, Ollason Vl/(i;«<'/(i90i) 95. n.Yks.*
If thoo nobbut taks it this road, 230. w.Yks. (J.W.)
25. To determine ; to induce ; to cause to come.
ne.Sc. Fat i' the name o' Gweed tak's ye here this time o' nicht ?
Green Gordonhaven (1887) 52. Ir. What tuk her to go was her
mind bein' bent To earn us a trifle. Barlow Ghost-bereft (1901 43.
26. sb. The amount taken, esp. used of a haul or catch
offish ; the act of catching fish ; also usedyTg'.
Sc. A gude tack (Jam.). S. & Ork.' Bnff.' We hid a gey gueede
tack o' haddocks the day. s.Sc. The take of herrings appears in
different seasons in different places, sometimes in one loch or arm
of the sea, sometimes in another, Wilson Tales (1836) II. 70.
Lnk. Though ae trout nieltit frae a tak, Ye didna often squeel,
Wingate Poems (1862) The Deein Fisher. Gall. Mactaggart
Encyel. (1824) 443, ed. 1876. Wgt. The fishings are let to a few
individuals at such rent as necessitates them disposing of their
' lakes ' at the highest market, Fbaser Wigtown (1877) 192. Nhb.
It was an old habit of mine to carry a book when I went fishing,
and many a long hour's reading I have done on Skelter banks
when the take was off, Graham Red Scaur (1896) 271. n.Yks.^
What kin o' tak hae ye had ? Dev. Cider won't gie me my June
swarm back again, nor my next year's take o' honey, Zack On
Trial (1899; 78.
27. A lease ; a renting ; a holding; a small farm ; land
demised. Also used fii^.
Sc. (Jam.) ; A contract between a proprietor of lands or houses
and a tenant for the use of them is, in Scotland, called a tack ; in
England, a lease, Mitchell Scotticisms (1799) 81 ; Nae man has a
tack of his life, Ferguson Prow. (1641) No. 662. Sh.I. If doowirks
hard ipo yon tack o' Pettister doo'll be able to mak a good livin'
an no mistake, Burgess Sketches (2nd ed.) 17. Or.I. Heritaiges,
takis, and possiouns. above vrettin, Edb. Antiq. Mag. (1848) 62.
ne.Sc. Ye canna think o' votin' against the Laird, an' you sae neai
the end o'yer tack. Grant /ffcWf/o)!, no. Cai.' Frf. Come from
the hills where your tacks are a-grazing, Sands Po£'»7s (1833 1 154.
Per. Death brings their tack o't to amane, Haliburton Dunbar
(1895) 13. Fif. He has a life's tack o' his present place, Meldrum
Grey Mantle (1896) 294. s.Sc. Enabled them to stock the little
farm of Rummlcdykes — of which they were so fortunate as to
obtain a tack, "xVilson Tales (1839) V. 56. Lnk. A new tack 0'
life is lent ye, Miller Willie Winkic (ed. 1902) 67. N.I.', N.Cy.',
Nhb.', Dur.', Cum.* n.Yks.' Almost equivalent to lease, except
that taking for a set term of years is very seldom implied. ' Weel,
he's gotten t'faarm, an' a desper't good tak' an' all.' ne.Yks.'
e.Yks.' We've gotten farm on a good tak. w.Yks. '2, ne.Lan.',
Chs.'23 s.Chs.' It)s dhu best taak- liz evur ahy scyd. Ee')z
got'n u taak- on it fur li giid men'i eeur. nw.Der.' sw.Lin. 'It's
in two taks,' i. e. the land is in two portions, taken from different
owners or held under different agreements, as e. g. under the
Lincolnshire and Notts, custom as to tenant right, &c. (R.E.C.)
Lin.' I have got a take of the premises. n.Lin.' Thomas Windle
must hev gotten a rare cheap tak o' that Greenhoe farm ; why, it's
as good as thof it was his awn. Lei.' Called a 'Lady-Day take,'
or a ' Michaelmas take,' according to the time of its commencement.
In the agricultural districts, Midsummer and Christmas 'takes' are
unknown. Nhp.' It's a good take. War. The grass opposite his
lake, Evesham Jrn. (Aug. 13, 1898). s.Wor. (U.K.), Hnt. (T.P.F.)
Hence (i) Tack-duty, sb., obs., rent ; (2) -house, sb. a
farm-house ; (3) -man, sb., obs., a manorial officer whose
duty it was to collect the rents and fines due to the lord ;
(4) -'s-man or Taxman, sb. a lessee ; a tenant of a higher
class ; (5) Take-rents, sb. pi., obs., rents received by the
manorial ' tack-man ' ; (6) to stand to ones tack, phr., obs., to
keep to one's bargain.
(i) Edb. Three hundred fifty five pound thirteen shilling (our
pennies as tack-duty, Hume Z)o"i«s//c Details (1697-1707) 106, ed.
1843. (2) Arg. We were never near this tack-house before,
MvtiRo J. Splendid {i8()8) 222. (3) n.Lin.' (4) Sc. (Jam.); I am
only, in copartnery with others, a tacksman or lessee, Scott Redg.
{1824) Lett. vi. Sh.I. Who was both a considerable landholder
himself and a tacksman, HiBBERT/>csf. 5/;. /. (1822) 227, ed. 1891.
Or.I. The present farmers and taxmen have it for eighteen hundred
poundssterling, Wallace Z?rscr. Ork. (1693) 242, ed. 1883. ne.Sc.
Ritchie Cameron, tacksman of the farm of Muirhead, Grant
Kccklcton, 108. Abd. Themulturesof the town'smilnsof Aberdeen,
whereof he was but tacksman, Spalding Hist. Sc. (1792) I. 217.
Per. There's Caution, tax-man of Burnhaugh, NicoL Po£>«s (1766)
142. Arg. When a man takes a lease of a whole farm, and pays
^^50 sterling, or upwards, of yearly rent, he is called a tacksman ;
when two or more join about a farm, and each of them pays a sum
less than £50, they are called tenants. Statist. Ace. III. 186 (Jam.).
Kcb. The tacksmen were as 'good' gentlemen as the lairds, to
whom they were generally near of kin, Sarah Tytler Macdonald
Lass (1895) 2. s.Sc. Sandy Crawford had been promoted to be
tacksman at Gairyburn, Wilson Tales (1839) V. 57. Nhb.' (5)
n.Lin.' (6) Ayr. Now stand as tightly by your tack, Burns
Author's Cry (1786) st. 6.
28. An enclosure on a moor.
Dev. The wall of a ' take ' or enclosure, Evans Tavistock (1846)
163, ed. 1875; A house surrounded by fields and new takes,
Baring-Gould Idylls (i8g6) 65.
29. Piece-work ; work undertaken by contract ; also in
coiiip. Take-work.
Wm.On-bi-t-tak(B. K.). n.Yks.* 'Hez ta ta'en'enibyvt'yacckker
or by t'week ? ' ' Neea, he wadn't be on byv t'vveek, seea Ah've
ta'en 'em byv t'tak this go.' ne.Yks.' A'e ya ta'en it by tak ?
w.Yks. It depends whether tha wor on be th' tak or doin day-
wark, Sad Times (1870) 87. n.Lin.', War. (J.R.W.) Shr.'
Well, 'e's on'y nine shillin' a wik, reg'lar wages, but the Maister
'e lets 'im 'ave a bit o' tack-work sometimes. Bdf. (J.W.B.)
30. A tin-mining term : a bargain of work.
Cor. I am told it is the habit with dishonest miners when they
have a good ' take ' to hide away, when they have the opportunity,
some of the ore, so that they may not appear to have been getting
too high wages the next setting-day, hovRnz Billy Bray [ei.
1899) 97; Cor.2
31. A situation. Or.I. (S.A.B.) 32. A trick at cards.
Cum.'*, e.An.' Suf.' I've got six tacks.
TAKEFUL
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TAKING
33. A sudden catch in the side, &c. ; a sudden illness ;
esp. an attack of sciatica. Cf. taking, 9.
Nhb.' Aa've getten a tyek i' me side. Wil.' Dor. Gl. (1851.
34. A wliitlow. Dor. (W.B.) 35. A state of excitement,
grief, fluster, &c. Cf. taking, 2.
Sc. The auld Icddy was in an unco take when he gacd awa',
Keith Jiidian Uncle (1896) 64. Bnff.' The'rc in an unco tack
aboot nae geltin' awa'. Rxb. He's in an unco take the day Jam.).
Cor. Oh, my Guy Faux, rdly ! I'm in a reg'lar take to be here,
Phillpotts Piopliets (1897) 255.
36. Disposition. n.Yks.^ Of a queer take.
TAKEFUL.rtrf/. Dcv. [tekfl.] 1. Capturing, arresting.
n.Dev. Single her is for love o' the corpse tliat laid a dead and
takeful hand upo' her house, Zack Dtinslable iVeiy {ii)oi) 190.
2. Comb. TakefuMooking, attractive, captivating.
Twadn't iver moore takeful looking than 'tis now, ih. 93.
TAKEN, />/>/. (k//. Sc.Yks. Lan.Lin.e.An. Also in forms
ta'en Sc. llan. Lin.' n.Lin.' sw.Lin.' ; tana Sc. (J.\m.)
[tekan, ta'kan ; ten.] 1. In comb, (i) Taken-away, an
unhealthy, puny child ; a changeling; (2) -job, work on a
farm, &c. done by contract instead of by the day; (3)
•like, pleased ; {4) -work, see (2).
(i) Sc. The name seems to have been formed from the vulgar
belief, that the fairies used formerly to carry off, or take away,
healthy children, and leave poor puny creatures in their room
(Jam.). Ayr. I begin to liae a notion that he's ... a ta'en awa ;
and I would be nane surprised that whoever lives to sec him dec
will find in the bed a benwecd or a windlestrac, instead o' a
Christian corpse, Galt Entail (1823"! xl. (2) n.Lin.' (3) Draf.
'Oh Johnnie,' says she, rather taen-like, . . ' I'm glad to see you,'
Wallace Schoolmastey (1899) 330. (4) Lin.', n.Lin.* sw.Lin.'
He wants it all ta'en-work. e.Cy. (Hall.) Suf.' 'Tis taken work.
... I dew it by the job.
2. Taken aback, surprised, put out of countenance.
Rnf. Robin seem'd tacn An' ne'er spak' a word, Neilson Poems
(1877) 50. Ayr. John was terribly ta'en, but he was bent on
some revenge. Service £)»■. Diigiiid {d. 1887)44. w.Yks. (J.W.)
Lan. Yo' never seed nob'dy so ta'en i' yore life, Bkierley
Do\i Oiil ( i859> 49-
TAKEN, sec Token.
TAKENER, sb. Sus.' A person taken to learn a trade ;
a young man employed in a fishing-boat. See Tachener.
TAKER, sb. Yks. Der. Not. Also in forms takker
w.Yks.; tekker Not. [ta'k3(r), te'kair).] In comb, (i)
Next-taker, sb., obs., a lead-mining term : the one who
made the cross next after the finder, or who had the next
'mear' in possession; (2) Taker-in, the person who
inspects the woven goods as he receives them from the
weavers ; (3) -nieer, obs., a lead-mining term : the ' mear'
allotted by custom to any person who chose to have one
set out to him after those of the founder and farmer had
been allotted ; (4) -off, a boy employed to take off and
examine bobbins of yarn after spinning and dipping; (5)
-up, the man who binds sheaves in the harvest-field.
(I) Der. Tapping Gl. to Maiilovc (1851). (2) w.Yks. Th' takker <
in 'II reward us, an' whisper well done, Hartley Dillies (1868)
ist S. 24. (3) Der. A difl'erence may be taken clear Between a
founder, and a taker-meer, Manlove Lead Mines (1653I 45 ;
Tapping Gl. to Manlove (1851) ; Taker Mecr is the meer taken by
the miner, either next the Lord's Meer or the Founder's Mecr or
the next to the ist, 2nd, or 3rd taker meer or other subsequent
taker meer, Mander Miners' Gl. (1824) (s.v. Meer). (4) w.Yks.
(F.R.) {5) Not.2 s.Not. One tekker-up can't work again three
women (J.P.K.).
TAKIE, m/y. Obs. Cld. (Jam.) Of food : lasting.
TAKING, pp., ppl. adj., vbl. sb. and sb. Var. dial, and
colloq. uses in Sc. and Eng. Also in forms taaykin
Brks.'; tackin(g Sc. (Jam.) S. & Ork.' Dur.' n.Yks.
w.Yks. '5 n.Lin.; taening Sc. ; takkan Cum.; takkin(g
Cum.'" n.Yks.'" e.Yks.' ne.Lan.' s.Lan.'; teking Not.^ ;
tekkin Not. [tekin, ta'kin, tekin.] \. prp.. ppl. adj.
and vbl. sb. In comb, (i) Taking-day, (a) the day on which
a miner takes his cope, or bargains for work with the
overseer; (6)see below; (2) -disease, an infectiousillness;
(3) -end, (a) the adapted end ; {b) anything which is
troublesotne to do or which requires a great deal of
material ; (4) -funeral, a funeral at which the corpse is
carried by bearers ; (5) -job, a job taken by contract, not
by the day ; (6) -on-day, the day for engaging miners,
&c. ; the day when jobs in a mine are let; (7) -side, in
phr. to be at the taking-side, to receive something instead
of paying.
(t, a) Der. Takindays, when wit and ale were free, Furness
Medieus (1836) 2a. {b) Cor.' An old custom ... is still duly
observed at Crowan. Annually, on the Sunday evening previous
to Praze-an-beeble fair, large numbers of the young folk repair to
the parish church, and. at the conclusion of the service, they hasten
to Clowance Park. . . Here the sterner sex select their partners
for the forthcoming fair. . . Many a happy wedding has resulted
from the opportunity alTordcd for selection on 'Taking Day 'in
Clowance Park. Cor'iiian (July 1882). (2) Cum. It's a varra
takkan disease (E.W.P.). (3, n) n.Yks,* The takkin end of the
wire is the one to be inserted. (A) n.Yks. It's a tackin' end
(I.W.). (4) w.Yks. (S.K.C.) (5) Nrf. Yow look as if yow a got
a takin' job, Cozens-Hardy ZJranrf A';/. (1893'! 41. (6) Cor. On
the Friday of that blessed week, it was 'taking-on' day at the
mine, Bourne Billy Bray (ed. 18991 93; Usually in mines, the
first Monday in the month (M.A.C.) ; Cor.^ Carriers attend and
olfcr prices for work, the lowest being taken on. Driving ends,
excavating. &c. are let in the same way, the men who will do it
for least per fathom being taken on. (7) n.Yks. (I.W.)
2. sb. A state of excitement, grief, or perplexity ; a fit
of petulance or temper ; a dilemma ; a sorry plight or
condition ; in ffeii. colloq. use. Cf. take, 35.
S. & Ork.', Cld. (Jam.) Rnf. Our brethcrn there are in a very
sad taking, and need your sympathy very much, Wodrow Carres.
(1709-31) I. 301, ed. 1843. Gall. She was in a rare taking,
Crockett yl. 71/a>'/f (1899) .\liii. N.Cy.' To be in a taking about
something. Nhb. She was in a sair takin' tae think it Willie
might get a slur upo' his fair fame, Jones A'AA. (.1871) 132. Dur.',
Cum.'* n.Yks.'; n. Yks. ^ ' She's in a bonny takkin,' in a high
mood; or in great concern. 'A sour takkin,' an ill humour.
e.Yks.' Ah nivver seed him i' sike a takkin as when he lieea'd on't.
w.Yks. Ah nivver saw a wumman e sich an a tackin e me life,
Tom Treddlehoyle Bairnsla Ann. (1852) 52; w.Yks.' Nivver
war poor woman i' sike a tackin, ii. 301 ; w.Yks.* I' a bonny
tacking. Lan. In a terrible takkin abeawt this, Waugh Ilealhct
(ed. Milner) II. 34. ne.Lan.', s.Lan.' Chs. Sheaf (1880) II. 27;
Chs.' A person who is very angry is said to be ' in a great taking.'
Not.3 O ! they're in sich a teking, they've got the bums in the
house. s.Not. What a tekkin she'll be in to be sure, when she
knows! (J.P.K.) n.Lin. I never i' all my born days seed our
Squire in such an a tackin', Peacock R. Skirlaiigh (1870) I. 487.
sw.Lin.' The house is in such a taking, its so wet. His clothes
arc in a taking, they're ragged up. Lei.', Nlip.'. 'War.^, w.Wor.'
s.Wor. 'Er wuz in hover sich a takin' 's marnin' f H.K.). Shr.' In
a pretty taking. Hrf.', Glo.' Oxf.' What a takin' 'er's in surelye !
Brks.' She zimmed in a gurt takin' acause I tawld her as her daler
was agwaain out to zarvicc. Hrt. They're in a rare taking about it,
Geary Riir. Life , 1899': 84. w.Mid. She was in a terrible taking
because she thought she hadn't got her rights (W.P.M.). Hnt.
(T. P. F.), e.An.2, Sur.' Dor. There, don't 'ee be in sich a takin',
lad, Francis Fiander's IVidoiv (1901) pt. 11. vii. Dev.' 1 was in a
sad taking, 18. Cor.' I never saw a woman in such a taking ; Cor.*
3. A capture ; a haul; a prize.
Sc. (Jam. S»/>/i/.) Gall. Mactaggart fdQ'c/. (1824). n.Yks.';
n.Yks.* A rare takking o' fish.
4. A swarm of bees. n.Yks.' ; n.Yks.* A brave takkin o' bees.
5. Food or drink.
w.Yks. Let 'em offer a (C500 prize for him 'at con invent a drink
as gooid takin' as ale, an' one 'at willn't mak' fovvk drunk,
Hartley Dili. (1873) 2nd S. 107. s.Lan.' Good food or drink, is
said to be good ' takkin'.'
6. A lease, letting ; a hiring.
s.Wor. Michaelmas taking ^H.K.X w.Cy. The lettings, here
called ' settings ' or ' takings,' are at Candlemas, Longman's Mag.
(Apr. 1898) 546.
7. A particular piece of work, &c. accepted on certain
conditions. Lin.' That's my taking, and I'll mow it soon.
8. See below.
Gall. When schoolboys catch one another in their games, they
lay their hands on the head of the one caught ; this ceremony is
termed taening or taking. Mactaggart Encycl. (1824).
0. An attack of illness ; a sudden seizure of pain ; a sore,
swelling; an ulcer, whitlow. Cf. take, 33.
Shr.' ' Poor Dick 'as bin lame a lungful wilde ; did 'e 'urt 'is
leg ! ' ' No, it come on itself— a takin' at the bwun ' ; Shr.* Any
pain or uneasinessofbody which cannot be accounted for. 'A taking
TAL
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TALKING
at the stomach.' Hrf. Duncumb Hisi. Hrf. (1804-12); Hrf.'^,
w.Cy. (Hall.)
10. Death.
n.Dev. I was present at her taking, and Ihougli I be partial to
death-beds. . . there seemed a bit too much human nature about
Susan Fippard's, Zack Dunstable Weir (1901) 4.
11. pi. Receipts, profits.
Nhb. The postman's pay wad be a great help tae the takin's frae
the shop, Jones W/A. 11871) 192. w.Yks. T'takkins er newt fera
hahse like yond (B.K.) ; w.Yks.^ Nut mich tackings at this job.
TAL, int. Sc. [tal.] An expletive ; used in the phr.
sal, tal. See Sal(l.
Frf. They limited their comments to ' Losh, losh,' 'ay, ay,'
'sal, tal,' ' dagont,' Barrie Toiimiy (1896) vii.
TALAFAT, see Talfat.
TALCH, ii. Cor.^ ftEeltJ.] Bran.
[OCor. talch, bran (Williams).]
TALE.sA. and v. Sc. Yks.Lan.Not.Lin.War.Wor. Shr.
Pern. GIo. Oxf. Som. Cor. [tel, teal, tisL] 1. sb. In comb.
(i) Tale-lobster, a lobster measuring ele'en inches from
snout to tail ; (2) -'s-man, (3) -master, the authority for a
statement, one who brings news or originates a statement ;
(4) -telling-tit, a tell-tale, a tale-bearer.
(i) Cor.i All that fall short of this the master of a lobster smack
will only give half-price for. (2) Sc. When one doubts or seems
to doubt as to the truth of any story it is common to say ' I'll gie
ye baith tale and talesman ' (Jam.). Abd, Baith tale and talesman
I to j'ou sail tell. Ross Heleiwrc (1768) 35, ed. 1812. (3) w.Yks.
Ah've towd ye t'tale an t'tale-maister, an' it's aw Ah know abaht it
(B.K.). (4) Lan. He's a tale-tellin-tit, that is, Clegg Sketdies
(1895) 334.
2. Phr. (i) a tale in a tub, a fable, an old wife's tale ; (2)
all of a tale, all of the same waj' of thinking; (3) to tell a
tale, to succeed, answer, turn out profitably ; (4) with one's
tale, according to one's own account ; in one's own esti-
mation ; always used in derision or contempt.
(i) w.Yks.2 (2) Not. ' Nay, if yo're all of a tale—' ' Wc are.'
' Then it's no good for to send the question round any more if it's
alius to get the same answer,' Prior Forest Flk. (igoi) 105. (3)
w.Yks.' (4) Sc. He's gaun to tak a big farm, wi' his tale. Puir
silly tawpie, she's gaun to get a gryte laird, wi' her tale (Jam.).
3. A number, esp. a specified number or quantity ; a
measure.
n.Yks.i He'slivered 'em all, t'full tale ; n.Yks.* War.^ Nails are
yet sold in Birmingham by tale— until recent years by the short
tale (750) and long tale (950), but now by tale only. w.Wor.
What do you make the tale of 'em ? S. Beauchamp N. Hamilton
(187511.258. Cor.i
4. The full number of eggs a hen lays before she becomes
' broody.' See Lay-tale.
w.Som.i I han't a single broody hen to my name, else I let 'ee
'ave one in a minute ; nother one o'm an't a-laid out their tale.
5. A falsehood; a story of doubtful authority.
n.Lin.i Oh, you must n't tak' no noatice on her, she tells taales;
slie's a real doon storier, that's what she is. s.Wor.' Don't you
listen to what them chaps says, Owner; 'tis nothin' but tales.
Glo. (A.B.), Oxf. (G.O.)
6. V. To count ; also with out.
War.^ Shr.' I tale them ship to forty — 'ow many bin a?
Hence Taler, sb. a man who keeps count of wedding
presents. s.Pem. Laws Little Eiig. (1888) 421. 7. To
gossip ; to chatter; to tell a tale.
w.Som.' Her's always ready to taly way anybody.
Hence Taler, sb. a tale-bearer, ib.
TALE, see Taal.
TALENT, s6.' Yks. [talsnt.] A person with an
overweening opinion of himself. w.Yks. (C.C.R.)
TALENT, 56.2 se.Wor.' [tffi-lant.] A dial, form of
' talon.' ITalant of an havi\i,vngula. Levins Maiiip. (1570).]
TALE-PYET, sb. Sc. Nhb. Cum. Wm. Yks. Lan.
Also written tale-piet Sc. (Jam.) w.Yks.' ne.Lan.' ; -pyot
n.Yks.^ ; -py't Sc. ; and in forms tale-pie N.Cy.' ; teaaly-
pyet, tealepiet Cum.; teally-pyet Cum.' ; tealy- Cum.*;
teealy-pyatt Wm. ; teyl-peyat e.Yks. ; tyel-piot Nhb.'
[tel-, tia'l-paiat.] A tell-tale; an informer; a tattler.
See Pyet, Tell-piet, s.v. Tell, II. 2 (5).
Sc.(Jam.); Nevermind me, sir — lamnotale-pyet,ScoTT.<^H/('yHa;3'
(1816) iv. Lnk. Naething will cross my lips. I'm nae tale-pyet.
Kraser IVhaiips (1895) ix. Lth. An' sic' a steer as granny made
when tale-py't Jamie Rae We dookit roarin'at the pump.SxRATHESK
More Bits (ed. 1885 1 36. Gall. Mactaggart Encyd. (1824) 406, ed.
1876. N.Cy.', Nhb,' Cum. Neabody can say 'at ah's a teale piet,
Joe and Landlord, 8; Ah niver was a teaaly-pyet eh me life,
Sargisson Joe Scoap (1881) 81 ; Cum.'" Wm. Teealypyatt,
teealypyatt, sits o' t'kirk Steele Wi' a scab on his arce as big
as t'mill wheel (B.K.). n.Yks.^ e.Yks. Marshall Rur. Econ.
(1796). w.Yks.', ne.Lan.'
TALER, sb. Obs. Sc. (Jam.) Also written talor and
in form tolor Fif. State, condition.
n.Sc, In better taler. Fif. Anything is said to be in gude talor,
when in a proper state for the purpose in view; as water when
heated to a sufficient degree for washing.
TALFAT, sb. Cor. Also in forms talafat Cor.= ;
talfoot, talfut Cor.^ [tselfat.] 1. A raised alcove for a
bed. Cf. tallet.
A little hut of two rooms and a ' talfat,' Hunt Pop. Rout. iv.Eitg.
(1865) 120, ed. 1896; Cor.' =
2. A loft over a stable or other building. Cor.^ Hence
Talfutladder, sb. the outside stairs for reaching a loft. ib.
3. A bench. w.Cor. (J.W.)
TALIWAG, see Telewag.
TALK, V. and sb. Irel. Yks. Lan. Midi. Der. Lin. War.
Wor. Shr. Oxf. Nrf. Ess. Sur. Sus. and Amer. [t^k,
toak, tak.] 1. v. In phr. (i) to talk a dog's or a horse's
hind leg off, to be very loquacious ; (2) — alike, to come to
terms ; to make an agreement ; (3) — fine, to speak
affectedly; to use standard English as distinguished
from dialect; (4) — prettily, to refrain from censure or
calumny ; (5) — shoddy, to talk nonsense ; (6) — straight,
to talk intelligibly or coherently ; (7) — thin, to talk in a
low voice ; (8j — to a woman, to court her ; (9) — to one's
mommets, obs., to converse in a low voice with oneself.
(I) Lan. A', tr O. (1868) 4th S. ii. 488. Midi., Nrf. Talk, talk,
talk ; enough to talk a horse's hind leg off, ib. 591. Sur.' I never
seesich a fellow to go on. he would talk his dog's hind leg off any
day. (2) Ess. He wanted to put the rents up, and as he and I
couldn't talk alike about it, I wouldn't take 'em on again, Burmester
Ju/i 11 Lotl{igoi) 13. (3) Sc.(A.W.), w.Yks. (J.W. !, s.Lan.' n.Lin.'
OorSabinahes gotten to talk fine nooshe's been to Win terton; when
ony body tells her oht e'stead o' saayin' ' Aw,' she says, ' I'm
'stonished.' Oxf.' When thee comes back, I spuse thee'lt talk fine
and say, ' Is this the cat that was the kit when I first went to
taown,' MS. add. (4) w.Yks. Talk prattley— may be if he wor
weighed up he's a better man nor yo. Hartley /);//. (1868)87.
(5) w.Yks. Tha'rt talkin' shoddy, Snowden Tales IVolds (1893) vii.
(6) n.Yks. He couldn't talk straight (I.W.). (7) Sus.' He talk so
thin that no-one can't scarcely hear what he says. (8) Cav. Pat
is talking to Kate this six months, they'll soon be married (M.S.M.).
[Amer. Judge Jackson's son has been talkin' to my daughter nigh
on a year. Dial. Notes (1896) I. 374.] (9) Shr.' ' I thought theer
wuz summat gvvein on ; I sid owd Mister Ambler stan'in' i' the
lane talkin' to 'is mommets.' Mr. James Ambler was a man whose
opinion was much respected, but he seldom gave it without taking
counsel with himself, and was noted for 'talkin' to 'is mommets.'
The term mommet, thus employed, would seem to have retained
some lingering sense of the O.E. iiiaumet,an idol to which prayer
would be addressed.
2. To say.
War.3 se.Wor.' ' Is your ooman a gwain tti Asum to-day, Jums ? '
' Well 'er talks a sholl, Betty; uf it keeps dry over yud 'owever.'
3. To talk boastfully or falsely. n.Yks. (I.W.), Der.'
4. 'With over; to wander in delirium. Lin.', n.Lin.'
5. To talk reasonably.
n.Yks. You talk now (I.W.). w.Yks. (J.W.), Oxf. (G.O.)
6. sb. In phr. bad talk, bad language.
Ker. Givin' bad talk to a decent woman ! Bartram Wliiteheaded
Sq>i (1898) 10.
7. Gossip ; report.
n.Yks.-*, w.Yks. (J.W.) s.Oxf. This could not go on long
without 'talk,' Rosemary Cliilteriis (1895) 143.
TALKATION, sb. Chs.' A light discourse.
TALKING, ppl. adj. Sc. Cor. 1. In comp. Talking-
bush, obs., a bush of holly put at the topmast head ; see
below.
Cor. ' Christmas is Christmas. When I was young at such times
there wouldn't be a ship in the harbour without its talking-bush.'
TALKY
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TALLY
'What is a talking-bush? ' ' And you pretend to be a sailor ! Well,
well — not to know what happens on Christmas night when the
clocks strike twelve!' ' Do— the— ships— talk!' 'Why of course
they do ! ' Pall Mall Mag. (Oct. 1901 , 182.
2. Talkative.
Ayr. He being loose-tongiied, and a talking man, Galt Gil/uiice
(18231 xxiii.
Not. [t9'ki.] Talkative, esp. when
w.Yks. (J.W.) s.Not. A know the
TALKY, adj. Yics,
slightly intoxicated.
n.Yks. (I.W.), e.Yks.
gell's very talky ^J.P.K.\
TALLACK, see Tallet, Tallock.
TALLAGE, sb. Obs. Dor. In phr. lo go tallage, to
go softly. Haynes Voc. (c. 1730) in iV. &- Q. (1883) 6t!i S.
viii. 45.
TALLAN, sb. So. Also in forms tallin, tallown. A
dial, form of ' tallow.'
Sc. Duncan £/>■««. (1595). Sh.I. Afore da yow wis taen up,
her tallin wis cauld sturkn'd, Sh.News (Jan. 13, 1900). Elg. Lasses
braws were spoil'd \vi' tallan, Gordon Poems (182B) 217.
Hence Tallowrnyfaced, adj. sallow.
Ayr. Leezock kent brawlies she was nae great heart-break
hersel', — awful' kin' o' tallowny-faced an' coorse-traited. Service
Dr. Diigiiitt fed. 1887) 223.
TALLANT, TALLARD, TALLAT, see Tallet.
TALLBOY, sb. Lan. Chs. Shr. [t9l boi, -bai.] A
tall, narrow ale-glass, standing on a stem.
ne.Lan.', s.Lan.', Chs.', s.Chs.' Shr.' Missis, the Maister wants
a jug o' ale at the 'orse-block, an' two tumbler-glasses — 'e said nod
to sen' them tallboys, kigglin'.
TALLENT, TALLERT, TALLER, see Tallet, Tallow,
si.'
TALLET, sb. Chs. Stf. Der. War. Wor. Shr. Hrf Pern.
Glo. Oxf Brks. Hmp. I.W. Wil. Dor. Som. Dev. Cor.
Also written tallat w.Wor.' s.Wor.' Shr.'^ Brks. Wil.
Dev. Cor. ; tallit Stf Der. War.^ se.Wor.' Dev. ; tallet
Glo. Hmp.'Wil.'; tallut Glo.'= Brks.' Dev.' ; and in forms
tallackCor.= ;taUantChs.'s.Chs.'Shr.'IIrf.";talIardHrf'
w.Cy. ; tallart Hmp.; tallent Shr.* Hrf w.Cy. ; tallert
Shr.= ; tallicCor.*; talotSom.; tollardHrf; toUatPem.;
toilet Hrf.'; tollit Hrf.= Oxf; tullet Brks. [ta'lat,
tae'lat, -it; ta'lant, tae'lant.] 1. A hay-loft, esp. one over
a stable ; the unceiled space beneath the roof in any
building; an attic. Cf talfat, tarrat.
Chs.' s.Chs.' Gy'et iip upu th taal iint, un throa-sum ee'daayn
i^h bing- fur dhu ky'ey. Stf., Der. (J.K.), War.^ w. Wor. Under
the lather, sur, as were agin the tallet, S. Beauchamp Giaiilley
Grange ,1874) II. 45; w.Wor.', s.Wor.', se.Wor.' Shr.' That bit
o' clover can g60 o' the tallat, it inna wuth makin' a stack on ; Shr.*
Hrf. BovnD Proviijc. (1876) ; Hrf.'* s.Pera. Is'n't it most time for
yea to come down from the tallet there? (W.M.M.") ; Laws Lillle
Eng. (1888) 421. Glo. Baylis Illiis. Dial. (1870) ; Glo.'*, Oxf.',
Brks. (W.H.Y.);M&Q.(i87i) 4th S. viii. 441; Brks.',Hmp.(H.E.),
Hnip.'.I.W.i w.Cy. Morton C)r/o..^^nc.(i863\ Wil. I beseech you
let me lie and die in some hay tallat, Li/e B. M. Carew (1791) 99;
Wil.' Dor. Up in the tallet with ye . . . and down with another
lock or two of hay. Hardy fW/f/fer/n (1876) II. xlvi; Dor.' Som.
Sweetman IViitcanloH Gl. (1885'). w.Som.' The vlcor o' the tallet's
proper a-ratted. Titv. Reports Proviiic.{\Q'ii) no; Dev.' Maester
was staunding by the tallut, 4. nw.Dev.' e.Dtv. A truss of hay
up in the tallat, Blackmore Perlycross (1894) xii. Cor. A tallat —
that is a shed, wattled and roofed with gorse bushes, and with an
open door, Baring-Gould Gaverocks (1887) xliv ; Cor.'^
2. Comp. Tallet-ladder, the ladder leading up to a hay-
loft.
s.Wor. I alius used to have the tallet lather when I was tarring
(H.K.).
[Wei. tajlod, s.Wel. towlod, a hay-loft or ' tallit ' ; cp. Olr.
taibled, a story ; an early Celtic loan word from Lat.
tabulatum, N. S^ Q. (1893) 8th S. iv. 450.]
TALLIATION, sb. Sc. Yks. [ta'li-ejan.] Adjustment
or tally of one thing with another.
Sc. (Jam.) Ayr. Wcel wat 1 that your ellwand would hae been
a jimp measure to the sauvendie o' his books and Latin taliations.
Galt Enlail {1623) xxxi. w.Yks. (J.W.)
TALLIC, see Tallet.
TALLICK, sb. Yks. [ta'lik.] A dyer's term : alkali
or soda-ash used in scourmg. w.Yks. (H.H.)
TALLIN, TALLION, see Tallan, Italian.
TALLIWAP, sb. Obs. Sc. A stroke ; a blow.
Per. Dugald . . . general o' the north ; Wha gave the Spaniards
such a talliwap, Donald am/ Flora, 61 (Jam.'>.
TALLOCK, .si!.. Yks. Chs. Fit. Stf Der. Also written
tallack Chs.' Fit.; and in form tallocker w.Yks. [talak.]
A good-for-nothing, idle person; a ragamuffin; a slatternly
woman.
w.Yks. Shoo is a tallocker, Leeds Mere. Siippl. (Nov. 12, 1898).
Chs.i A dirty tall.ick. s.Chs.', Fit. (T.K J.) Stf. Ellis Pronunc.
1^1889) V. 417. nw.Der.'
Hence Tallocking, ppl. adj. idle, good-for-nothing;
slovenly, untidy.
s.Chs.' Hoo's ahoDZv tallockin'brivit. Didiiahoolook tallockin?
TALLOW, 5A.' Sc. Yks. Lin. Nhp. Glo. Oxf Also in
form taller n.Yks." [tala, t»b.J 1. In comp. (i)
Tallowcake, (a) the fat of animals rolled up in the form
of a cake ready for the chandler; (b) a cake made with
the fat from about an animal's kidney ; (2) -core, (3) -craps,
(4) -crawt, the scraps of fat and skin which remain after
the tallow has been rendered ; (5) -hued, pale, wan ; (6)
■jack, a candle; (7) -leaf, the covering of fat which envelops
the entrails of an animal ; (81 -powk, a bag through which
melted tallow is strained when refining.
(i, (I) yt.Yks. Leeiis Merc. Siippl. (Nov. 12, 1898 ; w.Yks.', Nhp.'
lb) n.Yks.", ne.Yks.' (2i Lin.' (3) n.Yks.'", w.Yks.' n.Lin.l
The tallow-craps are pressed into cakes and used as food for dogs.
(4) Lin.' Used as food for pigs. (5) w.Yks.' (6) w.Yks.^ (7)
Gall. When an ox or sheep has a gude tallow-leaf it is considered
to have fed well, and to be deep on the rib, Mactaggart Encycl.
(1824). (8) 'Hertallow-powkhideshescryng'din the tide." People
with tannyskinsare said to hae hides as din asthe tallow-powk, i'4.
2. Obs. Fat.
s.Sc. Ance I was a fat stark fallow. . . Now I've neither flesh
nor lallow. A' my sap and fushion's gane.T. Scorr Po<-n(5 ( 1 793) 360.
3. Concrete stalactite found in oolitic rock.
Glo.'* .So called from its appearance. Oxf. Beautiful plumose
stalactites are often found in the fissures of the rock, and are
called by the workmen, from an obvious though coarse analogy,
tallow, Woodward Geol. Eng. and IVal. (18761 185.
TALLOW, s6.* Sus. [Not known to our other corre-
spondents.] ? A sapling. (F.H.)
[Cp. OE. lel£;ot; a shoot, twig, plant (Sweet).]
TALLOWN. TALLUT. see Tallan, Tallet.
TALLWOOD, see Talwood.
TALLY, sb., V. and adv. Var. dial, uses in Eng. [tali,
tali.] \. sb. In fo«;/. (i) Tally-board, aboard on which
an account is notched or chalked ; esp. one on which the
record of a weaver's work is kept ; (2) -fellow, a travelling
draper, esp. one who gives secret credit and takes pay-
ment in small instalments ; (3) -husband, a man living
with a woman to whom he is not married ; (4) -man, (n)
a hop-picking term : the man who marks the tallies used
to record the hops picked, and who measures the hops in
a bushel basket; (b) see (2); (c) see (3); (5) -wife, a
woman living with a man to whom she is not married ;
(6) -woman, a married man's mistress ; a concubine.
(i) Lan.', s.Lan.' 12) s.Lan.' (3) e.Lau.', s.Lan.' (4, <i)
w.Wor.', Ken.' [b) Lakel.* w.Yks. Yo didn't tell uz wot ftally-
nian charged yo for that cap yo've gotten on, Tom Treddlehovle
Bairnsia A>tii. (1895") 29. Lan. Tlioose tallymen theaw oft may
see Wi' wawkin' slick un wallet, Charlesworth Thninis, 31.
s.Lan.'. War.3, Hrt. II. G.), Ken. (D.W.L.), Hmp. (H.CM.B.),
Wil. (K.M.G.) (c'] LakeL* Yks. Brewer (1870). (5) w.Yks.*
n.Lan. Tha.ir are threescore queens, and fourscore tally wives, an
maiids weowt number, Piiizackckley Sng. Sol. (i860 vi. 8.
e.Lan.', s.Lan.', Chs.'. s.Chs.', nw.Der.' (61 w.Yks.*
2. Phr. ( I ) lo keep tally, to keep count ; to keep accounts ;
(2) iMhout tally, innumerable.
(i) Nlib.' Ill delivering cargoes, one of the porterpokemen
usually ' keeps tally.' n.Yks.* I'm a bad hand at keeping tally.
e.Yks.' Thoo mun keep tally, MS. add. (T.H.) (2) Nhb. Maidens
wivoot tally, RoBSON Sng. Sol. (1860^ vi. 8.
3. Half of a stick given by the pound-keeper to the
person on whose property the pounded animal has tres-
passed.
Brks. The constable is our pound keeper. When he puts any
beasts into the pound he cuts a stick in two and gives one piece
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to the person who brings the beasts and keeps the other himself;
and the owner of the beasts has to bring the other end of the stick
to him before he can let them out. Therefore the owner, you see,
must go to the person who has pounded his beasts, and make a
bargain with him for payment of the damage which has been done,
and so get back the other end of the stick, which they call tlie
'tally,' to produce to the pound keeper, Hughes T. Blown 0.\f.
(1861) xxix; Brks.i
4. A coal-mining term : a metal or leather label attached
to a tub of coal showing the number of the collier who
has sent it up. Nhb., Dur. Nicholson Coal Tr. Gl. (1888).
n.Stf (J.T.) 5. A reckoning; a memorandum. n.Yks."
6. The last unit of a number specified ; see below.
Nhb.^ Tlie number of bricks, or cheese, or bundles is counted as
they are passed from hand to hand, the last man but one repeating
the figures aloud. If the articles are counted singly they are called
out up to the nineteenth ; but instead of calling out ' twenty '
the word ' tally ' is substituted ; thus — ' eighteen, nineteen, tall^'.'
The score is then marked by a simple line drawn with a piece of
chalk. After four strokes are made, the fifth is drawn through
them diagonally from left to right, like the cross-bar of a field gate,
and the symbol one hundred is thus indicated. In counting
articles that can be lifted in groups the tale is thus made — ' five,
ten, fifteen, tally.' w.Yks.^; w.Yks.* In counting any articles
sold by the hundred, one is thrown out after each hundred that is
called the tally. Nhp.' They are usually given in to the purchaser.
Cor. Into this [boat] the fish [mackerel] are counted by two men,
who in turn take up three fish at a time and count them as one.
When forty-one has been counted in this manner the next one says
' Tally ! * which signifies the completion of a hundred — really one
hundred and twent^'-six, or three times forty-two, Cooil U'lh.
ii896) 18.
7. A specified number or weight; see below; in hop-
picking: the number of bushels for which the picker
receives a shilling.
Glo.' 25 sacks of corn. Lon. I buy turnips by the 'tally.' A
tally's five dozen bunches, Mayhew Loud. Laboiii- (1851) I. 92.
Sur.' What's the tally? He was making ninepence a tally of his
cabbages ; the tally in that case was sixty.
8. A match ; a pattern.
w.Yks.^ Whear's that bit o' tally I gah thuh this morning?
9. Obs. A company or division of voters at an election.
Cum.^'', ne.Lan.', Som. (Hall.) 10. Obs. A term used
in playing ball when the number of aces on both sides
was equal. n.Cy. (Hall.) 11. Traffic, trade, profit.
Cor. (Joo, coo, my dear, 'tes poor tally to have to do vveth spirits,
Harris Oiiy Cove (1900) 30 ; Coasting was but ' poor tally ' in the
winter months, ib. 168.
12. Fig. Score, ground.
Dev. I ain't got no fault to find wi' him on that tally, Zack 0«
Trial (1899) 80.
13. V. To reckon by fives ; marking four perpendicular
strokes with another across. s.Pem. (W.M.M.) 14. To
keep count of goods supplied or of work done. Nhb.',
Lan. (S.W.) 15. A hop-picking term : see below.
Sur.* To tally at seven or eight is to get a shilling for seven or
eight bushels. When they first begiii to pick they will say,
' We've not j'et heard what we shall tally at.'
16. To match, correspond.
e.Yks. What's tha brovvt theeas for? They deean't tally,
Nicholson Flk. Sp. (1889) 84 ; e.Yks.' Theease gleeaves dizn't
tally, MS. add. (T.H.) w.Yks.^ 'Ahbowt a remnant at a auction-
saale ; ah thowt it ad du to mend me gam wi' if t'colour didn't
tally like.' 'Does that bit tally?' 'Aye, it tallies weel enilf.'
Oxf. (G.O.)
17. To agree, accord.
n.Yks.^ I deeant tally wi' ye. e.Yks. ' Oor idees nivver tallied,
MS. add. ^T. H.) w.Yks.^ They doan't tally weel together.
s.Lan.i Him an' her conno' tally t'gether. e.Dev. He an' all th'
workmen tally, Pulman Sketches (1842) 23, ed. 1853.
18. To live as man and wife without being married.
vv.Yks. (S.P.U.), w.Yks.s 19. adv. In phr. to live tally,
to live together as man and wife without being married.
See Live, v. 11. 1 (4).
LakeL'^ w.Yks. They're noane wed, they're nobbut livin' tally,
Leeds Merc. Siifipl. (Nov. 12, 1898) ; w.Yks.", e.Lan.', m.Lan.i,
s.Lan.' Chs. S/icn/ (1879) I. 292. s.Chs.' They bin livin' tally.
nw.Der.*
TALLY, see Tally-iron.
TALLY-CAKE, sb. Som. Also in form -cheese. A
kind of trifle. (W.F.R.)
TALLYDIDDLE, sb. Der. [ta'lididl.] A foolish or
untrue tale.
Yo may tell her aw t'tallydiddles yo can think on, Ward David
Grieve (1892) I. i.
TALLY-HO, sb. Cor.^ [tae'li-o.] A wide, covered
passage between two houses.
TALLY-HOTHE-HOUNDS, fb. Sc. A boys' game.
Lth. Many of their games needed little but swift limbs and good
lungs ; such as ... ' Foot an' a half,' ' Cnddyloup,' and ' Talley ho
the hounds,' Strathesk More Bits (ed. 1885) 33.
TALLY-IRON, sb. and v. Irel. Nhb. Cum. Wm. Yks.
Lan. Chs. Der. Lin. Oxf Dev. Also in forms talianiron
w.Yks.; talion- Oxf; tallian- Dev.; tally Jr. Nhb.'
e.Yks.' w.Yks. s.Lan.' ; tally-ine Der. ; tallyin-iron Nhb.'
s.Chs.' ; tally-oiron s.Lan.' [ta'li-, tEeli-aian.] 1. sb.
A corruption of ' Italian-iron ' ; see below. See Italian-
iron, s.v. Italian (i).
Ir. (A.S.-P.) S.Don. Simmons Gl. (1890). Nhb.' A hollow,
round cast iron about an inch and a half diameter and nine inches
long, one end open to receive a heater ; the other smoothly
rounded. It is mounted on a stand and used to make the series
of wavy folds in women's caps. * The pan-lids, an' tallys, an'
snuffers, se breet,' Robson Sngs. 73'«<'(i849) 236. Lakel.", Cum.*
Wm. We keep the tally-iron in memory of my grandmother (B.K.).
e.Yks.' MS. add. fT.H.) w.Yks. Leeds Merc. Siippl. (Nov. 12,
1898). Lan. (C.J.B.), e.Lan.i, s.Lan.', s.Chs.' Der. They be
Sarah Andrew's tallyines, Gilchrist A'/f/;o/fls( 1899) 178. nw.Der.',
Lin.i Oxf.' Yet the big talion iron, MS. add. s.Dev. (F.W.C.)
Hence Tally-yetter, sb. a heater for a ' tally-iron.'
Lan. Redden tlii nose till it looks like a tally-yetter, Brierley
Fralchingtoiis (1868) 61, ed. 1882. s.Lan.'
2. V. To crimp the borders of a cap, &c. with a' tally-iron.'
S.Don. Simmons Gl. (1890). Nhb.' e.Yks.' 71/5. add. (T.H.)
w.Yks. Summat like Billy Copperpeg's noaze wor when hiz wife
tallied her cap screed on it, Tom Treddlehoyle Baiiiisla Ann.
(1846J 14 ; w.Yks.5g6, s.Lan.'
TALLY- WAG, sb. s.Chs.' nw.Der.' [ta-li-wag.]
Membrum virile.
TALTIE, sb. Obs. Ags. (Jam.) A wig.
TAL'WO0D,s6. Ken. (Hall.) Sus.' Also written tall-
wood. [t9lwud.] Woodcleft and cut into billets for firing.
[For charcole and sea cole, as also for thacke. For
tallwood and billet, as yeerlie ye lacke, Tusser Hiisb.
(1580) 119.]
TALYEE, see Tailyie.
TAM, sb. and adj. Cor. Also in form tame, [taem.]
1. sb. A morsel ; a piece. Cor.'^ 2. adj. Short, dwarf
(B. & H.), Cor.' Hence Tam-Furze or Tame- Furze, sb.
the dwarf furze, Ule.i: nanus. (B. & H.), Cor."^
|OCor. tain, a morsel ; a bite (Williams).]
TAM, see Taum, Tom, Turn.
TAME, adj. and v.'- Lin. Hmp. I.W. Wil. [tem,
team.] 1. adj. In comb, (i) Tame bee, a stingless fly
not unlike a bee ; (2) — flowers, a child's word for garden
flowers as distinguished from wild-flowers ; (3) — flyer,
a tame duck which has been attracted from a farm-yard
by wild-ducks and has joined them in a decoy-pond ; (4)
— withy, the rosebay, Epilobiitm angustifolitim, when
cultivated in a garden.
(i, 2, 3) n.Lin.i (4) Hmp.', I.W. (B. & H.)
2. V. Obs. ? To cultivate or till the ground.
Wil. By that time the ground will be tamed. Lisle Husbandry
(1757) 100 ; WiL'
TAME, v.^ vv.Cy. Som. Dev. [tem, team.] To begin
to cut ; to cut ; to prune.
w.Cy. (Hall.) e.Soni. W. & J. Gl. (1873). w.Som.' Rare.
To tame a bush. Dev. Of a rose-bush, ' I think you have tamed
him enough, sir,' Reports Provinc. (i88i) 17. s.Dev. We shall
have to tame the rick (J.B.).
[Cp. ME. attaniin (OFr. atamer), to pierce, broach (a
vessel) (Stratmann).]
TAMER, sh.^ Sc. [te'mar.] 1. The sharp-nosed eel,
Anguilla aciiliroslris. Gall. (J.M.) 2. The broad-nosed
eel, Anguilla latirostris. ib.
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TAMER, sb.^ Obs. Nrf. Suf. Also in form taamer
Nrf. A team. See Teamer, sb. 1.
Nrf. I ha' likened yow, O my love, to a taamer o' bosses in
Pharer's charrits, Gillett Sng. Sol. (i860) i. 9. Suf.l
TAMLINCOD, sb. Cor. [taemlin-kod.] A young
cod-fish.
The young, or tamlin-cod, may be eaten in the summer, Couch
Hist. Polperro (1871) 113.
TAMLYN, sb. Cor. [tae-mlin.] A miner's tool.
Ef I doan slam this tamlyn souse into their jaws, J.Trenoodle
Spec. Dial. (1846) 33; Cor.'*
TAMMACHLESS, adj. Obs. Fif. (Jam.) 1. Of a
child : not eating with appetite. 2. Tasteless, insipid.
TAMMAS, see Thomas.
TAMMAT.sA. s.Pem. Also written tammot. [tae'mst.]
A small load ; as much hay or straw as a man can carry.
Laws Little Eiig. (1888) 421 ; (W.M.M.) Cf. tam.
TAMMIL, V. Obs. Lth. Rxb. (Jam.) 1. To scatter
from carelessness. Lth. 2. To scatter or strew from
design, as money amongst a crowd by candidates at an
election. Rxb.
TAMMOCK, sb. Sc. Irel. Also in forms tomack,
tommack Gall. (Jam.) [ta'mak.] A hillock ; a little
knoll in a marsh or in damp grazing land. Cf. tummock.
Gall. A rouch curr tyke, seated in a comfortable manner on some
foggy tomack, Mactaggart £«<:)'(•/. (1824) /h/»0(/. 9; (Jam.) Kcd.
Twa herds . . . straught down on tammocks clap Their nether
ends, Davidson Seasons (1789) 5. N.I.i Ant. It has generally a
boulder in the centre, Ballymeua Obs. (1892).
TAMMY, sb. w.Yks.^ [ta-mi.] In cotnp. (i) Tammy-
board, a thin slab of wood used for folding waistcoatings
or light cloths round ; (2) -hall, obs., the place where
goods of tammy were exposed for sale.
TAMORN, TAMPERY, see To-morn, Temporary.
TAMSIN, sb. Ken. [tae-nizin.] A little clothes' horse.
Ken.' ; Ken.* Tamsin, or Thomasin, is a woman's name, as if it
did the servant's business called by that name.
TAMSON, sb. Sc. Irel. Also written Thamson Rnf. ;
and in form Thomson Edb. [ta-mssn.] In phr. (i)Jolin
Tamson's news, stale or unimportant news ; (2) Tamson's
mare, ' Shanks' pony,' walking ; (3) to be John Tamson's
bairns or man, to be on an equality ; to be of one stock or
family.
(i) Tyr. (D.A.S.) Don. All that's John Tamson's news.
Harper's Mag. (Oct. 1900) 794. (2) Sc. Tamson's mear would
never be the thing for me this day of all days, Stevenson Calrioiia
(1893) xix. (3) Frf. ' We're a' John Tamson's bairns,' ye say;
Hech, birkies, but I doot ye're wrang. Watt Po^A Sketches (1880)
72. Per. It's o' the Lord's mercies we're no consumed, gentle and
simple thegither ; we're a' John Tamson's bairns sae far as that
gangs, Cleland Inchbracken (1883) 108, ed. 1887 ; Endit were my
misfortunes than. If ye were ance John Tamson's man, Hali-
BURTON Dunbar (1895) 62. Rnf. We're a' John Thamson's bairns,
In unity let us agree, Webster Rhymes (1835I 19. Lnk. We're
a' John Tamson's bairns, guid wife, Nicholson Hame Idylls {i8-]o)
122. Edb. Women here, as well we ken, Would have us all John
Thomson's men, Pennecuik IVks. (1715) 329, ed. 1815.
[(3) God gif je war Johne Thomsounis man ! Dunbar
Poems (c. 1510), ed. Small, II. 218.]
TAMTARRIE, sb. Obs. Sc. Also written tamtary
(Jam.). The state of being detained under frivolous pre-
tences ; the state of being hindered.
Sc. To hold one in tamtary, to vex or disquiet him, Ruddiman
Itttrod. (1773) (s.v. Tary) (Jam.). S. & Ork.i
TAMTEEN, sb. Sc. A corrupted form of ' tontine.'
(Jam.) ; Lucky Dods can hottle on as lang as the best of them
— ay though they had made a tamteen of it, Scott St. Ronait
(1824) i.
TAM-TRAM, v. Bnff.' [ta'm-tram.] To play; to
play fast and loose.
TAN, sb.^ and v.^ Sc. Sti. Ken. Sus. Dev. [tan, tsen.]
1. sb. In cowA. (i) Tan-flawing, the business of stripping
the bark off trees ; (2) -turves, turfs manufactured out
of tan for the purpose of fuel; (3) -yard, 0650/., a slang
expression for the poor-house.
(i) Sus. (Hall.) ; Sus.' If I can get a job of tan-flawing I shall
make out very well. (2) Dev.' is.v. Turves). (3) Ceil.' Very
common for some years after the Poor Law Act, 1845. The
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paupers had the greatest aversion to indoor relief and called the
Poorhouse by this name.
2. Bark, esp. the bark of a young oak. Ken.'", Sus.'
3. V. In phr. to tan the land, to walk quickly ; to cover
the land with shoc-icathcr.
s.Stf. I could tan the land when I was younger, Pinnock BIk.
Cy. Ann. (i895\
TAN, s6.2 Obs. Lan. A twig.
(K.) ; DAViEs/?a(:«(i856) 272. s.Lan. Picton £)/fl/.(i865) 15.
[OE. tan, a twig, branch (Sweet).]
TAN, sb.^ Obs. Suf. The stickleback, Gasterosleus
trachiirus. (Hall.) Cf tantickle.
TAN, sb.* Sc. A temporary hut.
Gall. Dirty low reeky tans were set here and there, Crockett
Moss- Hags (1895) ii.
TAN, t^.* and sb.^ Chs. Not. Wor. Shr. Som. Also
written tann Not. [tan, tasn.] 1. v. To worry, tease ;
to harp on one string ; esp. in comb. Tan-tan-tanning.
s.Chs.' Uo)z bin on au- mau'rnin, taan-, taan', taanin', dhun
6o)z maid mi uz maad' uz u tiip in u au-tur. w.Wor. To tan him
loike and rile him, S. Beauchamp Grantley Grange (1874) II. 251.
Shr.' I dunna know whad's the matter 06th our Missis ; 'cr's bin
tan, tan, tanin' ever sence 'er got up this mornin'.
2. To touch ; to fondle. Not. Tickin an tannin (J.H.B.).
3. sb. A rage ; a tantrum.
Som. SwEETMAN IViiicaiitoii Gl. (1885) ; I went away without
bidding him good-bye— he was in such a tan (W.F.R.i.
TAN, TANBASE, see Take, Then, adv., Tanbast(e.
TANBAST(E, sb. and v. Obs. Som. Dev. Also in
form tanbase Som. Dev. 1. sb. Unruly behaviour ;
scuffling, struggling, pulling about.
e.Som. W. & J. Gl. 1,1873^ n.Dev. Than tha wudst ha' enny
more champ . . . and tanbast wi' en, E.vni. Scold. (1746) 1. 219.
2. V. To beat, switch. Dev. Grose (1790) MS. ada.
(M.) ; Dev.' Cf. baste, v.
TANCEL, V. Yks. Chs. Stf Der. War. Wor. Shr. Hrf.
Glo. Also written tancil w.Yks.= ; tansel Stf Shr.= Hrf '=
Glo." [ta'nsil, tansl.] To beat, thrash ; to ill-use.
w.Yks.*, Chs.' s.Stf. I'll tansel him well for playin' the wag,
Pinnock Blk. Cy^ Ann. (1895). Der.*, War.", ne.Wor. (J.W.P.),
s.Wor.' Shr.' 06n yo' lave them apples alone, an' come out o"
that orchut ? else I'll tancel yore 'ide for yo' ; Shr." Tansel your
jacket. Hrf.'=, Glo.'
TANCELLOON, v. Wor. Hrf Also written tansiloon
Wor. Hrf." To beat, thrash. See Tancel.
s.Wor. Naow mind 'ee, a'll tancelloon 'ee if hever a ketches 'ee
at it agen. Wot 'e waants is a good tancelloonin' i^H. K.). Wor.,
Hrf. I'll tansiloon your hide for yer, mind (R.M. E.). Hrf."
TANCmMENTS, sb. pi. Lan. Chs. [tanjiments.]
1. Frippery ; articles of finery ; fanciful appliances.
s.Lan.' Cf. tanklements. 2. Apparatus or materials
for doing or making anything.
Lan. Put a shovel o' sawt on th' fire, for between eaursels I verily
believe my tay tanchiments are o' witch'd, Lahee Bewitched Tea-
pots {1883) II. Chs. (R.P.)
TANCY, see Tansy, s6.'
TAN-DAY, sb. Obs. w.Cy. Som. The second day of
a fair; the day after a fair; a fair for fun. w.Cy. (Hall.)
e.Som. W. & J. Gl. (1873).
TANDER,56. Pem. [ta'nd3(r).] A rotten phosphor-
escent stick. s.Pem. (W.M.M.), (E.L.) Cf. tend, v.'
TANDER, see 'Tandrew.
T AND IDD LED, />/>/. m/y. Hrf [taendidld.] Imposed
upon, bewildered, cheated. Bound Provinc. (1876).
TANDLE, 'T'ANDRA, see Tawnle, Saint- Andrew.
'TANDREW, sb. Nhp. Bdf. Hnt. Also in forms
tander Nhp." Hnt.; tandre, tandry Bdf 1. The festival
of St. Andrew, Dec. 11, O.S. Nhp." 183. See Saint-
Andrew. 2. Comp. (i) Tandrew-cake, a cake eaten on
St. Andrew's Day ; (2) -fair, a fair held on St. Andrew's
Day ; (3) -wig, a small bun eaten on St. Andrew's Day.
(i) Bdf. A cake — consisting of little more than bread adorned
with currants and carroway seeds — eaten on St. Andrew's Day
(Nov. 30). Since the lace trade has been so unprofitable, the
manufacture of Tandre cakes has been discontinued in some
places (J.W.B.). (2^ Hnt. (T.P.F.); N. & Q. (1851) ist S. iii.
308. (3) Bdf. N. & O. (1874) 5th S. ii. 138.
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T'ANDREW
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TANG
3. Phr. to keep Tandre, to keep the festival of St. Andrew,
the patron saint of lacemakers. Bdf. ( J.W.B.)
T'ANDREW, T'ANDRY, see Saint- Andrew.
TANE, see Take, Tone, num. adj.
TANG sb} and v} Sc. Nhb. Dur. Cum. Wm. Yks.
Lan Chs! Stf. Der. Not. Lin. Shr. Brks. e.An. w.Cy. Som.
Also in forms taing Sc. (Jam.) S. & Ork.^ teang Cum.^ ;
teng N Cy ' Nhb.' Dur.' w.Dur.' Lakel.'^ Cum.^* Wm.
n.Yks.i^ ne.Yks.' e.Yks.' m.Yks.> w.Yks.'^ ; tyang Sc.
(Jam.) [tar), tsq ; ter).] 1. sb. The prong of a fork ;
the spike of a knife or other instrument which fixes into
the handle ; the pointed end of a shoe-lace ; any point.
Cf. ting, sZ>.» ^ ^ .^ ^
Sc. (Jam.) Abd. The taing o' a graip. The taing o a tow {ib.).
Cld. {ib.), N.Cy.i, Nhb.i, Lakel.^ Cum. Ah like a fork wi' a langer
teang ne'r that (E.W.P.) ; Cum.i'' Wm. Get the smith to put a
teng on that hook (B.K.). n.Yks. (I.W.), n.Yks.i= w.Yks.i A
fork wi three tangs; w.Yks.^", n.Lan.i, ne.Lan.i, e.Lan.i, Chs.i,
s.Chs.i, Stf.i, Der.2, Shr.i, w.Cy. (Hall.) e.Som. W. & J. Gl.
(1873). w.Som.i Can't put nother 'an'l to thick there 'ook, 'cause
the tang 0' un's a-brokt.
2. A pike ; a knife ; a piece of iron used for fencmg ;
anything ending in a point.
s.Sc. (Jam.) n.Cy. Grose (1790V 'Wm. The tang wants
sharpening (B.K.). w.Yks. Hutton 7"oHr to Crtws (1781). Lan.
I're whettin' an owd tang upo' th' boiler top, Ab-o'lh'-Yntes
Diuiier {1886) n. ne.Lan.i
3. The fang of a tooth ; a main root or branch of a tree.
e.Lan.i, Chs.i Not. It' got three tangs to it tooth (J.H.B.).
Hence Tanged, //>/. adj. forked, as a tree.
w.Yks.2 Chs.i A two-tanged tree, a three-tanged tree.
4. The tongue of a buckle or of a jews'-harp.
Cum. (M.P.), n.Yks.i", ne.Yks.^ Lin. Streatfeild Liu. mid
Danes (188^) 369. n.Lin.i, e.An. (Hall.) Nrf. Cozens-Hardy
Broad Nif. (1893) 84. Suf.' The tang of a shoe buckle used to be
that point which passing through the strop confined it to the rim;
like a harness buckle.
5. Comb. Tango'-the-trump, (i) the tongue of a jews'-
harp. Sc. (Jam. Siipp/.), N.Cy.\ Nhb.'; (2)/^. the active
partner in a firm ; the principal person in any popular
outburst, lb. 6. The T-fastener of a cow-chain.
n.Yks. (I.W.) 7. A low tongue of land projecting into
the sea ; a narrow strip of land. Cf. ting, sb.^ 2.
Sh.I. On the east of the Ness a narrow stripe of land stretches
out that is named the Taing of Torness. The word Taing ex-
presses the character of the low projecting cape, Hibbert Dcsc.
SJi. I. (1822) 228, ed. 1891 ; {Coll. L.L.B.) ; Jakobsen Dial.
(1897) 95 ; S. & Ork.i, Or.I. (J.G.), Cai.i nw.Der.i That feelt
shoots up wi' a lung tang.
8. The tongue of a snake or viper.
n.Lin.i People believe it has the power of stinging.
9. A sting ; an acute pain. Cf. ting, sb.^ 3.
n.Cy. Grose (1790); N.Cy.', Dur.i, w.Dur.', Cum. (M.P.),
n.Yks.*, e.Yks.i, m.Yks.i w.Yks. Hutton Tour to Caves (1781) ;
■w.Yks.", ne.Lan.i, Der,^ s.Not. The (ly alius leaves its tang in
(J.P.K.). Lin. Streatfeild iiH. a«rf £>(!«« (1884) 369. Lin.',
n.Lin.i, sw.Lin.^
10. A disease in cattle affecting the tongue-roots and
causing a large flow of saliva. n.Yks.'' 11. v. A cutlery
term : to make the tapering part of the blade which fits
into the handle.
w.Yks. He mood'st blade. Then he tangs it, Bywater
Sheffield Dial. (1839) 33. s.Yks. CW.S.)
12. To sting; also wstAftg.
N.Cy.i, Nhb.i, Dur.', w.Dur.i Lakel.* Ah gat teng'd wi' a wamp.
Cum.* His een was blufted wi' bein' tenged wi' bees, Penrith Obs.
(Nov. 16, 1897). Wm. (B.K.), n.Yks.'^* ne.Yks.l T'wasp
teng'd t'dog. e.Yks. Marshall Rtir. Eton. (1788); e.Yks.'
Bees nobbut tengs yance. m.Yks.', w.Yks.i ^^^^^ ne.Lan.i Der.
Come and tak' the wapses' nest ; . . they wunna tang now,
Verney Stone Edge (1868) vi ; Der.'* Not. The bee's tanged me
(J.H.B.). s.Not. A dunno what sort of a insect it is as tangs it
(J.P.K.). n.Lin.' My bitch wastang'd wi' a hetherd. sw.Lin.' It
tangs a bit yet. Brks. (M.J.B.)
Hence (1) Tanged, ppl. adj. of cattle: afflicted with a
disease aflecting the tongue-roots ; see Tongue-tenged,
s.v. Tongue, 1 (28); (21 Tanged-stone, sb. an ' adder-
stone' (q.v.) ; (3) Tanger, sb. (a) anything which stings ;
{b)Jig. a deceitful person; (4) Tang-fish, s6. the sting-fish,
Trachiiius vipera ; (5) Tanging, ppl. adj. of a pain, &c. :
shooting ; (6) Tanging-ether, -edder, -nadder, or -nether,
sb. the dragon-fly ; (7) Tanging-nettle, sb. the common
stinging-nettle, Urtica dioica ; (8) Tang-tongues, sb. the
common watercress, Nastmiittm officinale; (9) Tangy-
leather, sb., see (6).
(i) n.Yks. Hee's teng'd, hee'l dee, Meriton Praise Ale (1684)
1. 149 ; n.Yks.i Any animal of the ox kind is liable to an affection
which by the Dale's people is attributed to the venom of a small
insect ; ' a small red spider, . . attacking the roots of the tongue.'
The symptoms are swelling of the parts and copious or excessive
discharge of saliva. Tongued-tenged is the customary expression ;
but a tenged Ox or Owse amply conveys its own meaning to
country ears; n.Yks.° The spider notion of the complaint is not
now entertained, but the swelling of the tongue often goes further
downwards and proves fata!. To ' slavver like a teng'd owce.'
e.Yks. An egg, broken upon the part, is considered as a remedj',
if applied in time, Marshall Riir. Econ. (1796% (2) n.Yks.*
(3, a) w.Yks. Hornits 's waur tengers nor hummabees, Leeds Merc.
Siippl. (Dec. 17, 1898). (6) w.Yks. Cudworth Horton (1886)
Gl. (,4) n.Yks. (T.S. ) (5) w.Yks. T'wind i t'stomach, t'revv-
metism, An tengin pains it goom, Preston Poems (1864) 6;
Troublesome tengin corns. Banks Wkjld. JVds. (1865). (6)
N.Cy.i. Dur.i, n.Yks. (I.W. ), m.Yks.i (7) e.Yks. (B. & H.) (8)
n.Yks.* As being pungent to the taste. (9) n.Yks. l,T.K.)
13. To deprive an insect or reptile of its sting.
w.Yks.5 ' Catch't a hummle-bee, Bil ! ' ' Let's teng it, then ! '
[7. ON. /aiigi, a spit of land, a point projecting into the
sea or river ('Vigfusson).]
TANG, sb.' Sc. n.Cy. Nhb. Yks. Lan. [tar).] 1. A
species of sea-weed; tangle. See Sea-tang, s.v. Sea, 1 (11).
Sli.I. Curse apo Jeemson an' his dirt o' tabaaka. Hit's as weet
as tang, Sh. News {Oct. 2, 1897). Or.I. (Jam.), (J.A.S.), S. &
Ork.', N.Cy.i, Nhb.l, m.Yks.i. Lan.i
2. Comp. (i) Tang-bow, the round hollow growth on sea-
weed ; (2) -cow, a bunch of sea-weed ; (3) -fish, the
smaller seal, Phoca vittdina ; (4) -sparrow, the rock pipit,
Aiilhus obsaints; (5) -whaup, the whimbrel, Ntimeuitis
phacopiis.
(i) S. & Ork.' (2) Or.I. Ellis Proiiunc. (1889^ V. 797. (3)
Sli.I. There were many of the smaller seals, or Tang-fish, so named
from being supposed to live among the Tang, or larger fuci that
grow near the shore, Hibbert Desc. Sh. /. (1822) 274, ed. 1891 ;
S. & Ork.i (4) Sh.I. SwAiNSON Birds (1885) 46 ; S. & Ork.' (5)
Sh.I. From their being found among the tangorseaweed, searching
for Crustacea, Swainson ib. igg ; S. & Ork.'
[Dan. iaiig; sea-weed, tangle (Larsen).]
TANG, sb.^ and v.* Sc. Yks. Lan. Lin. Hrt. e.An. Ken.
LW. Dev. Cor. [tar), tar).] 1. sb. A strong or peculiar
taste or flavour, esp. an unpleasant one. Cf twang.
Sc. (Jam. Siippl.), n.Lan.', n.Lin.', ne.Lin. (E.S.) sw.Lin.' It
had a bit of a tang, but I weshed and cleaned it well. Hrt. Ellis
Mod.Husb.{l^so)lU.\.l2^. e.An.i, Suf. (C.T.) ne.Ken. There's
a peculiar tang in this cheese I don't like (H.M.). I.W.' It leaves
a nasty tang in the mouth; I.W.* Dev. Grose (1790) Suppl.;
Theer's a funny tang to it tu. 'Twas from the cask — eh ? Phill-
potts Sons of Morning (1900) 62. Cor.'*
2. V. To taste unpleasantly. Lin. (W.W.S.) 3. To
contaminate. n.Yks.*
[1. Cp. Tongge, or scharpnesse of lycure yn tastynge,
acumen (Prompt.).^
TANG, v.^ and sb.* Sc. n.Cy. Nhb. Not. Lei. Nhp.
War. Wor. Shr. Hrf Glo. Brks. Hmp. LW. Wil. Also
in form tong Sc. Not.' Lei.' Nhp.' War.^ Shr.'* Glo.'
Hmp.' w.Cy. [tag, taer).] 1. v. To ring or toll a bell ;
of a bell : to sound loudly, clearly, or with a measured
sound ; esp. used of a harsh bell. Cf ting, i».*
Abd. Oh ! that noisy, brazen bell, with its dull, unpleasant knell.
It will drive me to a cell, as it tongs, tongs, tongs, Ogg IVillie
U'aly (1873'! 159. Not.', Lei.', Nhp.', War.*^ Shr.' The girld
never put the net o' tatoes i' the biler till 'er 'card the bell tong;
Shr.* Properly applies ... to a large heavy one, the great bell.
Glo.' Brks.' ' I yerd the bell tang dree times zo ut mus' be a man
as has died.' It is customary for the bell to ' tang ' three times on
the death of a man, twice for a woman, and once for a child, and
the tolling of a deeper toned bell follows after. It should be
mentioned that three strokes on four other bells usually precede
TANG
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TANGS
the numbers 'tanged' as above referred to. Hmp.^ The bells be
tonged. I.W.' Tang that bell ; I.W.^, w.Cy. (Hall.) Wil.
Britton Z?ra«//fS (1825) ; Wil.'
2. To make a noise ; to make ' rough music ' (q.v.).
GIo. (H.S.H.), Wil.'
3. Obsol. To make a loud noise by beating on shovels,
&c. while bees are swarming ; gen. in phr. to tang bees.
N.Cy.' Nhb.' Countrymen tang bees when swarming by beating
on shovels, tea-traj'S, or tin-vessels, to induce the swarm to settle.
Not.' Lei,' To tang bees ... for the double purpose, it is said, of
asserting a claim to the ownership of the swarm and of collecting
the bees together. Nhp.', War.=3, w.Wor.' se.Wor.' To call
bees (when swarming, by making a noise, usually with a fire shovel
or warming pan and a door key. It is said that if bees fly away,
whoever follows and tangs them can claim them wherever they
may settle. s.Wor.' Shr.' Mak' 'aste an' fatch the warmin'-pon
an' the kay o' the 'ouse to tang the bees, or they'n be off, they flyen
mighty 'igh ; Shr.* Tang the frying-pan, and they'n soon knitt.
Hrf.'2, GIo.' Brks. The process in question, known in country
phrase as ' tanging,' is founded upon the belief that the bees will
not settle unless under the influence of this peculiar music, and
the constable, holding faithful to the popular belief, rushed down
his garden 'tanging' as if his life depended upon it, Hughes
T. Brown O.vf. (1861) xxiii. Hmp.' I.W.2 Maken a middlen
tangen . . . wi' the rifter and pot led, enough to frighten all the
bees in the parish. Wil. To make a noise with a key and a shovel
at the time of swarming of a hive, not, as is supposed, to induce
them to settle, but to give notice of the rising of the swarm, which
could not be followed if they went on a neighbour's premises,
unless this warning was given, Britton Beauties (1825) ; Wil.'
4. sb. The sound of a bell, esp. the sound produced by
a slow, single stroke on a church bell ; the stroke itself.
War.^ Shr. Giving a few tongs on the bell, Burns Flk-Lore
(1883-6^ xxxvii ; Shr.' ' The bell gies a tong or two w'en they
comen out o' Church, jest to tell folks to get the dinner ready.'
This was said with reference to a usage which obtained at
Churton Church of sounding the bell as the congregation left, by
way of conveying a timely warning to their respective households
— far or near— that they were 'out,' and to have all things in
readiness for their return. Wil. It's Johnson's flock ; I know the
tang of his tankards, Jefferies GI. Estate (1880) vi.
5. Coiup. Tang-rang, sb. a noise ; an uproar, esp. used
of the noise formerly made when bees were swarming.
War.^ What a tang-rang they are making after those bees.
Wor. Allies A»tiq. Flk-Lore (1840) 125, ed. 1852.
6. The timbre of the voice ; a twang.
Gall. A brisk stirring voice followed him with the snell Scottish
scolding ' tang ' in it, which is ever more humorous than alarming
to those whom it addresses, Crockett Kit Kennedy (1899) iii.
7. A sweet and pleasant sound. Shr.*
TANG, v.* and sb.^ Pem. GIo. Som. Dev. [tser).]
1. V. To tie. Cf. ting, v.^
Som. Jennings Obs. Dial. w.Eng. (1825). e.Som. W. & J. CI.
(1873I. Dev. Moore Hist. Dev. (1829) I. 355.
2. sb. Obs. A large girth used to fasten the load or
panniers on to the pack-saddle. GIo. Horae Subsecivae
(1777) 426. Cf. ting, V? 3. 3. A withe used for tying;
a bent stick used in thatching.
s.Pem. Gen. in pi. A withe bent double with a special twist and
driven as a double peg into the thatch (M.S.C.); (W.M.M.) ; Laws
little Eng. (1888) 421.
TANG, adj. Obs. Slk. (Jam.) Straight, tight.
TANGHAL, sb. Obs. Per. (Jam.) A bag, satchel.
Cf. toighal.
TANGIE, sb. Sh. & Or.I. [ta-qi.] 1. A sea-spirit ;
sec below.
Sh.I. Ye're no like a bodie ava dat hes duins wi' evil speerits —
tangies, brownies, witches, Stewart Tales (1892) 5 ; S. & Ork.'
Asea-spirit which frequents the shores, supposed at times to assume
the appearance of a horse, at other times that of an old man. Or.I.
This imaginary being is supposed to have his origin from the lumi-
nous appearance of the tangle, when it is tossed by the sea (Jam.).
2. A young seal. Or.I. (Jam. Suppl.)
TANGLE, sb., v. and adj. Van dial, uses in Sc. Irel.
and Eng. [ta'ijl, taE'r|gl.] 1. sb. In comp. (i) Tangle-
backit, Tong and lean m the back; (2) -grass, the creeping
buttercup, Raniincidiis repens ; (3) •leg(s, strong beer ; (4)
-picker, the turnstone, Strepsdas interpres; (5I -toad, see
(2) ; (6) -wise, long and slender.
(i) Sc. Ye were aye yin o' the tangle-backit kind, Keith Indian
tW/< (1896) 17a. (2)se.Yks. il.W.) (3)e.An.' WiL[They]cry
for some more 'tanglelegs' — for thus they call the strong beer,
Jefferies Gt. Estate (1880) iv. (41 Nrf. Swainson Birds (1885)
187 ; Called . . . the tangle-picker, from its habit of turning over
seaweed as well as stones in quest of its living, Cornh. Mag. (Apr.
1893) 369. (5) w.Yks. (I.W.) (6) Cld. (Jam.)
2. All plants of the water milfoil, Myriophyllitm, and the
pondweed, Polamogeton, tribes. Cum.* 3. The long
fibre of a root, as of a potato.
n.Yks.'' ne.Yks.' When t'tang'ls is brokken they can't taatic.
4. A lock of hair.
Lan.' s.Lan. Her bonny tangles Were hung wi' star-spangles,
Bamford Poems, 148.
5. An icicle.
Sc. (Jam.) Abd. The chilly tangles drippin' fa' In mony an icy
string, Cadenhead Bon-Accord (1853) 314. Frf. The waterspout
that suspends the ' tangles ' of ice over a gaping tank, Barrie
Liclil (1888) i. Rnf. Frae ilk buss, the tangles gay, Hang skinklin'
in the mornin' ray, Picken Poems (1813) I. 77.
e. Anything hanging, as a torn piece of a dress.
w.Yks. Her gown was all rives and tangles (C.C.R.).
7. A thriftless, slatternly person ; also in pi. w.Yks.
(C.C.R.), w.Yks.s 8. Obs. A tall, lank person.
n.Sc. (Jam.) Abd. We'll behad a wee, She's but a tangle, tho'
shot out she be, Ross lielenore (1768) 20, ed. 1812.
9. Fig. A difficulty ; a state of mental confusion or per-
plexity.
Abd. ' Sir John wha ? ' says he, putting on a show of being in a
tangle, Cobban Angel (i8g8) 180. Brks.' I be vcelin'in a tangle
zomehow an' wants to thenk a bit. Cor. 'i'ou ave got yerself in a
putty tangle, T. Towser (1873) 20.
10. pi. The knots of scroll-work cut on Celtic crosses,
&c. Sc. Grose (1790) MS. add. (C.) U. v. Fig. To
entangle; to ensnare; to embarrass; also with m^."
Arg. You're nothing but a fool to be tangled up with the creature,
MuNRO Shoes of Fort. (1901) 259. Gall. Our minister will never
tangle himsel' wi' marriage engagements, Crockett Standard
Bearer {18^8) 165. Dwn. Mony a lad wud dee tae win ye — Why
sae tangle me? Savage-Armstrong Ballads (1901) 25.
12. adj. Tall and feeble ; loose-jointed ; relaxed in con-
sequence of fatigue ; too weary to stand.
Sc. Mackav. Fif. A lang tangle lad (Jam.). Slk. (t'A.)
TANGLEMENT, sb. Lan. Chs. Som. [ta-glment,
•mant.] 1. A tangle; a knot ; ^Tg^. a difficulty ; anything
involved or confused.
Chs.' s.Chs.' Dhisroa-p's in u praat'i taangg'lmunt. w.Som.'
However's anybody gwain to get droo these yer brimmlcs, nif
they an't a-got nother'ook vor to cut 'em — they be all to a proper
tanglement.
2. pi. Fanciful appliances ; frippery ; articles of female
finery. s.Lan.' Cf. tanklements.
TANGLENESS,si. Obs. Sc. Indecision, fluctuation;
pliability of opinion.
(Jam.) ; Donald's the callan that brooks nae tanglencss, Hogg
Jacob. Rel. (1819) I. 102.
TANGLESOME, adj. Obs. Suf.' Discontented,
fretful ; obstinate.
[Cp. tanggyl, or froward and angry, bilosus (Prompt.).']
TANGLING, ppl. adj. n.Cy. Yks. Lan. Also written
tangleing n.Cy. [tarjlin.] Untidy, slatternly; lounging,
loitering ; esp. used ot a woman. Cf. tangly, 2.
n.Cy. A poor tangling sort of a body, Grose (1790) Supf'l.
n.YkSri*. ne.Lan.'
TANGLY, adj Sc. Yks. [ta-qli.] 1. Entangling,
entangled.
n.Yks. This crowfoot is tangly. A tangly tree (I.W.).
2. Untidy, slatternly; lounging, loitering; esp. used of a
woman. Cf. tangling.
n.Vks.' ; n.Yks." A lang tangly lass, as la2y as she's lang; n.Yks.*
3. Long and slender.
Per. A tangly tappin for a rod He in his nervous right hand
claspit, Spence Poems (1898) 141. Edb. Tanglie taperin' tails,
Forbes Poems (1812) 57. n.Yks. He's a great tangly lad (.I.W.).
TANGS, sb. pi. Nrf. [t«r)z.] In phr. to be in pretty
tans;.<, to be in a fine mess. Miller & Skertchlv Fen/and
(1878) iv.
TANGS, see Tongs.
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TAN-HILL APPLE
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TANSY
TAN-HILL APPLE, //;>-. Wil. A'Quarrender'apple.
n.Wil. So called because it comes in about the time of the fair at
Tan Hill (CE-D.).
TANJAKE, sb. Cor. [tae'ndzek.] The house-snail.
(J.W.)
TANK, sb.^ Nhb. Yks. Lan. Wil. and Amer. [tar)k.]
1. A piece of deep water, natural or artificial ; a pond.
w.Yks. WiLLAN List Wds. 1,1811). ne.Lan.' [Amer. Drive
your horse into the tank, Dial. Notes (1896) I. 426.]
2. The insoluble sediment from the dissolving tanks in
alkali works ; also in comp. Tank-waste. Nhb.' 3. A
milk-churn ; a vessel for sending milk by rail.
n.Wil. Defendant came . . . through her garden with an empty
'tank' — that is, a milk churn. . . They took 'tanks' across it in-
stead of . . . round the road, Devises Gazette (June 20, 1895).
TANK, sb? and v} Yks. Chs. Stf Not. Lei. Nhp. War.
Won Also in forms tenk Chs.' ; tonk Nhp.' [taqk.]
1. sb. A blow ; a knock ; a kick from a horse.
w.Yks. Whot didta break that spoon for ? Aw tae thi a tank fur
that (D.L.). Chs.' Fetch him a tank o'th' maw; Chs.^ Gee him
a tank o'er the ear. s.Chs.' Tu faach- ij mon u taangk- upu dhu
yed widh u pahykil. Stf.', Not.= Lei.' Shay gen 'er yeadatank
agen the lather. Nhp.' He fetch'd him a tank o' th' yed ; Nhp.",
War.2S4
2. V. To strike, knock ; to beat with a switch or other
light instrument.
Lei.' Tank at the door. War. To give a tanking [i.e. not so
severe as 'a thrashing'] (CT.O.) ; War.''^
3. To hit a stone against a basin so as to attract
attention ; to make a ringing noise by striking anything
together.
w.Wor. (H.B.); Didna yer hear maatankin'? S. Beauchamp
N. Hamilton (1875) U- '43-
TANK, sA.* Dev. [taegk.] An old-fashioned country
dance.
She was engaged to me for the tank, Baring-Gould Spicier
(1887) II. 70.
TANK, V.' and sb.* Stf. War. w.Cy. [taqk.] 1. v.
To gossip, chatter ; to loiter idly about.
Stf. They go tanking around (W.H.). War.«; War.3 Get on
with your work — don't be tanking about after those chaps.
2. sb. An idle amusement. w.Cy. (Hall.)
TANKARD, sb. Midi. Wil. [taB-gkad.] 1. In comp.
Tankard-turnip, obs., the long-rooted turnip. Midi. Mar-
shall Riir. Ecoit. (1796) II. 2. A sheep-bell.
Wil. It's Johnson's flock ; I know the tang of his tankards,
Jefferies Gt. Estate (1880) vi ; WiL' It is said that the whole of
the ' tankards' in use in England are made at Great Cheverell.
TANKER, s6.' Sc. Also written tankar, tankor.
[ta-gkar.] A dial, form of ' tankard.'
e.Sc. I've broken the jug, mother, but I'll fetch the ale in a
iankar'jSTRMK Elmslie's Drag-net {igoo) 258. Edb. Caused the
emptying of so many ale-tankers, Moir Mansie JVauch (1828) ii.
Gall. The smirking lady gay And faeming tankor, Mactaggart
Encycl. (1824) 401, ed. 1876.
TANKER, 5/!>.2 Bnff.' [ta'qkar.] Anything large and
ugly, esp. of a person or lean animal.
TANKER, V. Der.2 nw.Der.' [ta-r)k3(r).] To make
a noise.
TANKERABOGUS, see Tantarabobus.
TANKEROUS, rt(^-. e.An.' [tffi'rjkarss.] An aphetic
form of 'cantankerous.'
TANKERSOME, adj. Obs. Suf Fractious, fretful,
ill-humoured. ' Haw tankersome yeow dew fare.'
TANKLE,s6. Sc. [ta-gkl.] An icicle. SeeTankling,
1, Tinkel-tankel.
Per. The linn wi' lang tankle is hingin', SpENCEPof»is(i898) 18.
TANKLE, V. Lan. Der. [ta'qkl.] 1. To repair,
tinker up. Cf tinkle, u.'
s.Lan.i Aw muii tankle it up th' best road aw con.
2. To idle, trille. Der.^ nw.Der.'
TANKLEMENTS, sb. pi. Yks. Lan. Also in form
tankliment w.Yks.^ [ta'ijklments.] Implements ; ac-
coutrements ; litter; small ornaments; articles of finerj-,
&c. Cf tanglement, 2.
w.Yks.3 The tankliraents of the mantelshelf are its ornaments;
the tankliments of a gardener, his spade, rake, &c. Lan. Let thi
bits o' tanklements stop where they are, Waugh Heather (ed.
Milner) I. 246. s.Lan.' (s.v. Tanglements).
TANKLET, sb. Nhb.' [ta'rjklit.] An icicle. See
Tankle, sb.
TANKLING, sb. and adv. Nhb. Lan. [ta-i)klin.]
\. sb. A dangling thing; a pendant. See Tankle, s6.
Lan.' ' Hello, Dick, what's that bit o' th' tanklin' thou's getten
thrut o'er thi shoolder? ' ' It's a cock-chicken, owd lad,' Waugh
Chim. Corner (1874) 216, ed. 1879.
2. Harness, fittings, 'tackle.' s.Lan.' 3. adv. Dangling.
Nhb.' He toss'd the grey gyus ower his back. An' her neck it
hung tanklin doon, O, Old Rhyme.
TANNAGE, sb. Sc. [tanidg.] A tannery.
BnSr. There are also in the Parish, a Tannage, a Distillery, and
of late, a Bleachfield, Gordon Keith (1880) 12.
TANNER, s6.' Nhp. Glo. Hnt. [tEe'n3(r).] In comb.
(i) Tanner's apron, the garden auricula. Primula
Auricula; (2) -'s clots, (3) -knobs, obsoL, bark after it has
been deprived of its astringent properties, made into
small squares, and dried for fuel.
(i) Glo. Apparently confined to the yellow variety (B. & H.) ;
Glo.' (2) Nhp.' (3) Hnt. (T.P.F.)
TANNER, sb.^ Sc. Nhb. Dur. [ta'nsr.] 1. A small
root of a tree ; the fang of a tooth ; the root of a corn, boil,
&c. Lth. (Jam.), Nhb.', e.Dur.' 2. That part of a frame
of wood which is fitted into a mortice. Sc. (Jam.)
TANNO, TANNY, see Tino, adv., Tawny, Tino, adv.
TANNYIKS, sb. pi. Sh.I. Also in form tynicks.
The teeth.
' Lat me see if du's gotten dy tannyiks 1' is a Fetlar phrase
addressed to a small child, Jakobsen Dial. (1897) 45; Wir bairn
is a pOr ill-triven ting gaain' in his trid year an' no gotten his
tynicks (J.S.).
[Cp. ON. tonn (gen. tannar), tooth (Vigfusson).]
TANO-, see Tino, adv.
TAN-PIN, sb. Chs.' [ta'n-pin.] A plumber's tool for
stopping a pipe temporarily.
TANRACKET, sb. Dev.* [tse'nrsekit.] A racket,
noise, confusion ; a noisy crowd.
TANSEL, TANSILOON, see Tancel, Tancelloon.
TANSY, s6.' Sc. Nhb. Cum. Yks. Chs. Nhp. Glo.
Brks. Also in form tancy Cum. [ta-nzi,tae'nzi; ta'nsi.]
1. In comp. (i) Tansy-cake, {a) a girdle-cake flavoured
with tansy ; [b) a merrymaking ; (2) -night, see below ;
(3) -pudding, a pudding flavoured with tansy ; (4) -tea, an
infusion of tansy.
(i, a) Nhb.i (i) Nhb. Tansy cakes and other merry makings
were held, Richardson Borderer s Tabte-bk. (1846) 'VII. 388. (2)
Cum. Tansy nights . . . were presided over by the ladies, who
provided tansy puddings and rich rum sauce, w.Cum. Times (Apr.
26, 1902) 3, col. 3. (3) Nhb.' A pudding made of flour and eggs
and seasoned with tansy. It is still occasionally met with. Cum.
w.Cum. Times (Apr. 26, 1902) 3, col. 3. e.Yks.' w.Yks.'' A
sweet pudding in which the juice of tansy is a compound, eaten
on a particular day in spring. (41 Nhb.' Brks. Patent pills and
soothing syrups have taken the place of calamint and tansy tea,
Spectator (Apr. 12, 1902).
2. Phr. my delight's in tansies, a children's singing game ;
see below.
Sth. 'And my delight's in tansies. My delight's in pansies; My
delight's in a red red rose, The colour of my Maggie, oh ! Heigh
oh ! my Maggie, oh ! My very bonnie Maggie, oh ! All the world
I would not give For a kiss from Maggie, oh!' In the third verse
[? first] you should 'clap your tails' till the end of the verse.
Take some one out at ' The colour of my Maggie, oh ! ' Nicholson
Golspie (1897) 130.
3. A village feast held on Shrove Tuesday ; a merry-
making in a public-house.
Nhb.' The fund was expended in refreshments for the (football)
players after the game was ended, consisting of hot ale and cake,
ad libitum, the feast being followed by a dance. This feast the
villagers (of Rothbury) called ' The Tansy,' DixoN Shrove-tide, 4.
Cum." Tansy belongs to the Borders, and amongst other places,
to the neighbourhood of Hesket, Sullivan Cum. and IVm. (1857)
82. There were ' cellar-openings ' and annual suppers . . . and
tancies patronised by the women of the place, Burn Brampton
(1893) II.
TANSY
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4. The leaf only of the tansy, the flowers being called
'buttons.' n.Yks. (B. & H.) 5. The silver-weed,
Polentilta Anseriiia. Cum., n.Yks., Nhp. (13. & H.) See
Goose-tansy, s.v. Goose, I. 2 (11). 6. The common
j'arrow, Achillea Millefolium.
Chs. From the finely cut leaves resembling those of the true
T.msy (B. & H.;; Clis.i
7. The corn-marigold, Clirysanlltciutim segetum. Glo.'
TANSY,**.* Dev. [taenzi.] The fish, 5/f;/)H«5/>/io//c;.
The smooth shan, shanny, or tansy, of our southern shore-boys,
GoodlVds. (1864) 671.
TANT, v} Ken. [taent.] To place anything out of
the perpendicular. (P.M.) Hence to go a tattling, phr.
to play at see-saw. (ib.)
TANT, v^ and sb. Sc. Wor. [tant.] 1. v. To argue
or dispute in a captious, quarrelsome manner ; to rage.
Sc. (Jam. Suppl.) See Tanter. 2. sb. A rage, temper.
s.Wor. A wuz 'mos' ready to be in a despret tant afoer I telled
'e annythin' on it (H.K."i.
TANT, V.' m.Yks.' [tant.] To potter or idle about.
TANT, see Taunt, v.'*
TANTABLET, sb. Obs. e.An.' An open tart orna-
mented with strips and twirls of pastry. Cf. tantadlin(g.
TANTABOMING, see Tanterboming.
TANTADDLEMENT, sb. s.Chs.' [tanta-dlmant.]
A trifle. Cf. tantadlin(g.
s.Chs.i It is often contemptuously used of all mere accomplish-
ments, which seem wanting in solid value, of confectionery as
opposed to plain food, &c.
TANTADL1N(G, sb. Yks. Lan. Chs. Der. Not. Lin.
Lei. War. Hrf. Glo. Also written tantaddlin s.Chs.' ;
and in forms tantaflin Not. ; tantatlin s.Lan.' ; tantat-
lin(g w.Yks. Not. [tantadlin.] 1. A small tart ; an
apple-dumpling ; light delicacies, esp. sweets, in contra-
distinction to more substantial food ; also used attrib.
w.Yks. Tan tadlin's, or owt else, e't paistry way, at wor
wanted, Tom Treddlehoyle E.vliebis/iaii (1857) 13 ; Hl/x. Courier
(July 3, 18971 ; w.Yks.2 'All kinds of tantadlins,' applied to any
small tart made of pastry and jam. nw.Der.i s.Not. She made
cakes an' tantaflin sorts o' things. A bit o' that beef for me ; a
don't care for non o' yer tarts an' tantaflins (J.P.K.). Hrf. An
apple dumpling made in circular form, Bound Provinc. (1876}.
Glo.i
2. Camp. Tantadlintart, (1) a small, light tart; any
kind of dainty ; fancy food ; (2) unpalatable food ; see
below; (3) cow-dung.
(i) s.Lan.i Chs.' The word is not always confined to tarts, but is
sometimes used for all the small sweets at a dinner, such as cheese
cakes, custards, &c., in contradistinction to the more substantial
roast joints and plum pudding. s.Chs.' The word has generally
a depreciatory sense. se.Lin. (J.T.B.) War.^ Children are some-
times promised a tantadlin-tart, when there is no intention to
provide a delicacy of any kind. (2) Lin.' Let' The composition
of this delicacy varies considerably, but apples, onions, and fat
bacon are among the most constant of its elements. Unwary
enquirers into its constituents are apt to find themselves the
victims of a curiously unsavoury joke. War.* A pasty, the true
contents of which have been abstracted and replaced by some
nasty compound. (3) nw.Der.', War.*
3. Fig. A contemptuous term for anything strange,
fanciful, or fantastic. s.Lan.'
TANTAFLIN, see Tantadlin(g.
TANTALLON, sb. Sc. Also written Tantallan. In
phr. to ding down Tantallan, to surpass all bounds.
Bnff.' T'ding Tam-tallan [sic]. Hdg. The rhyme, generally
given with a preliminary sort of sneering ' Ou, aye,' — ' Ding doun
Tantallon, An' build a Brig tae the Bass,' indicating something
deemed to be impossible, before the days of dynamite and Forth
Bridges, Montgomerie-Fleming Notes on Jam. (1899) ; Situated
directly opposite to the Bass at a distance of i^ miles across a
frequently tumbling sea, its redoubtablcness of character gave
rise to the pithy popular saying 'Ding doon Tantallon? Mak
a brig to the Bass,' Gazelleey of Sc. (1842).
TANTAMUS, TANTANY, see Saint-Anthony, Tan-
tony.
TANTARA, sb. Dev. Cor. Also written tantarra
Dev.' Cor. [taenta'ra.] A noise ; a disturbance ; an out-
cry. Cf. tantaran.
Dev.' ' Poor dame is amost off her legs ; turmoil'd to death
between wan thing and t'ether : quite a cow'd out.' 'How
happ'd thecca tantarra then ? ' 3. s.Dev. Fox Kiiigsbridse (1874).
Cor. Nort — no, not the screech o' horns blawcd by all the angels
in heaven— could be awfuller than the tantarra o' this gert
tempest, Phillpotts Prophets {i8gi) 302.
TANTARABOBUS, sb. Som. Dev. Cor. Also in forms
tankerabogus Dev. ; tantarabobs Dev.' ; tanterabobus
Cor.'; tantrabobus.tantrumbobusCor.'* [taentsrabobas.]
1. A name for the devil ; a bogie.
w.Som.' Usually preceded by ' old.' It is also used very often
as a playful nickname for any boy or man. A frequent saying in
reply to a question as to the age of any one latelj' deceased is —
' Oh! I reckon he lived same's Tantarabobus [tanturuboabus] —
all the days of his life.' 'Nif thee disn mind and alter thy hand,
th'old Tantarabobus 'II be arter thee ! ' Dev. Now, Polly, yO'vc
abin a bad, naughty maid, and ef yfl be sich a wicked cheel again,
I'll zend vur tankerabogus tQ come and car yQ away tQ 'is pittee-
'awl, Hewett Peas. Sp. (1892); Dev.' The jail take her father,
say I, 'twas his doing; I did'n care if the old tantarabobs had'n,
6. Cor.i ' Like tantrabobus, lived till he died.' Sometimes, ' like
Tantra-bobus' cat.'
2. A term applied to a noisy, plaj'ful child.
Cor.i ; Cor,* Oh ! you tantra-bobus!
TANTARAN, sb. I.Ma. Noise, uproar. Cf. tantara.
A tantaran ... to waken the dead, Brow.n Doctor (1887) 23.
TANTARA-STILE, sb. War.^ A ' fall-stile ' (q.v.).
TANTARROW, sb. Nhp. War. [tantaTo.] A pie
made of meat, apples, &c., something similar to a ' squab-
pie.' Nhp.' We shall have a tantarrow for dinner. War.^
TANTARUM, see Tantrum.
TANTASSA,m/. w.Wor.' In p\\T. tantassa,tatitassa
pig, toiu a row, a roisj ! a call to pigs. (s.v. Calls.)
TANTATLING, see Tantadlin(g.
TANTAWDHERLY, adj. Yks. Also in form tan-
tawdhryly. [tant^Sali.] Tawdry, slovenly. See Taw-
dherly.
e.Vks. What a tan-tawdherly woman Bess Robinson is,
Nicholson Flk. Sp. (1889) 95 ; e.Yks.'
TANTER, v. Sc. (Jam. S;////.) N.Cy.' Nhb.' [ta'ntar.]
To quarrel ; to argue, dispute in a captious manner ; to
rage. See Tant, f.*
[Cp. Norw. dial, tandra, tantra, to scold, to rate (Aasen).]
TANTERABOBUS, see Tantarabobus.
TANTERBOMING,//'/. fl(//. Dev. Also written tanta-
boming. [taentsbo'min.] Faulty ; crooked ; out of place.
He had fixed a stone in my garden, and I made him alter it,
after which he said that ' it did not look so tanterboming,'
meaning that it was not so much awry, Reports Provixc. (1889);
In common use at this present time among the middle and lower
classes, and is applied to anything which happens to be faulty, or
in any way not as it should be, ib. (1893).
TANTERLICK, 56. Fif. Ayr. (Jam.) [tantarlik.] A
severe stroke.
TANTFELLYIN, sb. Sh.L A young animal, esp. a
horse, losing its teeth. Jakobsen Dial. (1897) 45. Cf.
tannyiks.
TANTHUNDER, sb. Obs. or ohsol. Dur. A commo-
tion. Gibson Up-Weardale Gl. (1870).
TANTICKLE, sb. e.An.* Suf.' [tae'ntikl.] The
stickleback, Casterosteiis trachurus. Cf. stanstickle.
TANTIDDY, see Saint Anthony.
TANTIVY, sb. and adv. Sc. Lakel. Yks. War. Also
in form tantwivvy Lakel.* [tantivi.] 1. sb. Quick
speed ; great haste. See Tivvy.
Lakel.* He was gaan efter t'hoonds at seek a tantwivvy.
War. (J.R.W.)
2. A rage.
Yks. Here's Jack, an' I guess in a fine tantivy. Holmes
Fariiiihar Fraiikhearl, 271.
3. adv. Quickly, hastily.
Dmb. Your liorji, Jock Grifle, Blaw out tantivy ; blaw, man, for
your life, Salmon Gowodcan (i868) 49.
TANTLE, V. Yks. Lan. Not. Lin. Lei. Nhp. War.
Also in form tontle w.Yks. [ta'ntl.] 1. To walk slowly
and feebly ; to totter, as a young child ; to dawdle, loiter,
waste time ; to trifle, potter about.
TANTONY
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TAP
n.Yks.12; n.Yks." Deean't tantle on leyke that. ne.Yks.i,
e.Yks.', ra.Yks.' w.Yks.i Shoe feels seea leetsorae an cobby, an
can tottle an tantle about a bit, ii. 291 ; w.Yks.^, ne.Lan.', Not.i
Lin. You come tantling about i' my garden, Fenn Cure of Souls
(1889) 35.
Hence Tantling-job, sb. a small, trifling job ; one that
does not require all one's energy.
n.Yks. T'Maister set raa ov a bit ov a tantling job till neet
(W.H.'. Lin.i I cannot abear such tantling-jobs. n.Lin.' I like
sum'ats one can stick to, not a tantlin' job like this here.
2. To dangle after ; to attend officiously.
ne.Lan.i ' She tantles after him ' ; often said of the attentions of
an anxious mother. Lin. Grose ^1790) MS. add. (P.) sw.Lin.'
Thou tantles after me, and thou hinders me. Nhp.' When two
persons are particularly attached, and generally accompany each
other in their walks, it is commonly said, ' They are always
tantling after each other.' War.3
3. To pet, fondle, caress ; to humour a child ; to pay
much attention to ; to nurse and feed with care.
w.Yks. Shoo does nowght but tontle wi' t'barn t'day thriff,
Leeds Merc. Suppl. (Nov. 19, 1898). Lei.' Nhp.i I shall buy a
pig and tantle it up by Christmas. War.^
TANTONY, sb. Chs. Nhp. Hnt. Dor. Also written
Tantany Dor. [ta'ntani, tsentani.] 1. In cowp. Tan-
tony('s-pig, (i) the smallest pig of a litter. Dor. (H.E.);
(2) in phr. to foUoiv one like a Tanlony-pig, to stick close to
one. Chs.'^ See Anthony -pig. 2. A small bell ; see
below.
Nhp.' The small bell over the church-porch, or between the
chancel and the nave : the term is also applied to any small hand-
bell. ' Ring the tantony ' is evidently a corruption of St. Anthony,
the emblem of that saint being a bell at his tan-staff, or round the
neck of his accompanying pig. Hnt. The name given to a bell
which is rung at the entrance gate of the grounds of Kimbolton
Castle to give notice of the arrival of visitors (T.P.F.).
TANTONY, see Saint-Anthony.
TANTOOZLE, I'. Not. [tantu-zl.] To whip soundly.
I'm main glad yer tantoozled her as yer did, Prior Forest Flk.
(1901) 86. s.Not. Ah'll tantoozle yer when a cop yer. It wor
a tantoozling 'e gen 'er (J.P.K.).
TANTRABOBUS, see Tantarabobus.
TANTRIL, sb. n.Cy. Yks. Lan. Chs. Also written
tantrel N.Cy.^ n.Yks.' ne.Lan.' Chs.^ ; trantrell n.Cy.
Chs.= ; trantrill n.Yks.' = [ta-ntril.] 1. An idle person,
esp. a girl ; a vagrant, vagabond ; a gipsy.
n.Cy. Grose (1790); N.Cy.^ n.Yks. Some tantril has been
here and stovvn 't away, Meriton Praise Ale (1684) 1. 207;
n.Yks.', m.Yks.', w.Yks.', ne.Lan.'
2. A freak; a whim. Chs.^^
TANTRUM, sb. Var. dial, uses in Sc. Irel. and Eng.
Also in forms tantarum Dev.; tanteruni Der.^; tanthrum
Ir. ; tantrim Wil. [tantram, tsentram.] 1. In camp.
Tantrum-fit, a fit of ill-temper.
Lnk. Ba's wee brither when he's sleepy, Soothes him in his
tantrum fit, Nicholson Idylls (1870) 29.
2. A foolish fancy ; a whim, vagary ; a fluster ; pi. high
or affected airs. See Antrims.
Sc. In his tantrums (Jam.). Arg. If it had been no more than
that, I should have thought it a girl's tantrum, Munro Shoes of
Fort. (1901) 23. Gall. Mactaggart Encycl. (1824). Don. What
was the nixt tanthrum come intil his head but to carry Billy right
slap through the middle of Archie's bee-skeps, Cent. Mag. (Feb.
1900) 606. Dur.', Cum.", w.Yks.i, Chs.^^, Der.= (s.v. Antrims),
Not.', Lin.', Lei.' Nhp.' My lady was in her tantrums to-day ;
there was no bearing her airs and her whims. Shr., Hrf. Bound
Proviiic. (1876 . Hnt. (T.P.F.), e.An.' Nrf. Holloway. Suf.'
He's in his tantrums. Sus., Hmp. Holloway. Wil. Slow Gl.
(1892). s.Dev. Fox Kiitgsbridge (1874). Cor. Trapesing about
and gitting in hes tantrums, E.vliibitioii (1873) 108.
TANTRUMY, nrfy. w.Som.' [tee'ntrami.] Passionate;
given to bursts of ill-temper.
I can't think hot we be gwain to do way thick bwoy, he's that
there tantrumy 'pon times, I be most afeard to zee un go off
in fits.
TANTRUN, 'J. m.Yks.i [ta-ntran.] To potter about ;
to drudge or plod slowly, as old people.
He's tantrunning about in the garth, now.
TANTRUPS, si^. />/. Mid. [tae-ntraps.] Ill-humoured
disturbances.
Not that we means to make tantrups, you know, Blackmore
Kit viSgo'i II. viii.
TANTUM, sb.' n.Cy. Wm. Yks. Bdf. Also written
tantem Wm. [tantam, taentam.] 1. A fixed quantity ;
a due proportion ; a stint of work, &c.
n.Cy. In one or two old piecework trades— notably some
branches of the potters and glass bottle makers— a similar
limitation of individual output has prevailed under the name of
stint or tantum. In our light metal shops . . . the society has a
tantum fixed which the men are not allowed to exceed, Webb
Iiidiistiial Democracy (1901) 447. Wm. Ah've deun mi tantem,
Ah'll gah tu bed (B.K.I. w.Yks. ' Hev some mooar puddin ! '
' Nay, nooa mooar this tahme ; Ah've hed mi lantum.' ' Hah milch
hez ta gitten ? ' ' Oh ! t'owd tantum ' (x6.). Bdf. A man drinks his
tantum. A farmer has not got his tantum of men (J.W.B.).
2. State, condition.
Wm. He's back at t'auld tantem, drinkin o' afoor him, it's
shamful (B.K.).
TANTUM, sb.'^ n.Cy. Yks. [ta-ntam.] A dial, form
of 'tantrum.' (J.W.)
TANTY.RANTY, s6. Obs. Sc. Fornication.
Edb. Which ever way ane maks a seizure O' the fair, i' the auld
affair Ca't tanty-ranty, LiddlePo«»is (1821) 34.
TANY-, see Tino, adv.
TANYIE-MA-W, sb. S. & Ork.' [Not known to our
correspondents.] A small species of sea-gull.
TAO-WLT, see Tolt.
TAP, v.' and sb.' Cum. Yks. Chs. Not. Nhp. 'War. Shr.
Hrf. Glo. w.Cy. Dor. Dev. Cor. Also written tapp Yks. ;
and in form tep Cum.'* [tap, tsep.] \. v. In comb, (i)
Tap-andgo, 'tip-and-run,' a form of cricket in which the
batsmen run every time they hit the ball ; (2) -it, the game
of Up-Jenkins.'
(i) s.Not. Let's play at cricket : let's play Tap-and-go (J.P.K.).
(2) Nhp. (C.W.)
2. To break stone for road metal. n.Yks. (C.V.C.)
3. To re-sole or heel boots and shoes.
Chs.', s.Chs.', War.2 Shr.' I've made yore boots aumust as
good as new ; I've tapped an' 'eeled 'em, but I'd much ado, fur
the in-sole wuz gwun. Hrf."^, Glo.', w.Cy. (Hall.), Dor.' Dev.
Ef zo be yu taps thews botes, they'll least awl drfl tha zummer,
Hewett Peas. Sp. (1892). nw.Dev.' Cor.' Tap a tap shoe, that
would I do. If I had but a little more leather, Old Nursery Rhyme ;
Cor.2
4. sb. A sharp stroke on the head ; a smart blow.
Cum.'* , 5. A rate of speed.
s.Chs.' Oo wuz kiim'in daaynjth road aat' \x praat'i uwd taap'.
6. The sole of a boot or shoe; the metal shield on the
heel of a boot or shoe.
Dor.', nw.Dev.' Cor." The tap of your shoe is wearing; it
wants tapping; Cor.*
TAP, sb.^ and v.^ Var. dial, uses in Sc. and Eng.
[tap, taep.] 1. sb. In comb, (i) Tap and cannel, a spigot
and faucet ; (2) -blash, the refuse of the tap, weak inferior
beer or ale, thin drink ; (3) -dish, a dish with a plug in the
centre, to enable the dish to be emptied without removal;
(4) -dressing, a custom of decorating wells with flowers,
&c. ; see below ; (5) .droppings, sediment left at the
bottom of a cask of beer, &c. ; (6) -lap, (7) -lash, see (2) ;
(8) -ooze, the wicker strainer placed over the mouth of
the tap in a mash-vat when brewing, to allow the wort to
ooze through, and to prevent the grains passing ; (9)
-tree, a conical pointed stick inserted in the hole in the
bottom of the mast-vat ; (10) -wad, (11) -whisk, see (8).
(i) Som. Jennings Obs. Dial. w.E»g. (1825). (2) Lin. Thomp-
son Hist. Boston (1856) 726 ; Lin.' (3) Nhp.' (4) Der. We are
sure all our readers — especially those who have seen a tap dress-
ing — will hail with pleasure the announcement, that steps are
about to be taken to have the taps at Wirksworth dressed on
Whit-Wednesday next. . . It is remarkable that not a single
objection can be made to the custom. Another circumstance is,
that it is strictly local ; it belongs to Derbyshire alone. A'. & Q,
1 1860) 2nd S. ix. 345 ; In 1855, while passing an evening hour at
a garden-gate in . . . Baslow, a youth arrived bearing ... a very
large basket well garnished with flowers of divers kinds and
colours ; an increase of which he solicited by a selection from my
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friend's garden. . . I was informed that [he] was collecting them
for the Pilsley ■ Well ' or 'Tap ' dressing. . . I found that . . . the
festival . . . answered exactly to an account in a letter by a
brother in 1851, describing the well-dressing which he witnessed
at the above named place. It was as follows — ' In the morning a
procession passed through Baslow on its way to Pilsley. It
consisted of nine carts and waggons of all shapes and sizes,
containing the boys and girls of Eyam school, with their dads and
mams, uncles and aunts [&c.], . . a few flags, and headed by some
stout fellows armed with cornopeans and trombones, blowing
discordant sounds. . . They march round the village where the
' wcU-nowering ' takes place, carrying their flags, and headed by
their bands. In the afternoon we saw them come back, the chaps
in the cart blowingaway as fresh as ever. When we went up in
the evening, we found quite a throng in the village. People
come from all parts ; and it seems to be the custom with those
who can afford it to keep open house for the day. A great deal
of taste and fancy is exhibited in the . . . 'tap-dressing.' Behind
two of the taps that supply water to the village, was erected
a large screen of rough boards ; the principal one was about 20 ft.
square. The screen is then plastered over with moist clay, upon
which the Duke of Devonshire's arms, and a great variety of
fanciful devices and mottoes, are executed in various colours by
sticking flowers and buds into the clay, by which means they keep
fresh for several days. The background to the device is formed
with the green leaves of the fir. Some of the ornaments are
formed of shells stuck into the clay. Branches of trees are
arranged at the sides of the screen ; and in the front a miniature
garden is laid out, with tiny gravel-walks, and flower-beds with
shell borders, and surrounded by a fence of stakes and ropes.
Opposite the principal screen they had . . . attempted a fountain ;
formed by the figure of a duck with outstretched wings, straight
neck, and bill wide open, from which a stream of water shot up
about a yard high. . . There was a . . . flag flying on the village
green, and the same at the inn ; and a pole decorated with
flowers, and a young tree tied to the lower part ; and a few stalls
for nuts and gingerbread. A very large tent in which tea was
served at a shilling, and as much dancing as j'ou liked afterwards
for nothing; or the dancing without the tea for si.xpence ; and
some third-rate itinerant posturers in the street. There was to
be a grand display of fireworks between 11 and 12 o'clock; and
besides, there was dancing at the inn, ib. 431. (5) n.Yks. (I.W.)
(6) e.An.' (7) N.Cy.' Cum.i The weakest part of a brewing of
ale; gen. three kinds — yel or yal, smo' beer, and tap lash ; Cum."
w.Yks. Thoresby if//. (^1703); w.Yks.'*, ne.Lan.', Nhp.', Hrf.',
Glo.' (8) Nhp.' (9) Sc. Put a cork or dottle in the under end ;
or you may make use of a tap-tree, and then you need not a cork.
Let the water stand four hours upon the ashes; then take out
your cork, or tap-tree, and have a tub below to receive the lee
that comes off, Maxwell Set. Trans. (1743) 284 (Jam.). Cai.'
w.Ltb. There is in the brewhous . . . ane maskeine fatt, ane
taptrie and ane maskine rudder, Maidment Spolliswoode Misc.
(1844-5)1.372. (io)War.3,Wor. (E.S.),se.Wor.i (11) Lei.>,Nhp.>
2. V. To change a note or sovereign.
n.Cy. (Hall. \ w.Yks.' Nhp.' It'll soon go now it's once tapp'd.
War.s
3. To begin cutting or consuming.
w.Som.' Ididn want to tap thick there cave o' taties vore arter
Kirsmas. Jim, urn out and tap in a cut o' hay, will 'er?
nw.Dev.'
TAP, TAP-ANTEERIE, see Top, Tapsalteerie.
TAPE, -vA.' Nhb. Ylis. Lin. [tep, leap.] 1. In comp.
Tape-needle, a bodkin. n.Lin.' 2. Phr. to have the tape,
to have authority.
Nhb.' ' He hes the tape' [applied to a farm worker who has
instructions from his superior to order his fellow-workmen].
3. A weaving term : a length of warp used for threading
the machine. w.Yks. (S.K.C.) Hence Tapeworm, sb. a
long warp with about 10 to 20 ends. ib.
TAPE, s6.2 s.Cy. I.W. Also written teype I.W.' A
mole. s.Cy. (Hall.), I.W.' Hence Tape-taker, sb. a
mole-catcher. I.W.'
[Cp. And cither shall thees talpes voidc or sterve,
Palladius Httsb. (c. 1420) 931. Lat. talpa.]
TAPE, V. Sc. Also in form teep Lnk. (Jam.) Dmf.
[tep, tip.] To use sparingly ; to make anything go a long
way ; to stint.
Sc. (Jam.) ; Herd Coll. Bugs. (1776) Gl. Lnk. Ramsay Poems
(1721) Gl. Dmf. Wallace Schoolmaster (1899) 354.
TAPEE, sb. Obs. or obsol. Sc. (Jam.) 1. The fore
part of the hair when put up with pins. Sc. 2. A small
cushion of hair worn by old women, in what is called the
open of the head, for keeping up the hair. Ayr.
TAPER, V. and adj. Nhb. Chs. e.An. Also written
taypor Nhb. [tep3(r.] \. v. To reduce gradually ; to
diminish the quantity or potency of one's drink ; to dilute
wines, spirits, &c.
Nhb. Gie's a drain, not a drop ! whei aw mun taypor, Chater
Tyneside Aim. (1869) 7. s.Chs.' A woman said her cat had been
feeding on milk and ' wiid-)nu lahyk tii bi tai'pQrd daayntu wee-.'
2. attj. At an end, nearly exhausted.
e.An.^ My purse grows taper.
TAPERED, ppl. adj. Obs. Sc. In form teypard. 01
abuilding; high andtrail. Gall. MACTAGGART^Hcyf/- (1824).
TAPERELL, adv. Hmp. [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] P'eebly.
s.Hmp. In the month of April He [the cuckoo] singeth taperell,
A'. &■ O. I 1872) 4th S. ix. 447.
TAPER-TAIL, nrfz'. Obs. Sc. Topsy-turvy.
s.Sc. (Jam.); The warl' wad a' gang taper-tail thegither, T.
Scott Poems (:793) 365.
TAPET, see Tabet.
TAPEY, nrf/. Yks. [tea'pi.] Plastered or stuck together
with size so as to represent the appearance of tape.
w.Yks. (J.G.)
TAPIE, see Tawpie.
TAPL0CH,s6. Obs. Sc. Alsoinformtawploch. A giddy-
brained girl. Gall. MACTAGGART£Hor/.( 1824). Cf.tawpie.
TAPLY, adv. Obs. Dcv. Also in form tapely. At
break of day, early in the morning; privately, quickly.
n.Dev. Chell g' in to Moulton Tomarra pritty taply, E.xm.
Crishp. 1,1746) 1. 630; Uorae Subseiivae (1777) 427-
TAPPER, si.' Lei. Also in form tapperer. [ta-p3{r).]
The lesser spotted woodpecker, Dendrocopus minor.
SwAiNSON Birds (1885) 99.
TAPPER, sb."^ Obs. n.Cy. An innkeeper. Trans.
Phil. Soc. (1858) 174; (Hall.)
[OE. tappcre, a tavern-keeper (B.T.).]
TAPPERER, see Tapper, sb.'
TAPPET, sb. Nhb.' [tapit.] A piece put on a shoe.
TAPPID, see Tappit.
TAPPIETOORIE, sb. Sc. Irel. Also written tapi-
toorie Edb. Ir. ; tappietourie Sc. (Ja.m.) : and in form
tappy-tourock Ayr. [tapituri.] 1. Anything raised
very high to a point ; also used attrib.
Frf. Each having a little peg at the top, like the tappie-toorie of
a Balmoral bonnet, Inglis ^(></7*. (1895) 94. Ayr. i,Jam.) Lnk.
The tappie-toorie fir-tree shining a' in green, Miller intlic
IVinkie (ed. 1902) 12. Edb. Chignons, tapitoories, and bannits,
Smith yf«;/^ Blair (ed. 1871) 15. n.Ir. She hadnae a big tapi-
toorie heid o' hair like the maist o' lasses in them days, Lyttle
Paddy McQuillan, 45.
2. Anything resting on an insecure foundation and
swinging at the top. Sc. (A.W.) Cf. tappiloorie.
3. The knob of pastry which fills up the hole in the
centre of a pie.
Ayr. (Jam.); When he's getting his dinner wi' you the day,
I would gie him the tappy-tourock o' the pie, Galt Sir A. IVjlie
(1822") Ixxxviii.
TAPPILOORIE, sb. Sc. Anything raised high on a
sliglit or tottering foundation ; also used attrib. (Jam.),
Mackay. Cf. tappie-toorie, 2.
TAPPIN, sb. Sc. Also in form taupin Abd. 1. The
root of a tree ; the tap-root of a turnip, carrot, &c.
Abd. (G.W.) Per. A tangly tappin for a rod He in his nervous
right hand claspit, Spence Poems ^1898. 141.
2. Fig. A long, thin person.
Abd. Sic a lang taupin o' a lassie, or o' a loon (G.W.).
TAPPIN, see Topping.
TAPPISH, V. Der. Also written tapish. [ta-pij.]
To waste or pine away ; to begin to be mortally ill.
Der. 2 Hur tappish'd yest' morn. n.Der. He tapished and died,
Addy Gl. V1891 i 58. nw.Der.' Inquiring on Sunday last what ailed
a man who was sick, his brother said he thought he was ' tap-
pished ' with a decline. The word is common in the mining
district near Bakewell, Manc/i. Guardian {Mar. i, 1875); 'Tappish'
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is current as a neuter verb at Taddington. I am also informed
by a native of Winster that the word is used there in a passive
form, as 'He's tappished; ' he's poorly or ill. The word is also
used there in reference to an unsound arm or leg, for instance,
' This arm's tappished.' It is, moreover, applied to a piece of wood
or a board which is decaying, 'This wood's tappished,' ib. (Mar.
29, 1875) ; When the word ' tappish ' is made use of, and it is
applied to persons, animals, and vegetables, it is understood or
intended to mean that the person, animal, or vegetable is afflicted
with a disease which is probable may cause death. It is very
commonly used with respect to potato crops, as, ' Ahv a good crop
a taters, bur theer tappished,' ib. (Apr. 8, 1875).
TAPPIT, ppl. adj. Sc. Hmp. Also in forms tapped
Cai. ; tappid Sh.I. ; tappity Sc. (Jam.) [ta'pit, tae'pit.]
Crested, tufted ; gen. used of fowls. See 'Top, 6, Toppy.
Sh.I. What tinks da o' Mansie's tappid hen 'at haes a egg i' da
moarnin? S/j. A'cws (Jan. 28, 1899). Cai.' Elg. A tappit hen Wi'
yellow spurs lang on her heels, Couper Poetry (1804) II. 56.
Rnf. Pawkie Auld Robin cam up frae the glen, Wi' a dozen o' eggs
and a white tappit hen, Barr Poems (1861) 73. Ayr. His head
powdered and frizzled up like a tappit-hen, Galt An>i. Parish
(1821') ii. s.Hmp. Ursley, as is more like a tappit hen nor aught
else, Verney L. Lisle (1870) xi.
Hence Tappit-hen, sb. a drinking vessel containing a
Scotch quart of ale or claret ; a larger vessel containing
three pints of wine.
Sc. (Jam.) ; A huge pewter measuring-pot containing at least
three English quarts, denominated a Tappit-hen, Scott IVaverley
(1814) xi ; It was a pewter measure, the claret being in ancient
days served from the tap, and had the figure of a hen upon the lid.
In later times the name was given to a glass bottle of the same
dimensions, Hislop 5c, ^Hfcrfo/e (1874) 4. Ayr. The tappit hen,
gae bring her ben, Burns Oh a Tumbler, st. a.
TAPPY, see Tawpy, Toppy.
TAPPY-LAPPY, adv. Nhb. Dur. Cum. Ylcs. Nhp.
[ta'pilapi.] As fast as possible ; at top speed, helter-
skelter ; anyhow; gen. used of running.
N.Cy.i Nhb.i The twee boxers went ti'd tappy-lappy, Uke a
lowse winda shutter flappin i' the wind, e.Dur,' Cum. Linton
Lake Cy. (1864I 312. n.Yks, They'd all geean in, tappy lappy,
TwEDDELL Clevel. Rhymes (1875) 48 ; n,Yks.'', m,Yks.', Nhp.'-
TAPPY-TOUROCK, see Tappietoorie.
TAPPY-TOUSIE, sb. Sc. (Jam.) A children's game ;
see below.
In this sport, one taking hold of another by the forelock of his
hair, says to him, ' Tappie tappie tousie, will ye be my man ? '
If the other answers in the affirmative, the first says, ' Come to me
then, come to me then,' giving him a smart pull towards him by the
lock which he holds in his hand. If the one who is asked, answers
in the negative, the other gives him a push backward, saying,
* Gae frae me then, gae frae me then,'
TAPSALTEERIE, adv. and sb. Sc. Irel. Also written
tapsalteery Dmf. ; tapsalterie Lnk. ; and in forms tap-
an-teerie Sc. ; tapsalteeries Per.; tapsee-teerie Rxb.;
tapsie-teerie Rxb. (Jam.); tapsill-teerieSh.l,; tapsilteery
Lth, ; taupsaleery Edb. ; topsy-teery Uls. 1. adv.
Topsy-turvy, upside down ; also used atlrib.
Sc. He was na widower lang ago, Till he grew tap-and-teerie ;
And he has thro' the kintry gane. To seek anither dearie, Kinloch
Ballad Bk. (1827) 77, ed. 1868. Sh.I, I'll fiddle until my fiddle
an' I Baith gengs tapsill teerie, Stewart Tales (1892) 83, Per, I
think the year's gane tapsalteeries, Haliburton Ochil Idylls
(1891) III, Ayr, (Jam.) ; May a' gae tapsalteerie, Burns Green
grow the Rashes, st, 4. Lnk. The man's mind's clean reversed, an'
turned tapsalterie a'thegither, Murdoch Readings {i8g$) II. 103.
Lth, Dealing round strong punch and joke. Good humoured mad,
near twa o'clock Turns a' things tapsilteery, MacneillPos/. IVts.
(1801) 176, cd, 1856. Edb. A' my fine castles in the air . . . had
been sent taupsaleery, Campbell Deilie Jock (1897) 113, SIk.
Wi' ae desperate wallop we baith gaed tapsalteerie— frae ae
sliddery ledge to anither, Chr. North Nodes (ed. 1856) II. 10.
Dmf. Nae madcap schemes tumin' a' thing tapsalteery, Paton
Castlebraes (1898) 144. Rxb. For tapsee-teerie lie the sheaves, A.
Scott Poems (ed. 1808) 100; (Jam.) Uls. (M.B.-S.)
2. sb. A topsy-turvy manner ; a state of disorder.
Dmf. So on in a glorious tapsalteery, till I led up the rear wi'
daft Meg o' the Shields. Paton Castlebraes (1898) 95.
TAPTEE, sb. Lnk. (Jam.) [ta-pti.] A state of eager
desire. ' What a taptee he is in ! ' how eager he is.
TAPTIRE, see Toptire.
TAPTOO, sb. Obs. or obsol. Ayr. (Jam.) 1. A gaudy
ornament on the head. 2. Phr. to put one into a taptoo,
to excite one's wrath ; to produce violent passion. Cf.
tiptoo.
TAPYAH, see Tawpie.
TAR, sb.^ Van dial, and colloq. uses in Sc. and Eng.
[tar, ta(r).] 1. In comp. (i) Tar-bant, a thick tarred
string, used for tying sacks, &c., sometimes used for
thatching ; (2) -bottle, a ' hanger ' in copy-book writing ;
(3) -buist, the box containing tar for marking sheep ; (4)
•cord, (5) -mar-band, (6) -marl or -marline, see (i) ; (7)
-pitched, covered with tar; (8) -rope, rope-yarn; the
thread of old cables, &c.
(i) Chs.i (2) Rut.i (s,v. Ship-hooks), (3) Twd., Rxb, (Jam.)
(4) War, (J,R,W,) (5-) e.Lin. (G,G.W.) (6) Lin,i, n.Lin.i,
ne,Lin, (E.S.), se.Lin, (J,T.B.), sw.Lin,', e.An.^ (7) Dev. A grey
stone house wi' the granite white-washed awver an' the slate root
tar-pitched, Phillpotts Striking Hours (1901) 87. (8) e.Nrf.
Marshall Rur. Eton. (1787),
2. Phr. (i) to be tarred imth the same stick, to share un-
desirable qualities ; in^^«. colloq. use ; (2) to iar the fingers
to do a thing, to meet with difficulty in accomplishing it ;
to be unwilling to do it.
(i) Sc. I doubtna it has been Rashleigh himsell, or some other
o' your cousins — they are a' tarr'd wi' the same stick — rank
Jacobites and papists, Scott Rob Roy (1817) xxvi ; The allusion is
to the bit of wood used as a brush for putting the tar-mark on
sheep (Jam,). Abd. Mony o' them tarr't wi' the same stick,
Alexander Johmiy Gibb (1871) vii. Lth. I'm afraid that I am
' tarred with the same stick,' for I am fond of horses, Strathesk
More Bits (ed. 1885) 170. (2) Bnff.i w.Sc. Generally said
regarding wet, dirty work (Jam. ).
TAR, si.° Nhb,^ [tar.] In phr. /o se/o« tor, to relieve
any one who has got into low water ; to set him on his feet.
TAR, see Tare, sb.^^, Taw, sA.\ Tear, v.'
TARBLE, adj. Brks. Hmp. Wil. Dor. [ta'bl.] A
corruptionof' tolerable' ; esp. used of health. Cf torable.
Brks.' I be a veelin' pretty tarble now zur, thenk 'e kindly vor
axin. w.Cy. (Hall.), Dor.i
Hence 'Tarblish, adj. and adv. tolerably ; pretty well.
Brks.i, Hmp. (H.R.), Hmp.' s.Hmp. My cough he's a deal
worse ; there's summat tarblish wrong a-goin' on in my inside,
Verney L. Lisle (1870) xxix. w.Cy. (Hall.) Wil. Tarblish
middlin', thankee, Britton £e«!</i'«5 (1825). Dor.' ' How b'ye ? '
'Tarblish.'
TARBLE, see Terrible.
T ARBOR, sb. Nhb. [taTbsr.] The frill inside a
child's bonnet. (R.O.H.)
TARBOTTLE, sb. Oxf. [tabotl.] The black knap-
weed, Centaiirea nigra. (B. & H.)
TARD, see Tear, ».'
TARDIE, adj. Obs. Knr. (Jam.) Also in form tairdie.
Peevish, ill-humoured, sulky; satirical.
TARDLE.w.' Dor. [tadl.] Toentangle. G/,(i85i); Dor.'
TARDLE, v.'^ Nrf [ta-dl,] To dress gaily.
The neighbours say I take their money for 'tardling' out my
' mawthers' (A,A,G,).
TARDRY, see Tawdry.
TARDS, sb. pi. Sc. Also written tawrds (Jam.).
[tardz,] A leather strap used for punishment.
Abd. (Jam,) ; Whack, Robbie W — sh's tards came down Upon
their shouthers. Robe Poems (1852) 189.
TARDY, sb. Obs. Chs. A fine for being late.
Chs.' ; Chs.^ The accounts of the company of smiths, cutlers,
pewterers and cardmakers at Chester contain many similar entries
to the following : — ' Nov. 11, 1679, received from Reignold Woods
for a tardy, srf.'
TARE, sb.^ In gen. dial, use in Sc. and Eng. Also in
forms tar e.Yks.' Chs.' Stf Not. Lin.' n.Lin.' sw.Lin.'
Shr.' s.Cy. Ken.'^ I.W.' Dor. ; tor Shr.^ w.Cy, [ter,
te3(r ; ta(r).] 1. In comp. (i) Tare-fitch, (2) -grass, (3)
•vetch, van species of wild vetch, esp. the tufted vetch,
Vicia cracca, and the hairy vetch, V. hirsuta.
(I) Chs.', Shr.i2, W.Cy. (Hall.) [Tarefytche, lupyn, Palsgr.
(1530).] (2) Stf.', Keii.'2 (3)s,Cy,(HALL.),I.W.',Dor.(B.&H.)
TARE
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2. A name given to various species of vetch, esp. the
common vetch, Vicia saliva, and tne hairy vetch, V. hirsuta.
s.Sc, n.Cy. (B. & H.), e.Yks.', Chs.' s.Not. When shall uz
mow that field o' tars (J.P.K.). Lin.', n. Lin.' sw.Lin.' There's
such a quantity of wild tars to-year. Mid. ^B. & H.), Suf. (C.T. 1,
Ess. i B. St. H.)
3. The common bindweed, Convolvulus arveiisis.
Wil. Davis Agiic. (18131.
TARE, :i6.= Obx. Yks. See below.
w.Yks. The net weight of sliver obtained from any lather
which had been ' livered out' to the comber. On this tare, p.iy-
ment was made, so as to prevent waste as much as possible (J.T.).
TARE, sb.' Irel. Also in form tar. [ter.] In phr.
(i) tare an' age{s, (2) — an' otins or an' onus, (3) — an'
aunty, exclamations ; expletives.
(i) Ir. ' Tare-anages ! ' said Dan's father, 'and is that the way
of the win" with you ? ' Barlow Idylls (1892) 200. n.Ir. Tare an-
age ! Wirrasthrue ! What we say, shure, it's true. Lays and
Leg. (1884'! 52. Wxf. Oh! tare an' ages, that's seven, Kennedy
Evenings Diiffrey (1869} 46. (2) Ir. Tar an' ouns ! did ynu see
Father Rafl'erty lilt his hand to his hat? Paddiana (ed. 18481 I.
251 ; Oh! tare an' onus [sic], Bodkin S/ii/Wii^/i (1902) loi. w.Ir.
' Tare an ouns,' says I, ' do you tell me so ? ' Lover Leg. (1848)
I. 163. (3) Ir. Tare an' ounty, woman ! who ever heerd of sich
a thing? Lover Handy Andy (1842) i.\ ; 'And by tare-an-ounty ! '
say she. ' I'm unworthy to be either his wife or yours,' Carleton
Trails Peas. (ed. 1843) I. 45.
TARE, adj. Hrf. Rdn. [te3(r).] Of flies : eager, rest-
less, troublesome.
Hrf.' How tare the llies be. Rdn. Morgan tVds. (1881).
TARE, see Tear, i/.'
TAREINGTUB, sb. Nhb. Dur. A coal-mining term :
the tub chosen to be weighed to obtain the average tare.
There are various methods of obtaining the average tare, one
of which is for the weighman and checkweighman to agree when
the tubs are in the shaft which are to be taken, and the tubs so
named are tared as they come to bank, Nicholson Coal Tr. Gl.
(1888V
TARE-NATION, TARESTRIL, see Tarnation, Tais-
treL
TARF(F, adj. Or.L [tarf.] Coarse, harsh, acrid;
rough in manner. (S.A.S.) ; Dennison Sketch Bk. (1880)
loi (Jam. Sitppl.).
TARGAT, sb. Obs. Sc. Also written target. 1. A
tassel ; an ornament for the hat.
Sc. (Jam.'); There hang nine targats at Johnie's hat, Scott
Minstrelsy fi8o2"i L 412, ed. 1848.
2. A tatter, shred.
Sc. (Jam.) Edb. The weight o' ilka codroch chiel, That does
my skin to targets peel, Fercusson Pofms (1773) 177, ed. 1785.
Kcb. The strings [of her apron] in targets flew, Davidson Seasons
(17891 120.
3. Comb. Targat-of-skate, a long dried slice of skate.
Ags. (Jam.)
TARGE, V. and sb. Sc. Irel. Cum. Also written tairge
Sc. (Jam.) [terdg.] 1. v. To beat, strike, thrash.
Frf. Targed him tightly till he fell, Sands Poems (1833') 105.
Per. (Jam.) Cum.' He'll gi' thee a targin', my lad ; Cum.*
Hence Targed-tow, sb. scutched tow. Uls. (M.B.-S.)
2. Obs. To keep in order or under discipline.
Sc. Targed him tightly until the finishing of the job, Scott
Wnwi7f)i (1814') xlii.
3. To scold loudly ; to reprimand severely.
Sc , Cld. (Jam.) Rxb. I wadna' hae dared gie him the tairging
I did, only that Whithaugh has but six men riding the night,
Hamilton Outlaws (1897) 47. Gall. A thorough-gaun, tairgin',
satisfactory kind of woman is Kirst, Crockett /Ci/ ^f«Hf(/y (1899)
271. N.I.'
4. To cross-examine ; to question closely.
Sc. I was just wissin' o' a' things to see ye a wee glilT, that I
micht targe ye, Sa-mn and Gael (1814) L 163 (Jam.). e.Fif.
Mr. Penman tairged him tichtly in the cross-examination, and
garred him shak in's shoon, Latto Tarn Bodkin (1864) xv. Ayr.
I on the questions tairge them tightly. Burns Inventory, 1. 41.
Lth. (Jam.) Rxb. I'll gic him a tairgin (i4.).
5. To copulate. Cum.* 6. sb. A scold ; a 'vixen.'
Cai. Fat wud ye do wi' a targe lek her ? Horne Connlrysidc
(1896) 40. Ayr. Bessie Graham was a terr'ble tairge, and had
VOL. VI.
a tinkler tongue in the heid of her. Service Dr. Diiguid (ed. 1887)
67. N.I.'
[3. Cp. OE. tiergan, tergan, to irritate, annoy, afTlict
(Sweet).]
TARGED, ppl. adj. Obs. Cld. (Jam.) Shabby in ap-
pearance, tattered.
TARGER, sb. Sc. Irel. Lakel. Cum. Also written
tairger, terjer Sc. [terdjar.] 1. A scold ; a virago ; a
quarrelsome woman. See Targe, 6.
Lnlt. Happily rid o' his awful terjer o' a mither-in-law, Murdoch
Readings (1895) II, 59. Gall. O, she's a tairger. . . She wadna gie
ye ony mutton ham, though ye micht hae a chance to get the
shank bane on the side o' your head, Crockett Kit Kennedy
(1899) xxix. Ant. (S.A.B.\ Cum.*
2. A person of bad or eccentric character ; a rough
fellow ; a mischievous person. Lakel.*, Cum.* 3. Anj'-
thing very large or out of the common; a monstrous lie.
See Targing.
n.Ir. A schrcuger an' targer, an' twinty times larger Thin iver
wis heerd av in Ballynascreen, Lays and Leg. (1884) 45. Cum.*
TARGET, sb. Oxf.' [ta'gat] A leg and breast of
Iamb combined. MS. add.
TARGIiiG, ppl. adj. Irel. Cum. Also written targein
N.I.' [teTdgin.] Large, monstrous. See Targer, 3.
N.I,' A targein' fine horse. Cum.* Thoo is a targin' leear.
TARGLE, sb. Yks. Not. Also written targel Not.= ;
targillw.Yks.^ [ta'gl.] 1. Anythingworthless or inferior.
Not.* This knite is a targel. s.Not. Well, I call this here
anthern a taigle (J.P.K.).
2. A despicable person, esp. a dirty, slovenly woman
w.Yks.* Tlia nasty targill.
TARGUS, adj. n.Lan.> Worthless.
TARING, sb. Sh.I. [terin.] The common tern.
Sterna fliiviatilis. Swainson Z?/>-</s (1885) 202. Cf. tarrock.
TARKY, adj. Obs. Suf. Dark. (P.R.) Cf. thark.
TARLACK, see Tarloch.
TARLE, ;■. and sb. Bnff.| [terl.] 1. v. To work
lazily; to be of a lazy disposition ; a dial, form of 'trail.'
2. To labour under disease.
She tarlet aboot a day or twa or she took the bed.
3. sb. A small, weak person or animal.
TARLOCH, sb., v. and adj. Sc. Yks. Also in forms
tarlack w.Yks.*; tarlogh Sc. (Jam.) [Sc. ta'rlax-] 1. s6.
A contemptible fellow ; a person not over-particular ; a
sturdy, brawling woman ; a dirty female tatterdemalion.
Sc. It is commonly applied to beggars and the lowest people
(Jam.). Lnk. Tae loup like a cock at a grosset At ilka bit bodic
we see. May dae unco weel for some tarlochs. But, lad, it'll no dac
for me, Thomson yi/«si';ig'5 (1881) 44. w.Yks.'- Tha'rt a nice tarlack!
2. A silly, inactive girl. Abd. (Jam.) 3. Any creature
or thing small, weak, and worthless of its kind. Bnff.',
Ayr. (Jam.) 4. v. To go about in a lazy manner. Bnft".'
5. To show symptoms of disease, ib. 6. adj. Weak,
peevish, grumbling. Ayr. Gl. Surv. 693 (Jam.).
7. Squeamish as to food ; reluctant to eat. Sc. (Jam.)
8. Ot the weather : stormy. Lnl. A tarlogh day {ib.).
TARM, see Term.
TARMANACK, sb. Cor.» [tamanak.] A slovenly
person.
TARMINED, pp. Yks. Lan. Glo. Nrf. Also in form
tamiint Lan. [ta'mind.] An aphetic dial, form of
' determined.'
w.Ylcs. Common (J.W.). Lan. He wur tarmint to mak o reet,
ScHOLES Tim Gamwattle (1857) 23. Glo. I started early on Monday
marnin', 'tarmined to see as much as possible, Ginns Colswold
Vill. (1898) 90. Nrf. I wor 'tarmined not to move. Spilling
Molly Miggs 1 1902) 40.
TARMIT, see Turmit.
TARN, .-ib. Sc. n.Cy. Dur. Cum. Wm. Yks. Lan. ; also
Dev. [tarn, tan.] 1. A small mountain lake ; a deep
pool ; a sheet of water fed by many small streams ; a
shallow pool fringed with rushes.
Sc. (Jam.) e.Sc. Tarns spot it, Strain Elmstic's Dragnet
(1900) 55. Per. Leavin' their rooks amang the tarns o' Stormont
vale, Stewart Cliaracter (1857) 121. Dmf. A lonely loch or
mountain tarn, Wallace Schoolmaster (1899) 229. Gall. The
wavelets of the tiny tarn, Crockett Kit Kennedy (1899) iv.
F
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TARROW
N.Cy.'*, Dur.', Lakel.'^, Cum.* Wm. A tarn of melted brimstone,
HuTTON Bran New IVark (1785) I. 239. n.Yks.> = 3 w.Yks^
HuTTON Tour to Caves (1781) ; w.Yks.', n.Lan.', ne.Lan.' n.Dev.
Grose (1790^
Hence Blind-tarn, sb. a 'tarn' without visible outlet.
Lakel.' 2. A tear. [Not known to our correspondents.]
Wm. Kirkby Stephen Messenger (Apr. 1891).
[1. ON. tjorn I gen. tjarnar), a small lake (Vigfusson).]
TARN, see Tarnd, Turn, v.
TARNAL, adj. and adv. Irel. Yks. Brks. Ken. I.W.
Som. and Amen Also written tarnel s.Cy. I.W.'*; and
in form ternal Ir. [ta'rnl, ta'nl.] 1. adj. and adv. An
aphetic dial, form of 'eternal'; used as an intensitive or
to express strong abhorrence. See Eternal, N-etarnal.
Ir. Matther! ch.you 'tarnal villains, Lover Handy Andy (1842)
xli. w.Yks.', Brks.', s.Cy. (Hall.) Ken. Dare was a tarnal
sight of meat, Masters Dick and Sal (c. 1821) st. 62 ; Ken.' I.W.'
There's a tarnel deeul on't ; I.W.^ There's a tarnal gurt heap on't,
w.Som.' 'Tis a tarnal shame. Her's tarnal fond o' un. [Amer.
It's a scorpion. . . I darsn't skeer the tarnal thing, Lowell Biglow
Papers (1848) 58.]
2. adj. In phr. by the ternal -war, an expletive.
Ir. By the 'ternal war ! if you say another word, I'll throw the
jug at you ! Lover Handy Andy (1842") ii.
TARNATION, sb., adj. and adv. In gen. dial, use in
Sc. Irel. Eng. and Amer. Also written tahnation Suf.' ;
tarnaayshun Brks.'; tarnashun I.W.'; and in forms
tare-nation Ir. ; teruation Sus. [tarnajan, tanejan.]
1. sb. An expletive ; a disguised form of ' damnation ' ;
esp. in phr. tarnation seizeyou. Cf. nation, sb.'^
Ir. Tare-nation to the rap itselfs in my company, Carleton
Trails Peas. (ed. 1843) I. 26. Don. Tarnation saize ye ; let go me
throat ! Macmanus Bend of Road (1898) 33. I.W.'
2. adj. and adv. Used as an intensitive.
Sh.I. We've edder made a michty big raiscalcalation, or a
tarnation quick passage, Ollason Mareel (1901) 80. Ayr. I was
held as no artist by him, but simply a tarnation sweep-maker,
Hunter Studies (1870) 218. Don. What's this tarnation tom-
foolery about in my front parlour? Macmanlts Bend of Road
(1898) 66. n.Cy. (J.W.) e.Yks.' Bob's a tarnation seet betther
then Jack, ./l/S. «rfrf.(T.H.) -w.Yks. (J.W.) Lan. What tarnation
game'sthis? Manc/i. Even. Mail {Aug. 2-!, igoi) z. Chs.'^ Der.^
A tarnation big lie. se. Lin. A tarnation fool (J. T.B.). Brks.' w.Mid.
I did feel a tarnation fool (W. P.M.). e.An.^ Nrf. There wus a
tarnation roke (W.R.E.). Suf.' A tahnashun sight of folks. Sus.
I cum away ternation crass. Lower Tom Cladpole (1831) st. 125.
w.Som.' Tarnation ugly. [Amer. He is in a tarnation hurry, Sam
Slick Clockmaker (1836) ist S. ix.]
Hence Tarnationally, adv. very, exceedingly.
e.An.^ Faaither is tarnationally grumpy to day.
TARN'D, ppl. adj. Nhb. Cum. Also written tarn't
Cum.'*; and in form tarn n.Cy. Nhb.' [tarn(d.] Ill-
natured, fierce, crabbed.
n.Cy. (Hall.) Nhb. Just pinch'd te deeth they're tarn and
snarly, Wilson P/V/imn's Prty (1843) 29; Nhb.' Cum.' E'en telt
my tarn'd auld mudder, Anderson Ballads (1805) 44 ; Cuiu.*
TARNELLY, adv. I.W.' [ta'nali.] An aphetic dial,
form of ' eternally.' ' She's tarnelly talkun about et.'
TARPIT,f. Obs. Sc. An aphetic dial.form of 'interpret.'
Per. Giftit intil sic things as the tarpitin a dreams, Monteath
Dunblane (1835I 91, ed. 1887.
T ARPORLEY-PEACH, sb. Chs. A kind of pear ; see
below.
Chs.' ; Chs. 3 The Aston town pear is so called, as it is generally
ripe about the time of the Tarporley races and the meeting of the
club, which takes place in the first week in November.
TAR(R, V. and sb. Irel. Yks. Chs. Lin. Wor. Sur.
Also in form thar Wxf.' [ta(r).] 1. v. To excite to
anger or violence ; to tease ; also with o«. Wxf.', Chs. '°^,
se.Wor.' Hence Tarry, adj. irritable, verging towards
spiteful anger. se.Lin. He got quite tarry (J.T.B.).
2. With e^: to put a person oft" with useless information.
Sur. (T.T.C.) a. sb. A mischievous character; used esp.
of a child.
w.Yks. We say tut' barn 'Eh, tha'rt a tar!' Ylis. Wkly. Post
(July 10, 1897); w.Yks. 5
[And like a dog that is compell'd to fight, Snatch at his
master that doth tarre him on, Shaks. K.John, iv. i. 117.]
TARR, see Tor(r.
TARRADIDDLE, sb. Sus. [taeradidl.] A liar.
Squire Darling were a tarradiddle, Blackmore Springhavcn
(1887) V.
TARRADIDDLED, ppl. adj. ? Obs. w.Cy. Imposed
upon, as by lies; puzzled; bewildered. (Hall.) Cf.
torrididdle.
TARRAGAT,!'. Sc. A corrupted form of 'interrogate.'
Sc. (Jam.) Hence Tarragatin, vbl. sb. a strict examina-
tion ; the act of examining strictly. Sc. (Jam.), Bnff.'
TARRAN, sb. Obs. Rxb. (Jam.) A peevish, ill-
humoured person. See Tirran, sb. 2.
TARRANT, adj. and sb. Yks. Lan. [tarsnt.] 1. adj.
Mean, disreputable ; a corruption of 'the arrant.'
e.Yks.' Tarrant awd hussy tell'd ma Ah was a leear.
2. sb. A crabbed, ill-natured person. w.Yks. Thoresby
Lett. (1703). n.Lan.'
TARRAS, sb. Yks. [ta'ras.] A troublesome, mis-
chievous lad.
w.Yks. He's a regular tarras and nubdy can say him (H.L.).
TARRAS, see Terrace, sb?
TARRAT, sb. Hmp. w.Cy. Cor. Also written tarret
Cor. [tasTst.] Aloft. The same word as ' tallet' (q.v.).
Hmp.' Hmp., w.Cy. A hay tarrat (J.R.W.). Cor. (F.R.C.)
TARRET, v. Obs. n.Cy. To tarry. (Hall.)
TARRET, see Tarrat, Tarrock.
TARRICROOK(E, sb. Sh.I. Also written taricrook ;
and in form taricrocke (Jam.). A bent pitchfork.
(Jam.); jAKOBSENDin/. (1897)45 ; S. & Ork.' A pitchfork having
the prongs at right angles with the shaft, used for gathering and
spreading seaweed as manure.
[ON./fln-, seaweed (Vigfusson).]
TARRIE, 56. Obs. Sc. Trouble.
Gin ye ca' me fairy, I'll work ye muckle tarrie, Chambers Pop.
Rhymes (ed. 1870) 324.
TARRIE, see Terrie, sb>
TARRIER, sb. Lon. An instrument used to extract a
bung from a turpentine-barrel.
It is made in the shape of three tapering cork-screws,
united at their bases. Any two serve as a handle to the third
(W.W.S.).
[Fr. tariere, an augur (Cotgr.).]
TARROCK, sb. Sc. Yks. Cor. Also in forms tarret
Sh.I. ; tirracke Sh.I. (Jam.) S. & Ork.' ; tirrik, tirrook
Sh.I. (Jam.) [tarsk, ts'rak.] 1. The common tern.
Sterna jfliiviatilis.
Sh.I. SvvAiNsoN Birds (1885") 202; Whaar da piltiks bul an da
tirriks dip, Junda Klingraliool (1898) 13.
2. The arctic tern, S. inacnira. Swainson ib. 3. The
kittiwake, Rissa tridactyla ; esp. used of the young bird
before the first moulting.
Sh.I. (Jam.); The querulous cry of the tirracke, and kittiewake,
Scott Pira/s (1821) x ; S. & Ork.', s.Sc. (R.H.H.) Yks. Ylis.
Willy. Post (Dec. 31, 1898). Cor. Rood Birds (1880) 315.
TARRON, sb. n.Yks.^ [taran.] A scamp, rake ; lit.
' tar ' one. See Tar(r, 3.
T ARROODEAL, s6. I. Ma. [tarSdH.] A kind of beetle;
lit. 'devil's bull.'
Maybe flowers for her to look at, or tarroodeals or ladybirds.
Brown Yarns (1881) 235, ed. i88g.
TARROO-USHTEY, s6. I. Ma. [ta-ru-ujti.] A fabulous
water-bull.
Freckened she'd come in some shape or another, like a corpse . . .
or a tarroo-ushtey, Brown IVitcli (1889) 83.
TARRO'W, V. and sb. Sc. [taro, ta'ra.] 1. v. Obs.
A dial, form of 'tarry'; to delay ; to linger.
Sc. (Jam.) ; Dalrymple Gl. 32 ; Be still taking and tarrowing
[Take what you can get, though not all that is due], Kelly Prov.
(1721) 63; Lang tarrowing taks a' the thanks awa, Henderson
Prov. (1832) 100, ed. 1881.
2. To complain ; to find fault with one's food ; to refuse
food, &c. merely out of peevishness.
Sc. Children are said to tarrovv at their meat, when they delay
taking it, especially from some pettish humour, or do it so slowly
that it would seem they felt some degree of reluctance (Jam.);
A tarrowing bairn was never fat, Ferguson Prov. (1641) No.
4a. Sh.I. The mair he tarrows the less he gets, Spence Flk-Lore
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TARVE
(1899) ai6 ; S. & Ork.', Cai.' Abd. But she's as weak as very
water grown. And tarrows at the browst that she had brown, Koss
Hdenore (1768) 65. ed. i8ia. w.Sc. Her tongue never lay frac
mornin' till night ; aye tarrow tarrowing, Carkick Laird of Logan
(1835) 86. Cld. I darena tarrow (Jam.). Ayr. 1 hae seen their
coggie fou, That yet hae tarrow'd at it. Bukns Dream (1786) st.
15. Kcb. Sic was the fate o' norland Gib, Wha tarrow'd at his
copgy, Davidson Seasons (1789) 21.
Hence Tarrower, sb. in phr. beggars or diggers should
not be tarrowers, beggars should not be choosers. Sh.I.
Sli. Neujs (Aug. 7, 1897) ; Spen'ce Flk-Lore (1895) ^'^"
3. To be sick and weakly ; used also of ill-thriven
springing corn. Mry. CI. Surv. (Jam.) Bnff.' 4. sb.
A slight illness. Bnff.' 5. Phr. />)//i<? /rt;-/-otti, of grain :
having the strength of the seed exhausted, before the
plant has power to draw sufficient sustenance from the soil.
'i"he corn's i' the tarrow, :b.
TARRY, V. Yks. Lan. Der. Glo. [tari.] 1. To await,
linger, stay.
Lan. Children are said to ' tarry at noon ' who do not go home
to dinner, but stay in the school-room, A'. •5'' Q. (1879) 5th S. xi.
237. Der.2 Tarrying at home. nw.Der.' Glo.' I don't know who
the gentleman was, but he tarried at the door some time, speaking
to the girl.
2. With by : to linger over.
w.Yks. If we get [another] job this will sooin be done ; if not
we shall tarry by it, Yks. Wkly. Post (^Sept. 19, 1896}.
TARRY, adj. Sc. Dur. Also in forms taurrie, taury
Sc. [taTi.] In comb, (i) Tarry-breeks, a sailor; (2)
-fingered, dishonest, pilfering ; (3) -fingers, a dishonest
liand ; hence a dishonest person ; (4) -handed, see (2) ;
(5) -neives, see (3) ; (6) -towt, a single strand of rope
steeped in tar ; (7) -trick, cheating, pilfering.
(i; Sc. (Jam.) Bch. Tarry-breeks should ay go free, Forbes
Dominie (1785) 43. Ayr. Young, royal Tarry Breeks, Burns
Dream (1786) st. 13. Dmf. A tarry-breeks fighting the Spaniards
somewhere in the Southern seas. Hamilton Mawkin (1898) 127.
(2) Sc. 'Jam.), Cai.' Bnff. To prevent ' tarry-fingered ' customers,
all the wobs were hooked in unison, with a chain or rope of cleeks,
Gordon AV//; (1880) 74. e.Fif. Graspin' my solitary saxpence in
my loof that it michtna be abstrackit by some o' the tarry-finger't
gentry, Latto Tarn Bodkin (1864) xviii. (3) Sc. (Jam.) Ayr.
The gipsies hae tarry fingers, and ye would need an e'e in your
neck to watch them, Galt Sir A. IVylie (1822) 1. Lnk, Wha was't
put a bawbee in the kirk-plate, an' lifted oot the four-penny bit,
ch ! Answer me that, auld taurrie fingers! Murdoch Readings
(1895) I. 25. (4) Sc. (Jam.) Rnf. Man sets the stamp [trap] ; but
we can tell He's aften taury haun'd himsel', Picken Poems (,1813)
!• ^5- (5) Dmf. Tweed-shaw's tarry neives are here, Ckomek
Remains {1810) gS. (6)e.Dur.' (7) Edb. Ye'll ne'er gie o'er that
tarry trick. Likewise that way o' cheating folk, Liddle Poems
(1821) 108.
TARRY, see Terrier, sb.'
TARRYMICHIE-CLAY, s6. Bnff.' A fine kind of clay.
Cf. tawnymichieclay.
TARSE, see Tas(s.
TARSET, .sA. Obs. Nhb.' In phr. Tarsel and Tarra-
bitm,yil,yit,yit, a rallying cry; see below.
Upwards of fifty years ago the old people used to relate how, in
their early days, young men from the districts beyond Bellingham
came to Stagshawbank in groups or clans for no other purpose
than to provoke a fight, which they never failed to do. When
the well understood battle cry of ' Tarset and Tarraburn, yet, yet,
yet!' resounded through the fair, then dogs and human beings
joined in a scene of wild confusion, Forster Corbridgc (1881) 45.
TARSIE-VERSIE, TARSY, see Tersyversy, Tersy.
TART, sb} Obs. Lan. A meat pie.
We dined upon beef tarts, Byrom Rcmin. (1734) in Clieth. Soc.
XXXIV. 542.
TART, adj. and sb.'^ Van dial, uses in Sc. and Eng.
Also in forms taat w.Yks.^ ; teart w. Yks.^ War.*' w.Wor.'
se.Wor.' Shr.'= Hrf.'^ Pern. Glo.' Oxf ' Brks.' limp.' w.Cy.
Wil.' Dor.'Som. ; teert s.Wor.' Glo. ; tert Brks.' Som.;
tiert Hrf.'2 ; tort Wil. ; turt Hmp. [tart, tat ; tiat.]
1. adj. Sour, esp. of beer or cider ; acrid ; of cheese :
sharp-tasting.
Sc. (A.W.), Cam. (E.W.P.), w.Yks.s, Not. (J.H.B.), War.', Glo.»
Oxf.' This cheese is very teart. Huip. (H.C.M.B.) Wil.' The North
Wilts horses, and other stranger horses, when they come to
drinke of the water of Chalke-river, they will sniff and snort, it is
so cold and tort, Audrey Nat. Hist. (,ed. 1847) 23-4. Dor.', Som.
(J.S.F.S.) e.Som. W. & J. C/. (1873).
2. Ofthe wind or weather: sharp, keen, piercing, bracing.
War.2 w.Wor.' The wind's teart this marnin', an' no mistake !
se.Wor.' Shr.' It's a mighty teart day. Hrf.* Oxf. It's tart here
(A.L.M.). Dor. Here were the downs, with their delicious tart
air, Francis Fiander's IVidow 1901) pt. 11. viii.
3. Painful, tender to the touch, smarting, stinging.
War.2 A teart wound ; War.^ A cut or wound which produces
sharp pain is said to be teart. Wor. (W.C.B. 1 w.Wor.' I run a
pikel into my fut, 'twas mighty teart. se.Wor.', s.Wor.' Shr.'
My 'and's despert bad ; thecr inna much to be sid, but it's that
teart sore I canna bar a fither to touch it ; Shr.*, Hrf.'^ Glo. My
eye is so teart Irom the lotion being put in (A.B.) ; Glo.', Brks.',
Hmp.', w.Cy. (Hall.), Wil.' Som. Cams are very teart — when
you go nigh the fire (W.F.R.). e.Som. W. & J. Gl. (1873).
4. Brittle.
s.Pem. This calico is awful teart, it wonna do for the jackat
(W.M.M.).
5. Wild.
Glo. The partridges when wild are ' teert,' Gibbs Colsuiold Vill.
(1898) 163.
6. Fig. Harsh, severe.
Brks.' Dor.' A teart miaster. Som. She got a tert temper,
Raymond Gent. Upcolt ^1893) ii.
7. Of gossip, &c. : stinging, striking.
Sh.I. A fleein report Tart as da mind o' mortal can create. . .
Whin eence a start is made. Da nearer mooth meets lug, da tale's
da tarter, Ollason Mareel (1901) 18.
8. sb. A sharp pain. Wil. A'. &r' Q. (1881) 6th S. iv. 107.
TARTAN, sb. Sc. Yks. [ta'tan.] 1. A coarse variety
of woollen or worsted cloth. w.Yks. (M.F.) 2. Fig.
The Scottish Lowland or Highland dialect ; Highland
manners or customs. Sc. Dick Diet. (1827).
[1. Cp. Fr. tirelaim, linsie-woolsie (Cotgr.).]
TARTAN-FURRY, sb. Sc. Also written tart-and-
purrie S. & Ork.' A kind of pudding or porridge ; sec
below.
Sc. (Jam.) Sh.I. Cabbage entered largely into the winter
dietary, in such preparations as lang kale, short kale, and tartan-
purry, SPENCE/"/4-Z.t»«(i899) 177 ; S.&Ork.' Porridge made with
the water in which cabbage has been boiled. Bch. Had . . . Tartan-
purry, meal and bree, Or butt'ry brose. Been killing up her petti-
coats Aboon her hose, Forbes Dominie (1785) 35. Abd. A sort
of pudding made of red colewort chipped small and mixed with
oatmeal, Shirrefs Poems (1790) Gl.
TARTAR, sb. w.Yks.' A covetous, grasping person.
TARTLE, V.' and s6.' Obs. or obsol. Sc. Also in form
tertle (Jam.). 1. v. To hesitate, esp. to hesitate in
recognizing a person.
Sc. A toom purse makes a tartling merchant, Ramsay Prov.
('737)- Per., Lth. Itartledat him (Jam.). Rxb. I tartle not to say,
Riddell Pott. IVks. (1871) II. 338.
2. Of a horse: to shy, jib. Lth. (Jam.) 3. To recog-
nize, take notice of. Rxb. Her never tertled me (<A.).
4. sb. Hesitation in the recognition of a person or thing.
Lth. (Jam.)
TARTLE, V.' and sb.' Sc. Irel. [ta'rtl.] 1. v. To
rend, tatter.
Rnf. Raxin' tae a shot. Braced as ticht's a drum, Tartled a' his
tither pair [of 'breeks'] Richt across the bum, Neilson Pof»<s
(1877) 94. n.Ir. The goat wis a divil — repulsive to sight ; Both
tartl'd an' shaggy, an' thin as a post. Lays and Leg. (1884) 78.
Uls. (M.B.-SJ
2. sb.pl. Fringe-like projections from an old torn gar-
ment. Ant. Ballyniena Obs. (1892).
TARTRE, sb. Cai.' [tartar.] A noise made by
scrambling about. ' Fat ir ye kickan ip sicna tartrc far? '
TARTUFFISH, a^. Obs. Rxb. (Jam.) Sour, sullen,
stubborn.
TARTY, adj.' Wor. [tati.] Tart, sour.
s.Wor. The cider's a bit tarty an' ropy ; 't yeant bad drink else
(H.K.V
TARTY, flt^'.'^ Hmp. [ta-ti.] Dainty, particular as to
food. (H.E.)
TARVE, see Tervee.
TARVEAL
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TARVEAL, v., sb. and adj. Obs. Sc. Also in form
taweal (Jam.). 1. v. To fatigue; to plague, vex; ?a
dial, form of Fr. travailler.
Sc. SiBKALD Gl. (1802) (Jam.). n.Sc. (Jam.) Abd.Gin yeanes
begin, ye'll tarveal's night and day, Sae 'tis vain ony mair to be
speaking o't, Ross Helenore (ed. 1789) 134 (Jam.).
2. sb. Fatigue.
Sc. SiBBALD Gl. (1802) (Jam.). Abd. Shirrefs Poems
(1790) Gl.
3. adj. Ill-natured, fretful.
n.Sc. (Jam.) Bch. The vile tarveal sleeth o' a coachman began
to yark the poor beasts, Forbes Jin. (1742J 15.
TARVIZZEEN, vbl. sb. Obs. Wxf.' Also in form
tharvizeen. Struggling ; contending, scolding, tormenting.
Cf. tave, 1)} 'Zitch vezzeen, tarvizzeen,' 86.
TARVY, TARY, see Tervee, Teery.
TARYLUG, V. Wor. To tear and pull about.
s.Wor.Thahy two folks 'a mauled an' tarylugged an' bamboozled
one another about oonderfu' ; a wuz despret rough. The follah
be oncommon rough an' scutchy, a'U a to gie it a good taryluggin'
afoer a'll be hup to much (,H.K.).
TASCAL-MONEY, sb. Obs. Sc. The money formerly
given in the Highlands for information regarding cattle
which had been carried off.
Besides tracking the cows, there was another means whereby
to recover them ; which was, by sending persons into the country
suspected, and by them offering a reward (which they call Tascal
money) to any one who should discover the cattle, and those who
stole them, Burt Lett. (1754) II. 243 (Jam.).
[Gael, taisgeal, finding of anything (Macbain).]
TASH, V. and s6.' Sc. n.Cy. Yks. Lan. Also written
tach(e Sc. (Jam.) ; and in form tass n.Cy. w.Yks.' [taj.]
1. V. To soil, tarnish, stain, dirty ; to bespatter; to spoil
slightly. Cf tashled.
Sc. (Jam.) ; You will hear it said ' The flowers have got tashed
wi' the rain,' but that does not mean either soiled, tarnished, or
seriously or irrecoverably injured. This is another Scotch word
that has no exact English equivalent. It means slightly spoiled, in
such a way that things will come right again, Montgomerie-Fleming
Notes on Jam. (1899); They're tash'd-like and sair torn, And
clouted upon ilka knee, Chambers Sags. (1829') II. 336. Cai.i
Abd. In a rubbish heap of ancient and discarded literature I came
across a tashed Bible, Abd. IVkly. Free Press (Oct. 12, 1901).
Ayr. Her silk gown had been turned, and looked sair tashed,
Johnston Coi:galto>i (1896) 299. Lnk. Hasan unco' han'-me-doon
look, an indoor face, no tashed wi' the weather, but sair blotched
wi' the dram, Fraser IVImups (1895) xiii. Gall. Long man with
the tashed coat, say after me! Crockett Love Idylls (1901) 35.
n.Cy. (Hall.), w.Yks.i
2. Fig. Obs. To slander ; to cast a stain on a person ;
to upbraid, taunt.
Sc, n.Sc. (Jam.) Lnk. Their frien's gat word an' gather roun'
Determin'd sair to tease an' tash. Watt Poems (1827) loi.
3. With about : to throw about, so as to injure.
Abd. (Jam.) Lnk. I howked up thae stanes by the Burn, so
they havenae been lyin' tashin' aboot, Fraser IVhaups (1895) xiii.
4. To fatigue, weary out.
Ayr. Sair toutit an' tasht, the body came wast, For the gaet it
lay deep in the snaw, Ainslie Land of Burns (cd. 1892) 243.
Rxb.To tash dogs, to weary them out in hunting (Jam.). ne.Lan.'
5. sb. A stain, spot, drop, blemish, flaw. Sc. (Jam.)
6. Fig. A blot, stain ; a reproach, affront; disgrace.
Sc. Her marrying a man commonly judged her husband's mur-
derer, would leave a tash upon her name, Scott Mclvil's Memoirs
(1735J Introd. 23. Abd. I would sooner die forever than that the
good name of my lord should be sullied by one tache, Cobban
Angel (1898) 165. Rnf. This was a new tash put on the Commis-
sioner, as was thought, Wodrow Corres. (1709-31) II. 191, ed.
1843.
7. A dirty, fatiguing journey. w.Yks.^
[1, 2. Fr. taclier, tascher, to spot, blot, stain, blemish ; to
disgrace (Cotgr.).]
TASH, sb? Nhb.i [taj.] A shortened form of
' moustache.' ' Him wi' the tash.'
TASH, adj. Obs. Dur. Fretful, captious, hard to
please ; ill-natured ; forward. (K.), (Hall.)
TASH, TASHEL, see Tosh, sb.'^, Tassel, Tassle.
TASHELLIE, adj. Sc. Of animals : having the hair
or wool matted together with dirt.
Gall. A rouch curr tyke seated ... on his ain twa tashellie
hurdies, Mactaggart Kncycl. (1824) Introd. ix ; (J.M.)
TASHELTON, sb. Obs. Lan. One who in walking
covers himself with mire. Thornber Hist. Blackpool
(1837) no.
TASWLVXi, ppl. adj. Obs. ne.Lan.' Bespattered with
wet. Cf tash, v.
TASK, s6.' and v. Var. dial, uses in Sc. Irel. and Eng.
[task, task.] 1. sb. A given quantity of work ; work to
be done by the piece ; also in comp. Task-work.
n.Cy. He sets them [coal miners] their task by the great,
Hunter Georgical Essays (1803) II. 149. Yks. Labourers reap or
mow by the acre, thrash by the bushel, or quarter, or do any other
task work, ib. II. 141. ne.Lan.i, Lin.', n.Lin.' Shr. I agree with
my workmen to thrash most of the wheat and barley by task,
Marshall Reiiiew (1818) II. 242; Shr.^ My present job is task-
work. Hrf. Bound Ptowhc. (1876). Oxf. (G.O.) Brks. A horse is
kept or shood by the task, i. e. at so much a year (K.). Ken., Sus.
HoLLowAY. Hmp. The forests, wastes, and woodlands, allure
many to task-work in such places, cutting wood and raising fuel,
Marshall Review (1817) V. 336.
2. A school lesson.
Uls. An Ulster lad, when at school, gets his 'tasks' (a more
expressive word than lessons). A'. Whig QUay S. 1901). s.Lan.'
n.Lin.i Have you got your tasks ready, boys?
3. V. To do work by the piece.
Shr.2 He's left his plack at the pits and gwon a tasking.
Hence (i) Tasker, sb. a labourer who works by the
piece; a thresher; a reaper; (2) Tasker'scorn, sb. a
blow with a whip ; (3) Tasker'sleasers, sb. pi. the wives
and children of 'taskers,' who are allowed to glean in the
harvest-field before all comers are admitted.
(i) Sc. We'll take auld Cuddie, the muckle tasker, wi' us; he
kens the value o' the stock and plenishing, Scott Blk. Dwarf
(1816) vii. Lth. A labourer who receives his wages in kind,
according to the quantity of work he performs (Jam.). e.Lth.
The taskers are those who are employed in threshing out the
corn; and they receive one boll of every 25, or the twenty-fifth
part for their labour ; and this has been their fixed and stated
wages as far back as can be remembered, Statist. Ace. II. 353 {ib.).
Edb. The meikle tasker, Davie Dallas, Was telling blads of
William Wallace, Mitchell Tinklarian (ed. 1810) 3. se.Wor.'
Shr.' ; Shr.2 My own men bin a cutting the lent tillin, and the
taskers a-swiving the wheat. Bdf. Batchelor Anal. Eng. Lang.
(1809) 145. Hrt. A tasker who threshes out his quota of grain,
Ellis Mod. Hiisb. (1750) IV. iv. 125. Nrf. Grose (1790). e.Nrf.
Marshall Rtir. Econ. (1787). Wil. In cutting the Lent corn
few ' taskers ' are employed, the resident labourers being generally
sufficient, Davis Agiic. (i8ii) 211 ; Wil.' (2) w.Yks.^ This is a
phrase used by a man who drives a horse. (3) Shr.*
TASK, s6.* Obs. Sc. The angel or spirit of any per-
son. Cf. taisch.
Rs. The ghosts of the dying, called tasks, are said to be heard,
their cry being a repetition of the moans of the sick. . . The corps
follow the tract led by the tasks to the place of interment; and
the early or late completion of the prediction is made to depend
on the period of the night at which the task is heard, Statist. Ace.
III. 380 (Jam.).
TASKED, ppl. adj. Obs. Sc. n.Cy. Also in form
taskit Sc. (Jam.) In full work ; much fatigued with hard
work. Sc. (Jam.), n.Cy. (Hall.) Hence Taskit-like,
adj. having the appearance of being greatly fatigued.
n.Sc. Right baugh, believe it as ye will, Leuks Scotland, taskit-
like an' dull, Tarras Poems (1804) 133 (Jam.).
TAS(S, sb. Sc. Ken. Also in form tarse Ken.' [tas,
tas.] 1. A small heap of earth. Sc. Mackay. 2. A
mow of corn; a heap of hay. Ken."^ Cf toss, i;.' 5.
Hence Tasscutter, sb. an implement with which to cut
hay in the stack, ib. 3. A large bunch ; a cluster of
flowers. Sc. Mackay.
[Tasse, of corne, or ojjer lyke, tassis (Prompt.).}
TASS(E, sb. Sc. Yks. e.An. Also in forms tais, taisie
Sc. (Jam.) ; taizie Rxb. ; tassie Sc. A cup, glass ; a
bowl, goblet.
Sc. (Jam.) ; And now. Laird, will ye no order me a tass o'
brandy ? Scott Guy M. (1815) iii. Abd. A pewter tassie doth
TASSEL
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TASTY
give wine a vile taste, Cobban Angel (1898) 169. Per. The tass
o" pleasure at his lip, Halibuuton Dunbar (1895) 34. Ayr, Go
fetch to me a pint o' wine An' fill it in a silver tassie. Burns My
bonie Maty, 1. 2. Rxb. When we've thegithcr taen a taizic In
hamely rhyme, A. Scott Poems (ed. 1808) 75. Gall. A tass of
water— nay, no wine, Crockett Lochinvar (1897) 13. w.Yks.
Piper Dial. Sheffield (1835) 18. e.An.' A tass of tea, a tass of
brandy.
[Fr. tasse, a bowl or cup to drink in (Cotgr.).]
TASSEL, sb. n.Cy. Yks. Lan. Chs. Der. Not. Lin.
Also in forms tashel n.Lin.' ; tassal w.Yks.* ; tassil
w.Yks.'^; tazzle n.Cy. w.Yks. ne.Lan.' [ta'sl.] 1. A
good-for-nothing man or woman ; a' taistril' ; a drunkard ;
a slovenly woman ; a troublesome child.
n.Cy. Grose (I79o\ w.Yks. Huttos Tour to Caves (1781) ;
Thah't not a drunken tassel, John, Senior Smithy Rhymes (1882)
64; w.Yks.**, ne.Lan.' s.Lan,' Hoo's a bonny tassel, hoo is.
Chs.*, Der.'*, Not.' n.Lin.' You mucky little tashel get awaay
wi' ye.
Hence Tassel-rag, si. a mild term of reproach.
Chs.' Aw'll fettle yo, yo young tassel-rag. s.Cbs.' Kiim aayt
£1 dhaat-, yii lit! taas'il-raag! kon^Ci bi reyt bu wot yu bin i siim
mis'chif !
2. Obs. A silly fellow. n.Cy. Grose (1790). 3. A
shapeless, ugly object ; anything of little value.
w.Yks.* A man said of a knife, ' Oh, what a tassil ! ' Der.' In
slight use, 1890.
TASSEL-RAG, sb. Chs. [ta'sl-rag.] The catkins of
the willow, Salix Cafiea. (B. & H.), Chs.'
TASSET, sb. Der.* nw.Der.' [tasit] An ill-behaved
woman.
TASSIE, see Tass(e.
TASSLE, sb. Lan. Lin. Also in forms tashel n.Lin.' ;
tassil s. Lan.' [tasl.] A dial, form of ' teasle,' Z'/^idc/fs
Fullouiiin. e.Lan.', s. Lan.', n.Lin.' [Bailey (1721).]
TASSLE, see Taissle.
TASSOCK.sA. s.Chs.' [ta'sak.] A good-for-nothing
person. ' U driingk'n taasuk Ov u fel'Ci.'
TASSY, adj. Cum.'* [ta'si.] Nice, pleasant.
TASSY, see Tazzy.
TASTE, V. and sb. Sc. Irel. Nhb. Cum. Yks. Lan. Der.
Brks. s.Cy. Also written taest Sh.L ; and in forms
taayste Brks.' ; teaste Cum. [test, teast, tiast.] 1. v.
In phr. to taste of the water, of beer: to be very poor.
Brks.' (s.v. Rattletapj. 2. To partake of refreshment ;
to take a little drink ; to join in drinking ; geii. used of
alcoholic drink.
e.Sc. Weelyum, will ye taste ? Strain Elnislie's Dmg-tiet (1900
20. Per, A whecn bannocks . . . an' aiblins just a drappie o'
something to wash a' down. Will ye taste, hinnie ? Cleland
Inchbrackeii (18831 58, cd. 1887. Ayr. He continued to haver with
him, till the ale was ready, when he pressed my grandfather to
taste, Galt Gilliaize (1823) v. Lnk. Tasting an' tipplin' till rag tag
the waur o't, Murdoch Doric Lyre (1873) 92. Dmf. An awfu'
heidache that forbad him ' tastin',' Paton Castkbraes (1898) 20.
Hence Tasting, sb. a small quantity of anything, a
mouthful, a sip, esp. used of food or drink.
Sh.I. A taestin' o' fresh sillocks wid be a rarity. Sh. News (Oct.
3, 1897). Frf. Capital stuff; ye can tak a tastin', Mackenzie TV.
/'i«c(i897) 316. Slk. At the fairs ... all contracts, settlements,
and old friendships had to be sealed with a tastin'; and . . . these
frequent tastings had a tendency ' to rin to the heid,' Thomson
Drummeldale (1901) 70.
3. To give appetite to ; to please the palate ; to appease
the appetite ; got. in phr. to taste the gab or })iou'.
Abd. Some stuffs, they said, would taste your gab, Anderson
Rhymes (ed. 1867) 74. Frf. Our bonny [Easter] eggs, o' ilka hue
... To charm the e'e an' taste the mou', Smart Rhymes (1834)
89. Lth. Bairns may pu', when yap or drouthy, A neep or bean,
to taste their mouthy, Ballantine Poems (1836) 188. Edb. Good
fat geese and turkies dainty To taste our gabs, Macneill Bygone
Times (1811) 7.
4. Fig. To appreciate ; to relish mentally.
Per. As Lachlan's first effort it was much tasted, Ian Maclaren
Brier Bush (1895) 166.
5. Obs. To smell.
N.Cy.*, Der.' s.Cy. It is not uncommon to hear a man desire
another to let him taste his snuff, Grose (1790).
0. sb. A small dainty or delicacy eaten as a relish to
plainer food.
w.Yks. (J. W.) s.Lan.' Aw'vc gettcn a black-puddin' for thee
for a taste to thi baggin".
Hence Tastely, adj. savoury, appetizing.
Cum. A cut o' dry't salmon's a teastcly thing When flesh meal
c.innot be hed, Dickinson Cunibr. ved. 1876 254.
7. Of drink : a very small quantity ; a sip ; gen. used of
alcoholic drink.
Abd. Tho' whiles we're happy owre a ' taste,' We're better far
without it, Ogg lyUlie IValy (1873') 136. w.Sc. It's no lucky, ye
ken, no to hae a taste ower a bargain, or what may be ane, Mac-
donald Settlement {i86g) 221, cd, 1877. Ayr. Gi'e us a refresh-
ment on the road gaun, and maybe a taste on the road hame,
Hunter Studies (1870) 143. Ir. A small taste of the rale good
stuff. Bodkin Shillelagh (19021 21. n.Ir. Wall ye tak a taste o"
sumthin' ? Lyttle Paddy McQuillan, 37. Nhb. I'm tae hae a wee
taste o' the whisky as weel, Jones A7i4. (1871) an. w.Yks.
(J.W.)
8. The least portion of anything; a soup9on ; a jot.
e.Sc. I gied a wee taste o' polish to their hooves. Strain
Elmslic's Drag-net (1900) 17. Gall. One speaks of giving axles,
&c, a ' taste of oil ' to make them work easily (A.W.). Ir.
' Wasn't there any life in him when he was found ? ' ' Not a taste,'
Lover Handy Andy (1842) vi ; I told you the njan was not dead —
not a taste of it, Barrington Sketches (1827-32) III. vii. N.I.' A
taste o' matches. Con. I found me mother a taste better, Bodkin
Shillelagh (1902I 90.
TASTEFUL, adj. Nhb. Having many diflferent tastes
or hobbies.
Grandfeythor was. . . a fine spender butan illsaver : . .he was a
tarrible tasteful man — lasses, greyhounds, an' horses, racin",
drinkin', cockin', an' card-plajin" were aal hobbies ov his at one
time or another. Pease Tales (1899) 8.
TASTER, sb. Obs. Sc. A dram ; a sip of spirits.
Slg. I kik'd a saxpence frae my master, Then hous'd to get a
morning taster, Galloway Poems (1788; 31, ed. 1792.
[Cp. tastour, a lytell cuppe to tast wine, Palsgr. (1530).]
TASTRIL, sb. Lan.' [te-strU.] A small keg or
barrel.
TASTY, adj. and adv. In gen. dial, use in Sc. Ircl.
Eng. and Anier. Also written "taesty Sc. ; and in form
teeasty n.Yks.* e.Yks.' [te-sti, tea'sti, tiasti.j 1. adj.
Savoury, appetizing, palatable.
Sc. (Jam.) ; This ewe-milk cheese is very tasty, Ferrier Destiny
(1831) I. xviii. Sh.I. Soor fish is mony a time a mair taesty
morsel, as dow'd fish is, Sh. News (M.iy 28, 1898). Frf. It's gey
teucli, teuch, but it's very tasty, LowsoN Guidfollow (1890) 248.
Ayr. It was just this bit end o' a ham. I thocht maybe it would
be tasty for her, Johnston Gtenbuckie (1889) 224. Dmf. A tooth-
some, tempting, tasty haggis, Paton Castlebraes (1898) 73. Ir.
It's uncommon tasty. You might be nearly smellin' them bakin'.
Barlow East unto IVest (1898) 266; I think they're tastier when
their [i/c] stinkin', savin' j'our presence. Bodkin Shillelagh
(1902) 134. n.Yks.*, e.Yks.', w.Yks.* Lan. They're a deal
tastier. Boiled and steamed, yo' known, Longman's Mag. (Nov.
'895) 71. Not.', Lei.' Nhp.' Plain food is best for her, but she
likes something a little tasty. War.3, Hnt. (T.P.F.) Ess. Some
people do s.iy it's more tasty, Burmester /o/oi Z.o// (1901') 256.
Ken. I've got tastier ones in the 'Arrow Road many's the time oflf
a barier, Conih. Mag. ^Jan. 1894) 66. Dor. A drap or twothease
marnen would be tasty, Agnus Jan O.xber (1900) 318. Dev.
' Wor the tea to your liking?' ' 'Twas tasty tea,' Zack On Trial
(1899) 165. Cor. Brave and tasty these onions are, Lee IVidow
IVoman U8991 54. [Amer. They'd make your mouth water, they
sounded so good and tasty, Slosson Fo.vgtove (1898) 13.]
Hence Tastiness, sb. savour, flavour.
Nrf. The bully be a useful sorter plum, but he ain't to com-
parison in tastiness to th' gage, Mann Dulditch (1902) 39.
2. Neat, natty; with dainty habits; attractive; agreeable.
Ayr. Chambers tells us that Willie Wastle's wife, wha was
a dirty drab, w.is less tasty than the cat, wha washed her face wi'
her loof, Hunter Studies (1870) 28. Gall. The heartsomest,
bonniest, most tasty bit lassie in a' the countrj'side, Crockett Kit
Kennedy {i&^^ V. Kcb. Rob would be preferring some tasty
black or brown hizzie from the Cannibal Islands to the shilpit
peaky white lassies hereaway, Muir Muncraig (igoo) 245. N.I.'
Oh, he's a very tasty man. n.Cy., w.Yks. J.W.) I.Ma, Any-
thing nice is said to be tasty (S.M. j The tastiest woman there,
Brown IVilch (1889) 7a.
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3. adv. Tastefully, prettily.
n.Dev. Your hair do grow mortal tasty on your head, mother,
Zack Duns/able Weir (igoi) 93.
TAT, sb} ne.Lan.' e.An.' Suf.' [tat, tat.] A child's
word for ' father,' ' dad.' Cf. tatsy.
TAT, sb.^ Glo.' [taet.] A year-old sheep.
TAT, sb.^ Nhp.'' [tat.] A child's game on a slate,
the same as ' kit-cat-cannis ' (q.v., s.v. Kit, sb?).
TAT, si." and v} Sc. Irel. Nhb. Cum. Also in form
tot Ant. [tat.] 1. sb. A tuft of hair, wool, «S:c. ; a
matted mass ; a small quantity. Cf. tait, sb.^, taut, v.'^
Sc. (Jam. Siipt'l.) Nhb.' In tats. Cum." A lock of matted wool
clipped off the hinder parts of sheep.
Heince (i) Tatty, adj. tangled, matted, rough, unkempt,
shaggy, ragged; (2) Tatty- Jack, sb. a sheep with a ragged
and tattered fleece.
(i) Sc. A tatty dog (Jam.) ; Wha wad hae thought there had
been as muckle sense in his tatty-pow? Scott Rob Roy {iSi-j)
xxxiv. s.Sc. An' John the Baptist wad be a youngish man wi'
lang tatty black hair, Cunni.ngham Brootnicbiiyn (1894) xiv. N.I.',
N.Cy.i Nhb.i What a tatty heed Nanny hes. Cum. Her thick
tatty hair is aw leyke a ling besom, Rayson Poems (1839) 43 ;
Cum.i" (2) Nhb.>
2. V. To mat ; to entangle ; to run into tufts, as hair,
wool, c^c. Sc. (Jam. SiippL), Ant. (S.A.B.), N.Cy.», Nhb.',
Cum.'"
TAT, ii.5 and v.^ Yks. Der. Lon. [tat, taet] 1. sb.
A rag.
Lon. Now I'll tell you about the tat gatherers, Mayhew Loii<i.
Labour {18^1) I. 424.
2. pi. Odds and ends ; small victuals. Der.°, nw.Der.'
3. V. To gather rags.
Lon. He goes tatting and billy-hunting in the country (gathering
rags and buying old metal), Mayhew Z-oj/rf. Laiour (1851) I. 417.
Hence Tatter, sb. a collector of rags, bones, &c. w.Yks.
Leeds Merc. Siippl. (Nov. 26, 1898).
TAT, sb.'^ and v.^ Hmp. [taet.] 1. sb. A very slight
tap or blow. Holloway ; Hmp." 2. v. To touch
gently. Holloway.
TAT, dent. adj. and pron. Obs. or obsol. Cum. Wm.
Lan. Also in form tad e.Lan.' A dial, form of ' that.'
Cum.' A fell-dale word exclusively and nearly obsolete, i860. *Is
tat tee, Bobby?' Cum." Whaa's tat? Dickinson Cumbr. (ed.
1876) 165. s.Wm. Father, what's tat? Hutton Dial. Storlli and
Aritsieie (1760) 1. 46. Lan. Tat tung o thoine, Scholes Tun
Gamwaltle (1857) 23. e.Lan.', s.Lan.'
TATA, sb. and int. Obs. Dev. 1. sb. Excrement ;
filth. Horae Siibsccivac (1777) 427. 2. i}it. An exclama-
tion used to frighten children when naughty, ib.
TATCH, i;.i m.Yks.' [tatj.] To ' tat.'
TATCH, t;.= Yks. [tatJ.] To set grass, &c. on fire; to
burn the undergrowth. w.'Vks. Hlf.v. CoKr/Vr (July 3, 1897).
TATCH, sb. Glo.' Also written tach. [tsetj.] An
unpleasant flavour. Cf. tack, sb.^
TATCHY, adj. Yks. Lin. Nhp. War. Bdf Hnt. w.Cy.
Dev. Cor. Also written tachy Dev. [ta'tji, tse'tji.]
Touchy, irritable, peevish, fretful, cross. See "Tetchy.
ne.Vks.', n.Lin.', Nhp.', War. (J.R.W.), Bdf. (J.W.B.), Hnt.
(T.P.F.) w.Cy. Grose (1790). Dev. 'Er's bad tempered, an' no
mistake; I niver zeed zich a tatchy, ill-contrived little twoad in
awl my life, Hewett Peas. Sp. (1892). n.Dev. Ya purting tatchy
. . . theng, E.xm. Scold. (1746) 1. 21. Cor. I don't like to be tatchy,
Thomas Randigal Rhymes (1895) 27.
TATE, TATEE, see Tait, s6.', v.'^, Tatie.
TATH(E, sb. and v. Sc. Nhb. Lakel. Cum. Yks. e.An.
Also written taith Sc. (Jam.) Nrf ; taythe e.An.'; and in
forms teath(e e.Yks. e.An.'= Nrf.> ; toath Bnff. (Jam.);
toth(e Sc. [taf>, tefi ; tif).] 1. sb. The dung of sheep
and cattle, csp. when pastured on a field in order to
manure it. Cf. tad, sb.'^
Sc, Bnff. (Jam.) n.Cy., e.Cy. Morton Cyclo. Agric. (1863).
e An.i2, Nrf. (E.M.), Nrf.' e.Nrf. Marshall Rur. Econ. (1787) I.
34. Suf. Rainbird Agric. (1819') 301, ed. 1849.
Hence Toth-fold, sb. an enclosure made for sheep or
cattle on a place requiring their manure. Sc. (Jam.)
Bnff., Abd. Morton Cydo. Agric. (1863). 2. Obs. An
ancient manorial right ; see below.
Nrf., Suf. The lords of the manor claimed the privilege of having
their tenants' sheep brought at night upon their own demesne
lands, there to be folded for the improvement of the soil ; and this
liberty was called Tath, Streatfeild Lin. and Danes (1884) 149.
3. A tuft of coarse, luxuriant grass growing up where
manure has been dropped ; springy grass land.
Sc. All grasses, which are remarkably rank and luxuriant, are
called tath, by the stock farmers, who distinguish two kinds of it;
water tath, proceeding from excess of moisture, and nolt tath,
the produce of dung. Essays Higlil. Soc. III. 468 (Jam.). N.Cy.'
Nhb.' Tath, rich soft grass without seed stalks (J.H.). Lakel. 2,
Cum.2 e.Cy. Morton Cyclo. Agric. (1863).
Hence (i) Tath-grass, sb., (2) Tath-heaps, sb. pi. tufts
of coarse grass growing where cattle have dropped dung ;
(3) Tathy, adj. of grass: rich, rank, lacking firmness ; (4)
Tathy-grass, sb. soft grass growing under trees ; coarse
grass.
(i) N.Cy.i (2) Cum.'« (3) LakeL^, Cum.2 (4) n.Cy. (Hall.),
Cum.'«
4. V. To dung ; to manure land by pasturing sheep and
cattle upon it.
Sc. Applied to black cattle only (Jam.) ; The dung of horses is
not proper for sandy grounds, being too hot, as may be observed
from the grounds they tathe upon in summer ; where in place of
throwing up a fresh tender grass, as it does on clay grounds, it
commonly burns up all under and about it. Maxwell Sel. Trans.
(1743) 123 {ib.). Bnff., Abd. Morton Cyclo. Agric. (1863). Gall.
Sheep-tathing [is] confining sheep on a piece of land until they
tathe or manure it, Mactaggart Encycl. (1834). Nhb.' e.Yks.
Marshall Rnr. Econ. (1796) II. 128. e.An.' ; e.An.^ It moreover
includes the idea of 'trampling in.' Nrf. Mr. Coke, of Holkham,
folds no sheep, and finds no want of it ; keeps a greater stock
than he could do with it, and finds his lays equally tathed. Young
Annals Agric. (1784-1815) XXXVII. 437; Tathing consists in
carting turnips on to wheat in February and March ; they call it
pull and throw on wheat, eating them on that crop by sheep and
bullocks, Marshall 7?cwW(; (181 1) III. 381. Suf. Rainbird ^^w.
(1819) 301, ed. 1849.
Hence Tothed-fold, sb. a ' toth-fold ' (q.v.). Mry., Bnff.
(Jam.)
[1. ON. tad, manure, dung (Vigfusson). 4. ON. teSja,
to manure [ib.) ; Ta))in, slercoro (Prompt.).]
TATHE, V. nw.Dev.' [tetS, teatS.] To gather corn
into bundles, to be afterwards bound into sheaves. Cf.
tething. Hence (i) Tather, sb. a woman or boy who
follows the mowers, and forms the bundles from the
swaths ; (2) Tathing-crook, sb. an implement used in
' tathing,' shaped like a sickle, but blunt ; (3) Tathing-
rake, sb. an implement used in ' tathing,' about a foot
wide and having four long teeth.
TATHER, sb. and i;.' Irel. Chs. Shr. [ta-S3(r.]
1. sb. A tangle ; a complicated state of things. Cf.
tether, sb.^, tother, sb. 2.
Shr.' Yo'n got this skein o' thrid i' sich a tather, it'll a to be cut.
Hence (i) Tatherum-a-dyal, sb. complicated or unin-
telligible language ; (2) Tathery, adj. unkempt.
(i) s.Chs.' A man told me he liked to listen to a certain preacher,
because he had ' none o' this dicsonary tatherum-a-dyal.' (2) Ant.
Your tathery pow — your uncombed hair, Ballymena Obs. (1892).
2. Frog's spawn. Shr.' 3. v. To entangle ; to twist ;
to knot ; to involve ; also used/ig.
ib. ' The wlnde's wassled an' lathered the corn till it'll be
impossible to rape it, an* I canna bar mowin' w'eat— it looks so
slovenly.' Used chiefly in the preterite or participial form, as of
persons or things. ' I tell yo' whad, Jim, if yo' gotten blended up
an' lathered among that lot, I've done 06th yo'.'
TATHER, v.^ Shr. [ta-tS3(r).] To lay out work.
BovKD Provinc.(i8-]6); Shr.'' Hence Tathering-chain, 56.
a chain by which work is laid out and planned. Shr.'*
TATHER, see Tether, sA.'
TATHERY-OUTERY, adj. Obs. Glo.' Tawdry,
flaunting.
TATIE. sb. and v. In gen. dial, and colloq. use in Sc.
Irel. and Eng. Also written tatey Dun n.Yks.'' Dev.;
taty n.Cy. Nhb. e.Dur.' Cum.'* 'Wm. Yks. Lan. w.Som.'
nw.Dev.' Cor. ; and in forms taatie S. & Ork.' n.Lin.' ;
taaty Som. Cor.3 ; tatee N.Cy.' Nhb.; tater Lan. Chs.'
Not. Lin.' War.i'S'' se.'Wor.' Hrf ' Oxf Nrf Wil.' Som.
TATIE
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TATIE
Dev. ; tatoe Sc. w.Yks.' Lan.' s.Lan.' s.Chs.' nw.Der.'
svv.Lin.'; tattie Sc. Ir. Dev.; tatty Chs.^ ; tatur Shr.»
Ken. ; tautie, tauty, tawtie, tawty Sc. ; tayter Brks.' ;
teaty, teddy Som. ; tatty Nhb.' Dev.* Cor.'*; tittor
Shr.' [teti, tea-ti : te t3, teata.] 1. .^6. In comb, (i)
Taties-and-dab, potatoes boiled in their skins and eaten
with salt; (2) Tatiei sand-point, a dish of potatoes with
a small piece of fish or meat merely to be pointed at;
see below ; (3) Taties-and-touch, a dish of potatoes and
milk; see below; (4) Tatie-apple, (5) -ball, the round
seed-bulb of the potato ; (6) -basket, a basket for carry-
ing potatoes; (7) -beetle, a potato-masher; (8) -bing,
a heap of potatoes ; (9) -blots, water in which potatoes
have been boiled; (10) -boggle, (11) -bogie, (12) -boodie,
a scarecrow in a potato-field; also used y?^^'. ; (13) -brco,
(14) -broth, potato-soup; (15) -bury, a heap of potatoes
partially buried and entirely covered with earth, for pro-
tection from the frost ; (16) -cake, a cake made of mashed
potatoes and flour; (17) -champer, (18) -chapper or
■chopper, see (7) ; (19) -crab, the fruit of a potato ; a
potato-top; (20) -creel, see (6); (21) -denimuck, the
potato-disease or epidemic ; (22) -dibble, a potato-dibble ;
(23) -digger, a kind of double mattock ; (24) -doolie, see
(10); (251 -drill, a potato-drill or furrow; (261 -field, (27)
-garth, a potato-field or plot ; (281 -getten, potato-gather-
ing; (29)-grab, a manner of grabbing and eating potatoes ;
see below ; (30) graip, a fork with flat prongs, used for
digging potatoes; (31) -grave, see (15) ; (32) -ground, see
(26); (33) -grubber, an implement for digging up potatoes;
(34) -gun, a pop-gun made of a goose-quill ; (35) -hands,
women and children employed in planting, picking, and
sorting potatoes ; (36) -happing, straw used for covering
potatoes ; (37) -harrows, a small convex pair of harrows
to harrow potato-rows ; (38) -hash, (/i) see (13) ; (b) meat
and potatoes boiled together ; (39) -haum or -om, a
potato-haulm ; (40) -heel, a hole in the heel of a stocking;
(41) -bobbin, see (16) ; (42) -hock, see (15) ; (43)-hoggan,
a potato pasty ; (44) -hon, a nook in a barn where
potatoes are piled ; (45) -house, a house or room in Which
potatoes are kept; (46) -howker, a potato-digger; (47)
-ingin, the potato-onion, which is propagated trom the
bulb and not from seed; (48) -kail, see (13); (49) -kro,
a boarded corner in a house for preserving potatoes from
frost; (50) -laek, having the look of a potato-field ; (51)
-lifting, the potato-harvest ; (52) -lot, a thousand yards of
potato-drill allotted to a hind as one of his wage pay-
ments ; (53) -market, a market for the sale of potatoes ;
(54) -mowd or -miild, see (26) ; (55) -pairer, a peeler of
potatoes ; (56) -pasty, see below ; (57) -patch, see (26) ;
(58) -peck, a peck measure for potatoes ; (59) -peels or
-pillins, potato peelings; (60) -pickers, see (35); (61)
-pie, (a) see (38, b) ; (b) see (8) ; (62) -pie-beawt-lid, see
(38, b) ; (63) -pie-talk, conversation between women
sorting potatoes round a 'pie'; any loose or foolish
gossip ; (64) -pikers, gatherers of potatoes after they
are turned up on the ground ; (65) -pin, an instrument lor
making holes in the ground in which to plant potatoes;
(66) -pit, see (8) ; (67) -poke, a sack for holding potatoes ;
(68) -pot, (a) a pot for holding potatoes ; (b) a dish ; see
below ; (69) -pourings, see (9) ; (70) -pudding, see below ;
(71) -rattle, Cornish stew; (72) -rig, see (25) ; (73) -rines,
see (59) ; (74) -rowzer, ? an instrument for raising
potatoes, a two-pronged mattock ; (75) -sack, see (67) ;
(76) -scoose or-scowse, a dish very similar to' taty-hash';
(77) -settin, potato planting ; (78) -shaw, see (39) ; (79)
•sick, of land : exhausted as regards potato-sowing ; (80)
•skep, see (6) ; (81) -skin, a potato-skin; (82) -soup, see
(13) ; (83) -store, see (45) ; (84) -time, see (51) ; (85) -top,
see (39) ; also used as a term of contempt; (86) -trap, the
mouth ; the stomach ; (87) -traw, a potato trough ; (88)
-tump, see (15) ; (89) -walin(g, sorting out potatoes; (90)
-women, women who work as ' taatie-hands ' (q.v.) ; (91)
-wushins, water in which potatoes have been washed ;
(92) -zull, a kind of plough ; see below.
(i) Sc. When the potatoes are laid on the tabic each person
takes a quantity of salt, and lays it in a small heap before him.
Each potato, when peeled, he dabs into this heap. . . When the
potatoes are eaten from the pot, . . it is set on the floor, and the
party sit round it. Salt is placed on a stool within easy reach of
all, and each one helps himself from the supply by dabbing his
potato on it (Jam. Siip/'l.). Ayr. A guid meal o' tatties an' dab,
AiTKEN Lays (1883) 45. Nhb.' (2) Sc. Sarcastically said to be
common in Ireland. For this repast a plentiful supply of potatoes
is said to be provided, with a small bit of meat or fish which is
merely to be looked at. For the improvement of the potatoes,
however, each one before it is eaten is pointed at the luxury (Jam.
Siif-/)!.). N Cy.', Lakel.2 Cum.' People too poor or niggardly to
buy llesli meat have been said to provide a very small piece of
butter, or bacon fat, to be placed on the centre of the dinner-table ;
and, having loaded their spoons with mashed potatoes, the diners
were allowed to point towards but not to touch the morsel — hence
the name. Sometimes the piece of bacon was hung up to the
ceiling; Cum.^ w.Som.' It is very common to hear old people,
when expatiating upon the hardships of their youth as compared
with the luxury enjoyed by the young of the present day, say,
' Mate, sure 'nough ! we never had'n a-got none, 'twas always
taties and zalt, or taties and point, when father'd a-made shift vor
to git hold o' a bit o' bacon like for his Zunday's dinner.' (3)
Shr.' A dish is lined with mashed potatoes, a well being left in the
centre, which is filled with hot milk having a lump of butter in it ;
into this each helping of potatoes is slightly dipped. A story is
told of a farmer's wife that, as she placed before 'the men' a
supper of potatoes and milk prepared in the manner here described,
she said — fearing they would help themselves too lavishly to the
buttered milk — ' Now, chaps, yo' maunna tak' it all at wunst, j-o'
maun touch it, an' touch it :' whence arose the term — ' Tittoesan'
touch!' (4) Nhb.i e.Yks.' il/S.nrfrf. (T.H.) War.* (5) War.«,
se.Wor.i (6) Dmf. Everybody in Castlebraes wanted Tattie
Baskets, Paton Casllcbmes (1898) 20. (7) Ayr. She's a boul-
horned guidwife wi' a custroune carl o' a man who kaimbs her
heid wi' the tattie-beetle, .Service A'o/(7ik/i(h/5 (1890)113. Lnk.
Armed with a sentiment of just wrath, a tattie-beetle in her right-
hand, Murdoch Readings (1895I I. 65. (8) Lth. On a tattie bing
she last did fail To wake one inch more, Lumsden Shtephead
(1892) 124. (9) Sh.I. Shu emptied da mylk i' da tub wi da tattie
blots, Slu News (Nov. 13, 1897). (10) Sc. Jam. ; Woman, . . do
jou mean to set up for a tattie-bogle or — a Queen of Sheba ?
Keith Bonnie Lady (1897) 126. Fif. Standin' up yonder like
tautie-bogles afore the hale kirk, Robertson Pz-OfOi/ (1894) 64.
Lnk. Borrow an old lum hat from the nearest ' tatiebogle,' Fraser
IVhaiips (1895) iv. N.Cy.', Nhb.', n.Yks.^ (11) So. (A.W.)
(12) Sc. A potato field in which the proprietor had put what is
known as a ' tattie-boody' for the purpose of protecting his crop
from the ravages made by the crows, Jokes, ist S. (1889) 7. (13)
Lth. She's great at kial and tatty-broo. Or genty things, like pan-
cakes good, Lumsden Sheep-head (1892) 151. (14) Sh.I. If j-e're
ta hae tattie broth fir da supper his [it's] time ye wir tinkin' aboot
hit, Sh. News (Jan. 26, 1901). (15) se.Wor.' : 16) n.Cy. |,B.K.\
Cum.'", Wm. (B.K.'), w.Yks. (J.W.) Chs.^ Tak that tatty cake
cut o' th' oon (s.v. Oon). Cor. Fat pork an' tatie-cake, Lee Paul
C(ira/i (1898) 260. (17" Nhb.' (18) Abd. Tip-top timmertooters,
an' trim tawty-chappers, Ogg Willie IVaty (1873I 60. Cum.*,
■Wm. (B.K.) (19) Cum.", Wm. (B.K.) w.Yks. Thar, we lang
switchers, we slang 'taty crabs, Blackah Poems (1867) 38. (20)
Kcd. Skeps o' bees, an' sowen sieves. An' skulls, an' tatie creels,
Grant Lays (1884) 3. s.Sc. I'll rin up for a tauty-creel to baud
them in, Wilson Tales (1839) V. 338. (21) n.Lin.' What queer
naames them Lunnun chaps does give to the'r newspaapers noo-
a-daays ! why, I lay thaay'vc called that paaper th' parson's talkin'
on th' Spcckl laater all up' accoont o' us hevin' th' taatie-demmuck.
(22) Som. You would have thought it was a ' teddy dibble' running
between your ribs, Raymond Love and Quiet Life (1894) 205.
(23) w.Som.' (24) Frf. His outward man so stiff and grave, His
arms like tatie-doolies brave, Sands Po^»is (1833) 49 ; ' Oh, the
tattie-doolie ! ' cried Gavinia, Barrie Tommy (1896) xxx. (35)
n.Sc. ' Gie me a tatie drill, this year,' said Meg, Gordon Carglen
(1891) 195. Per. Broad rigs o' corn an' tatie dreels The braes
bestride, Stewart Character {l&^^) 120. (a6) Frf. The Retery's
in flood ; T'now-dunnie's tattie field's out o' sicht, Barrie
Minister (1891) xxxv. Dmf. For 'tatie fields the craws are bent
aye. An out them pick, Hawkins Poems (1841) V. 42. Don. His
mother toul' him to go out an' start in on the tattie fiel', for it was
full time they'd be gettin' them dug in, Macmanus Bend of Road
(1898)44. ia7) Nhb.' (s.v. Garlhj. Dur. Houts man ! thou nivver
dus nowt bit howk about i't tatey-garth (W.H.H.). e.Dur.',
n.Yks." (28) w.Cy. Joan and me was worken tatie-getten,
TATIE
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TATOO
Conili. Mag. (Apr. 1895) 394. (29) Sc. In former days— thirty
years ago — potatoes were boiled and poured, and the pot was
placed within the circle of feasters ; the salt was placed within
reach, and every man, woman, and cliild seized a tatie, devoured it,
and seized another (G.W.). Per. The last time that we had a
spree He shared the tatie grab wi' me, Spence Poems (18981 167.
(30) Lnk. Tatoe grapes an' sickles Gae tapsalteerie in the flicht,
Watson Poems (1853^ 41. Nhb.^ (31) n.Lin.' Perhaps more
correctly the surrounding hollow from which the covering earth
has been taken. The word is rare. (32) Sh.I. Pieces of tattie
grund here an' there through the parish . . . she generally
obtained for ' dellin' a day in voar,' Stewart 7>?/fs (1892) 78.
Per. Like . . . corbie craws on tawtie grun', Ford Harp (1893)
156. Som. I vound . . . thic zixpuns, deggin in my teaty ground,
Agrikler Rhymes (1872) 51. Cor. I got sum tetty ground,
Daniel Budget, 22. (33' Frf. Tearin' up the grund as if it was
a kind o' improved tattie-grubber, Willock Rosctty Ends (1886)
14, ed. 1889. (34) Cum.' The quill punches the bullets out
of a slice of potato ; Cum.", Wm. (B.K.), n.Yks. (I.W.) (35)
n.Lin. ^ (36) When potatoes are picked they are first gathered
into small heaps on the land and ' happed down ' with straw.
When all the potatoes in a close are picked they are then made
into a large heap or ' pie.' This ' pie ' is first ' batted ' down with
a thick coat of straw and then after a time covered with earth ; if
the earth is put on too soon it causes the potatoes to rot,/i. (37)
n.Yks. Harrow t'taties down wi t'tatj'-harrows ;I.W.). (38, n)
Cum.' ; Cum." Made with potatoes whole or cut into slices, cut-up
onions and dripping; sometimes there is no meat. Wm. (B.K.)
n.Lan, She wod ha' warm't me sum taty hash, R. Piketah Fatness
Flk. (1870I 14. (A) Lan.' What, han we 'tatoe-liash again to-day?
Let's have a bit of a change to-morrow ! s.Lan.* (39) n.Lin. As
well as taatie-haums. Peacock Tales and Rhymes (1886) 69.
Wor. (H.X.) (40) Cor.3 (4i)Cor.2 (42)S.&Ork.l (43) Cor.^
(44) n.Yks.2 (_s.v. Hon). (45) Dev. Hewett Peas. Sp. (1892) (s.v.
Ouze> (46) Ayr. There was a wheen tattie howkers in a field,
.Service Nolandums (1890) 43. Lth. As wrinkled and stany as
an auld tattie-howkcr's face, Strathesk More Bits (ed. 1885) 256.
(47'inw.Dev.i (48)Nhb. (R.O.H.) (49) S. & Ork.i (50) Sh.L I
sew a tattie rig wi' bere-sced, an' sic a job as dey hed whin da
scruffin-time came afore dey got da here a' pooed out an' da rig
made tattie-laek agen, Stewart Tales (1892) 246. (51) e.Lth. We
started to thepleuchin an the tattie-Uftin, Hunter ./. Inwick (1895)
13. (52) Nhb.i ! 53) Nlib. The tatee-market iva tift, Ti the Parade
Ground sent it, Oliver Sngs. (1824) 16. (54) Sh.I. I gae him his
lent apo' da tattie miild, an' I tink da maist o' da tar is owre his
ain breeks, Sh. News (Dec. 17, 1898). w.Yks. Thou went away
r taty mowd to scrat, Twisleton Poems (c. 1876) H. 3. (55)
Sh.I. Diel better tattie-pairer is been i' wir place foar Laeder
Breeks deed, Sh. News (Oct. 8, 1898). (56) Cor. Their favourite
dish being a standing pie made chiefly of potatoes, and which they
call 'Taty pasties,' Tregellas Fa>-)Hf»- ^Broa'tt (1857) 42. (57)
Don. He was workin' in a tatliepatch, Cent. Mag. (Feb. 1900)602.
Cor. He'd fenced a small 'taty-patch that winter, ' Q.' IVandeiing
Heath (1895) 8. (58) Lth. A forpit-dish, a tatie-peck, A firlot,
Thomson Poems (1819) 113. (59) Dmf. I snouk aboot For 'tatty
peels and banes o' herrin', Th.it fouk fling oot, Quinn Heather
(1863) 76. n.Cy., w.Yks. (J.W.\ War. (J.R.W.) (60) n.Lin.'
(61, a) w.Yks.' n.Lan. Wilson Bacca Queen (1901) 77. s.Lan.'
sw.Lin.' He had nowt but an old sad 'tatoe pie. (4) n.Cy. Stored
against the wall of a barn or other building and covered with
a sloping roof of sods, straw, &c. (B.K.) w.Yks. (J.W.) (62)
s.Lan.i (s.v. Lobs-ceawse). 1 63) n.Lin. • You may tell 'em I'm not
a gooin' to hev' taatie-pie-talk like that whcare I'm, maister ; its
real howerly, tliaay mud be shaam'd o' the'r sens. (64) n.Yks.^
(65) Wor. A wooden pin, iron shod, with a cross-piece at the
top, and a foot rest on one side, held in the hand and worked
by the foot, for pin-setting potatoes. The length varies. A short
one of two feet is worked under-hand : a longer one of 3 ft. 6 in. or
4 ft. is worked from above (H.K.). se.Wor.i (66 Sc. (A.W.) Nhb.'
Carefully thatched with strawor dried fern, and covered with soil to
exclude frost. (67)80. (A.W.), n.Yks.2 (68. «)Lnk. Then came
three lusty fiends that swate. Bearing a monster tattie pat, Deil s
Hallowe'en (1856) 44. (6) Cum." Consisting of beef or mutton, cut
into pieces, and put into a large dish along with potatoes, onions,
pepper, salt, &c., and then baked in the oven. ' But something did
come out, and that a most delicious smell of " Begok, it's tatie
pot ! " says Ben,' W. C. T. H. (1893 1 5, col. 4. Wm. (B.K.) (69)
Ayr. A capon her held that appeared to be Wiished in the latie-
pourin's an' bleached up the lum. Glass 7"rt/fs(i873)9o. (70' Cum.^
Potatoes and groats boiled in a bag among broth ; Cum.*» Potatoes
are cut up into small pieces, put into a linen bag and boiled in broth,
then taken out, mashed up with pepper and salt ; sometimes butter
and milk are added, but only in quantities sutBcient to moisten the
mass, which must be stift' when ready. Wm. (B. K.) (7i)Cor.'^ (72)
Sc. Though the cornland and the tattie rigs were very fine, she
couldna help missing the quiet green braes, Whitehead Dajt Davie
(1876) 205, ed. 1894. Sh.I. Ae dey I sew a tattie-rig wi' bereseed,
Stewart Tales (1892) 246. (73) Som. Sweethan IVineanton Gl.
(1885). (74 I Dev. Vor Varmer B de zeead got Agurt big ' tatey
rowzer,' Hake Britherjan (1863) 19, ed. 1887. (75) Sc. (A.W.)
w.Yks. Gi'e us hod o' them tatie-sacks, Nanny, Sutcliffe S/zn/iji"-
less Wayne (1900) 172. Cor. Maybe you keep the winds put up in
tatie-sacks in your cellar, an' squeeze 'em out to suit yourself ! Lee
Patil Carah (1898) 38. (76) Cum.i ; Cum.* Diff'ers from Taty hash in
that the boiling has been so long continued that there is no liquid,
but the whole is a stiff" mass. Wm. (B.K.) (77) Lnk. I was short
o' workers for the tatie settin', so says I, ' Can ye set taties, think
ye?' Fraser Wliaups (1895) xiii. (78) Frf. The tattie-shaws
were beginnin' tae fill the drill, LowsoN Guidjolioiv (1890) 89.
Per. The colour of amberor ripe tatie shaw, Spence Poems (1898)
77. Nhb. A pilfered nest, stow'n tatie shaw Oor conscience
grieves, PROUDLOCKAfKSf (1896) 325 ; (R.O.H.) (79) War. This
ground is getting tater sick, Anderton Lett, front Cy. House
(1891) 22; War.3, Wil.i (s.v. Sick). (80) n.Yks.= (81) Sh.I. Elt
fgrovel] i' da dirt o' da eart for a meal bannock or a tattie skin,
Stewart Tales V1892) 17. (82) ne.Sc. ' That's the ticket for 'tatie-
soup ! ' cries a burly ploughman, as he stands by the well-set
[turnip] drill that he has chosen. This exclamation expresses the
highest form of approbation, Gordon A'orthu'ard Ho (1894) 300.
Abd. (A.W.) (83) Frf. A too-fa' at the back, to be used as a
washin'-hoose, coal-cellar, tattie-store, an' sic like, Willock
Rosetty Ends (1886) 130, ed. 1889. (84) n.Lin.' (851 ib. Be off
wi' ye, you ohd taatie-tops. (86) Lnk. Shut up yer tautie-trap,
ye drucken auld ool, Gordon Pyotshaw (1885) 143. n.Yks. Ah
. . . nivver oppen'd me taty-traptiv him, Tweddell Clevel. Rhymes
(1875) 48. e.Yks.' Lan, Shut up his tater-trap fur him ! Banks
Manch. Man (1876) xxxiii. Chs.i, s.Chs.', nw.Der.', Lin.', n.Lin. •,
War. 2, Shr.2, Brks.' Nrf. I adwised them fellers at tha pub ter
keep their tater-traps shut, Emerson Wild Life (1890) 38. Dor.
VIee away, blackie cap, Don't ye hurt measter's crap, While I viU
my tatie-trap. And lie down and teak a nap, N. If Q. (1859) 2nd
S. vii. 313. Som. (J.S.F.S.) w.Som.^ Doa'n maek dheezuul- u
feol — taek'-n shuuf dhee taeudee-traap. Dev. Cureit's tattie-
trap an' muzzle, Like a bwoy's, be smooth an' bare, Salmon
Ballads (1899) 74 ; Dev.^ Shut yer tetty-trap thease minit. (87)
Dev. Auf tha colt wid urn an draw Hiszul rite in tha tetty traw,
Nathan Hogg Poet. Lett. (ed. 1865) 61. (88) War. (J.R.W.),
War. 8 (89) Ayr. He fell to sorting out the potatoes, throwing
the bad ones on a heap aside — ' tattie-walin ' as they call it in the
north, Douglas Green Shutters (1901) 233. (90) n.Lin.' (91)
Sh.I. Yon's as grumly as tattie wushins, Sh. Nezvs (June 9, 1900).
(92) w.Som.' Called also a ' combing zull,' used for the pui-pose of
throwing up a comb or ridge on each side, and so earthing up
ranks of potatoes, or other crops requiring to be so treated.
2. Phr. (i) bh-ss my laters, a mild oath ; (2) just the taty,
just the thing, e.xact, fit, suitable; (3) to be not the tatie, not
to be trusted ; (4) to settle one's tatiirs, to bring one to
account; to give one a sound thrashing; (5) to take a share
of one's tattle, to share one's home ; to marry.
(i) Dev. Bless my 'taters if he ben't right, too! Mortimer W.
Moors (1895) "3' (2) Nhb. For tipple just the taty, Wilson
Pitman's Pay (1843) 82; Nhb.i (3) Nhb.' He's not the tatie.
(4) Shr.2 (5) Kcb. At length she consented to gang wi' him hame,
An' for life to tak' share o' his tattie, Armstrong Ingleside
(1890) 217.
3. The head ; used as a term of contempt.
Lnk. There's no much in the tatie O' ane that writes havers like
that, Penman Echoes (1878) 19. Lth. The boys said, ' He's a saft
tattie;' 'He's a muckle calf — words which happily only school-
boys use and understand, Strathesk More Bits (ed. 1885) 24.
Hence Tattie-head, sb. a stupid head.
Edb. Surely noo it's clean, even to your tattie held, Campbell
Deilie Jocli (1897) 174.
4. V. To set, dig, or pick up potatoes.
s.Not Our folks is all busy tatering just now (J.P.K.). War.*
I be goin a taterin ; come an go with me. Wor. (H K.) Shr.'
Our little Jack's gwun tittorin' alung wuth 'is faither. Hrf.',
Oxf.' Ken. ' Keptatometugoataturin.' Letter of excuse to school-
master for keeping boy at home from school (W.G.P.).
TATOO, V. Irel. To scold, abuse, ' bally-rag.'
Ir. I should not only have got my full portion of the tatooin|;
TATSHIE
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TAUM
(as they termed it), Barrington Sketches (1827-33) I. xxxv.
Ant. (S.A.B.)
TATSHIE, adj. Obs. Rxb. (Jam.) Dressed in a
slovenly manner.
TATSY, sb. e.An.'^ [tae-tsi.] A child's word for
' father.' Cf. tat, sb}
TATTA, sb. e.Lan.' [ta'ta.] A child's word for
' father.' See Tat, sA.'
TATTARAT, sb. s.Chs.' An unruly person ; one
wanting in stabilitj'.
A farm lad who was continually leaving or being dismissed from
his situations would be called a 'tattarat' [taatQraat]. ' YO
tattarat ' was used to an unruly horse.
TATTENHALL GIRDER, phr. Chs.' Also in form
Tatna girder. A kind of pear.
Much cultivated about Frodsham. It is considered about the
poorest pear that grows, but it is a wonderfully free bearer, good
looking, and sells well in Warrington and the neighbouring
markets. It is a good pear for stewing.
TATTER, sb.^, v.^ and adp Sc. Irel. Nhb. Yks. Lan.
Lin. Nhp. Ken. Also in forms tatther Ir. ; tetter
n.Yks.'^m.Yks.' [ta-t3(r, tae-tafr).] \. sb. In coiiip. (^)
Tatter-clout, (2) -rags, (3 1 -wallets, a poorly dressed,
ragged person ; a ragamuffin ; a beggar ; (4) -wallop, (a)
fluttering rags ; also in pi. ; [b) pi. a tatterdemalion ; an
indecorous woman; {c) to hang or flutter in rags.
(i) Lan.i A mon owd enough to be thi faither— a poor tatter-
clout 'at's nought noather in him nor on him — a clemmed craiter
"at doesn't get a gradely belly-full o' meight in a week's time,
Waugh Chilli. Corner (1874) 153, ed. 1879. s.Lan.^ (2) ne.Lan.'
(3) Nhb.' (4, a) Abd. That's naethin' gin yer breeks be auld, An'
hangin' in a tatter-wallop. Walker Bards Bon- Accord {iHS-]) 606.
Lth. Upo' their tails there wad be knots. Or in their place a tatter-
wallop, Thomson Fo«»i5 (i8ig) 184. N.Cy.', ne.Lan.', Nhp.' (i)
N.Cy.' Nhb.' Often applied jocosely to one who wears a much-
torn dress. w.Yks.', ne.Lan.' (c) Bnff.'
2. V. To tear, rend, tug to pieces.
Sc. (Jam.) ; In kase he raeive my saul — tatterin' it in pieces,
RiDDELL Ps. (1B57) vii. 3. Bntr.' Dmf. What gars ye tatter At
a dead sheep amang the water! Hawkins Poems (18411 V. 24.
Ir. Tatterin' it he ir, into nothin' you could give a name to, Bar-
low fns/ «h/o West (1898) 227. w.Ir. I'm tatthered to pieces,
Lover Leg. (1848) I. 167.
3. To curl or tangle into a confused, intertwined condi-
tion ; to be rough or ragged, as an animal's coat; gen. in
pass. n.Yks.'°, m.Yks.' Hence Tatter-foal, sb. a hob-
goblin which appears under the form of a rough-coated
horse or foal ; also used of other ghostly animals.
n.Lin.' 4. adj. Tattered, ragged.
n. Yks. That's a tatter jacket (I.W.). Ken. '2
Hence Tattery, adj. tattered, ragged, frayed out.
Rnf. They tried to hide their bases Wi' tattery duds, Webster
/?/i)ih;«s (1835) 24. Nhb.' She had on an aad tattery goon. Ken.'
TATTER, i;.', si.= and adj.'' Sc. Irel. Cum. e.An. Ken.
Som. Also in form tatther Ir. [ta't3(r, taB'ta(r).] 1. v.
To chatter ; to tattle.
w.Som.' Come now, there's to much tatterin' by half, let's have
less noise and more work ! Her's a tatterin', neighbourin' sort of
a thing; better fit her'd look arter her chiUern and keep 'em to
school, and tidy like.
2. To scold ; to chide ; to be furious or cross.
Ir. I never see him in sitch a tatthcrin rage. Lover Hnndy Andy
(1842; xiv. Cum.' She gev him a rare tatteran. e.An.'
Hence (i) Tatter-can, sb. a kicking cow ; a termagant ;
(2) Tatterer, (3) Tatters, sb. a scold.
(i) Cum.'* (2) Nrf. iHall.), ^E.G.P.) (3) Cum.' She gev him
a rare tatteran' for she's a fair tatters hersel ; Cum."
3. To hurry ; to bustle ; to go at a great speed.
Gall. Rimning fleet-foot ... as though the devil himself had
been tattering at his tail, Crockett Lochiiwar (1897) v. Lns.
Away they went tattering along the road, Croker Leg.{i862i
250. Cum." A tatterin' day's run on Widdup Fells, C Pacq.
(June 8, 1893) 5, col. 3.
4. To stir actively and laboriously.
e.An.' Commonly used in conjunction with ' tow,' which, if not
equivalent, is closely connected in meaning. ' He is a very pains-
taking man ; always towing and tattering after his business.'
VOL. VI.
5. sb. A rage ; a long-continued condition of grumbling
discontent. Cum.*, eJCen. iG.G.) Hence Tattery, adj.
cross, peevish, ill-natured, ill-tempered. Ken.' 6. A
hurry.
Cum. He set off in a tremendes tatter, Farrall Betty IVilson
(1876) 54 ; Cum.' In a tatter; Cum.*
7. adj. Scolding, cross, peevish, ill-tempered, grum-
blingly discontented.
Cum." Ken.' The old 'ooman's middlin' tatter to-day, 1 can tell
ye ; Ken.*
[1. Tateryn, garrio, blatero (Prompt.).]
TATTER, V.' Mid. [Not known to our correspon-
dents.] To make a fool of any one. (Hall.)
TATTHERATION, sb. Irel. Used to express annoy-
ance in phr. tattlieration to some one or something.
' Tattheration to me," says the big Longford fellow, Carleton
Traits Peas. (ed. 1843') I. 209 ; Oh, tattheration to that thief of a
gardener, Kennedy Fireside Stories (1870) 47.
TATTLIN(G, sb. Yks. [ta'tlin.] Apparatus, tools,
necessary equipment ; small requisites or appliances; a
dial, form of tackling.'
n.Yks.' ' Ah aimed they wad ha' been wed by now. Ah beared
they'd getten t'tattling a week syne' ; of the marriage-license and
wedding-ring ; n.Yks.**
TATTREL, sb. Obs. Sc. A rag.
Rxb. The wind gars a' thy tattrels wallop, A. Scott Poems
(1805) 105 (Jam.).
TATTY, adj. Ken.' [tae'ti.] Testy, cross.
TAU, TAUCH, see Thou, Taugh, sb.'-
TAUDY, sb. Obs. Sc. Also written tawdy ; and in
forms todie, towdy (Jam.). A child. Sc. Mackay. Abd.,
Ags. (Jam.) Hence Taudy-fee, sb. a fine for having an
illegitimate child.
Sc. Mackay. Abd. Nor kirk nor consterie, Quo' they, can ask
the taudy-fee, Forbes Dominie (1785) 43.
TAUGH, 56.' Obs. Sc. Also in forms tagh, tah;
tauch (Jam.). Tallow.
Sc. This is properly the name given to the article by trades-
men, before it is melted. After this operation it receives the
name of tallow (Jam.) ; Taugh was sold by Tron weight, merely
to make allowance for the garbage or refuse, which was unavoid-
ably mixed with it in slaughtering the cattle and sheep, Edb.
Even. Couraiit (Oct. 5, 1805) {ib.) ; Kaiset up in thair ain taugh,
RiDDELL Ps. (1857) Xvii. 10.
Hence (i) Taughie, adj greasy, clammy; of the
weather : warm and moist or misty ; (2) Taughie-faced,
ppl. adj. greasy-faced.
(i) Sc. Grose (1790) MS. add. (C.) ; (Jam.) Gall. Tahie day,
Mactaggart Eno'cl. (1824). (2) Cld. (Jam.)
[Dan. talg, tallow (Larsen).]
TAUGH, sb.^ Obs. Cld. (Jam.) The threads of large
ropes. [Cp. ON. tang, a string, rope ('Vigfusson).]
TAULEY, see Tawl, sb.
TAUM, sb. and v. Sc. Nhb. Dur. Cum. Wm. Yks. Lan.
Der. Also Dor. Also written tawm Sc. (Jam.) N.Cy.'
Nhb.' n.Yks.'* w.Yks. Der.'; torm w.Yks.; and in forms
taam Nhb.' Cum.'*; tarn N.Cy.' Cum. n.Yks.' Dor.;
toam S. & Ork.'; torn Sc. (Jam.); tombe Sh.I. ; tome
Sc. (Jam.) S. & Ork.' N.Cy.' Lakel.» Cum.'* Wm. n.Yks.'
ne.Lan.'; toom Cum.'*; toum Sc. (Jam.); towm Sc.
Nhb.' Dur. [t9m, tam; torn, tom.] 1. sb. A rope ; a
line ; a partially untwisted cord or string.
Sc. SiBBALD Gl. (1802) (Jam.). Lakel. A small piece of wood
called the paillie to which is attached the tome [in a woodcock-
snare], Macpherson flist. IViid-fowling 11897) 454. Cnm.'",
n.Yks.'
Hence Taumy, adj. untwisted, stringy. Cum, Linton
Lake Cy. [ 1864) 312 ; Cum.* 2. A fishing-line, esp. one
made of horse-hair.
Sc. (Jam.) Sh.I. Prior to the introduction of iron or steel hooks
fish were caught by means of a small bit of hard wood or a
splinter of bone Irom two to four inches long, attached to the end
of the tome or skoag, Spence Flk-Loie (1899) 128; He tuik da
skuin, an' sneed da tombe. Hibbert /)«(-. 5/;. /. (1822) 224, ed.
1891 ; S. & Ork.' Cai.' Toums were made by the fishermen from
horsehair. w.Sc. (Jam.) Slk. Clcekit a hantle o' ... perches out
of the loch wi' his toum, Hogg Talcs (1838) 26, ed. 1866. N.Cy.'
A lang twine tam. Nhb.' Dur. When he wez pull'n' horsehairs
G
TAUM
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TAVE
oot ed tail te mak fish 'n' towms, Egglestone Betty PodkiMs' Lett.
(1877) 13; Dur.', Lakel.* Cum. Grose (1790); Cum.'", Wm.
(B.K.), n.Yks.i^* ne.Yks.' Short line about nine inches long,
generally of twisted horsehair or worsted, joined to the main
fishing-line and having a hook at the end. These are commonly
used for eel-fishing. w.Yks. (S.P.U.), w.Yks.i, ne.Lan.', Der.' Oljs.
Hence (i) Tome-spinner, sb. a whorl used for twisting
hair-lines ; (2) to throiv the long tome, phr. to angle for in-
formation.
(i") Sh.I. A sail needle, a tomespinner made of peat, Stewart
Tate (1893) 39. (2) Wm. He axt ma o maks a things; beta
thowt he was nobbet tryan ta throw t'lang tome, Clarke Spec.
Dial. ^1865) 15.
3. A long thread of any ropy, glutinous substance, as
sealing-wax, half-melted rosin ; gossamer. Cld., Rxb.
(Jam.) Hence (i) Taumy, (2) Toums, adj. ropy, glutinous,
drawing out like toasted cheese.
(i) Cum.i" Dor. Barnes Gl. (1863). (2) Rxb. (Jam.)
4. V. To draw out any viscous substance into a line ; to
hang in long glutinous threads, as saliva from the lips.
Cld., Rxb. It cam towmin' out. To hing tawmin' down (Jam.).
Lakel.' ' Linked sweetness long drawn out ' — that's tomin taffy oot.
5. Fig. To spin out a tale.
Wm. He could tome a teeal oot as lang as mi leg (B.K.).
[1. ON. lauinr, a rein, bridle (Vigfusson).]
TAUM, see Tawm, Toom.
TAUNDEL, TAUNEL, see Tawnle.
TAUNT, v.^ and sb. So. Yks. Wor. Shr. Hrf. e.An.
Also in form tant se.Wor.^ [t9nt; tant.j 1. v. To
dare ; to tempt.
se.Wor.' ' Why did you run away from school, Johnny ? ' ' Cos
Billy Taylor wanted to run away, un tanted me to goo 00th 'im.'
2. To tease ; to pester with questions or requests ; to
plague, meddle with.
s.Wor. 'Em kep' on a tantin' we a' the time, till a gen 'em
what a exed fur (H.K.). Shr. Bound Proviiic. (1876). Hrf.^
e.An.' 'How this child does taunt me ! ' It conveys no sense of
scoffing or insult.
3. Obs. With al : to mock at.
Edb. Laughs an' taunts at a' the waes I bear, Macaulay Poems
(1788) 123.
4. sb. In phr. lo make laiiiit of, to make fun of.
w.Yks. Tha'll noane ha'e to mak' taunt o' me, /.cciis Mac. Siippl.
(Nov. 26, 1898) ; w.Yks.3
TAUNT, 1^.2 Lin. Nhp. [t^nt.] To toss the head.
See Tauntle.
n.Lin.' Nhp. The Meadow-sweet taunts high its showy
wreath, Clare Poems (1820) 202.
TAUNT, v.^ Chs. [t9nt.] To taint, as butter. (C.J.B.)
TAUNT, v." Sh.I. Also in form tant S. & Ork.» To
sicken from eating disgusting food ; to upset the digestion.
Doo's no ill aff, Sibbie. A'm shure I can aet a bit o't vvi' a tattie.
an' doo kens foo little taunts my puir walk stammik, Sh. News
(May 28, 1898) ; Food is said to taunt a person when it remains
in the stomach too long undigested (J.S.) ; S. & Ork.'
TAUNT, adj. Ken. Cor. Also in form taant Ken.''
[t^nt, tant.] 1. Tall ; too high in proportion to the
breadth ; an aphetic dial, form of 'ataunt.'
Ken. A taant house, Lewis /. Tenet (17361 ; Ken.'^
2. Fig. Pert, saucy; ' high and mighty.'
Cor.' A taunt piece of goods ; Cor.^
TAUNTIFY, V. Dev. [tantifai.] To taunt.
n.Dev. Then I saw what a vool I'd been to tauntify un, Zack
Dunstable IVeir (igot i 50.
TAUNTLE, t/. Lin. [t^'ntl.] To toss the head. See
Taunt, v.'^
There she was, turtling and tauntling (Hall.); Lin.* She is
tauntling and playing up.
TAUNTRIL, adj. Obs. Nhb.' Bold, impudent. Cf
tantril.
TAUNTY, s6. Chs." fty-nti.] Human excrement.
TAUPIE, TAUPIN, see Tawpie, Tappin.
TAUPSALEERY, sec Tapsalteerie.
TAURD, sb. Sc. [tard.] A large piece.
Abd. That parsley's nae half choppet ; cut these muckle taiirds
wi' yrr scissors (G.W. \
TAURRIt;, TAURY, see Tarry, adj.
TAUT, adj. and v.^ Glo. e.An. Dev. Also written
tort Glo.' Dev. ; tought e.An.' ; and in form tote Glo.'
[t9t, tot.] 1. adj. Of a boat : watertight. e.An.'
2. Large, fat, inflated, ready to burst.
Glo. As tote as a tike or tick, Horae Stibsecivae (1777) 436 ; Glo.'
Dev. Horae Siibsecivae (1777) 436.
3. V. To set fast ; to tighten a skein, &c. so that it cannot
be unravelled easily. e.An.i This skein is toughted.
[2. With bely stif and toght As any labour, Chaucer
C. T. D. 2267.]
TAUT, v.^ and sb. Sc. Also written tawt ( Jam.) ; and
in form taat Sh.I. (Jam.) S. & Ork.' Cai.' [tat.] 1. v.
To mat, entangle ; to run into tufts. Cf. tait, 56.', tat, sb.*
S. & Ork.', Cai.', Cld. (Jam.)
Hence Tauted, ppl. adj. matted, esp. of the hair;
shaggy; ragged.
Sc. God's truth it's the tautit laddie, Stevenson Catnona (1893)
xix. S. & Ork.' Ayr. Nae tawted tyke. Burns ricn ZJog-s (1786)
1. 20. Lnk. His tautit hair Hung owre his face, Coghill Poems
(1890) 41.
2. To make rugs, S:c. with ' taats.'
Sh.I. Persons of artistic skill whose business it was to taat bed-
rugs with wool dyed in blue lit, skrottie, kurkalit, aald man, or
yellowin' girs, Spence Flk-Lote (1899) 195 ; S. & Ork.'
Hence Tawtedrug, sb. a thick bed-coverlid. Gall.
Mactaggart ^wcyc/. (1824). 3. sb. A mat; matting; a
tuft of hair, wool, &c. Sh.I. (Jam.), Cai.' Hence (i)
Tawty, adj. of the hair, &c. : matted, shaggy ; (2) Tawty-
headed, ppl. adj. shaggy-headed.
(i) Sc. (Jam.) s.Sc. He botched, an' leuch, An' clawed his
tawtie held, 'Watson Barils (1859) 106. Slk. A wee wizzened,
waif-and-stray-lookin cretur— sic a tawty hide, Chr. North
Nodes (ed. 18561 II. 78. (2) Dmf. He is a long, thin, tawtie-headed
man, Carlvle Lett. (^1831).
4. pi. Thick worsted yarn for making rugs. S. & Ork.'
TAUT, see Tawt.
TAUTHER, V. and sb. Bnff.' [ta'tSar.] 1. v. To
abuse by dragging hither and thither. See "Tauthereeze,
Tawt. 2. sb. Abuse by dragging hither and thither.
TAUTHEREEZE,?^. Bnff.' [taSarlz.] To abuse by
dragging hither and thither. See Tauther.
TAUZE, see Toitse.
TAVAELS, sb. pi. Obs. e. An.^ The claws of a cat ;
the talons of a hawk.
TAVAR, see Taiver.
TAVE, I'.' and sb. Sc. Nhb. Dur. Cum. Wm. Yks.
Lan. Lin. Glo. Brks. Hnt. Dor. Som. Also written taive
Glo. ; and in forms taave Sc. (Jam.) Som. ; teav(e N.Cy.'
Nhb.' Cum." Wm. m.Yks.' w.Yks. n.Lan.' ne.Lan.' ;
teavv Cum.'; teeave Wm. n.Yks.'* ; teauve Elg. ;
tiave Lakel.^ Dor.' ; tyaave Sc. (Jam.) ; tyauve Sc.
(Jam.) Biiff.' ; tyav Dur.'; tyeav Nhb.'; pret. tyauve Bnff.'
Abd. [tev, tesv, tiav.] 1. v. To rage ; to storm ; to
fly at angrily. Cf. tervee, 2.
m.Yks.' To act violently, in any way, as to be rampant in speech,
or physically demonstrative. Lin. Skinner (1671) ; Streatfeild
Lin. and Danes (1884) 370; Lin.', n.Lin.' Som. Sweetman
IVincaiiton Gl. (1885).
2. To toss ; to throw oneself about, esp. to throw the
hands about wildly as a person in fever does. Also in
phr. teiving and taviitg. See Tavering.
N.Cy.i, Cum.'" n.Yks.' Applied also to the action of picking
at the bed-clothes, as a delirious or dying person does. w.Yks.'
Shoe teughs and taves about seea mitch, at shoe's seure to poit
aff aw her happin, ii. 291. ne.Lan.' Lin. Ray 1691) ; Almost
invariably used with 'tewing' ; 'tewing and taving ' is gen. used
to express the restless tossing of a sick person, Streatfeild Lin.
and Danes (1884) 370 ; Lin,' n.Lin.' Tewing and taving aboot is
the restless condition of one in fever. sw.Lin.' He was laving
about all night. Dor.' 'E drow'd Hizzuf about, an' tiav'd, an'
blow'd, 143. Som. (W.F.R.) e.Som. W. & J. Gl. (1873).
3. To struggle ; to tumble or wrestle in sport. Cf.
tervee, 1.
Mry. I saw them tyaavin' and wrcstlin' thegither (Jam.). Elg.
Wi' ae fauld heart, and honest joy. They teauve and touzle rare,
CouPER Poetry (1804") I. 161. Bch. I was lying taavin an' wamlin
under lucky-minny like a sturdie hoggie that had fa'en into a peat-
TAVE
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TAW
pot, Forbes Jm. (1743's 3, 4. Abd. Tyauvin' \vi' a dcevil o' a she-
horse, Macdokald Lassie (1877) iii. Dor.' The ciiilc did tiavc zoo
to goo to his mother. Som. ' For about a two or a dree hours he
did tave for breath.' ' It taved to get out' (of anything confined)
(W.F.R.).
4. To strive, toil, labour.
Bnff.' Abd. He tycuve and wrochthard, late an' ear', Alexander
Ain Flk, (1882; 16; Hut gin ye tyauve at it aboon ycr strcnth
ye'll be clean forfochtcn, Macdonalu D. Elgiiibroil i lit'i) I. 121.
5. To tumble anything about; to upset, make a commo-
tion, esp. in phr. tavint; and tewing.
n.Lan.' ne.Lan.* To fumble in a meaningless manner. Lin.
I beant noways fond o' bairns, they're allost a-tewingandataving
about. A', o-^ Q. (1865) 3rd S. vii. 31. se.Lin. She's always
taving and tewing about (J.T.B.).
Hence (i) Tavin, sb. in phr. /avht and gules, an upset,
commotion ; a (luster ; (2) Tavus, adj. easily excited and
flustered ; (3) Teeaving, ppl. adj. agitating.
(i) Brks. A country farmer's daughter was objecting to travel
in a stage-coach about sixty-five years ago, and sajd, in support
of her opposition to that mode of conveyance, ' They do drive so
hugeous fast they puts me in a Tavin and gules,' N. ^ Q. (1861'^
2nd S. xi. 152. (2) Hnt. I was . . . saying that so-and-so was
much older than he appeared to be : ' Yes, Sir,' replied the woman,
' but he's very tavus.' Then she told me that when the dog barked
he was tavus, and when the children screamed, he was dreadful
tavus. A'. & Q. (i860) 2nd S. x. 227. (3) n.Yks.^
6. To hurry along; to gad about.
Glo. Well, Nan, how you da taive along, Young Rabin Hill
(1864I 5. Som. An' where have you bin a-taven about ? Raymond
Men o' Menciip 1 1898 ix.
7. To sprawl with the arms and legs ; to kick or fidget
with the feet.
n.Cy. Grose (1790) ; N.Cy.', ii.Yks.'2 w.Yks. Hutton Tour
lo Caves (1781), ne.Lan.i
8. To walk heavily through dirt, snow, &c. ; to wade ;
to struggle on.
Bnff.i Nhb.' Tired wi' teavin through the snow. Dur.'
Lakel.* We tiaved aboot laiten mushrooms. Cum.^* Wm. I wur
sae tecrd wie maandcrin up an dawn an teaavin ilh ling, Wheeliir
Dial. (1790) 40, ed. 1821. s.Wm. (J.A.B.), n.Yks.^ w.Yks.'
'To tave in the mud,' to be so entangled as scarcely to be able to
move the feet.
9. To distress ; to over-tire ; to labour under a disease ;
to recover of a very severe illness.
Bnff.' He tyeuve on a weenter in consumption an' deet i' the
spring. n.Yks. 'T wad teeave t'lass te deeatb, Tweddell Clcvc/.
A/iymes (1875) 46.
10. sb. A difficulty, struggle, pinch; hard labour; the
act of labouring hard.
Sh.I., Bnff. To do anything with a tyaave. ' I have a great
tyaa\"e ' ; applied to me.'ins of subsistence, &c. (Jam.) Bnff.'
11. A hurry, stir, commotion. ne.Sc. (W.G.)
TAVE, I'.* So. Cum. Also in forms taave Sc. (Jam.)
Cai.'; tyaave Sc. (Jam.); tyauve Bnff.' Abd. [tev; tav.]
1. To knead dough ; to work up plaster or anything
adhesive. Cai.' Cum. Gl. (1851) ; Cum.'^ 2. To make
anything rough by working it with the hands, &c. Also
Jig. to meddle.
Mry. (Jam.) Bnff.' The act of masticating much; spoken in
disgust or dissatisfaction. Abd. A curn ill-fashionet nowt comin'
kirnin' an' tyauvin' aboot his peer remains, Abd. Wkly. Free Press
(Oct. ao, igoo).
TAVER, see Taiver.
TAVERING, ppl. adj. Som. Printed tabering (Hall.).
[tevarin.] Restless in illness. e.Som. W. & J. G/. (1873).
Cf. tave, I'.' 2.
TAVERN, .s6. Obs. Yks. A cellar. w.Yks. Thoresby
Le//. (1703).
TAVERNRY, sb. Obs. Sc. Tavern expenses.
Sc. (Jam.) Abd. They had compted and reckoned for their
tavernry with their mistresses, Spalding Hist. Sc. (1792 1. 340.
TAVORT, see Tovet.
TAW, s/;.' and i'.' Van dial, uses in Sc. Irel. Eng. and
Amer. Also in forms taa Sc. ; tar Nhb.'; to Cum.';
toy Nrf [t9, to3, ta.] 1. sb. The marble with which
the player shoots; a large, choice marble, ;§■<"«. streaked
or variegated ; also in comp. Taw-alley.
Lth. The boots were of various sorts and values; those played
with were called ' taas,' Strathesk Afore Bits (ed. 1885 33. Ir.
(P.W.J.) Nhb.' Smaller than a 'bullocker' and larger than an
ordinary sized marble. Dur.' e.Dnr.' A boy in playing marbles
always has his fancy marble to shoot with : this he calls his ' taw.'
Cum.'", w.Yks.'", Lan. (F.R.C.), s.Chs.', nw.Der.', LeL', Nhp.»,
War.«3, se.Wor.', Shr.' Hrf. Bound Provinc. (1876 . Glo. Taw
is the marble which boys use for shooting with at the game and
is therefore the specially prized one (S.S.B.). Oif. (J.E.), Hnt.
(T.P.F.) Nrf. We stood one side of the ring and bowled for the
other with our toys, Emerson Son o/Fens ' 1892) 8. Suf.', ne.Ken.
(H.M.) Sus., Hmp. HoLLOWAY. Som. Sweethan Ww/.'fl'/'o" G/.
(1885). [Amer. Dial. Nulcs (,1896) I. 220.]
2. A game at marbles played with 'taws' only; the
game of^' ring-taw.'
s.Lan.' War.^ A boy 'shoots' his taw as far as he can: the
object of his opponent, 'shooting' from the same place with his
taw, is to hit the first taw or to pass it for a sufficient distance from
the succeeding shot of the opponent at his taw ; when one hits the
taw of the other he wins it. ne.Ken. (H.M.)
3. The mark from which marbles are shot ; the mark or
line from which runners, leapers, or players in any game
start ; also in comp. Taw-line.
Lakel.2 Stf. Nortmall /^/*. PAr. (1894V LeL' Nhp.' 'Shoot
from taw.' ' You don't stand at taw.' Termed long or short
taw according to the distance. War.''^ Wor., Glo. Northall
/■//.•. PA r. (1894). Hnt. (T.P.F.) ne.Ken. Another marble called
a taw is flirted at them from the taw-line (H.M.). [Amer. One
may 'knock' the 'middler' from 'taw.' The players 'go to taw'
to ' shoot,' Dial. Notes (1896 I. 24.]
4. Comp. Tawlaking, marble-playing.
w.Yks. Nah scholars, if they could, wod due away wi' tasks,
an' devote ther schooil ahrs to taw-lakin' an' crackit-lakin', Yksnian.
(1880) 392.
5. Phr. (i) in taw, between the marble-ring and the
'taw-line' ; anywhere on the side of the line away from
the ring ; (2) to be down on a person's taw, see below ;
(3) to bring a person to taw, to compel him to do anything ;
(4) to come up to taw, 'to come up to the scratch' ; (5) lo
take off taw, to leap or start from the line.
(i) Lei.', War.3, ne.Ken. (H.M.) (2) Ir. When you watched
another boy'.s taw, following it with your own, seeking for a good
opportunity to get a shot at it, you were said to be 'down on his
taw.' Hence in general when you have an edge on some one,
when you are watching him, on the look out for some opportunity
to pounce on him to punish him — you are said ' to be down on his
taw' (P.W.J. ). Lim. (J.F.) (3) Nhp.' If you don't do so and so
I'll bring you'to taw. Hnt. (T.P.F.) (4) Lei.', War.* (5) Stf.,
War., Won, Glo. Northall Flk. Phr. ( 1894).
6. V. To shoot with a ' taw' ; to eject a marble from the
middle joint of the thumb ; to shoot at with a marble ;
also usedy?^. to pay.
w.Yks. Tha mud just as weel ha' taw'd thi brass dahn t'causa,
BiNNS Orig. (1889) i. 3 ; Get out o' t'gate and let me taw thee
^S.P.U.); w.Yks.3 First they taw up to a hole. . . When . . . the
one who is on for his pizings manages to taw into the hole, the
game is concluded (s.v. Hundreds"'.
Hence Tawer, sb. the player who shoots the ' taw.'
w.Yks. If one player knocks out a marble, he is entitled to 'taw'
at the rest in the ring until he misses; and if a sure ' tawer' not
one of the others may have the chance to 'taw,' Gomhe Games
(1898) II. 113.
7. To place the foot on the right side of the 'taw' or
mark in a game. Also with up, and in phr. to taw the line.
Lakel.' Wm. It is one of the first lessons of childhood to ' taw
fair' (B.K.).
TAW, sb.^ Chs. [tp.] 1. A mischievous person.
s.Chs.' He's a regilar taw^ — up to aw sorts o' tricks an' weinats.
2. A Strange man. Chs.'
TAW,5i.3 Sh.I. A streak of light.
It was just aboot da first taws o' daylicht, Stewart 7n/« (1892)
32 ; Geng du da morn's mornin' wi' da first taws o' daylicht, ib. 85.
TAW, I/.* and sb.* Sc. n.Cy. s.Cy. 1. v. Obs. To beat
or dress hemp. s.Cy. Ray (1691) (s.v. Tew). Cf. tew, :'.' 2.
2. To knead ; to work as mortar. Cf tave, t/.", tew, i;.' 3.
Ags. Be sure you taw the leaven weel (Jam.).
3. To tumble about ; to spoil by over-handling; to pull,
lay hold of Sc, Bwk. {ib.) Cf. tew, v.' 4. 4. To whip.
Cf. taws(e.
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Per. I would have her tawed through tlie town at the cart's tail,
Cleland li:chb>ackm (1883) 126, ed. 1887.
5. sb. The point of a whip ; a whip. Cf. taws(e.
Sc. (Jam.) Lnk. The nippy taw Comes whiskin' whiles athort
us a", Watson Poems (1853". 28. n.Cy. Grose (i79o\
6. Difficulty, a great to-do. Abd. (Jam.) Cf. tew, i/.' 13.
[2. I tawe a thyng that is styffe to make it softe, Jc
souple, Palsgr. (1530).]
TAW, V? Yks. Stf Lei. War. [!§, tga.] To twist ;
to get crooked or out of shape ; to crease, wrinkle ; to
entwist, as the end of a rope.
w.Yks.i, Stf. i.Miss E.) Lei.' Applied more especially to woven
fabrics when the threads do not lie straight. ' This collar taws so,
I can't hardly cut it straight.' War.^
TAW, v.* Rxb. (Jam.) To suck greedily and with
continuance, as a hungry child at the breast.
TAW, I'.* Som. To tie, fasten. (Hall.)
TAW, int. Pem. [to.] Silence ! hark !
s.Pem. Taw ! taw ! taw ! "that's bosh (W.M.M.).
TAW, see Thou, Tow, v}
TAW-BESS, sb. Obs. n.Cy. A slatternly woman.
Grose (1790) MS. add. (P.)
TAWDERED, ppl. adj. Lin. Also in form tawderied.
With 2tp : dressed in vulgar finery. (Hall.), Lin.', n.Lin.'
Cf. tawdherly, toldered.
TAWDHERLY, adj. e.Yks.' [tg-tSsli.] Dressed in
bad taste. See Tantawdherly.
TAWDRY, sb. and adj. _Shr. Hrt. e.An. Also in form
tardry e.An.' [t^'dri, tadri.l 1. sb. Cheap finery ;
cheap, sham jewellery. Shr., Hrf Bound Provinc. (1876).
e.An.' 2. adj. Immodest : loose in conduct. e.An.'
TAWDY, TAWEAL, see Taudy, Towdy, Tarveal.
TAWEN, V. and sb. Obs. or obsol. Sc. Also written
tawan (Jam.). 1. v. To pull, lay hold of; to tumble
about ; to spoil by overhandling. Cf. taw, i/.^ 3.
Sc. (Jam., s.v. Taw). Bnff. Francisque-Michel Lang. (1882)
304. Abd. I watna fa we'll get to red it : . . Tliey'%'e tawen't sae
till now they've made it An' unco sight, CockS/j™»s (i8io) II. 89.
2. To knead. Bnff. Franxisque-Michel Lang. (1882)
304. Cf. tave, V.', taw, v.^ 2. 3. sb. A difficulty; a
great to-do. Abd. (Jam., s.v. Taw). 4. Hesitation,
reluctance.
Sc. He callit me sometimes Provost, and sometimes my Lovd
[sic] ; but it was ay with a tawan, Pyov. (Jb.) Abd. {ib.) Ags.
To do anything with a tawan [to do it reluctantly] 16.'.
TAWER, s6.' Stf Lei. Nhp. Also in form lawyer
Lei.' [t93(r) ; to'jair).] A maker of husbandry harness.
Stf Moor Wds. (1823). Lei.', Nhp.'
TAWER, sb.^ Obs. Dor. Aftergrass. Gl. (1851).
TAWFY, adj Yks. [toafi.] Soft, watery, pasty.
vv.Yks. (R.H.R.)
TAWIE, adj. Obs. Sc. Tame, tractable. Cf towen.
Rnf. Tho" bauld whan at hame, He fand, whan afiel', he was
tawie an' tame, Picken Poems (1813) II. 134. Ayr. Hameiy,tawie,
quiet, an' cannie, An' unco sonsie. Burns Farmer's Salutation,
St. 5-
TAWL, sb. Brks. Ken. Also in form tauley Ken.»
[t9l; toli.] A marble; a 'taw.' Brks.»,Ken. (G.B.),Ken.'
TAWL, V. w.Cy. Som. To stroke or smooth down,
as a cat's back ; gen. with down. w.Cy. (Hall.) e.Som.
W. & J. Gl. (1873).
TAWL, see Toll, v.^
TAWLING, sb. s.Cy. Sus. Hmp, [t9'lin.] The mark
from which a marble is shot at the beginning of a game;
a corruption of 'taw-line.' s.Cy. (Hall.), Sus.*, Hmp.'
TAWM, V. and sb. Sc. n.Cy. Cum. Yks. Lan. Also
written tauni Sc. (Jam. Sttppl.\ n.Yks.'" w.Yks.'; tawme
n.Yks. ; and in forms tawn Lan.: tome n.Cj'. w.Yks.
Lan. ; toom n.Cy. Cum.'* Lan. [t9m, torn.] 1. i^. To
fall gently asleep ; also used with over.
Sc. iJam. Siippl.) N.Cy.' He'll soon tawm over. e.Yks.' Ah
was just tavvmin ower to sleep, MS. add. (T.H.)
2. To swoon ; to fall from faintness or sickness ; gen.
with over.
Sc. (Jam. Suppl.) n.Cy. Grose (1790); N.Cy.* n.Yks. Ise
like to tawme, this day's seay varry warme, Meriton Praise Ale
(1684) 1. 169; n.Yks.i; n.Yks.= She tawm'd ower. e.Yks.' Sha
just tawmed ower, an sited doon, MS. add. (T.H.) w.Yks.
HuTTON Tour to Caves (1781" ; w.Yks.' Then shoe maddles an
taums ower in a sweb. Lan. Grose (1790) MS. add. (C.) s.Lan.'
Hence Tooming, sb. an aching or dizziness of the eyes.
n.Cy. (Hall.), Cum.'* 3. Obs. To vomit. Lan. Grose
(I'jgo) MS. add. (C) s.Lan.' 4.^6. A fit of drowsiness.
Sc. (Jam. Suppl.) 5. A fit of faintness or sickness. Sc.
(Jam. Siippl.) s.Lan. Bamford MS. Gl. (1846). 6. Heart-
burn, flushings. n.Cy. (Hall.) 7. An ungovernable fit
of temper.
Sc. Jam.) Ayr. She never annoy'd me wi' sulks or wi' taum,
Ballads and Sngs. (1846) I. 119 ; Wee taums she tak's, wee taums
betimes, Edwards Mod. Poets, 13th S. 368.
TAWM, see Taum.
TAW-MAKER, sb. Obs. e.An.' Work in weaving
which makes flowers. Arderon CoU. Dial. (1745-60).
TAWN, see Tawm.
TAWNLE, sb. Sc. Also written taunel, taunle,
tawnel ; and in forms taanle (Jam.) ; tandle, taundel.
[to'nsl.] A bonfire ; any large fire. Cf teanlay.
w.Sc. (Jam) Cld. The custom of kindling large fires or Taanles,
at Midsummer, was formerly common in Scotland, . . and to this
day is continued all along the strath of Clyde, Sibbald CI. (1802)
(Jam.). Dmb. The news of his douncum was noe shooner known
than tawnels were burning in every d3'reckshon. Cross Disrup-
tion (1844) xxxiv. Rnf. Had I our Dochter's [flirds o' gauze] at a
candle, 'They'd mak' a bein an' rousin' tandle, Picken Poems
(1813) I. 123 ; Any large fire made out of doors is so designated.
It is often an amusement to boys in rural districts to go out into
the fields and collect the cuttings of hedges, dried grass, &c. into
a heap for the purpose of making a taunel, N. & Q. (1868) 4th S.
ii. 547. Ayr. Burning whins on Gilly-flower-bankin', . . bigging
great taunles on the holms o' the Garnock, Service Dr. Duguid
(ed. 1887) 28.
TAWNY, adj. and sb. Sc. Irel. Shr. Wil. Som. Also
written tawney Sc. (Jam.) Wil.' ; and in forms ta'aney
Wil.' ; tanny Ir. [to'ni.] 1. adj. In comb. Tawny-
hooting-owl, the tawny owl, Syrniuni alitco. Shr. Swain-
son Birds (1885) 129. 2. sb. A dark-complexioned
person ; a mulatto. Sc. (Jam.), N.L' 3. The bullfinch,
Pyrrhiila Europaea. Wil.' Som. Swainson ib. 67.
TAWNYMICHIECLAY, sb. Bnff.' A fine kind of
clay. (s.v. Tarrymichie-clay.)
TAWPEN, see Topping.
TAWPENNY, sb. N.L' A hen with a tuft on its head.
Cf topping.
TAWPIE, sb. and adJ Sc. Irel. Nhb. Cum. Also
written taupie Sc. (Jam.) Nhb.'; and in forms taapie Sc.
N.L'; tapie Sc. ; tappy Sc. (Jam. Suppl.) Ir. Nhb.';
tapyah Ir. ; tawpa Sc. (Jam.) [tg'pi, ta'pi.] 1. sb. A
foolish, giddy, awkward, idle, or slovenly girl.
Sc. (Jam.) ; She formally rebuked Eppie for an idle taupie,
Scott S/. ^o;;nM (1824) ii. Cai.' Bch. "The tither wis a haave
colour'd smeerless tapie, Forbes y«i. (1742) 17. Frf. 'Mother,
she flouted me ! ' • The daring tawpie ! ' Barrie Minister {iSgi) ix.
Fif. An awkward girl was reprimanded for a ' muckle tawpie,'
CoLViLLE Veiitacular ,1899) 17. s.Sc. Tak nae notice o' the idle
taupie that opens the door to ye, Wilson Tales (1836) II. 168.
Ayr. A taivert tawpie, wi' her hair hingin' doon her back in penny-
worths, Service Notandums (1890) 73. Wgt. I wadna gie a snip
o' thread for ane o' your smirking sonsiefaced tawpies, Cood Wds.
(1881) 403. N.I.' S.Don. Simmons CI. (1890). Nhb.' She's a
greet tappy, an' a canny bit throwother ti boot.
2. A foolish fellow ; a blockhead.
Or.I. (Jam. Sk/>/>/.) Lnk. Ye big tawpie! sneevlin' awa' there
like a lassie ! Gordon /^o/iAnm (1885') 99. Cum.'*
Hence Taupiet, ppl. adj. foolish. Sc. (Jam.) 3. A
fidgetj' person. Cum.* 4. adj. Foolish, awkward,
slovenly, ill-conditioned ; tawdry.
Sc. Taupy wives in Bruntland, Chambers Pop. Rhymes (ed.
1870) 244. Abd. An unedicat taupie chiel in a kwintra chop,
Alexander Johnny Gibb (1871 xxxv. Ayr. The tawpy taunts ol
her pridefu' customers. Galt Entail (1823) xvi. Feb. Taupie
Meg is just as bad, A commom limraer, Affleck Poet. IVks.
(1836)80. Cum.*
[Cp. Swed. tap, a simpleton (Oman).]
TAWPLOCH, TAWRDS, see Taploch, Tards.
TAWS(E
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TAWS{E, sb. and v. Sc. Irel. Nhb. Dur. Cum. Also
in forms taas Nhb.' ; taz Sc. (Jam.) [t9z, taz.] 1. sb.
A leather strap cut into thongs at one end, used as a
schoolmaster's instrument of punishment ; also usedyf^^.,
and in comb. Pair-of-tawse. See Taw, v.' 5.
Sc. (Jam.) ; Never take the taws when a word will do the turn,
Kelly Prow. (1721) 266. Or.I. Nine-tailed taws, Vedder 5<Y/f/i«
(1E32) 105. Abd. Their dread of an application of the tawse,
Alexander Am F/k. (iBBa) 85. Fif. The taWse which he laid
down were taken up by Walter Racburn, Meldruji dry Manlle
(1896) 190. Ayr. Dinna, Lord, . . skclp us oure sair, as at this
time, with the taws of Thy wrath. Service Dr. DtigiiitI (ed. 1887)
21. Gall. The master's taws were a wholesome deterrent,
Crockett Zjof-^l/jT//* (1895^ 185. N.Cy.> Nhb. All the subjects
of my taws, Richardson Borderer's Table-bk. (1846) VIII. 102;
Nhb.', e.Dur.' Cum. When twee bits o' scholars, we'd laik roun
the hay stack, . . But ne'er fan the taws, Anderson Ballads (ed.
1840) 78; Cam.*
Hence (i) Burnt-nebbit-taws, (2) Burnt-told-tawse, sb.
' tawse ' having the ends hardened in the fire ; (3) Tawse-
swasher, sb. one who uses the ' tawse ' ; (4) Tawse-toes,
sb. pi. the thongs into which one end of the ' tawse ' is cut.
(i)Edb. I am quite willing to receive any amount of literary
birch and 'burnt-nebbit-taws' castigalion which the critics may
be pleased to bestow, Johnston CrfiHrt (1864) xi. (2) Per. Nae
burnt-taed tawse o' strong nowt-hide Need they for paumics,
Stewart C/iaraclcr (i8$-!) 58. (3) e.Ltb. This ballad of the . . .
dominie's ... met with an encore, . . but the ancient tawse-
swasher pled weariness, Mucklebackit Rliyities (1885) 142. (4)
Lnk. From the faint odour of burning leather wc knew that he
was roasting the tawse taes, a sure method of increasing the
efficacy of his instrument of torture, Fraser IVhaiips (1895) 18.
2. A few strips of leather tied to a shaft, used by boys
in spinning tops. Ant. Ballyiiuita Obs. (iBg2). 3. A piece
of tanned leather. n.Cy. (Hall.) 4. v. To whip, scourge,
belabour. Sc. (Jam.) Abd. Siiirkefs Po^ws (1790) C/.
TAWSTOCk-GRACE.si. Ob;. Dev. Theend. (Hall.)
TA"WT, V. and sb. Sc. Also written taut (Jam.), [tat.]
1. II. To drag or dash to the ground ; to drag hither and
thither. See Tauther.
Bnff. (Jam.) ; BnfT.' The ween tawtit the kail plants a day or so
aiftcr they wir set, an' they niver cam t'onything it signifeet.
2. sb. A heavy dash ; abuse by dragging or dashing
about.
Bnff. (Jam.) ; Bnff.' He ga' the loon a tawt our o' the grun.
TA"WT, see Taut, v.^
TAWTIE, sb. Bnff.' [ta'ti.] A stupid person.
TAWTREES, sb. pi. Shr.' Also in form toitrees.
[t9-, toitriz.] Swingle-trees.
Two sets tawtrees, Auclioitecr's Catalogue (1877).
TAWWN, TAWYER, TAWZY, see Town, Tawer,
s6.', Tousy.
TAX, s6. and II. Sc. Irel. [taks.] 1. sb. In coiiip.{i)
Tax-man, a tax-collector ; (2) -master, a task-master.
(i)Dmf. Drap snug intae yon taxman's chair, Frae wliilk he's
flitted, Quinn Heather (1863) 137. Ir. Duck a taxman or harry a
bum [bailiff]. Lover Handy Aiidy (1842) xiv. (2) Abd. Then was
their tale of brick increast. And tax-masters did more afflict them,
Walker Bards Bon-Accord (1887) 88.
2. V. To find fault with ; to scold.
Abd. He taxed the faults of the parochinars bilterli, TuRREFF
Gleanings (1859) 76. Fif. He ken'd his choice wad be taxed ; A'
his friends wad at him spurn, Douglas Poems (^1806) 103.
TAX-'WAX, sb. Yks. Lan. Chs. Der. War. Shr. Also
in form taxywaxy w.Yks.^ Lan.' s.Chs.' War.*^ Shr.'
Any strong tendon in meat ; gristle ; a portion of meat
composed mainly of skin or cartilage. Cf. pax-wax.
w.Yks.", Lan.', s.Lan.', s.Chs.', Der.^ War. (C.T.0.1 ; War.= ;
War.* A children's term for any hard gristle in cooked meat.
Shr.' Gie the baby that piece o' taxy waxy, it's better than india-
rubber.
TAY, see Take, Tea, The, tiem. adj., Thou, Tye, s/>.'
TA-YEAR, TAYEERE, see To-year.
TAYOO, sb. Nrf. [teu.] [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] A set or company of labourers on a farm,
&c. Moriiiiii; Post (Aug. 30, 1897).
TAYSTRAGGELT, sb. Cum. A loose, idle person.
Linton Lake O'. (1864) 312.
TAYTHE, see Tath(e.
TAYTY, sb. Obs. Som. A see-saw. Jennings Obs.
Dial. zu.Eiig. (18251. See Hayty-tayty, s.v. Hayty.
TAZ, TAZIE, sec Tawsie, Tazzy.
TAZZ, sb. Lei. Nhp. [taz.] A tangle, esp. used of
a rough head of hair ; a heap of knots and loose ends.
Cf. tasis.
Lei.1 What a tazz you have ! Do put it tidy ! All of a tazz. Nhp.''
Hence Tazzy, at^'. fuzzy, tangled, knotted. Lei.' (s.v.
Tazzlcd).
TAZZED, ppl. adj. n.Yks." [tazd.] Overmatched,
defeated ; unable to accomplish one's purpose.
TAZZLE, V. and sb. Not. Lin. Lei. Nhp. Wil. [ta'zl,
tae'zl.] 1. f. A dial, form of teazle' ; to entangle. Lin.',
n.Lin.' Hence Tazzled, ppl. adj. tangled, fuzzy, twisted,
knotted. Not.', Lei.', Nhp.' 2. sb. A tangle; a state
of disorder; esp. used of the hair.
Wil.' Her hair be aal of a tazzle.
TAZZLE, see TasseL
TAZZY, sb. Sc. n.Cy. Yks. Lan. Also written tazie
Sc. (Jam.) ; and in forms tassey, tassy n.Cy. [tazi ;
ta'si.] A mischievous child ; a foolish, romping girl ; a
silly fellow.
Rxb. Up Parnassus, wi' a tazie, Ye'll leg, A. Scott Poems, 133
(Jam.). n.Cy. (Hall.), w.Yks.', ne.Lan.'
TCHAT, see Chat, ii.'
TCHE'W, ill/. Irel. [tjiu.] An exclamation used to
drive away a dog or to hound him on to another animal.
S.Don. Simmons Gl. (1890). Cf. chew, in/.
TCHEY, ill/. Irel. [tje.] An exclamation used to call
or quiet a cow. s.Don. Simmons CI. (1890). Cf. chay.
TCHUCHET, see Teuchit.
TE, coiij. Chs. Than. See Till, prep.^'
Chs.' ; Chs.^ ' Greater te that' ; very common.
TE, see The, dent, adj., Thee, pers. proii.. Thou. Thy.
TEA, sb. and v. Var. dial, uses in Sc. Irel. and Eng.
Also in forms taay Brks.' ; tae Sh.I.; tay Ir. w.Yks.'
e.Lan.' m.Lan.' s.Lan.' Chs.' Shr.' Brks.' w.Som.' Dev.*
Cor. ; teah Cum.' w.Yks. ; teea n.Yks.' w.Yks. [tl, tia ;
te.] 1. sb. In comb. (1) Teaand-eating, a ' high tea,' a
tea-party at which substantial food is provided ; (2) -and-
rum-bagging, a tea-party; see below; (3) -bagging, the
afternoon meal or tea; (4) -board, a tea-tray, esp. a wooden
tray ; (5) -boy, a man-servant ; (6) -bread, var. kinds of
fancy bread eaten at tea ; (7) -cake, a slang expression
for a child's seat or fundament; (8) -cally or -carry, a tea-
caddy; (9) -chit-chat, cakes, ic. eaten at tea; do) dish, a
tea-cup, esp. an old-fashioned one made without a handle;
(11) -do, see (2) ; (12) -doing, (13) -drink, (14) drinking,
atea-party, esp. a pubhc affair; (15) -feast, a school feast, of
which tea and cakes form a part; (16) -fight, see (14); (17)
•graithing, the tea-things; (18) -hand, a tea-drinker; (19)
-kitchen, a tea-urn ; (20) -man, (a) a travelling seller of
tea, &c. ; (b) a tea-drinker ; (21) -meeting, a meeting with
prayer in dissenting chapels, with tea and cake, &c. for
those assembled; (22) -milk, skim-milk with a small
admixture of cream ; (23) -party, sec below ; (24) -royal,
tea with spirits in it ; (25) -run, see (19) ; (26) -scent, the
plant Neplirodriiim Orcopieris; (27) -shine, (281 -skittle,
see (14); (29) soda, carbonate of soda, used in pinches to
make the tea draw; (30) -splash, (31) -stur or -stir, see
(14); (32) -tackle or -tackling, (33) -tattling, see (17); (34)
■tea, tea; (35) -tongs, sugar-tongs; (36) -towel, a tea-
cloth ; (37) -treat, a school treat ; also used a//rib. ; (38)
•twine, thin string or twine with which bags of tea are
tied ; (39) -water, water for making tea.
(i) Lth. A ■ towsie tea,' or 'tea and eating,' followed the
[marriage ceremony], Strathesk Blinkbonny (ed. 1891) 175. (2)
s.Lan.' A popular festivity among women, wl.o club their money
together to buy tea, rum, muflins, &c., and have a jollification at
one of the subscriber's houses. (3) e.Lan.', s.Lan.' (4) Cum.'
Usually of mahogany or walnut — and fonnerlj' accounted a mark
of gentility; Cum.*, s.Lan.', Chs.' (5"! Ir. Mrs. Fogarty's man-
servant or 'tea-boy,' as he was called, Paddiana (ed, 1848 I. 146.
(6) Lan. ' Mowffin,' a generic name for tea bread in all its varieties,
TEA
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TEAGLE
FoTHERGiLL Zgsscs of Lcverliouse (1888) xviii. (7) w.Yks. Nah
then, be quahet, wi' ye, er Ah'U slap yer teea-cakes for ye (B.K.).
(8) s.Pem. (W.M.M.) Nrf. His mother took care on't by putting it
into the tea-carry, Spilling Daisy Dimple (1885) 52. (9; Edb.
Leek-rife kail, wi' guid sheep's pate, Waes-zucks ! that ever tea-
chitchat Or ghaists o' meat Soud ever fill your halesome plate,
Learmont PofiHS (ngi) 50. (10) Dev.s Cor. If you caan't drink
out of the putcher, taake a taj'dish, Tregellas Talcs (1868) 95.
(11) m.Lan.', s.Lan.i (12) Lnk. Flatter the lairds for tea-doin's
an' dinners, Watson Poems (1853) 47. (13) Cor. No popular
movement ever took root in our town without a 'tea-drink' or
some such public function, 'Q.' Wandering Heath (1895) 220;
Going up tay-drink I spect, Penberthy IVarpaiid Woof, 163. (14)
Sc. (A.W.j w.Yks. If sum fowk ud nobbud be decent when they
went tuv a teah-drinkin', Cudworth Dial. Sketches (1884) 20. (15)
n.Lin.i I was at a tea-feast at East Butterwick o'must fifty years sin.
(161 Sc. The man's no better than a death's head at a feast, if you
call Merran's tea-fight a feast, Keith Lisheth (1894) xvii. w.Yks.
The teah-fcyt afterwards, everybody said, was the best 'doo' of
the sort that had ever been in the village, Cudworth Dial. Sketches
(1884) 19. Lan. Were you ever at a Lancashire tea-fight!
FoTHERGiLLZ.rtsscso/Z.fw»/!o»«(i888) xviii. Cor.3 (17) n.Yks.' 2,
m.Yks.i (18) Ayr. The doctor was no tea-hand, he was fond o'
a glass o' toddy wi' the guidman, Johnston Coiigalton (1896) 168.
1 19) Sc. Mitchell 5co///m»(s^i787) 49; (Jam.) w.Yks.^ (20,0)
Shr.' Some folks thinken they get great bargains off the packmen,
but I dunna like thar flaunty trash, so I never 'arbour 'em nor
laymen (s.v. Packman). (4) Gall. (A.W.) (21) Brks.l Cor. I
went to tay-meetin' to Churchtown, an' a purty time et was,
Harris Wheal Veor (1901) 165. (22) e.Yks.' (23) n.Yks.'' An
institution in connection with School-feasts, Chapel, or Mechanics'
Institute matters, and the like. Sometimes the object is to raise
a fund, when the tickets of admission are paid for : in this case
the viands may be provided by a committee, and the profits only
be available. But freq. — and invariably in the case of a school-
treat — the provision is made gratuitously by the farmers and well-
to-do people in the district : and a richly-spread board such tea-table
is; n.Yks.* (24) s.Lan.i (25) w.Som.' My wife told an under-
gardener to go for a large ' tea-urn.' The man not knowing what
that was, said, 'What did you plase to want, mum ?' Upon which
I said at once, 'The tay-run.' Instantly he answered, 'Oh yes,
sure, mum ! ' (26) w.Cum. (B. & H."l (27) Dmf. Frequent little
treats, picnics, and tea-shines betwixt the families, Paton Castlebracs
{1898) 249. (28) Sc. (G.W.) (29) w.Yks. (H.L.) (30) w.Yks.
Leeds Loiners' Olm. (1881) i6. (31) w.Yks. Ruth Racklesum at a
tea-stur i' Bradford, threw all t'eups and saucers intut street,
Tom Treddlehoyle Bairiisla Ann. (1849) 9. (32) m.Yks.^ (s.v.
Tackling). Dev.> (s.v. Tackle). (33) n.Yks.' =, m.Yks.' (34)
Ir. Ask her guests whether they would prefer ' tay-tay, or coffee-
tay,' Paddiana ycd.. 1848) I. 143. (35) n.Yks." (36) Nhb. The
guid lady shakes her lap an' rubs an' scrapes at her gown wi' the
tea-towel it the guid wife o* the house haunds her, Jones Nhb.
(1871) 116. (37) Cor. Whas our lil tay-trait to a townser?
Penberthy Warp and Woof, 153 ; Go long up tay-trait field, ib.
168. (38) Sh.L Twa yards o' tae-twine an' a haddock hook
attached, Ollason Mareel {igoi) 60. (39) Abd. I gaed doon tae
the stripe for a pan o' tea water, Abd. IVkly. Free Press (June 15,
1901).
2. Phr. (i) a ctip of tea, see below; (2) a dish of tea, a cup
of tea ; see also Dish, sb. 3 ; (3) a pitcher of tea, see (2) ;
(4) the tea is fit or is like, the tea is ready ; (5) pi., to have
his, her, or our teas, see below.
(i) n.Lin.' ' You're a nice cup o' tea, you are ' ; that is, a very
fine fellow. The phrase is commonly used in irony. A ' sore cup
o' tea' is something sad, painful, or disgusting. ' It's a sore cup
o' tea for her to drink, poor lass, and what's happen'd's been
through no fault o' her's naaithcr.' (2) Sc. (A.W.) Dev. ' Dish
o' tay !' the girl asked, Ford Postle Faim (1899) 76. Cor. Shall
I fit 'ce a dish o' tay? Hammond Parish (1897)338. (3) Don. She
put on what she called a 'pitcher of tay,' for him, Macmanus
C/ji'iH. Conifrs (1899 1 88. (4)n.Yks.2 (5) Sc. (A.W. e.Dur.»
She haves her teas ( = frequent teas) sometimes at the Sewing
Meeting, No, thank you, we've hadden our teas.
3. V. To take or drink tea with another.
Kcb. He had a substantial tea at Adam Beck the weaver's, and
tea'd again at five with the Widow Milroy, Muiu Miniciaig (1900)
29. n.Lin.' He cum an' tea'd wi' us when Sam was buried. Shr.,
Hrf. Will you tea with me this evening? Bound Provinc. (1876).
e.An.' We say he is to tea with me. Nrf., Sus., Hmp. Holloway.
TEA, TEA ALY-PYET, see Tone, num. adj., Talepyet.
TEACH, V. Van dial, forms and uses in Sc. Irel. and
Eng. [titj, tetj, teitj.] I. Gram, forms. 1. Present
Tense: (i) Tache, (2) Taich, (3) Taych, (4) Teich, (5)
Teighch, (6) Teigkh, (7) Teitch, (8) Teych, (9) Teyche,
(10) Teytch.
(i) Ir. Pity 3'e didn't get Mick to tache ye how to put 'em an,
Paddiana (ed. 1848) I. 126. Uls. She'll tache him with a stick,
Hamilton Bog (1896) 91. Ker. I'll tache you. Bodkin Shillelagh
(19021 41. Dev. Now I'll tache 'ee vor viddle. Ford Postle Farm
(1899I 15. Cor. I'll tache en! Lee Widow Woman (1899) 61.
(2) e.Lan.', s.Lan.' w.Som. Elworthy Gram. (1877) 47. Dev.
That beant the way lu taich the people duty, Salmon Ballads
(1899) 49' (3) Lan. Taychin folk, KayShuttleworth Scarsdale
(i860) II. 33. (4) w.Yks. Banks Wkfld. Wds. (1865'. Der.'
(5) Lan. Some wanted it teighchin, Clegg Gatin tli Warp ( i8go) 5.
(6) Wxf.' (7) Sc. Murray Dial. (1873) 208. (8) w.Yks. Teych
her hoo to play her paart. Spec. Dial. (1800) 19. e.Lan.', s.Lan.'
(9) e.Dev. Her ed zoon teyche me, Pulman Siig. Sol. (i860) viii.
2. (to) Lan. Tim Bobbin Vieui Dial. (ed. 1806) Reader 11.
2. Preterite : (1) Taiched, (2) Taucht, (3) Teached, (4)
Teight, (5) Teigkh, (6) Teitch't, (7) Teych't, (8) Toht, (9)
Tought, (10) Towt.
(i w.Som. Elworthy Gram. (1877) 47. Dev. I taiched um
how to read, Salmon Ballads (1899) 79. (2) Sc. Murray Dial.
(1873) 208. Abd. The tongue his mither taucht him, Macdonald
Donal Grant (1883) i. (3) Per. I . . . there the people teach'd,
Haliburton Dunbar {i8g5) 85. se.Lan. He teached some o' th'
rest o' us a bit, Cornh. Mag. (Dec. 1898) 829. s.Chs.' 85.
Brks. Me as bred 'im from a pup an' teached 'im what a knaws,
Hayden Round ourVill. (1901) 311. Dev. Bowring Z.«)(^. (1866)
I. 26. 14, 5) Wxf.' (6) Sc. Murray Dial. (1873) 208. (7) s.Lan.i
(8) n.Lin.' (91 Dur.', w.Dur.' (10) Wm. It towt me this'n , S/x-c
Dial. (1877) pt. i. 45. e.Yks.l, w.Yks.s (s.v. Moud). Lan. He
towt mi to read out o' this varry book, hfiVKS Manch. Man. (1876)
iii. ne.Lan.' Der. The curate towt her a new waulse, Gilchrist
Peakland {iSg-j 32.
3. Pp. : (i) Taeched, (2) Taucht, (3) Teached, (4) Toht,
(5) Toughten, (6) Tou't, (7) Towght, (8) Towt.
(i) Sh.I. Could a taech'd baith dee an' me, Sh. Neivs (Jan. 29,
i8g8). (2) Abd. The seener ye're taucht the better, Alexander
Johnny Gibb (1871) viii. (3) w.Sc. The pairish schule, Then
teached by Johnny Meek, ^Iacdokai.t> Settlement {i&6g) 159, ed.
1877. Dwn. Get him teached tae read, Lvttle Robin Gordon, 29.
n.Lin.' I've teach'd school at Butterwick afoore you was born !
[Amer. I'd been teached to believe, Westcott David Hanim
(1900) XX.] (4) n.Lin.' (5) e.Yks.' (6) w.Yks.' Lan. This
mon has tou't it me, Byrom Poems (1814) I. 98. (7') n.Yks. (T.S.)
(8) n.Yks. T'best towt wad flinch, Tweddell Clevel. Rhymes (1875)
51. w.YkE. Been towt an' browt up to speykYorkshur, Yksman.
Comic Ann. (1889) 37 ; w.Yks.' He wad a towt him ... to com to
t'moorside ageean, ii. 303. Lan. We're towt, Harland Lyrics
(1866J 308. ne.Lan.i
II. Dial. uses. 1. In y>^t. teach your grandmother to lap
ashes, see below.
Dev. A common variant of the well-known prov. ' Teach your
grandmother to suck eggs.' Used in the 5. of Dev.. and apparently
as if ashes = hashes. Reports Provinc. (1895) (s.v. Proverbs).
2. Obs. To preach.
Elg. He . . . causit sum of his brethren to occupy his place in
teaching upon the Sondaye, Cramond Session Rec. (1897) 19.
Abd. Heard sermon in the abbey kirk, taught by Mr. David Lind-
say, Bishop of Brechin, Spalding Hist. Sc. (1792) I. 23. e.Lth.
I taucht in the fields besyd Chousley, Waddell Old Kirk Chr.
(1893) 122.
3. To guide, direct.
Suf. 'That will teach it,' i.e. will guide it. 'The rafters will
have to be taught by the gable,' e.An. Dy. Times (1892).
4. Obs. To hand or give. Wxf.'
TEACHING, s6. Oxf Brks. In form taychin'. [te'tjin.]
Education.
Oxf. (G.O.) Brks.' I didn't hev no taychin' when I was a bwoy.
TEACHY, TEAD, see Tetchy, Ted, v.'
TEAD(D, TEAD'N, see Toad, They.
TEADY, TEAE, see Teaty, Tone, num. adj.
TEA-FISH, s6. Som. Salt-fish, salt-cod. (W.F.R.)
TEAGIE, see Tag, sb.^
TEAGLE, sb. and t;.' n.Cy. Yks. Lan. Lin. e.An. Som.
Also written teegle ne.Yks.'; and in forms teakle n.Lin.';
TEAGLE
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TEANAL(E
teeagle n.Yks.* e.Yks.' [trgl, tia'gl.] 1. sb. Tackle.
e.An.'" 2. A movable crane or lift for heavy goods.
N.Cy.', e.Yks.' w.Yks.' ; w.Yks.2 Three posts used as a crane
for lifting stones, Sec. Lan. The creaking of a tcagle that had seen
belter days, Bkierley ^frf JFiMrf. (1868)40; Lan.' Som. A block
of a pulley (W.F.R.).
3. Comp. Teakle-poles, a crane.
n.Lln.' .\ machine for raising heavy weights, formed of three
poles meeting at the top. with a pulley at their junction.
4. V. To raise by means of a crane or ' teagle.'
n.Yks.* ne.Yks.' Wa mun start ti teeagle 'em up wi" t'hosses.
w.Yks. Hamilton Niigae Lit. ,1841) 355. n.Lin.' A woman who
had visited Scarborough said that at the Grand Hotel there,
'Thaay teakled iv'rything upstairs, eaven the'r dinners.'
TEAGLE, V? Obs. or obsol. Sc. To hinder, delay,
detain ; to loiter.
s.Sc. Teaglin' bus'ness winna yet allow, T. Scott Poems (1793)
365. Ayr. He . . . forgot all things which might teagle him in tlie
way. . . Even so should we do— forget things past that would
teagle us, Dickson IVritings (16601 1. 194, ed. 1845 ; (F.J.C.)
TEAGLE, V? Yks. [tigl.] To arrange, dress, put
oil one's clothing ; to tie. Also with tip.
w.Yks. After teaglin Natty a pair o' horns on, Piidsty Ohii.
(1876) 25 ; Tommy gat teagled up as weel as he could, an' went
hooam, I'A. (1894) 25.
TEAGUE, sb. Irel. Yks. [tej.] 1. A contemptuous
name for an Irishman.
Ir. The admirable Irish portraits drawn by Miss Edgeworth, so
diderent from the 'Teagues' and ' dear joys," who so long . . .
occupied the drama and the novel, Scott IVavsrley (1814) Ixxii.
2. A Roman Catholic. Uls. (M.B.-S.) 3. A plague of
a person. m.Yks.'
TEAK, sb.^ Sh.I. Also in form tek. [tik ; tek.] An
otter. Jakobsen Dial. (1897) 27; S. & Ork.'
TEAK, s6.2 Som. A whitlow. (Hall.) e.Som.
W. & J. Gl. (1873).
TEAKERS, sb. Obs. Nhb. A running of watery
matter from a sore. (Hall.), Nhb.' See Teicher.
TEA-KETTLE, sb. Nhp._\Var. Won Shr. Hrf. Wil.
Som. Dev. Also in forms ta- War.'' ; tay s.War.' Wil.
Dev. [teketl.] In comb. Tea-kettle broth, (i) a mess
made of bread, butter, salt, &c., with boiling water ; see
below ; (2) any sloppy mi.xture of the nature of soup.
(i) Nhp.i, War.^* s.War.' Broth made of bread, hot water,
and an onion or two. se.Wor.' Bread and hot water, to which is
added a little butter, herbs, and salt. Wil. Slow Gl. (1892) ;
(G.E.D.) w.Som. ' A very common and popular mess. It is
made of slices of bread put into a basin, upon which are poured
boiling water. When the bread is well soaked, the water is
strained off, some butter, salt, and a soiififon of pepper are added,
then the basin is filled with boiling skimmed milk, in which is
usually some chopped organ (q.v. ). Dev. I likes a dish of licky-
brath or taykittle-brath ov a vrasty marning, Hewett Pens. Sp.
(1892)97; Ingredients: i slice of bread cut in dice-shaped pieces,
I spit-ov-butter, i tablespoonful of milk, i pint boiling water,
pepper and salt to taste. Sometimes chopped leeks are added,
when it is called LicUy-brath, ib. nw.Dev.' Tiggitle-brauth. (2)
Shr., Hrf. Bound Proviitc. (1876).
TEAKLE, see Teagle, sb.
TEAL, sb. Obs. Sc. Also in form tail (Jam.). A
busybody; a mean fellow.
Bcb. Ony peevish near-gaun teal, Wi' a' his girnel's grist,
Tarras Poems (1804' 35 (Jam.).
TEAL,
Dev. Cor. Also written teel Cor.'*; and
in form tail Cor." [til, tel.] 1. To bury in the earth ;
to bury. Gen. in pp. Cf. till, i-.'
Cor.' The owld mon was teeled to-day ; Cor.'^ w.Cor. Orig. it
appears to have meant simply to bury in the earth, and in this
sense it is commonly employed in w.Cor., where even the nearest
friends ol the deceased speak of teeling a corpse instead of burying
it, A^ iS-- p. (18541 1st S. X. 440.
2. To till, dig ; to plant in the ground, esp. to set potatoes.
Dev. 'Aveeteel'd tha wuzzuls'et. Bill? Hewf.tt Peas. S/>. (i892\
s.Dev. Fox Kiiigsbriitge (1874). Cor. He tcaled in his bit of
potatoe ground, Lowry Wreckers (1893) 61 ; Cor.' 2; Cor.^ I was
out in the garden, tcilin' 'tatics.
3. See below.
s.Dev., e.Cor. (Miss D.) w.Cor. With us it is usual for a person,
who has gone through mud or water, to say that ' it teclcd him
up ' so high as he was immersed or covered, N. &' Q. (1854) ist
S. X. 440.
TEAL, t;.2 Sc. Not. Also written teel- S. & Ork.'
Not.' [tn.] To entice, wheedle ; to inveigle by flattery.
Gen. with on or up. Ags. (Jam.), Not.' Cf. till, i/.*, toll,
I'.* Hence (i) Tealer, sb. one who entices or wheedles;
also with OH. Ags. (ib.) ; (2) Teelie, adj. encouraging,
ofiering an inducement. S. & Ork.'
[ON. l(vla, to entice, betray (Vigfusson).]
TEAL, see Tail, Teel, t/.'
TEAL-DUCK, sb. Sc. Also in form taelduik. The
common teal, Qiierqiiediila crecai. Swainson Birds
(1885) 158.
TEALE-PIET, TEALLY-PYET, sec Tale pyet.
TEAM, sb.' and v. n.Cy. Yks. Chs. Lin. Glo. e.An.
Ken. Sur. Sus. Also written teem N.Cy.' ; and in forms
chem, tchem Chs.*^; pre/, tern sw.Lin.' [tlm, tism.J
1. sb. In comp. (i) Team-man, one who drives or has
charge of a team of horses ; see Teamer, sb. 2 ; (2)
-system, a method of subdividing workmen in a shoe-
factory ; (3) -work, work done with wagon and horses.
(i) Nrf. Robbud . . . who is first team-man up to Rober' son's
farm, Mann Dtilditch (1902) 226. (a) Glo. In 1894 a Bristol firm
was charged . . . with having introduced a new system of working
in Brislol — the so-called team system, Webb Indus/. Democracy
(1901) 403. (3) sw.Lin."
2. A litter or a number of young animals of any kind,
esp. pigs.
Ken. Trans. Phil. Soc. (1858) 174; Ken.'; Ken." A team of
pigs. Sur.' ' A good team of cows ' is the gen. expression for a
nice lot of cows. Sus.' I have got a nice team of young pigs here.
3. A brood of young ducks.
N.Cy.',Dur.(K.1,Chs.23 Ken. Trans. Pliil.Soc.( 1858) 174; Kcn.»
4. A chain to which oxen are yoked in lieu of a pole.
n.Cy. HoLLoWAV. n.Yks.' e.Yks. Marshall /?h>-. i'foi;. (1788).
n.Lin.' Harness for a draught of horses or oxen. [Teame, chcane,
/emo, Levins Alanip. (1570).]
5. An iron chain ; see below.
w.Yks. An iron chain usually with a ring at one end and hook
at the other. Used for putting round stones to fasten the crane
chain to when lifting ^H.V.) ; w.Yks.'
6. Phr. a learn of links, a string or chain of sausages.
e.An.'* 7. v. To drive a team.
Yks. Aw can . . . team, an' arra, Lister Riis/ic Wrea/h (1834'! 31.
w.Yks. He teams for t'Lanky [Lane, and Yks. Ry. Co.] (J.T.F.).
8. To lead or carry with wagon and horses.
sw.Lin.' They started teaming this forenoon. 1 don't know if
they've gotten all the loads tem. They tern a load after that.
TEAM, si.* Obs. Yks. Chs. Also in forms tem,
theam, theme Chs.*^ 1. A royaltj' granted to the Lord
of the Manor for the restraining and judging of bondmen
and villains in his court. Chs.*^ 2. The right of com-
pelling the person in whose hands stolen property was
ibund to name the person from whom he received it.
n.Yks. Atkinson IVhilby (1894) 280.
TEAM, see Teem, ?'.'*
TEAMER, sb. Yks. Lin. e.An. [ti3ma(r).] 1. sb.
Obs. A team of five horses. Nrf Marshall Rtir. Ecoit.
(1787). 2. A carter or wagoner, who has the care of a
team of horses. Also in comp. Teamer-man.
w.Yks. He's teamer for t'Railway Company J.T.F.) ; Leeds
Merc. Siippl. (Dec. 3, 1898). n.Lin.', e.An.* e.Nrf. Marshall
Ri4r. Econ. (1787).
TEAMER, V. e.An. To pour out copiously. Also
MStAJig. See Teem, i/.'
(Hall.); e.An.' We use it also of a multitude pouring along
like a stream. Of a thronged congregation issuing from a church,
&c. , it is said ' how they came teamering out.*
TEAN, see Teen, si.'. Tone, num. adj.
TEANAL(E, sb. Cum. Wm. Lan. Also written
teanel Cum.*'' ne.Lan.'; and in form tennil Lan.' s.Lan.'
[tianl.] A large basket, esp. a basket used for ' cockling.'
Lakel.'*, Cum.** Wni. Last neet he lickd me wie steal, threw
a teanalc wi cockls at me, Wheeler Dial. (1790) 16, ed. 1821.
Lan.', ne.Lan.', s Lan.'
[OE. Ulnel, a basket (B.T.).]
TEANE
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TEANE, TEANER, TEANG, see Tone, num. adj.,
Toner, Tang, sb.'
TEANLAY, sb. Obs. Lan. Also written teanla.
1. In comb. Teanlay night, the 31st of October, the Eve
of All Saints ; see below. Cf. tindle.
The last evening in October was called the ' Teanlay night,' or
' The fast of All Souls [sic].' At the close of that day, till of late
years, the hills which encircle the Fylde shone brightly with many a
bonfire, . . kindled for the avowed object of succouring their friends
whose souls were supposed to be detained in purgatory, Thornber
Nis/. Blackpool (1867) 99 ; Gaskell Lectures Dial. (,1854) 15.
2. The bonfire kindled on the Eve of All Saints. Cf.
tend, v.^
Giles had tried the exorcism of the teanla, a superstition
descending from the earliest inhabitants of the island when the
worship of Bel prevailed, Kay-Shuttleworth Sfar5rfrt/« (i860)
II. 105; A field near Poulton, in which this ceremony of the
Teanlays was celebrated (a circle of men standing with bundles of
straw raised high on pitchforks 1, is named Purgatory, and will hand
down to posterity the farce of lighting souls to endless happiness
from the confines of their prison-house, Thornber ib.
TEAP, sb.^ Sc. n.Cy. Nhb. Wm. Yks. Also written
teep Sc. (Jam.) Nhb.'; and in forms teeap Wm. n.Yks.^*;
teaup n.Yks. [tip, tiap.] A ram or tup. Cf. tip, sb.^,
tup, sb.
Sc. (Jam.) n.Cy. Grose (1790). Nhb.i Wm. Tornd it sel
intul a girt black teap, Wheeler ZJiW/. (1790) 35; Lile Bobby
Deeaker aald black feeast teeap. Spec. Dial. (1885"! pt. iii. 9.
n.Yks. What ails yon teaup? Meriton Praise Ale (\6S^) 1. 153;
(K.); Like teeaps an'yowes! Tweddell Clevel. Rhymes (1875)
61 ; n.Yks.^ The ' ram caught in a thicket by its horns,' as it was
said by a roadside preacher to a country congregation, ' means an
aud teeap cowt iv a breer' [a briar] ; n.Yks.* w.Yks. Leicester
leaps, Lucas Sliid. Nidderdale (c. 18821 32.
TEAP, sb?^ Som. A point, peak. (Hall.) e.Som.
W. & J. Gl. (1873).
TEAP, V. Wxf.' m.Yks.' To tip, tilt ; to toss, overturn.
TEAR, v} and sb^ Var. dial, forms and uses in Sc.
Irel. Eng. and Amer. Also written taer Sh.I. Cor."';
tare Sc. (Jam.) Ir. Nhp.' Hrf. w.Cy. Dor. Som. Dev.' ; and
in forms taar Sh.I. ; teear n.Yks.= ; teer Nhb.' I.W.' Cor. ;
tir Sh.I. [ter, te3(r, ti3(r.] I. v. Gram, forms.
1. Preterite: (i) Tar, (2) Tare, (3) Teared, (4) Tord, (5)
Tored, (6) Tuer, (7) Tuir, (8) Tuore, (9) Ture. [For further
examples see II below.]
(i) w.Yks.' He tar his breeks to falters. (2) w.Yks. fJ.W.)
('3) w.Yks. iJ.W.), Stf. (F.R.C.), Shr.l /H/corf. 55. (4) w.Som.'
Thick there bwoy hained a stone and tord the winder. Cor. He
. . . tord un up in bits, Daniel Mary Anne's Troubles, 9. (5) Glo.
Her run'd and tored her 'air, Buckman Darke's Sojourn (1890) viii.
Dev. Tim . . . tored ofi' his leather apern, Phillpotts Striking
Hours (1901) 122. (6) Sli.I. Sli. Neios [}une 19, 1897). (71 Sc.
Murray Dial. (1873') 208. Sli.I. Dey loupit up an' tuir an'
peegh'd, Burgess Sketc/us (2nd ed.) 127. (8) Sc. Murray ib.
(91 Sli.I. Samson tiire a lion within da merest bruck ae time,
Stewart Tales (1892) 259. Frf. I rugg'd, I rave, I stealt, I ture,
Frae high and low, frae rich and puir. Sands Poems (1833" 26.
2. Pp. : (1) Tard, (2) Teared, (3) Tore, (4) Tored.
(i) Shr.' I've tard my throck. (2) Shr.> Introd. 55. (3I Feb.
Stinking, soil'd, and tore, He got away, Lintoiin Green ^I685) 33,
ed. 1817. GaU. The stratas stiff by you are tore, Mactaggakt
Encycl. (1824) 247, ed. 1876. Ir. They might have tore it to
pieces. Barlow Marlins Camp. (1896) 191. I.W.' Dor. Her
frock an pinny ... all tore to rags, Hare Dinah Kellow (1901^ 30.
Dev. There's a great piece tore out o* the tail, Baring-Gould
Idylls (1896) 191. [Amer. He's tore three aprons and two dresses
offen me this week, Cent. Mag. (Mar. 1901) 676.] (4) w.Som.
Dhae'ur nuw ! dhee-s u-taord dliu piiclrur [There, now! thou
hast broken (torni the pitcher], Elworthy Gram. (1877) 32.
Dev. [Of fowls destroyed by foxes] They wad'n all a card away,
but they was all a killed and a tor'd abroad. Reports Provinc. ^1882)
23. Cor. Just a rag tored off a petticoat, Phillpotts Prophets
(i897> 60.
II. Dial. uses. 1. v. In phr. (i) to tear along, to suc-
ceed or get on ; sec below ; (2) — in, to reclaim and
cultivate land ; (3) - over, to stir or poke vigorously ; (4)
— soitl and body sindry. Jig. to work and strain to the
utmost ; (5) — the moor, to get very drunk ; (6) — to mam-
mocks, to tear in pieces.
(i) w.Cy. ' How do hare tare along?' how does she go on, or
succeed in the world? Grose (1790) Suppl. n.Dev. Go zee old
ont Nell : — And how do hare tare along? E.xni. Crtshp. (1746) 1.
S41. (2) Sc. The waters shall wax, the wood shall wene. Hill
and moss shall be torn in, Chambers Po/i. /fApofs (1890) 217.
(3) Sli.I. Shu took da tengs aff o' da hertstane an' tore ower da
fire, Sh. News (Apr. 13, 1901). (4) Sh.I. I wiss sae bed been da
wye whin we tCier saul an' body sindry wi' da aires [oars], Sh.
A'cu's (June 19, 1897). (5) Brks. About Hungerford. 'They tore
the moor bitterly,' Ray j^/5. add. (U.) ; (Hall.) (6) Hrf. Dun-
cumb Hist. Hrf. (1804-12^
2. Comb, (i) Tear-away, {a) one who is smart or striking
in any way; (b) one who works or plays with great
energy and violence when gentler methods would be
more efficacious ; (2) -back, a romping child ; a romping,
hoydenish person ; (3) -brass, rowdy, boisterous ; (4)
■em-rough, see (i) ; (5) -in-two, violent, savage; (6) rag,
a rude, boisterous child ; a romp, one always getting into
mischief and tearing his clothes; (7) -tathers, torn shreds.
(I, a) Ir. Now that lassie's a tear-away, Bullock Pastorals
(1901) 100. (6) Lakel.2 (2) n.Yks.12 ^3-) do^. Ah I when I be
gone he won't find another old man to . . . provide goods for his
breaking, and house-room and drink for his tear-brass set, Hardy
Tiumpet-Major (1880) ix. (4) Wm. He's a tear-em-rough an's gaan
ta be ovvder ower er through (B.K.). (5I Ayr. They stampit an'
(let, at a tear-in-twa rate. An' bann'd whan they couldna win in,
AiNSLiE Z-rtHrfo/iJHnis (ed. 1892) 244. (6) Ken.' (7)Rxb. Tarn
got naething for his fechtin' but his coat into tare tathers (Jam.).
3. To break. Also with abroad anA up.
Hrf. Bound Provinc. (1876). Hmp. JVheeler's Mag. (1828) 481.
Wil.' In n.Wil. old folk used formerly to tear their crocker}', and
break their clothes, but ' tear' now seems ois. in this sense there.
At Deverill this is still usedof breaking crockery, &c. s.'Wil. Monthly
Mag. (1814) II. 114. Dor. (W.C), Som. (W.F.R.) w.Som.'
Mind you don't tear the pitcher. Who've a-bin an' a-tord the
winder? He wadn a-tord 'smornin'. Dev. Joan's pitcher is tore,
and cannot be mended again, Horae Siibsecivae (1777) 427 ; Dev.'
I . . . ruged away the tea-tackle, or a woud a het all off the board
and tore it all in shords, 4. n.Dev. That cloam huzza . . . was
tored abroad to-day, Rock Jim an' Nell (1867) st. 119. nw.Dev.i
4. To pull down ; to demolish. Gen. with doivn.
Dev.' Slam'd the door arter en as thof a wid a tore down the
darns, 5. s.Dev. An old house is always 'torn down,' not ' pulled
down ' ; so is a fence that has to be removed (G.E.D.).
5. To romp, behave boisterously ; to handle roughly in
sport ; to tease. Also with about.
Sh.I. If doo wid gie him less aff-taks, he widna taer dee sae
muckle, Sh. News (Aug. 18, 1900). w.Yks. CJ.W.) n.Lin.' Gi'e
oher tearin' aboot e' that how, bairn ; its enif to sicken a dog to
hear the.
Hence Tearation, sb. romping ; noisy, boisterous play.
n.Lin.' 6. To move fast ; to hurry along ; to make rapid
progress. Gen. v/'ith along. In ^c;;. colloq. use.
Sc. (A. W."; Ir. Tearin' along like that's the verj' way to make them
run at him, Barlow East unto lVest(ii^^') 199. N.I.', Nhb.' Cum.
It's no use tearan like a crazy thing, Caine Shad. Crime ( 1885) 187 ;
Cum.', w.Yks. (J.W.) Lan. They went tearing across th' yort,
Staton Loomitiary (c. 1861) 18. n.Lin.' When I met him he was
tearin' along, raate o' five or six mile an hooer. Lei.'. Nhp.'
War .2 ; War.3 1 tore madly to the station. se.Wor.' Hrf.
BovnD Provinc. (1876^. Ess.' Hmp. '1 sim'd as if I could just
teer along.' Of the buds coming out on the trees in spring-time,
' If it keeps like this the trees will very soon teer out ' (W.H.E.).
I.W.i Where bee'st thee teerun to' w.Som.' Sober! 'tidn no
good to tear along like that is. Dev. Zo vrim the kitchen then es
tares, N. Hogg Poet. Lett. (1B58) ist S. 48. Cor. (M.A.C.), Cor.2
7. To bustle about ; to make a great stir or commotion.
Sc. (A.W.) w.Cy. Grose (1790) Sh//>/. ^ev. Horae Siibsecivae
(1777I 428, Cor.2
8. To work hard and strenuously ; to do anything with
great speed and energy.
Sc. Hoo aften hae I wairncd ye no' to tear yersel' dune as ye've
been daein' a' yer days, Swan Gates o/Eden(e<i. 1895 "i xiv. Sh.I.
I tore at fil I got da kirn brokkin', an' dan I left hir ta mam, Sh.
News (June 22, 1901); I kent shii wis tirrin', fir her face wis
red, ib. (Oct. 26, igoi). Abd. (Jam.) Wgt. They . . . found the
father busy threshing the barley with the big flail, and tearing on
fearful, Saxon Gall. Gossip (1878) 33. Ir. It was well known that
he could not tare off mass in half the time that Father Con could,
Carleton Trails Peas. (ed. 1843) I. 156. Ant. Fishin' an' fightin'
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an' tearin' away, O'Neill Glens (1900) 31. Nhb.' He's teariii
tliroiigli wi'cl. Hrf. He went taring at it, BouNo Piovine. (i876\
s Oxf. I on't 'ave ^-our mother tearin' and workin"erself to pieces
when I'm gone to make a livin', Rosemary r/uY/fn/s (1895) 64.
Dev. Wan giiclo lady come i' tha marnin' . . . Wlien I was tearin'
wi' work, an' wanted til zit an' pray, Salmon Ballads (1899) 71.
9. To eat voiaciously.
Nlib. ' He'll tear through his hait. Tearin an' eatin.
10. To knock or ring violently at a door. N.I.'
11. To rage ; to get in a passion or rage.
Omb. He came to me in my laboratory afterwards and raged
and tore about, Strang Lass 0/ Lennox {i8gg) 34. Cum. T'girt
fella starlit noo teh rip, an tear, an curse an swear, SARGissoNyof
Scoap (1881) 20; Cum.'* w.Yks. Shoo coom abaht An Hang, an
tare an rave, Pueston Poems (1864") 8. Midi. She stamped and
foamed, and swore and tore, Bartram People of Cloploii {i%g^)
132. n.Dev. Tha wut lustne . . . and tear and make wise. L.\ni.
Scold. (1746) 1. 292. Cor. Cussing and swoering, . . and larving
and tecring, Treniiaile Dolly Peiilreal/i, 43; Cor.*
12. sb. pi. Rents, cracks.
Sh.l. I tink hit's grey paper, in place of ledder. See foo hits a'
in taars, S/i. News i^Sept. 15, 1900).
13. A great hurry; a frantic rush. Also in phr. al
full tear.
Sh.l. Aald Hackie cam' up in a tear dis mornin', Nicolson
Aillislin' Hedder (1898) 26. N.I.' 'There's a tear in yer e'e like a
threv'lin' rat,' saying. w.Yks. (J.W.), Dev.*
14. A passion, rage, temper.
Wil.' He wur in just about a tear. Dor. I dunno why us be all
in zich a tare. Hare Vill. Street (1895) 203. Soni. Me do get in a
fine tare, I tell e'e, Ray.mond Gtnt. Upcott (1893^ vi, w.Som.'
Maister's in a purty tear, sure 'nough, 'cause the bulliks brokt out
into the trefoy [trefoil]. Dev. He raged off in a proper tear to
find 'e, Phillpotts Striking Hours i 1900) 284. nw.Dev.' Cor.'
She got into a pretty taer; Cor.* Vaather's in a putty taer.
[Amer. He's on one of his tears, Carruth Kansas Univ. Quar.
(1892) I.]
TEAR, s6.« and v.'^ Sc. Irel. Dev. [t\3(T.] 1. sb. In
phr. Ilie /ears were riiniiing doivn his cheeks like beetles up
a hill, said in ridicule of a child who is crying for riothing.
N.I.' 2. Coitip. Tear-blob, obs., a tear-drop.
Dmf. She wiped the tear-blobs frae her ce, Cromek Remains
(i8to) 244.
3. V. To shed tears ; to weep.
Abd. 1 fell in wi' Geordy Brown, And he. poor saul, was tearin'.
I ferlyt fat cud ail the gowk. Cock Strains (i8io) 1. 103. Hdg.
MaU anc mock of repentance by putting sneishen in his eyes to
mak them tear, Ritchie St. Bald red {1683) 88.
Hence Teared, ppl. adj. in co«;A. Fluent-teared, easily
moved to tears.
Dev. ' A (luent-teared child-bearing woman,' she called her,
Zack On Trial (i8gg) 44.
TEAR, sb.^ Ircl. [ter.] In phr. tears and ages or
ayjers, an exclamation or mild oath.
Ir. Tear and ages, but you're going right for the clock, I.EVER
C.O'Maltey (1841) viii. Lns. Tear and ayjers I what ill luck I
had, Croker Leg. (1862) 244.
TEAR, see "Tear.
TEARANS'^, sb. Sh.l. Also written taerincy ;
tairensie S.& Ork.' [teransi.] Rage, passion; violence;
outrageous haste. Cf. tear, v.^ 14.
He can't touch a scaar of dram without Kirstie gettin' into a
taerincy, Burgess Lowra Bigtan (1896) 54 ; S. & Ork.' MS. add.
TEARD, see Turd.
TEARER, sb. Sc. [trrar.] A virago, shrew.
Knf. I shudder to come near her. For faith she is a tearer. She
frights the very swine, M''Gilvray Poems (ed. 1862) 56. Kcb.
That minister had a wife o' his ain at hame, if A'm no mistell't ;
an' they said she wus a tearer. Trotter Gall. Gossip (igoi) 68.
TEARING, ppl. adj. Van dial, uses in Sc. Irel. Eng.
and Amer. Also written tairin' Cai. ; and in forms
taering Cor.' ; tarinfg Ir. nw.Der.' w.Cy. Dev.' ; tar'n
Ir. ; teeran Wm. & Cum.' ; teerin(g Nhb.' Cor. [te'rin ;
tirin.] 1. Very great, excessive; used as an intensitive;
also used advb.
Cai. Yer shins maun be black and blue wi' him. He's a tairin
dancer, M'Lennan Peas. Life (1871) I. 183. Dmf. What chance
is there of lighting on man, or beast, or biggin in sic a tearing drow
as this? Hamilton Mawkin (1898) 200. Ir. If you get Val Blake,
VOL. VI.
litllc woman, you'll do tarinwell, M'NuLTY^//i7/ifrO'/?)'(iM(i894)
iii. nw.Der.', Brks.', w.Cy. (Hall.) Dev. 1 tellee whot 'lez, 'cr
wnz that tearing mad wi' nie, that I widdcn go a stap varder wi'
'cr, Hewett Peas. Sp. (1892) ; Dev.' How taring fine they were!
8. Cor. Doan't 'e be in a tearin' hurry, Phillpotts Prophets
(1897') 185. [Amer. The bay side is a tearin, rippin fine country,
Sam Slick Clockmaker (,1836 2nd S. xix.)
2. Boisterous, blustering ; noisy ; bustling.
Sc. Nane o' yer raiilin', tantin', tearin' winds, but an oughin',
soughin', winnin ' wind. Ford Tliistltduwn ^1891)48. nw.Der.'
n.Lin.' What a tearin' bairn thoo art. Thcr' was a straange teSrin'
windcaameon all of a suddenyistcrdaay. w.Cy. (Hall.) w.Som.'
A gurt tearin', holler mouth— the parish idn big enough vor he.
Cor. Tes sitch a teerin' town, Daniel Muse, 44.
3. Active, energetic ; strong, strenuous. See Tear, f.' 8.
Abd. He . . . was a tearin' worker, Abd. miy. Free Press (Nov. 8,
1902). Rxb. A tearin' worker; a tearin' throwgain fallow (Jam.).
Lnk. I'm past howkin' coal mysel', bit cor Pate's a tearin'
worker, Cordon Pyolshaw (1885^ aio. Wm. & Cum.' Geordy
Waugh, a teeran haund At berry 'an bigg, 195.
4. Passionate, headstrong ; violent. See Tear, v} 11.
Lnk. Tearin', swearin' Johnnie Law, Nicholson Kilwuddie
(1895) 44. Ir. In a tar'n rage. Bodkin Shdielagh (1902) 126.
Don. Bouncin' intil the middle of the skillets, he lets a tearin'-ouns
out of him, Macmanus Bend of Poad (i8g8) 66. Nhb.' A teerin
fella, a hcidstrong, swearing, tearing man. Cum. When young
tearin' chaps were we, Anderson Ballads (ed. 1808) no. e.Dev.
For all that he seemed in a tearing way, Jane Lordship (1897) 238.
Cor. 2 He was in a taering passion.
5. Wonderful, well. Also used advb.
nw.Dev.' 'Ow be 'ee, Jan ? — Aw, nort tearin', thenk 'ee all the
zame. I rack'n he idn a-doin nort tearin', is a, think ?
TEARING, sec Tiering.
TEARN, V. Obs. Yks. To compare, liken. (Hall.),
w.Yks.'
TEARN, TEART, see They, Tart, adj.
TEART, adj. Dev. A dial, form of ' tight,' firm.
n.Dev. So, Giles, go geese ould Brock up teart, RocKyi'm an'
A'ell (^86^) st.46.
TEARY, adj.^ Sc. Dor. Amer. [tia'ri.] Tearful.
Also in coiiip. Teary.eyed.
Lnk. My e'e grew dim an' tearie. Miller Willie IVinkie (ed.
1902I 55. Dor. It meade me a'most teary-ey'd, Barnes Poems
(1869-70) 3rd S. 51 ; Dor.' Thy hangen head an' teary eyes, 120.
[Amer. Kind o' smily round the lips. An' teary round the lashes,
Lowell Biglow Papers (1848) to.]
[Whan she him saw, she gan for sorwe anoon Hir
tery face a-twixe hir armes hyde, Chaucer T. &• Cr.
IV. 821.]
TEARY, adjJ^ Shr. Hmp. Dor. Som. Also written
teery Shr.' Dor.' Som. [tiari.] 1. Weak, frail, delicate;
faint.
s.Hnip. You're but a teary thing to come o' such a rough 'un as
he, Verney L. Lisle (1870) x. Dor.' Som. Jennings 06s. Dial.
w.Eiig. (1825).
2. Tall, tapering ; slender.
Shr.' Said of persons and plants— 'a teery girl,' &c.
TEASE, V. Sc. Nhb. Yks. Lan. Also Som. Also
written teaze Sc. ; and in forms taese Sh.l.; taise Sc.
(Jam. Suppl.) ; teease e.Yks.' ; teeaze n.Yks.' [tiz, tiaz,
tez.] 1. To disentangle ; to pick to pieces, esp. to pick
old rope into fibres for oakum. Also used Jig. in phr. lo
have other tow lo lease.
Sh.l. He held da hesp in afore Sibbie fil shQ taes'd oot twartree
raevl'd treeds, Sh. A'ews (Nov. 25, 1899). Gall. To light her pipe
she thought nae sin in — Teazin' her tow, Nicholson Poet. Wis.
(1814) 128, ed. 1897. Nhb. To pick or tease oakum, Richardson
Borderer's Tablebk. (1846) V. 240. n.Yks.» ' I have other tow to
teeaze," other pursuits to follow. e.Yks.'
2. To open or prepare matted locks of wool preparatory
to ' scribbling ' or ' carding.'
Wgt. In the lang winter forenichts we teazed '00, Saxon Gall.
Gossip (1878) 6. w.Yks. Baines Yks. Past (1858} 632; Now
done by revolving cylinders with hooked teeth, it was in old times
done by the fingers (.W.T.) ; (E.G.) ne.Lan.'
3. To handle roughly ; to tear ; to toss about ; also
used^^.
Sc. (Jam. Suppl.) Sh.l. See doo, shfl's inunder da restin shair,
taesin hit [worsted sock] in bruck, Sh. News (Sept. 22, 1900).
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Cai.i Ayr. His name was teased about in kintra clatter, Ainslie
Land of Bums (ed. 1892) 159.
4. To harass ; to drive.
Sc. (Jam. Siippl.) w.Som.' The only way to get nd o they
rabbits is to keep on tazin' o'm.
[4. Bi t)ay were tened at fe hyje, & taysed to \& wattrej,
Gmvayne (c. 1360I 1169.]
TEASER, sb. Nhb. Yks. Nhp. w.Cy. Som. Dev. Slang.
Also written teazer Dev.; and in forms teazer w.Cy.;
teeazern.Yks.2 [ti-Z3(r, ti3-z3(r).] 1. A tease ; a per-
son who teases.
w.Cy. My Joan alius be a teazer, zur, and when I's wanted to
kisszhe.zhezes. 'Noa, it ain't proper,' Coiii/i. Mag. (Apr. 1895) 395.
2. A young ram allowed to rim with the ewes but arti-
ficially prevented from copulation. w.Som.' 3. A difficult
problem ; a puzzle ; a ' poser.' In gen. slang use.
Nlib.' That's a teaser for ye, noo. w.Yks. ( J.W.), Nhp. (F.R.C.)
Dev. It's a teaser, this business, Mortimer IV. Moors {iSgs) 127.
Slang. It's rather a teaser, ain't it? Lytton Paul Clifford (1830)
1017. ed. 1853.
4. A fireman at a glass-house furnace, whose business it
is to keep the fires going.
Nhb.' The glass-house teasers wore broad-brimmed felt hats,
with arm-guards and greaves of the same material, to protect them
from the scorching fires. They also wore ' hand-hats' of thick
felt, to enable them to hold the long iron teasing pokers, &c.
5. pi. Combs ; flax-dressers' implements. n.Yks.^
TEASLE, TEASTRIL, see Taissle, Taistrel.
TEAS'Y, adj. Wil. Cor. Also written teazy Wil. ;
and in form taisey, taisy Cor. [tizi, te'zi.] 1. Teasing,
troublesome.
Cor. A poor woman wethout a man, an' three gert stramming
maids to keep, cs like a cow wethout a tail when the flies is taisey,
Harris Wheal Veor [igoi) 164.
2. Fretful, fractious ; ill-tempered.
n.Wil. (G.E.D.) Cor. My owld 'umman was ... so taisy that I
cudden live in the house, Higham Dial. (1866) 5 ; Cor.^
TEAT, s6. Cor.'^ [tit] A draught of wind. Hence
Teating, sb. the whistling of the wind.
TEAT, see Tait, sb.^
TEATA, adv. Obs. n.Cy. Wm. Yks. Overmuch ;
very, exceedingly. Cf. too-too.
n.Cy. Grose (1790). Wm. It is a teata conny verse, Hutton
Bran New IVark {i-jS^) I. 119 ; Lads, poor things, were teata dry,
16. Dial. Storth and Arnside (1760) I. 84. w.Yks. Hutton Tour
to Caves (1781).
TEATER, TEATH(E, see Titter, v., Tath(e.
TEATHER, TEATHY, see Tether, sb.\ Teethy.
TEATLE, V. Cum. Yks. Lin. Also in forms teeatle
e.Yks.' ; teutle Cum.* ; tewtle Lin. [tl'tl, tia'tl.] To
dawdle, trifle ; to idle away time.
Cum.* He teutles an' daddies about o' t'day and gits laal or
nought done. n.Y^s. Leeds Merc. Suppl. (Dec. zo, iSgo). e.Yks.'
He teeatlesaboot like mah poor awd granfayther. n.Lin.Tevvtling
.-ibout (J.T.B.\
Hence (i) Teeatler,s6. a dawdler, trifler; (2) Teeatling,
ppl. adj. inert, apathetic, without push or energy. e.Yks.'
TEATT, see Tait, sb.^
TEATY, adj. Sc. n.Cy. Nhb. Yks. Lan. Not. Lin.
Also written teety n.Cy. ne.Lan.' Not. ; and in forms
teady N.Cy.'; tedy se.Sc. ; teedy Bwk. (Jam.) N.Cy.'
Nhb.' [titi; tt'di.] Peevish, fretful, fractious, cross;
used esp. of children. Cf. teethy.
se.Sc. I'd be as tedy as a child, Donaldson Poems (1809) 170.
Bwk. (Jam.) n.Cy. Grose (1790); N.Cy.' Nhb.' She's varry
teedy wiv her bit teeth, poor thing. As teedy as a child.
n Yks.'2, m Yks.', ne.Lan.', Not. (J.H.B.), (H.E.B.) s.Not. The
child wants to go to bed ; it's gettin teaty (J.P.K.). sw.Lin.'
Babe's so teaty.
TEAU, TEAUP, TEAUVE, see Thou, Teap, sb.\
Tave, I'.'
TEAV(E, TEA^W, see Tave, v.\ Tew, v}, Thou.
TEA-WSLE, TEA-WZER, TEAYD'N, see Touzle,
Towser, sb.^. They.
TEAZ, sb. and v. Obs. Sc. 1. sb. The nodule of
earth or prop on which a golf-ball was placed when first
struck off. Sec Tee, s6.' 3.
Baculiis, Pila clavaria, a goulfe-ball. Statumeit, the Teaz,
Weddereurn Voc. (1673) 37, 38 (Jam.).
2. V. To prop a golf-ball.
Slatumina pilain arena, Teaz your ball on the sand, Wedder-
BURN ih.
TEAZLE,TEBBIE,TEBBIT,seeTaissle,Tibby,Tabet.
TECK, see Tack, i'.^ Take, Theak, v.'-
TECKLE, see Tackle, sb.^
TECKTAIL, sb. Yks. Also written tectail and in
forms tegtail, ticktail. [te'k-, ti'kteal.] A somersault.
Also used advb.
w.Yks. They wor tumlin' their tectaiU, Yksman. (Apr. 28,
1877) II ; He had seen some divers 'Topple the'r ticktails when
they louped into t'watter,' Leeds Merc. Suppl. (Mar. 18, 1899) ; He
tumbled teg-tail (J.J.B.) ; w.Yks.^ Turning tecktails.
TED, t'.' and sb. In gen. dial, use in Sc. Irel. and Eng.
Also in forms tead w.Sc. (Jam. Siippl.) Brks.'; tede s. &
e.Cy. [ted.] 1. v. To turn and spread abroad new-
mown grass for hay.
Lnk. A maiden . . . Leant on her rake 'mid the tedded hay,
Nicholson Idylls (1870) 148; Ramsay Poems (1721) Gl. Slk.
Spare a few hours from the tedding and turning of their own hay,
Thomson Z))HH;»i;/rf(?/s( 1901)96. Gall. MACTAGGART£'/(f)'c/.( 1824).
Uls. (M.B.-S.) w.Ir. She was all day teddin' the new cut grass,
Lover Leg. (1848) I. 188. N.Cy.' 2 Nhb. Yonnd lads are fond
of the saint [scent] of new-cut hay when . . . teddin' it, Graham
Red Scaur (i8g6) 133. w.Yks. Willan List Wds. (181 1);
w.Yks.'^^ Lan. Davies Races (1856) 239. s.Lan.', Clis.'^,
s.Chs,', Stf.', Der.2, Not. (L.C.M.), Not.', Lin.', Lei.', Nhp.2,
War.3«, Wor. (W.C.B.), w.Wor.', s.Wor.', se.Wor.' Shr.' I
shouldna ted the 'ay awile the weather's so casertly, it'll keep
better i' the swath; Shr.^ Hrf. Meadow grass, when mown, is
spread thinly over the whole surface, and this operation is called
tedding, Marshall Review (1818) II. 342 ; Hrf.'^ GIo. The hay-
making machine is put to work in the field to ted or shake out
every day's work, the day after it is cut down, Morton Farm
(1832) 14 ; Glo.'2, Oxf.', Brks.' Bdf. (J.W.B.) ; It is common to
ted the grass, or distribute it regularly over the ground immediately
it is mown, Batchelor Agric. (,1813) 441. Hrt. The same morning
the grass is mown, we ted or throw it out as fine as possible,
Ellis Mod. Husb. (1750) (s.v. Haymaking). Mid. The business
of the second day is to ted all the grass, Marsha.i.1. Review (1817)
V. 106. w.Mid. When you've done tedding out here, you can
windrow the further side (^W.P.M.). e. & s.Cy. To tede grass,
Ray (1691). Ken.', Sus.', Hmp.' w.Cy. Morton Cyclo. Agric.
(1863). Wil.' Dor. (C.W.); Dor.' Wher men an' women in a
string Da ted ar turn the grass, 122. Som. Sweetman IVincanton
Gl. (1885). e.Som. 'W. & J. Gl. (1873I.
Hence (i) Tedder, sb. (a) a haymaker, one who 'teds'
hay ; (b) a haymaking machine ; (2) Tedding-machine,
sb., see (i, b) ; (3) Ted-pole, sb. a pole used to turn hay.
(i, a) W.Yks. ^, Not.', Lei.' (i) Ir. The whirr of the mowing
machine, the hum of the tedder, Bullock Pastorals 1 1901 1 95.
Not.' (2) Not. (J.H.B.), Glo. (J.S.F.S.), w.Mid, (,W.P.M.;, Som.
(F.A.A.) (3) e.Som. 'W. & J. Gl. (I873^.
2. To scatter, spread abroad ; to spill.
Rnf. I wish our fowks nieetna some dool ; Megg tedd the saut
upo' the stool, Picken Poems (1813) I. 120. Ayr. Jock's vile
muck fork has ted them out o'a gathering, AitiSLiE Land 0/ Burns
(ed. 1892) 99. Lnk. Aft teddin' frae their careless hauns. Their
bits o' pieces on the grun, Hamilton Poems (ed. 1885) 264.
3. To turn flax when it has been laid on the ground to
dry; to dress hair or flax.
N.Cy.'2 w.Yks. "Willan List Wds. (i8n). w.Cy. (Hall.)
Som. W. & J. Gl. (i873\
Hence Tedding- or Ted-pole, sb. the long stick or pole
used for turning flax. w.Cy. (Hall.) Som. W. & J. Gl.
(1873). 4. To spread out ; to arrange in order ; to tidy,
smooth.
w.Sc. Ted your hair and tedd up the house (Jam. Suppl.).
5. sb. In phr. to cairy hay on ted, to rake hay together
hastily, before putting it into rows, in order to carry it at
once. Sur.' 6. The act of setting right, arranging or
putting in order. w.Sc. Gie the room a ted up (Jam. Suppl.).
[1. Item paied for mowyng and teddyng ijs. ij(/., Nott.
Rec. (1494), ed. Stevenson, III. 278.]
TED, V.2 Obs. Dev. Also in form tet. To have leave
or permission to do a thing; to be bound or under
obligation.
TED
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TEE-HEE
n.Dev. Zwer thy torn, or else tha tcdst net carry wliomc thy
pad, Exiii. Scold. (1746) 1. 113 ; 'I ted go home,' I am to go home,
Grose i 1790) ; Nome Subsecivae (1777) 429.
TED, v.^ Obs. Lin. To burn wood fires. (Hall.), Lin.'
TED. see Tid, ^b.^. Toad.
TEDD, />/>. Obs. n.Sc. (Jam.) Ravelled, entangled.
TEDDED,//. w.Yks.= [tedsd.] Indented, serrated,
teethed. Sickles are tedded to make them cut better.
TEDDER, t'. Nhp.2 [ted3(r).] To perplex ; to tease.
Don't tedder me.
TEDDER, sec Tether, s6.'
TEDDERY, mIj. Cum. Wm. [tedari.] Of grass,
plants, &c. : Ions; and matted, entangled.
Cum.* Said of plants which are liable to be matted together by
means of their tendrils, as the Vetches. ' Locally applied to
Vicia Cracca, and possibly to other tcddery plants of the same
order,' /7(>»(i, 88. Wm. (U.K.)
TEDDISOME, adj. Sc. Cum. Lan. Also written
teddisum n.Lan.' ; tedisome SIg. ; tedisuni n.Sc. (Jam.) ;
and in forms tediousome Sc. ; teidsonie Rxb. (Jam.) ;
tiddysoin Cum.'* [te'disam.] 1. Tedious, wearisome ;
formed from ' tedious '+ 'some.'
Sc. It was an unco pleasant show, . . only it was a pity it was
sae tediousome, Scott St. Ronaii (1824) xxii. n.Sc. (Jam.),
Per. (G.W.) SIg. Noo, no' to be lang, for a foreword should never
be tedisome, HAR\'EY5(:o/f/( 77i/s//<s (1896) g. Rxb. (Jam.) Dmf.
We'll get through with this teidsome work the t'ane way or the
t'ither, Hamilton Maivkiii (1898) 218. Cum.'*, Lan.', n.Lan.'
2. Fretful, fractious, tiresome.
Lan.' ne.Lan.i T'barn's fearfle teddisome.
TEDDY, TEDE, see Tatie, Ted, v.'
TEDIOUS, adj. and adv. Van dial, uses in Sc. Ircl.
and Eng. Also in forms tadious Don. Shr.'°; tageous
War.'* s.War.' ; tayjous Cor. ; tayjus Dev. ; teddious
Wm. w.Yks.' ne.Lan.' Sus.'; tedy n.Cy. (Hall.) ; teedus
Suf ' ; teejous s.Pem. ; teejus Ken.; teejy e.Dur.' ;
tegious Sus.- ; tejous Cor. ; tejus Sus. [trdiss, te'diss ;
tl'dgas, tedgas.] 1. adj. Peevish, fretful, fractious, irri-
table, difficult to please ; fidgety, restless.
e.Dur.', Wm. (J.M.I, n.Yks.' w.Yks.' This barn's feaful
teddious. ne.Lan.', e.Lan.', Chs.' s.Chs.' A cross child is said
to be very tedious. Der.*, War.'* s.War.' The boy's not well,
he's so tageous. Shr.^ Grows mighty tadious. Suf.', Sus.'
w.Som.' Gipsy [a cow] do keep on belvin arter her calve ; hcr's
that taijus anybody can't hardly come aneast her. Dev. 'E 'th
agot a black-head pon 'is leg, an' that maketh 'en cruel tayjus,
Hewett Peas. Sp. (1892) 53.
2. Trying, tiresome ; unpleasant ; aggravating.
Per. The Doctor was tedious Sabbath a fortnicht, Ian Maclaren
Brier Bush (1895) 215. n.Cy. (Hall.) w.Yka.^ ' How's t'barn
this morning, missis ? ' ' Haw, he's better thenk yuh, bud he's bed
a varry tedious ncet.' Chs. ' A long protracted harvest is 'a
tedious time.' Wor. Tlie nettlerash is very tedious, nights
(H.K.). s.Pem. I don't know to my goodness which way shall I
do with her, for she's a teejous old piece, and that's the truth
(M.S.C.), n.Dev. Go ye rearing. .. tedious cutted Snibblcnosc,
E.x>n. Scold. (1746) 1. 107. Cor. Tejous weather, young chap —
frail the world like the back-kitchen on washing-day, Lee
Cynthia (1900) 219.
3. Lasting a long time ; long, slow, but not necessarily
wearisome or tiresome.
s.Chs.' \Vi n gotn u tee'jiis job liig'in dhaaf bit u ee' of Bik-li
Mos. Ken. He sed dare was a teejus fair, Dat lasted for a wick.
Masters Dick and Sal (c. 1821) st. 8; Ken.' Sus. Poor Sal is
gone a tejus way, Lower Tom Cladpole {i8-]2) st. 7. Cor. I've
worked out a sort of a plan in my slow tayjous way, Lee Paul
Carah (1898) 220.
Hence Tediousness, sb. slowness.
Don. A horse-baste that gets through considerable odds an' ends
iv wark, considherin' his age an' tadiousness, Pearson's Mag. (Mar.
1900) 312.
4. Careful, scrupulous, particular.
Lan. Ask a man if he will have a glass of beer or a glass of
porter, and he will answer that ' he is not tedious about it,' i.e. he
is not particular which kind of drink he takes. The use of the
word is very common, A', (f O. (18741 5th S. i. 175. s.Chs.' Yoa'
bin su tcc'jus ubuwt yur klccun fuwdz.
5. adv. Very, exceedingly ; used as an intensitivc.
Ken. A lad at a cricket-match would say, 'That was a tedious
swift ball," or ' That was a tedious hard hit," A'. & Q. (1874'! 5th
S. i. 107; Tedious pleasant, Grose U79o); Ken.' Tedious bad,
tedious good; Ken.' Sus.' I never did see such tedious bad stulT
in all my life; Sus.'
TEDS, sA.//. Lin. [tedz.] Socks. Miller &Skektciily
Feidaiid ( 1878) iv ; Lin.'
TEDY, see Teaty.
TEE, sb.' and v.' Sc. [ti.] 1. sb. A mark set up in
playing at quoits, pennystone, &c. n.Sc. (Jam.) 2. A
curling term : a mark made in the ice at each end of a
rink towards which the stones are pushed.
Sc. The stone took the wick ex.ictly, and stood on the lee dead-
guarded, Tweeddale Afoff (ieg6j 164; The place for the rink
being chosen, a mark is made at each end, called a ' tee,' ' loesee,'
or ' neitter.' It is a small hole made in the ice, round which two
circles of ditTerent diameters are drawn, tiiat the relative distances
of the stone from the 'tee' maybe calculated at sight, Harewood
Diet. o/Spor/s (1835) (s.v. Curling) ; Gen. a cross surrounded by
a circle (Jam.).
Hence (i) Teehead, sb. the circle round the 'tee' at
each end of the rink, within which the stones must lie in
order to count in the game ; (2) -shot, sb. a stone resting
on the 'tee' when played.
(i) SIg. The tee-head's a graund leveller. I can order aboot the
very Curnel whan I'm skip and he's playin' third, Fergusson
Village {i8g3) 159. (2) Lnk. Our bin haun, unrivall'd at drawin'.
Sen's up a tee-shot to a hair— Game ! game ! Watson Poems
(1853I 64.
3. A golfing term : a small cone or nodule of earth, &c.
from which a golf-ball is driven or 'teed.' Also usedy?^.
See Teaz.
Sc. (Jam.) Heb. Each [shell] is seated on a sandy ' tee,' formed
by the wind sweeping away the sand around it. Smith Lewsiana
(1875) 147-
4. V. A golfing term : to raise a ballon a nodule of earth,
&c. preparatory to driving it. Hence Tee'dball, 4/). a ball
placed on a cone or ' tee ' preparatory to the first drive.
Sc. Persuaded that I was to fly high and far, they had taken
a word from the golfing green, and called me the 'Tee'd Ball,'
Stevenson Catriona (1893) xviii ; That's a tee'd ba', Henderson
Prov. (1832) 138, ed. 1881.
TEE, sA.2 and t'.* Hmp. [ti.] 1. sb. In comp. Tee-
hole, the entrance to a bee-hive.
As thick as bees at a tee-hole, Dovi.e White Comp. (ed. 1901)
vi ; Wise Kno Forest (1883I 185; Hmp.' [At the bottom of your
little [beehive] doors, make an open square just against the tec-
hole, WORLIDGE Diet. Rust. (1681,.]
2. V. Of bees: to buzz. Wise 16. ; Hmp.'
TEE, 5A.3 Sc. See below.
Sc. The muirland laddie That rides on the bonny grey cowt, . .
With hair pouthered, and a feather. And housings at curpen and
tee. Chambers Sitgs. (1829) II. 584.
TEE, i;.^ s.Lan.' [ti.] With /;/: to set in ; to tide in.
He had th' inllooenzy, an' then breawn-titus tee'd-in, an' that
top't him ofl'.
TEE, see T, Take, Thee, pers. proiu, Tie, i'.'. To.
TEE A, see The, detii. adj, To.
TEEAF, TEEALYPYATT, see Tough, Talepyet.
TEEAR, TEEAT, see Their, Tait, sb.'
TEEATH, TEEATHY, see Tooth, Toothy.
TEEAVE, TEECHY, see Tave, v.\ Tetchy.
TEED, ppl. adj Sh.I. [tld.] Of a cow : in full milk.
Whether the cow was teed, forrow. or yield, the cog was filled
to the brim, Spence Ftk-Lorc (i899> 166.
TEEDEE, s6. s.Chs.' [ti'di.] A lump of ordure.
TEEDLE, II. Obs. Sc. To sing a song without words ;
to croon. Cf. deedle, v. 3.
Gall. ' Rock your wceane in a scull And teedle Heelan sing,"
Oldcdit. of //arfaa/(i/»flc»»if,Z>OHaW(jAM.) ; Mactaggart fiinc/.
(i824\
TEE-DRAW, TEEDY, TEE-FA(LL, see Todraw,
Teaty, To-fall.
TEEGLE, V. s.Chs.' [tl'gl.] With up : to entice, lead
on from step to step.
TEEGLE, see Teagle, sb.
TEE-HEE, sb. and v. Sc. Irel. Nhb. Yks. ; also
Som. Dev. Also written tehe(e Sc. Ir. ; and in forms
tiehie Lnk. ; tihe w.Yks.' ; tihi Per. 1. sb. Foolish,
M 2
TEEHOSS
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TEEM
silly laughter; giggling, tittering; a loud laugh. Also
used as an int. expressive of loud or derisive laughter.
Sc. He got up with a tehee (Jam.X Abd. The lasses skirled a
loud ' tee-hee,' Cmdman IiigHsmitl (1873'! 40. Per. Saniiy syne
will heertsome be, And for lang groans gouf up, Tihi, Nicol
Poems (1766) 20. Ayr. She laughed loudly and vacantly. The silly
teehee echoed up the street, Douglas Green Shutlers (1901) i.
Lnk. Tie, hie, Sandy, the kirk will kittle your hips for you yet,
Graham I yri/iiigs {1883) II. 225. Ir. Wee James went te-he, te-
he between his teeth, Bullock Pasloials (1901) 106. Nhb. He
gies a sort o' tee-hee at this oot loud, Pease Tales (1899) 1 1.
2. V. To laugh in a suppressed manner ; to giggle, titter ;
to laugli in a sillj', foolish manner.
Arg. Tee-heeing till his bent shoulders heaved under his ink-
stained surtout coat, Munro Doom Caslle (1901) 112. Ayr. The
two o' them tee-heeing owre the lads thegither, Douglas Gteen
Shiitk)S 1,1901) 47; 'Jam.) Feb. Ky rout, lambs bleat, the dees
[dairy-maids] te-heed, Liiiloiin Green (1685) 66, ed. 1817. Dmf.
There, boys teheeing, Na\ke Siller Gun (1808)98. Gall. Mac-
taggart Encycl. {1824I 444. ed. 1876. Ir. You be aisy there, tee-
heein', Pat Lencham, Barlow Shannock (1901) 250. w.Yks.'
w.Som ' Kas'-n keep kwuyut, yu teeheeeen yuung feo'l ? fCanst
(thou) not keep quiet, you giggling young fooUJ n.Dev. Ye tee-
heeing pixy, E.xn:. Scold. (1746) 1. 130.
3. To laugh loudly. Bnff.'
[1. Cp. ' Tehee ! ' quod she, and clapte the window to,
Chaucer C. T. a. 3740.]
TEEHOSS, V. Dev. [tr-os.] To romp vulgarly or
rudely.
Be quiet thease minit ! I niver did zee sich a gert teehossing
vulcasyube! H ewett Peas. 5/. ( 1 892) ; Dev.^ Xovvyou chillern,
stap that teehossing or you'll tear all the clothes off j-er backs.
TEEHT, TEEJUS, TEEJY, see Tait, sb.^, Tedious.
TEEL. c'.i Cum. Wm. War. Shr. Hrf Glo. limp. Wil.
Dor. Soni. Dev. Cor. Also written teal Glo. Dor. ; and
in forms tail Dor. Cor.' ; tail Glo. ; tile Cum. Wm. Shr.'
Glo.'= Wil.' Dor.' w.Som.'; till Hrf.' Glo.' w.Som.'
nw.Dev.' Cor. [til ; tail, til.] 1. To set up on end ; to
prop or lean up against a wall, &c.
War.° Tcel this dish agen the sink, to drain. Hrf.' Glo. The
roll of paper is teeled agen the wall (S.S.B.) ; Glo.' The pole was
tilled up against the house. Hmp.' ' Teel 'un up,' set it on its end
against something. Wil.' Gen. used with up, as 'Teel it up agen
th* wall, wull'ee ? '
Hence Teeling, ppl. adj. sloping, leaning, slanting.
Also used advb.
Hmp. Pliace it a little teelin' (J.R.W.) ; Hmp.i
2. To pile up, as wood against a tree. Glo. (H.S.H.),
(W.H.C.), Glo.' 3. To set open.
Glo.> To tile a gate ; GI0.2 Dor. Monthly Pckl. (1874) 180.
4. To place anything so that it may easily fall, esp. to
bait or set a trap, snare, &c.
Cum. In setting the old figure-of-4 trap the slate or flat tile
which in its fall had to kill the vermin, required very nice and
delicate adjustment. The trap had to be 'tiled kittle' (J.Ar. ).
Wm. Ferguson Northmen (1856 201. Shr.' To bait a trap by
hanging a morsel of food on a hook. It is said of small eaters
that they ' dunna yet as much as Odd tile a trap.' Glo. HoraeSub-
secivae (1777) 428 ; Glo.' To tile a trap. Dor. You wouldn't like a
gin tiled then, would you? (C.V.G.) ; To tail a trap (C.K.P.);
Dor.' Scm. ' Mus Caper he tiled agin.' ' How did he tile it ?'
' Oh. tiled un — why he tiled un wi' a bit o' cheese — and he catched
three mice' (W.F.R.) ; Jennings Obs. Dial. w.Eng. (1825).
w.Som.' I must till a snap vor thick there want. There's a new
farshin mouse-snap what don't lack no tillin' — he do till 'iszul.
Dev.' Took a bard out o' a springle that zumbody had a'teel'd, 5.
nw.Dev.* &.X)tv. Yo\ Kingshricige {i8-i.\). Cor.'^
Hence (i) Tiller, sb. the part of a trap or gin to which
the bait is attached ; (2) Till-trap, sb. applied to anything
unsteady or unsafe ; also used attrib.
(i) w.Som.' Dhceuz yuur jun' udn noa geo d, dhu teeulur
oa- un-z a-broa'kt [This here gin is not no good, the tiller
of it is broken]. nw.Dev.' (2) w.Som.' An insecure scaffold
would be a ' till-trap consarn.' A rickety chair, a weak ladder, a
broken stool, would all be so described, implying that a person
trusting to their support would be trapped. ' I baint gwain up
*pon no jis till-trap's that there an* tread 'pon nort !'
5. Fig. To prepare ; to make ready.
w.Ssm.' Dev. A farmer, . . speaking of the sharp practice of
some neighbours, said, ' But there, didn' make no odds, I was a-
tilled vor 'em' (i.e. prepared for them"), Reports Proviiic. (1889'!.
Cor. He and his mates went out and tilled the trammel [fishing-
net], ' Q.' Wandering Heath (1895) 80.
6. To be obstinately set or determined on doing anything.
Cor. So Mary Ann teel'd for to do un harm, T. Towscr (1873)
70 ; We're plissunt soas. We aren't for fighting teeld, Daniel
Alnse in Motley, 28 ; Cor.^ ' He's teeled for it,' i.e. he's ripe for it.
[4. Cp. Tristre is {)er me sit mid pe greahundes forte
kepen \ie hearde, o^^er tillen jie nettes ajean ham, Anc.
Riii'lf (c. 1225) 334.]
TEEL,t/.= Sc. [til.] 1. To till or prepare the ground
for sowing.
Sc. Teel't as ye like ye hac nae rewaird, Waddell Isaiah
(1879) V, heading. Sh.I. He 'at nedder teels nor saws be bliss'd
'at A'm wun it, Sh. News lOct. 20, 1900). Per. We teel'd the
laund. An' cuist oor corn into the yird, Haliburton Ochil Idylls
(1891'! 45. [Teele, aro, Duncan Elym. (1595"!.]
2. To work at, toil. Also used Jig.
Ayr. The thrifty wife she teels the pirns, Thoh Ainiisemenis
(1817) 36.
[OE. teoliait, to till (B.T.).]
TEEL, see Tail, Teal, z;.'2, Till, sb.\ v.^
TEELER, see Tailor.
TEELYTOON, sb. Nhb.> [ti'litun.] A teasing, fretful,
wearisome child.
TEEM, V.', s6.' and adj.^ Van dial, uses in Sc. Irel. and
Eng. Also written team N.Cy.^* Dur. n.Yks.'* e.Yks.
m.Yks.' w.Yks.5 Lan.' s.Lan.' Der. Not.'^ Lin.' n.Lin.'
e.An.' Cor. ; and in forms teeani Cum.'* n.Yks.°* e.Yks.'
s.Chs.'; teeom s.Lan.' ; teim w.Yks.^ ; tern w.Yks. ; tim
Dmb. Lnk.; pre/, tame m.Yks.'; tern m.Yks.' sw.Lin.' ;
tem'd w.Yks. Lan. ; temmed Lan. Not. [tini ; tism.]
1. V. To pour, pour out ; to empty liquid from one vessel
to another. Also used/ig. Cf toom.
Sc. Herd Coll. Sngs. (1776) Gl. Cai.>, Inv. (H.E.F.) Kcd.
They an' Davit teem't the stoup Till a' the three were fou, Grant
Lays (1884) 19. Dmb. I'll gang in an' get your paste-pail and tim
it ower your held, Strang Lass of Lenno.x (1899) 175. N.I.'
N.Cy.' Teem out the tea, hinny ; N.Cy.°, Nhb.i Dur. It was just
like teamin' cau'd waiter down mi' back, Egglestone Betty Podkins'
Visit (1877) 10; Dur.', Lakel.2, Cum.'« Cum., Wm. Nicolson
(1677) Trans. R. Lit. Soc. (,i868j IX. Wm. .Seun hed it boilen To
teem doon her throat, Whitehead Lff. (1859) 7. s.Wm. (J.A.B.)
n.Yks.* Teeam all t'cau'd tea oot. ne.Yks.' Teeam t'watthcr oot
o' yon can. e.Yks.' Noo then, get tha gone and teeam slaps.
m.Yks.' w.Yks. He tem'd aght th' teah. Hartley Sff<5 Yks. Lan.
(1895) ii ; w.Yks.^^*^ Lan. Heaw aw tem'd o mi love an' hope
into four little pages o papper, Clegg Sketches (1895) 90; Lan.'
Come, teem eawt, an' let's be suppin'; aw'mdry. n.Lan.', ne.Lan.',
e.Lan.', m.Lan.' s.Lan.' Teeom me another dish o' tay eawt.
Chs.'*; Chs.3 Cum, missis, teem us a sup of tay. s.Chs.', Der.' ^
Not. The sun . . . slanting like it was teemed out of something,
Prior Renie (1895") 76 ; Not.'^ s.Not. Teem the watter down the
drain (J.P.K.). n.Lin.' Th' soft thing team'd a lot o' watter oot o'
th' tea-kettle up o' me. sw.Lin.' When I teem him some tea,
he'll tak' and fling it at me. I tem some tea into a cup. Nhp.'^
War.2 This teapot don't teem well ; War.^ w.Wor.' Canna yu
drinkyer tay, lad? Teem it inta the sahrcer [saucer] then. s.Wor.'
Shr.' Theer's summat got i' the spout o' the tay-pot, it dunna
teem well. Glo.'^, e.An.l e.Som. W. & J. Gl. (1873). Cor.
Teeming out her licker, J. TRENOODLES/ifr. .D/'fl/. (1846) 59; Cor.'
Teem out the liquor ; Cor.^
2. To rain heavily ; to pour in torrents.
Sc. It teems wi' rain, Grose (1790) MS. add. (C.) Dmb. An
awfu' wat day, teemin' doon in bucketfu's, Strang Lass 0/ Lennox
(1899) 170. Dmf. It's just teeming, Wallace Sf/ioo/Hins/f;( 1899)
354; Teeming and raining is a common expression (Jam.). Ir.
(A.S.-P.); Troth, it's teemin' powerful this instiant up there in
the mountains. Barlow Z.i5ro«w/ (1895) 45. n.Cy. (J.'VV.) Wm.
It is ' teeming and pouring' means ' raining cats and dogs' (A.T.).
n.Yks.'; n.Yks.^ It rains and teeams on. ne.Yks,' It fairteeam'd
down. e.Yks.' w.Yks. Bi th' time they gat to th' Church it wor
teemin' daan. Hartley Clock Aim. (18901 29; w.Yks. ^ It wur
teiming darn at four o'clock. 37. n.Lan.' It's fair rainin' and
teemin' down. Chs.' Not.' It fair temmed down. Lin.' n.Lin.'
Team down wi' rain. sw.Lin.' It tem down with rain ; it did teem.
Rut.' Where the slates is broken, the wet teems down ever so.
War.'^ Hark at the rain; it docs teem.
TEEM
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TEEN
3. To empty or empty out solids.
Nhb. Two banksmen, who take ofl the corves at the top. and
empty, or, as the workmen call it, 'teem' them. Brand Hist.
Newc. (1789) II. 684, iiole. Cum.^ T'stcans was lipgin, aside o'
t'stecl, just as I'd lecm't them oot, 15. n.Yks.'^ ; n.Yks.* Tecam't
coals oot at t'backsidc. w.Yks. J.W.^ Lan. Th' potatoes wur
nicely dried an' tcmd. Ab-o'tli'- Yale Xitias Diinier [1886 11. Chs.' ;
Chs.3 You may teem eggs or corn. s.Cbs.' Shr.' I axed the
Maistcr. could 'e change mc a sovereign, an' 'e teemed 'is pus,
but 'e 'adna got it.
Hence Teemer, sh. the large bag into which gleanings
are poured out of the smaller bags carried at the waist.
sw.Lin.' 4. To unload a cart, ^S;c. ; csp. to lift hay or
corn from the wagon on to the stack.
Abd. Term ycr cairt, min (G.W.). n.Cy. Morton Cycla. Agric.
(i863\ Nhb.' Tccmin muck, emptying manure from a carl with
a teemin hack. ne.Yks.' Com an' help us ti teeam this kecak.
e.Yks. The leader ought to teame the waine, Bi;sT/f«r. Ecoii. (1641)
46 ; e.Yks.' w.Yks.' ; w.Yks. * Going to teem a load o' coil, an'
nobbud just vvcsh'd t'door-stans ! ne.Lan.' s.Lan.' To shoot out.
as coals from a cart. Not.° Those men have teamed that load
very quickly. s.Not. Me an' Jim 'II goo on the stack; but who'll
teem to Ui ? (J.P.K.) Lin. Morton C)r/o. -^^nf. (1863). n.Lin.',
se.Lin. (J.T.B.) Nbp. To teem the loaded corn, Clare Poems
1 821) 92.
Hence (i) Teamer, sb. the man who empties the grain
from a laden cart to the slack ; (2) Teeming-hack, sb. a
fork with teeth set at right angles to the sliaft, used for
hauling stable manure out of a cart in the field.
(i) Lin.' The teamer and the stacker are certain officials for
whom work is plentiful during the harvest season. (2) Nhb.'
5. Coaling term : see below.
Nhb.' In loading ships with coals the contents of the waggons
are said to be teemed down the loading spouts. Teemin bye, or
teemin ower, is laying coals aside at bank instead of sendingthem
away in waggons. Nhb., Dur. Teeming over or teeming bye, when
trade is bad or wagons scarce, Nicholson Coal Tr. CI. (1888).
Hence Teenier, sb. the man at a coal-shipping staith
who lets the coals out of the wagons.
Nhb. A teamer, named John Grierson, 29, of Monkwearmouth,
was killed instantaneously whilst working at the Lambton drops.
Sunderland, Newc.Dy. Cliron. (Mar. 22, 1900) ; Nhb.' Nhb., Dur.
Nicholson ib.
6. To pour molten metals into moulds. s.Yks. (W.S.)
Hence Teemer, sb. the man who pours or 'teems'
molten steel into the ingot-mould, ib. 7. To bale or dip
out water by means of a bowl or scoop.
Sc. (A.W.) Wmh. Teem out the boat (K.M.V Cor. Tregagle
is a giant, condemned 'to team' out Dosmary Pool with a limpet
shell, Flk-Lore Rec. (1880) III. 283; Cor."
Hence Teeming-day, sb., obs., see below.
Cor.^ Tliere was— twenty years ago — a day in Camborne when
the 3'oung people flung cups of water at one another. It was
called Teemin'-daj'.
8. To drain the water off potatoes, &c. when boiled.
S.Don. Simmons G/. (1890). w.Yks, (J. W.) Der. Team the laters
or they'll be water squalled. Pour the water off the potatoes or
they will be sodden (L.W.V
9. To strike out a bolt from a bolt-hole with the aid of
another bolt. Nhb.' 10. sb. A heavy downpour or
long-continued fall of rain. Also used /iff.
s.Sc. It s'all be a sooplin teem o' rain, T. Scott Poems {1793)
366. Cld. (Jam.) Ir. Step in out of the teems of rain. Barlow
Martin's Coiiift. (1896) 113. N.I.' I was out in a perfect teem.
I. Ma. In the teems of tears and sobs. Brown IVilcli (1889) 146.
11. A cart-load to be emptied.
n.Yks.* 'An unheeasty teeam,' a cart load of materials which
cannot be shot forth at once, but require taking out by degrees.
12. adj. Empty. See Toom.
Cal.' Elg. Is ycr muckle greybeard teem? Tester Pocxis (1865^
148. Abd. It I the house] o' sic a muckle jamb ... an' mair nor
the tae half t '11 hae to Stan" teem, Alexander Ain Flk. (1882)
134. Lnk. At length their purse grew bare and tim, Ewing Poems
(1892) 13. Edb. Shaw's your pose ; Forseeth, my ain's but teem
An' light this day. Fercusson Poems (1773) 132, ed. 1785. Rxb.
Rustic brains thus teem o' rhymes, A. Scoit Poems (ed. 18081 15.
Lakel.' Cum. He was as helpless as a teeam sack, Wauc.ii /.nte
Cy. (1861) 186. Wm. Many hands make light wark, Many nioullis
a teem ark (B.K.).
13. Phr. to work teem, to work for nothing.
n.Yks. Better sit idle then work teaum, Piov. in Meriton
Praise Ale (1684) No. 22.
14. Thin. Nhb.' He's varry teem leukin.
|1. Tcmyn, or niakcn empty, vacuo, evaciio (Prompt.).
Icel. Uriiia, tama, to empty (Vicfi:s.son).]
TEEM, !'.«, sb.'^ and adj.'' Sc. n.Cy. Cum. Yks. Der.
Lin. Also written team N.Cy.* Yks. n.Lin.' ; and in
form teeam n.Yks.* [tim ; tiani.) 1. v. Obs. To be
pregnant ; to bring forth ; to produce in abundance.
w.Yks. Leeds Merc. Siippl. (Jan. 5, 18891. [(K.)] Hence
(i) Teeming, ppl. adj. of a woman: child-bearing, apt to
bear children ; (2)Teeniing-tinie,s6.thc time of parturition.
(i) N.Cy.* A teeming woman is still in use for one that is apt to
bear children (s.v. Beam teams . w.Yks. Thoresby LeII. (1703) ;
w.Yks.* (2) n.Cy. Grose (1790) MS. add. (C.)
2. To overflow ; with up: to fill up to the brim. Also
usedy?^.
Inv. (H.E.F.) Edb. The least untentit, lowse spoke word, Gars
them draw the ducUin' sword ; An' syne infuriate murder teems,
Learmont Poems (.1791) 61. Feb. Wi' fury [he] teems. For
being affronted here On sic a day, Linlomi Green (1685) 35, cd.
1817. S.Lin. (C.K.)
Hence Teeming-full, adj. full to running over, brimful.
Cum." e.Yks.' MS. add. (T.H.) 3. sb. A large quantity,
abundant supply.
n.Yks.* 'There's a vvhent teeam on't,' a great quantity of it
' Teeams o' fooaks,' a large assemblage.
4. adj Obs. Full.
Yks. If Brayton bargh, and Hambleton hough, and Burton
bream Were all in thy belly 't would not be team, Ray Prov.
(1678) 339.
Hence Teemful or Teniful, adj. brimful, full to the brim.
N.Cy.*, Cam.">, n.Yks.*, w.Yks.*. Der.*, Lin.', n.Lin.'
[1. OE. tieiiiaii, to be pregnant (Sweet).]
TEEM, K.3 and sb.^ Bnff.' [tim.] 1. v. With on : to
beat with severity. 2. With on : to work with great
energy and speed. 'They teemt on at the cuttan a' day.'
3. sb. With on : a heavy beating.
TEEMONEER, sb. Obs. Suf [Not known to our
correspondents.] A naut. term: the man on the look-out.
A sea term in common use among the Woodbridge seamen and
prob. elsewhere (Hall.).
TEEMS, see Tems(e.
TEEN, sb., t;.' and ac/j. Sc. n.Cy. Yks. Chs. e.An.
Also written tean Ayr. ; tene Sc. (Jam.) ; and in forms
tein Sc. ; tynd Lnk. [tin.] 1. sb. Sorrow, grief
Sc. Her (louchtrous heart near brast wi' teen. Jamieson Pop.
Ballads 1,18061 I, 241. Per. In that hour o' tein. She wander'd to
the dowie glen, And never mair was seen, Ford Harp (1893' 40.
Ayr. The cause o' a' my grief an' tean. Is still thy shy disdain,
Johnstone Poems (18201 125. e.Ltb. I, for dounricht teen, could
greet I Mucklebackit Tf/ymes (18851 92. Gall. 1 have tried so
mickle of bliss and teen, Crockett Standard Bearer (1898) 2.
N.Cy.', Nhb.i
2. Wrath, anger, rage ; vexation; revenge.
Sc. He waxed wralh and vowed tein, Aytoun Ballads (ed.
1861) I. 67. Bch. To gar me rise in sic a teen An' pit my tongue
a-scabblin. Tauras Poems (1804 1 69 (Jam., s.v. Scabble). Ayr.
Last day I grat wi' spite and teen. Burns Petition 0/ Briiar IVater,
St. 3. Lnk. Ramsay /^ofi;j5 (1721) Gt. Rxb. In spite and teen
the beldam mourns, A. Scott Poemsici. i8o8)ai. Chs.*3,e.An.'
Hence Teenful, adj. wrathful ; troublesome, vexatious.
Sc. Wept in teenfu' mood, Aytoun Ballads (cd. 1861) I. 25.
e.An.'
3. See below.
Chs. ' Good or fow teen,' good or bad taking (K.) ; Rav (1691) ;
Chs.' ; Chs.* When any one is in misfortune or bad plight he is
said to be in fow teen ; Chs.^ When any one has come to grief he
is said to be ' in fouteen.'
4. V. To trouble, vex ; to tease, worry. Sc. (Jam.),
e.An.', Nrf.', Suf.' 5. adj. Obs. Angry. n.Cy. (K.),
N.Cy.', w.Yks.'
[1. Thus liveth fair Anclida the queue For fals Arcitc,
that did hir al this tcnc, Ciiaucicr An. cH Arcite, 140.
OE. /'OHrt, sutVerin^; injury, injustice. 4. OE. lienan, to
irritate, annoy (B.'l.).]
TEEN
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TEE-TAK-UP-0'
TEEN, V? Yks. Lan. Ken. Dev. Cor. [tin.] 1. To
close, shut. See Tine, v?
w.Yks. Teen th' dur to an" keep th' cowd eawt (D.L.). Lan.
Hie tho' off. . . or th' dur may be teen'd, Waugh Chim. Contir
(1874) 75, ed. 1879; Lan.', e.Lan.i s.Lan.i Hast teen't that dur?
Dev.i Many many nearts I ha'n"t a teen'd my eyes vor thinking o'
thee, 22. Cor.' 1 haven't teen'd my eye ; Cor.°
Hence (1) Teening, sb., (2) Teening-time, sb. closing
time, lighting-up time.
(i) Dev.' Jist bevore candle-teening the passon peep'd in upon
u.s, 18. (2) ib.
2. Obs. To enclose or hedge a field. Lan. (K.) 3. To
make a hedge with 'raddles.' Ken.'* Hence (i) Teenage,
sb. wood suitable for raddling a hedge ; (2) Teened, ppt.
adj. made with ' raddles ' ; (3) Teener or Tener, sb. a man
who 'teens' or keeps a hedge in order; (4) Teenet or
Teenit, sb., see (i).
(I) Ken. (K.), (W.F.S.) (2) Ken.^ A teened hedge. (3) Ken.'
(4) Ken. (W.F.S.)
4. Fig. Of the moon : to wane, change. Dev.'
[OE. tyiiaii, to fence, enclose ; to shut, close (Sweet).]
'TEEN, mfe Sc. [tin.] An abbreviation of ' at even.'
Also used siihst.
Sc. Ye're aff your eggs for ance, gif ye ettle to come on us the
'teen at unawares, St. Paiiick (1819) I. 168 (Jam.). Rnf. On
Saturday teen I'll be there, Webster Tf/iymcs (1835) 7. Ayr. O
wat ye what my minnie did On Tysday 'teen to me jo ? Burns
wat ye. Lnk. Tryst their lasses to come yon' Twa houis on
Furesday 'teen, Watson Poems (1853) 39. Gall. Mactaggart
Encvcl. (1824) 484, ed. 1876.
TEEN, see Teind, Tend, v.', Tine, z^.>. Time.
TEENAME, TEEND, see To-name, Teind, Tend, v.'^
TEENGE, sb. Obs. Sc. (Jam.) A colic in horses.
TEENS, sb. pl.^ Cum. I. Ma. Chs. [tlnz.j 1. Tens.
I.Ma. Aw, have you known me these teens of years? Caine
Man.xniati (1894) pt. v. xiii. Chs.^ Teens of pounds,
2. Something over ten or twelve ; see below.
Cum. The strokes hed oot-growen the'r ' teens,' an' wer' fast
comin' to ' tys,' Burn Fireside Crack (1886) 9. Clis.' Something
above ten. Gen. applied to money. ' What did So-andso get for
his cow ? ' ' Au dunno know, but it wur i'th' teens.'
TEENS, sb. pi.' Pern, [tlnz.] Hay-bands. s.Pem.
Laws Lii/ie Enq. (1888) 421.
TEENY, adj.^ In gen. dial, and colloq. use in Eng.
and Amer. Also in form teenty w.Yks. se.Lin. Amer.
[trni.] Sinall, tiny, minute ; also in comb. Teeny tiny.
Teeny weeny.
n.Cy. f J- W.) Cum.s That teenie lump o' land Is t'dearest grund
. . . bowte, 83. w.Yks. Two sich little teenty hands i' little teenty
gloves, Hartley C/ofA^//;;. (1880) 40; w.Yks.*'', e.Lan.' s.Lan.'
A teeny, tiny, tinchy bit, 12. Chs.' s.Chs.' A little teeny-tiny
tin. Midi. A tceney-wecney little critter she were at fust, Bar-
tram Fco/>/c of Clapton (1897) 66. nw.Der.', Not.', Lin.', Lei.'
War.* ; War.^ What a dear little teeny lamb. s.Wor. A teeny
martal, . . as teeny as teeny, Outis Vig. Mon. in Berrow's Jrn.
(1896). se.Wcr.' A little teeny apple. Stir.' It's a pretty babby,
but a teeny-weeny thing, yo' met'n put it in a quart jug. Hrf.
Bound Provinc. (1876). s.Wal. That teeny weeny crumb of
comfort! Raine f Ws/i S"i^o- (3rd ed.) 289. Glo.',Oxf.' Brks.'
1 awnly yetted a teeny-tiny bit on't but ut maayde I bad. e.An.'
Nrf. A few teeny, witty little things, Emerson Wild Life {iQgo)
17. I.W.' He's a poor little teeny buoy. w.Cy. Only teeny
children and almost babies, Hare /J)ofe» ^)cs (1898) 47. Som.
There was a gurt black rock wi' a teeny white chapel on it,
Leith Lemon Verbena (1895) 165. Cor. A lot of teeny flags, Lee
Paul Carah (1898) 107. [Amer. A teenty, teenty speck o' myrrh,
Slosson fo.v^/ow (1898) 16.]
TEENY, «(//■.* Lan. Fretful, fractious, said of a little
child. (Hall.), s.Lan.' Sec Teen, sA.
TEEOCK, sb. Sc. Also in form teeuck. [tiak.] The
lapwing, Vanellus cristatiis. See Teuchit.
Teeocks bleatin skimmed alang The gladsome yerth, Edwards
Mod. Poets, 7tli .S. 246. [SWAINSON Birds (1885) 184.]
TEEP, sec Tape, v.', Teap, sb.'
TEEPLE, sb. and v. Abd. (Jam.) [Not known to our
correspondents.] \. sb. A slight touch or stroke. 2. v.
To touch or to strike lightly.
TEER, V. Sc. n.Cy. Der. Lei. Nhp. Ken. Also written
tear n.Cy. Lan.; tere n.Cy. Nhp.'; and in form tire Lan.
[tia(r.] 1. OA5. To daub with clay. n.Cy. jK.), (Hall.)
Hence Teer-wall, sb. a clay wall. Ken. (K.) 2. To
smear, daub ; to spread ; to dirty. See Teery.
Lei.' ' Teer the treacle,' spread it on bread. Nhp.' The child's
face is teer'd all over with treacle.
3. To stir the colours for block calico-printing.
Rnf. A boy or girl employed to teer or stir the colour-sieve
stretched on a frame at printworks, Wallace Sclwolmaster
(1899) 354- nw.Der.'
Hence (i) Teer-boy, (2) Tiring-boy, sb. a boy employed
to stir the colours in printing cloth, &c.
(i) Lan. Tear-boys were very common in Lancashire. Their
duty was to attend upon a block printer by hand — one to each
man, but as printing by machine was developed tear-boys had to
find other employment (S.W.). (2) Lan. (Hall.)
TEER, see Tear, v.\ Their.
TEEREN, sb. Nhb.' [ti'ran.] The common tern,
Sknia hirimdo. (s.v. Sea-swallow.)
TEERIBUS, see Teribus.
TEER 'WAR, int. Nhb.' A signal that men at the
bottom of a pit are ready to ascend.
TEERY, adj. Lei. Nhp. War. Shr. Cor. Also written
teary Nhp.* Cor.'*; and in forms tary Cor.*; terry
War.'* [tiaTi.] 1. Sticky, smeary; adhesive. See Teer.
Lei.' Handling the sugar will make your hands teery. Nhp.'
Handling moist sugar and plums will make the hands teery ;
Nhp.2 The dressen them ship's made my hands teary. War.'^
2. Soft, smooth, mellow; soft like dough. Also used rt^z^i.
Shr.' If yo' putten a spot o' 'ot waiter i' the churn, it'll mak'
the butter work teery. Cor.'*
3. Of the ground : easy to work. Also used advb.
Shr.' The ground works nice an' teery after the fros'. Cor.*
In mining, ground which is easily dugout, because of itsnumerous
small joints or fissures.
TEERY, see Teary, adj.'^
TEES, sb. pi. Cum. Yks. [tlz.] 1. Two small pins
in the tail-board of a cart, which fit into corresponding
holes in the ' ear-brig.' Cum.* See T. 2. Ties ; studs.
w.Yks. Wee'U meh that arridges o' gode wi' tees o' silver,
Littledale Crav. Sng. Sol. (1859) i. 11.
TEESICKER, sb. Nhb.' Also written teeziker.
[ti'zikar.] An overpowering quantity ; see below.
When a man has got a task that overtaxes him, or an overdose
of medicine or too much drink, it is said, ' He's got a teesicker."
TEESIE, sb. Fif (Jam.) A gust of passion. Cf.
teasy, 2.
TEESSIT, sb. Bnff.' [ti'sit] The line first shot
from a fishing-boat ; the man whose line is first shot.
TEESTY-TOSTY, see Tistytosty.
TEET, V. and sb. Sc. [tit.] 1. v. To peep ; to peep
or pry in a sly, clandestine manner. Cf. toot, v.*
Sh.I. Peerie Aandrew wis sittin' at Arty's side tryin to teet at
Liza noo an' agen, Burgess Sketches (2nd ed.) 75. Cai.' Bch.
I can leet an' hitch about, Forbes Ulysses {i-jB$) 36. Frf. Stowlins
teetin' wi' a wishfu' e'e, Morison Poems (1790) 185. Per. Now
like a timid fawn he teets Amang the woods, Stewart Cliaracler
(1857) 120.
Hence Teet-bo or Teetie-bo, sb. peep-bo ; a game at
peep-bo. Also used attrib. and fig.
Sc. (G.W.) BnlT. John Grumphie, teet, teet bo, O willawins,
whare art thou, jo, Taylor Poems (1787) 181. Edb. Play teet-bo
fra nook to nook, Fekgusson Poems (1773) 224, ed. 1785.
2. sb. A stolen glance ; a peep.
Sc. I saw Eppie stealin' a teet at him, Campbell (1B19) I. 33'
(Jam.). Cai.'
3. Fig. The smallest sound ; the least word.
Bntr.' He sat i' the neuk wee a face as lang's a rehp, an' nae
ae tcct cam oot o's hehd.
TEET, adj. Or.L [tit.] Nimble. Ellis Prominc.
(1889) V. 806.
TEE-TAK-UP-O', sb. Cum. Lin. Also in form tee-
tak'em-all n.Lin.' A teetotum.
Cum.'(s.v. Dally) ; Cum.^ Ashap'standin'uplike a tee-tak-up-o',
160; Cum.^, n.Lin. '
[So called because the player who spins the tcc-totuni
so that the side marked T turns up, takes all the stakes.
TEETAMATORTER
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TEEVER
The sense of T-totum is the same ; from L. Iblwn, llic
whole. Strutt Sports, bk. iv. iv. § 6]
TEETAMATORTER, see Titter-totter.
TEETAN.sA. Sh.andOr.I. [titan.] 1. The meadow
pipit, Anthus pratensis.
Or.I. [So called] from its short and feeble note, Swainson Bird-,
(1885'! 45.
2. The rock pipit, Aulhus obscurus. Sh.I. ib. 46.
TEETAWTER, see Tittertotter.
TEETEE, sb. Sc. Dor. A total abstainer, a teetotaller.
Sc. (A.W.) Dor.Convertedvolksbegen'rallyteetees,AGNUsyrtM
Oxber (1900) 317.
TEETER, see Titter, v.
TEETER ■ CUM ■ TAUTER, TEETERMATORTER,
TEETERY, see Tittertotter, Tittery.
TEETH, sb. pi. Var. dial, uses in Sc. Irel. Eng. and
Amer. 1. In co;/?/>.(i) Teeth-ache, toothache ; (2) -haler,
a dentist ; (3) -rife, palatable, toothsome.
(0 Sh.I. ' Oh ! ' gasped Geordie, ' it's dis confoundit teetlinchc,'
NicoLSON AithsiM Hcdiler (1898) 14. e.Dur.' He's getteti the
teethache. Nrf. For tecthache we rub the inside vvi' rum,
Emerson Wild Life (1890) 96. [Amer. Dial. Notes (1896) I. 211.]
(2)w.Cor.' (3") Rxb. (Jam.), Nhb.i
2. Phr. (i) the tun of one's teeth, free board; see Run, 33;
(2) to be after teeth, to be cutting teeth ; (3I to be naught but
teeth and eyes, to be ill-favoured ; (4) to tiia/ce one's teeth riii
water, to make one's mouth water ; (5) to tack one's teeth
into anything; to set about it heartily.
(il Ir. Other times 'twould be welcome to the run of its teeth
in the field, Barlow Shamrock (1901) 252. (2") Dev. If he is
after teeth, you rub his gums, Baring-Gould Idylls (1896) 19.
(3) Wm. He's nowt but teeth-an-cen (B.K.). (4) Dwn. The smell
o' them was makin" my teeth rin water, Lyttle Robin Gordon, 47.
(5) Chs.<" (s.v. Tack).
3. sg. A tooth.
Cai.' Frf., e.Per. I've a sair teeth (W.A.C.). Ayr. What !
anither teethie through, Aitken Lays (1883") 133. Wgt. A big
drainer . . . came to him to have a teeth pulled, Saxon Gall. Gossip
(1878) 188.
TEETH, see Teth, sb.
TEETHE, V. Sc. Also in form teeth. 1. To fix
teeth in a spiked instruinent.
Sc. (Jam. Suppl.) Ayr. O merry hae I been teethin' a heckle,
Burns Merry hae I been, st. i. Bwk. Out through the mark the
arrows nevv,They teeth'd it like a harrow, W. Crockett yi/i>i5/)Ws>i
(1893) 153.
2. Phr. (i) fe /cf/Z/f/z/ioM, to makean impression on; (2) to
teeth ivilh lime, see below.
(i) Abd. (Jam.) (2) Sc. To build a wall either dry or with clay
in the inside, using a little lime between the layers of stones
towards the outside (Jam.). Fif. Stone walls teethed with lime,
Statist. Ace. XI. 482 (Jam.).
3. To face ; to venture out of doors. Also with out.
Bnff.' They wirna aible t' teethe the blast.
TEETHED, ppl. adj. Sc. Having teeth ; furnished
with teeth.
Dmb. A lang-teethed heckle. Cross Disruption (1844) xxiii.
Ayr. The instrument used for reaping in our young days was the
teethed sickle. White Jottings (1879) 49.
TEETHFUL, sb. Sc. A toothful, a small quantity of
any liquid. Cai.' To tak a teeth-fu'.
TEETHING BANNOCK, sb. Sc. [titSin-banak.] A
cake given to a child when first teething ; see below.
ne.Sc. The teethin bannock . . . was baked of oatmeal and butter
or cream, sometimes with the addition of a ring, in presence of
a few neighbours, and without a single word being spoken by the
one baking it. When prepared it was given to the child to play
with till it was broken. A small piece was then put into the
child's mouth if it had not done so of its own accord. Each one
present carried away a small portion. Such a bannock was
supposed to ease the troubles of teething, Gregor Fii-Lore (1B81)
g. Bnff.i It must be given whole to the infant, who, as a matter of
course puts it to its mouth and breaks it ; and herein lies the virtue
of the bannock to render dentition easy.
TEETHING-PLASTER, sb. Sc. A cake given to a
child when first teething; the same as 'Teething-bannock'
(q.v.). ne.Sc. Gregor Flk-Lore (1881) 9.
TEETHLESS, (i(/y. Sc. Toothless.
Cai. Yer slairvui', tetthlcss grannie, M'Lennan Ptas. Life
(1871) H. 117. Per. Ho cannot use them all at once More than
a teethless wife can gnaw hard bones. Smith Pochis (1714) 86,
cd. 1853. Dmb. She would be owcr ninkled an' teethless by that
time,. Strang /.(jss <//.f»«o.v (1899) 167. Edb. An auld teethless
harrow, a brechem ring rent, Maclagan Poems (1851) 174.
Dmf. 'Your bloodless check an' teethless mou", Johnston Poems
(1820) 133.
TEETHY, ad/. Sc. n.Cy. Yks. Lan. Lin. Also written
teathy w.Yks." ne.Lan.' s.Lan.' n.Lin.' [trtJi.]
1. Fretful, fractious, ' tetchy,' gen. applied to children or
infants. Cf. toothy.
N.Cy.' (s.v. Teady). w.Yks.' Shoe begins to be vara tim'rous
an keisty, an as teclhy as a stcg in a yate, ii. 291. Lin.', n.Lln.'
2. Ill-tempered, peevish, cross; crabbed; pugnacious;
inveterate.
Sc. (Jam. Suppl.) s.Sc. ' A teethy answer,' a tart reply (Jam.).
Lnk. She was aye a terrible sherp teethy creatur'. Eraser
IVhaups (1895) 157. Rxb. At his expense our teethy faes are fed,
A. Scott Poems (ed. 1808) 160. n.Cy. Grose (1790). w.Yks.
A question is asked whether the old man . . . will come down
to-day, when the remark is, that he is very teethy, Hamilton
Nugae Lit. (1841) 311 ; w.Yks.^*, ne.Lan.', s.Lan.', Lin.'
3. Having many or large teeth ; biting; given to biting.
Sc. (Jam. Suppl.) Rnf. With hero's heart and teethy jaw,
Nane like him could badger draw, Webster Rhymes (1835) 136.
TEETICK, sb. Sh.I. Also written tietick and in
form teetuck. [ti'tik, -ak.] 1. The meadow pipit,
Anlhiis pratensis.
Aliuida pnileiisis. Tee-tick, Tit-lark, Edmondston Zetl. (1809)
II. 236 (Jam.) ; Swainson Birds 1885) 45 ; S. & Ork.'
2. The rock pipit, Anthus obscurus. Swainson ib. 46.
TEETLIN, sb. Cai.' [trtlin.] 1. The meadow pipit,
Anthus pratensis. 2. The rock pipit, A. obscurus.
TEE-TOLLY, sb. Cum. Win. Also in form tee-tully
Cum." [tl'-toli ; -tuli.] A teetotum ; a small top spun
with the fingers.
Lake!.', Cum. (J.D.) Wni. Make us a tee-tolly, please (B.K.).
TEETOTAL, sb. Sc. Dur. Yks. Lan. Lin. Dor. Also
written teetottle Dor.; and in form tee tot Rnf. [ti'totl.]
A teetotaller, a total abstainer ; teetotalism, esp. in phr.
to join or sign teetotal. Also used altrib.
ne.Sc. Neither the ' teetotal,' nor the 'templars,' nor his pledge
to Mr. Love had cured Scorgie, Green Gordonliaven (1887) 112.
Per. I maun join the Teetotal, Stewart Character (1857) 149.
Rnf. Tee-Tots vvi' their lecturing lash us, Clark Rliyntes (1842)
16. Gall. They join teetotal because when they taste they gane
mad wi't entirely, Irving Lays (1872) 230. Wgt. Teetotal will
prevail in spile of all the durt in h — 1, Eraser Wigtown U877)
308. Dur. ihoo'll hev.nee objection if I sign teetotal, Guthrie
Kitty Pagan {igoo' 165. w.Yks. 1 J. W.) Lan. My owd grandam
sent me out wi' th' teetotals on Whit Monday, Antrobus Wilders-
moor (1901) 209. Lin. You know, mother, I'm a teetotal now
(R.E.C.\ Dor. I'm tcclottle myself, Cornh. Mag. (Sept. 1900 1 308.
TEETOTAL, adj. Sc. Irel. Lan. Chs. Amer. [tltotl.]
Perfect, complete, entire ; used as an intensitive.
n.Ir. The Divil knowin' ... his teetotal want av contrition, Lays
and Leg. (1884) 69. s.Lan.' He's a teetotal foo'.
Hence Teetotally, adv. totally, quite.
Lnk. I'm doonricht teetotally bauld, Murdoch Doric Lyre ;i873)
102. Lth. ' Darling' was, both for go and beauty, an out and outer,
teetotally, LuMSDEN5/if('/i-/(fa(^(i892j 220. s.Lan.'. Chs. '^ [Amer.
I'm teetotally ershamed of ye, Dave, Cent. Mug. (Mar. 18851 680.]
TEETOTALLER, s6. Cum." The small tortoise-shell
butterfly, Vanessa urtica.
TEETOTUM, v. Dev. [trtotam.] To wheel or whirl
about; to twist round. Also used y?^.
There was times when he teetotummed round past Christian
patience, Zack On Trial (i8gg) 131; He's been teetotuming in
and out of the house the livelong day, ib. 46.
TEE-TOUCH-'WOOD, sb. Obs. Lan. A children's
game. See Tig, v.
Another party engaged in the games of prison-bars, tee-tonch-
wood, Thornber Hist. Blackpool (1837) 90.
TEETY, TEEUCK, see Teaty, Teeock.
TEEV, TEEVA, TEEVER, see Tiver.
TEEVOO
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TELEGRAFT
TEEVOO, sb. Obs. Sc. Also written tevoo. A male
flirt. Sc. Mackay. Gall. Mactaggart Eiicycl. (1824).
TEEWHEEP, sb. Or.I. Also in form teewhoap.
The lapwing or peewit, Vaitelliis cristatiis. See also
Tewit, &c.
The Teewhoap, which from the sound it utters, has the liame
of the teewhoap here, Barry Hist. (1805) 307 (Jam.); Swainson
Birds (1885I 184 ; S. & Ork.i
TEE-WHEET, TEEYUM, see Tewit, Toom.
TEEZLE, V. Obs. n.Cy. In phr. to leezle wool, to pull
it asunder with the fingers. Grose (1790). Cf tease, v. 2.
TEFT, V. Hmp. Wil. [teft.] To try the weight of
anything by poising it in the hand. Prob. a corruption
of 'to heft." Cf. heft, I'.' 6.
Hmp.' Wil. Teft this, wul ye ' Britton Beauties (iSas) ; Wil.i
'What heft do j'ou think this bundle is?' 'I don't Itnow, let's teft it.'
TEG, sb. In ffeii. dial, use in midl. and s. counties.
Also in form tig Glo.' [teg.] 1. A yearling sheep
before it has been shorn. Also in comb. Ewe teg. Wether
teg. See Tag, sb."
Sir, Der. (J.K.), Der.^, Not.' Lei.i A lamb becomes a 'teg'
about the first Michaelmas after its birth, and remains so till after
the second shearing. Nhp.' The Ewe or female lamb, after
Michaelmas or going to turnips, till the first shear-day, is called a
Ewe teg. The Wether or male lamb after Michaelmas is a Wether
teg. The yearling sheep after shear-day is called a Teg (s.v.
Sheep). War.sS'', s.War.', w.Wor.', s.Wor.i, se.Wor.i, Shr.i
Glo. One o' the tegs wur a took middling, Buckman Darke's
Sojoiiiii (1890) 138; (A.B.); GI0.12 Oxf.' MS. add. Brks.>
Bdf. (J.W.B.); The winter keep of tegs, whether consisting of
turnips or grass, Batchelor Agric. (1813) 93. Hrt. Ellis Mod.
////s/>. (1750) IV. iv. w.Mid. (W.P.M.), Ken.', Sur.i Sus. Tegs,
lambs of last yeaning. Young Annals Agric. (i 784-1815) XI. 197.
Hmp.', Wil. (W.C.P.), n.Wil. lE.H.G.), Dor.» Som. Yo can buy
good tegs and wethers at a half a crown a piece, Agrikler Rhymes
(1872) 65. e.Som. W. & J. Gl. (1873). w.Som.' [.Sheep bear
the name of lamb until 8 months old, after which they are ewe
and wether teggs until once clipped, Stephens Farm Bk. (ed.
1849) I. 213.]
Hence Teg-nian, sb. a shepherd.
Wil.' I am a teg-man (or shepherd) in the employ of Mr. White,
IVil. Cy. Minor (Oct. 28, 1892) 8, col. 5.
2. The fleece of a yearling sheep. Also in comb. Teg's-
wool or Teg-wool.
Nhp.' The fieeces of the first shearings amongst wool-dealers
are called indiscriminately Tegs or Hogs (s.v. Sheep). Shr.' The
wool known as teg's-wool is distinguished by a little curl at the
end, which that of an after-shearing never has. w.Som.' This
word is not so often applied to the sheep as ' hog,' but more freq.
to the wool — Teg-wool being the same as hog-wool, i.e. wool of
a year and a half's growth.
TEGGY, adj. Ess. Foggy, damp. (W.W.S.)
TEGIOUS, TEGTAIL, see Tedious, Tecktail.
TEH, sec Thee, pers. proiu, Thou, Thy.
TEICHER, V. and sb. Sc. Nhb. Also in forms teigher
Nhb.' ; ticher Sc. (Jam.); tieheer Nhb.'; tigher Bwk.
(Jam.) [ti-xar, tixsr.] I. v. To ooze from the skin ; to
distil almost imperceptibly.
s.Sc. When the skin is slightly cut it is said to ' teicher and
bluid' when the quantity of blood effused is scarcely sufficient to
form a drop (Jam.). Bwk. Applied to blood and other liquids
(li.;. Nhb.' Gen. used in the participial form, ' teicherin.' A
newly-broken skin on which matter is just forming is said to be
teicherin, as when maggots are on the skin of a sheep, or when
a watery humour issues from a wounded place.
'2. sb. The appearance of a fretted sore. Rxb. (Jam.)
TEIDSOME, see Teddisome.
TEIGHT, pp. Lnk. (Jam.) [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] Fatigued.
TEIL, V. Obs. Wxf.' To ail, to be amiss.
Fade teil thee, zo lournagh, co Joane, zo knaggee? [What ails
you so melancholy, quoth John, so cross?] 84.
TEIL, TEIM, TEIN, see Teal, sb., Teem, v.\ Teen, sb.'
TEIND, sb. and v. Sc. n.Cy. Cum. Yks. Also in forms
teen Dmb. Ayr. n.Cy. Cuni.'=* ; teend e.Yks. ; tein n.Sc;
tiend Sc. [tlnd, tin.| \. sb. A tithe ; a tenth part pay-
able to the Church. Also usedT?.^'.
Sc. It may be a grant of kirklands and teinds, Scott Nigel (1834)
xxxi. Sh.I. To Urie the udallers came with the 'teinds' or tithes
they had to pay, Jakobsen Dial. (1897) 4. n.Sc. There's nane
that comes to gude greenwood But pays to me a tein, Buchan
Ba/lcids {1B28) I. 235, ed. 1875. ne.Sc. Every seven years they
[i. e. the P'airies] had to pay ' the tcind to hell,' and this they
endeavoured to do by a human being rather than by one of
themselves, Gregok Flk-Lore (1881) 5, e.Sc. Sooner or later
they that follow the sea maun pay their teind. Strain Elnislie's
Drag-net (1900) 208. Frf. The . . . parsonage teinds of the lands
of Ifalcortowne and mill lands thereof, Wright Gideon Gntlirie
(1900) 148. Dmb. He is raizin a plea against the laird for sum-
thing they call the teens, Cross Disruption (1844) xiii. Ayr.
Claiming out of the teinds an augmentation of my stipend, Galt
Ann. Parish (1821) xxvii ; What would be the sense o' listening
to lang sermons, payin' teens, and a' the rest? Johnston CUn-
bucliie (1889) 100. e.Lth. The teinds didna belang to the kirk ava,
but the nation, Hunter,/. Imvick (1895) 163.
2. Comb, (i) Teind-barn, a tithe-barn ; (2) •collecting
day, the day on which the tithes are collected ; (3) -free,
exempt from the payment of tithes ; (4) -lamb, pig, &c.,
a tithe lamb or pig, &c. ; (5) .leath, see (ij ; (6) -sheaves,
sheaves payable as tithes ; (7) -skate, obs., a skate or fish
payable as tithes.
(i) n.Cy. Grose (t79o\ Cum.'' (2'] Sh.I. Old teind-collecting
day. Still noticed in Northmavine, il/(7Hso/('sSA. ^/;;;. (1893). (3)
Sc. (Jam.) (4) Sc. His head mouldy, his tiend lamb and pig all
scouthered, Magopico (ed. 1836) 16. (5) n.Cy. (Hall.), Cum.'*
(6) Sc. An easy tack of the teind-sheaves, Scott Monasteiy (1820)
xxxiii. Frf. The tiend sheaves, Wright Gideon Guthrie (1900)
148. Lnk. The tiend-sheaves or parsonage-tiends of the foresaid
lands of Kippelrig, Wodrow Ch. Hist. (1721) II. 76, ed. 1828.
(7) Fif. He'd sooner fling them [fish] back i' the sea Than gi'e ae
teind-skate to the bishop, Tennant Papistry (1827) 13.
3. Phr. Court of Teinds, the court of law dealing with the
tithes of the Established Church of Scotland. Also called
Teind Court.
Sc. When a clergyman considers his stipend too small, he may
institute a suit in the Court of Teinds for having it increased,
Outram L^'nes (1887) 75. w.Sc. He was also thoroughly up in
the mysteries of the Teind Court, Macdonald Settlement (1869)
65, ed. 1877.
4. V. Obs. To tithe.
Bnfr. From the time that teinding is finished, Cramond Culteit
Ann. (1888) 97. Lnk. When their cornes are shorne, stoukd,
dead, and dry. They cannot get them teinded, Lithgow Poet. Rem.
(1618-60) Scotland's Welcome, ed. 1863. e.Yks. Not to suffer
them [some fleeces] to be teended. Best Riir. Econ. (1641) 26.
[1. ON. timid, a tithe. 4. thiiida, to pay tithes, or have
one's property taxed for tithe (Vigfusson).]
TEIND, see Tind, Tine, sb.\ v.^
TEIST, sb. Abd. (Jam.) [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] A handful.
TEISTIE, sb. Sc. Nrf. Also in forms taiste Or.I.
(Jam.); testie ne.Sc; tiestie Sh.I.; tyst(e S. & Ork.'
Cai.' Nrf. ; tystie Sc. S. & Ork.' The black guillemot,
Una grylle.
Sc. Hear the maws and tystie's roar abune, Edwards Mod.
Poets, 7th S. 248. Sh.I. He turned as fat as a tiestie and as round
as a pellick, Stewart Tales (1892) 27; S. & Ork.' Or.I. Swain-
son Birds (1885) 218; The taiste or black guillemote builds her
nest in the cliffs. Statist. Ace. XX. 264 (Jam.). ne.Sc. The black
guillemot {Uria grylle), or, as it is there called, the Testie, Smith
Sea Fowls in Moray Firth, in Zoologist (1850) VIII. 2913. Cai.'
Nrf. Cozens-Hardy Broad Nrf. (1893) 50.
[ON. feist or feisli. Mod. N. teisie, the sea-pigeon, Uria
i^rylle (Vigfusson).]
TEITY, adj. s.Chs.' [tei'ti.] Squeamish. Also in
comp. Teity-stomached.
6e)z sii des-purt teyti-stiim-ukt, yu)kn gy'et nuwt uzdiiz forim.
TEJOUS, see Tedious.
TEK, s6. Sh.I. [tek.] A dog. See Tike, s*.'
Tak' a hair o' the tek that belt dee, SPENCE/VA-Z.off (1899) 225.
TEK, see Take, Teak, sb>
TELEGRAFT, v. and sb. Sc. Yks. Lan. Not. Lin. Rut.
Dor. Amer. Also written telegrapht Lin. ; and in forms
talegrapht Not. ; talligraft s.Lan.' [te-li-, taligraft.]
1. V. To telegraph.
w.Yks. (J.W.), s.Lan.' Not. I never heard of talegraphting
TELESCOPE
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TELL
coffins, sir, Prior Renie (1895) 46. Lin. I'm not much for wriliii'
so I went to tli' poust office an' she [post-mistress] telegraphtetl to
him (E.P.). (Amer. He'll put in up above, and tclegralt to Boston,
Ccnl. Mag. (Oct. 1902) 865.]
2. sb. A telegram. Also used atirib.
e.Sc. To send awa' a telcgraft message. Strain Etinslie's Diag-
net (igoo) 370. Rut.' I recl<ons that the old beacon wur a telc-
graft. It saj's in the history as how they was invented by Potelmy.
Dor. I have had a graft, my dear, a telegraft, Francis Fiandtr's
ll'iiiow (1 901) pt. II. i.x.
TELESCOPE, i6. Yks. A kaleidoscope. n.Yks. (I.W.)
TELEWAG, sb. Lan. Dor. Also in form taliwag
e.Lan.' (teli-, taliwag.] A telegram; a telegraph wire.
Lan. It ud cost him a deeal o' brass, I reckon, if he wur t'comc
on th' telewag, Brierley Collets, xvii. e.Lan.' Dor. 'Tis tha
[wires] da car the tclewags, Young Rnbin Hill (1867) i.
TELFER, see Tilfer.
TE-LICK, adv. Cum. In phr. te-lick, te-smack, as fast
as possible, ' helter-skelter.'
It's Robbie ; . . te-lick, te-smack. . . They are coming down
jumping, leaping, flying, Caine Shad. Cfiine (1885) 301 ; Cum.'
Gen. applied to persons in the act of running ; Cum."
TELL, V. and sb. Var. dial, forms and uses in Sc.
Irel. Eng. and Amer. [tel.] L v. Gram, forms. 1.
Preterite: (i) Tald, (2) Tau'd, (3) Taul, (4) Tauld, (5)
Tawld, (6) Teld, (7) Tailed, (8) Tell't, (9) Telt, (10) Tild,
(II) Tele, (12) Tolth, (13) Toould, (14) Toud, (is) Toul,
(l6)Tould,(i7)Towd, (i8)Towld,(i9)Towlt,(2o)Twould.
(i) Sc. (Jam.) Ayr. He tald mysel. Burns Dr. Blac/.-lock {i-}Sg)
St. 2. Lth. 1 tald to her the hale affair, Thomson Fof»(5 (1819) 28.
Edb. I . . . tald her a' my pain, Macaulay Poems (1788) 122. (2)
Dwn. A tau'd ye this wudbe yer game, Savage-Armstrong Brt/Zorfs
(1901) 119. (3) ne.Sc. Here's the man it taul a', Gregor Flk-Lore
(1881) 14. Abd. He taul' me that it sent them up, Ale.kander
Johnny Gibb (1871) xi. (4) Sc. (Jam.) ; My father tauld me sae
forty years sin^ Scott Midlothian ( 1818) viii ; Murray Dial. (1873)
208. Kcd. The shepherd tauld his queerest tale, Jamie Effusions
(1849) 55. Ayr. The Souter tauld his queerest stories. Burns
Tarn o' Shanler (1790) 1. 49. Gall. ScoTT Gleanings (i88i) 53.
Dwn. Nivver een in fiel' or toun Tauld a love sae deep as they,
Savage-Armstrong Ballads (1901) 25. (5) Dev. He tawld me
'bout it, PHiLLpoTTsS/n*m^//oMcs (1901) 52. (6) w.Yks. Wright
Gram. IVndhll. (1892) 142. Der.^, Not.', Lei,', Hnt. (T.P.F.)
(7") Sc. Murray Dial. (1873) 208. Sh.L Young Lovvrie Legaboot
tell'd me sae, Stewart Tales (1892) 71. Per. I tell'd ye afore,
Sandy Scott (1897) 86. Twd. I don't know who felled you,
BuciiAN JVealher {i6()o) 93. Slk. I telled her the storj", Thomson
Druninieldale (1901) 19. Dmf. My mither tell'd me, Shennan
Tales (1831) 158. n.Cy. (J.W.) Nhb. She tell'd how after o the
grandeur oh this it mhead ne mater, Bewick Tyneside Tales (1850)
14. Dur.>, n.Yks.s, ne.Yks.' 35, e.Yks.' w.Yks.> He telld me, ii.
319 ; w.Yk8.34 Lan. I just telled Williams I'd had enough, i.ow.g'-
iHriH's A/n^. (Feb. 1890) 395. s.Lan.', Der.' Not. I telled her so,
Prior Forest Flk. (1901) 17. n.Lln.' Th' almanac man tell'd me
on it. se.Lin. (J.T.B.) sw.Lin.' He tell'd me so his sen. Nhp.',
s.Wor. (H.K.) Slir., Hrf. The common usage. Bound Provinc.
(1876). Glo. I telled un, Buckman Darke's Sojourn (1890) ii.
Oxf.' She only laughed when I telled her that (G.O.). Brks.'
Dor. Her telled I she mun go over to the doctor. Hare Dinah
Kellow (1901) 19, Dev. Her telled she her shudd'n du't, BowRiNG
Lang. (1866) 27. Cor. I tell'd un that night, Harris Wheal Vcor
(igoi) 59. [fi) Cai.' Abd. Gien ye tell't mc, that wad mak a' the
differ, Macdonald Sic Gibbie (1879) xxvi. Per. He tell't me
yestreen, Aitken Enoclidhu (1901) a6. Lnk. Wha tell't it the
road? Nicholson Idylls (1870) 16. Gall. I tell't my way o't,
Galloiidian (1901) II. 123. Nhb. The yen I tell't ye aboot. Pease
Mark 0' Deil (1894) 134. Dur. She tell't mc to do that too,
Longman's Mag. (Oct. 1896) 586. (9) Ayr. Dr. Congalton telt the
schulemaister, Johnston Congalton (1896) 10. Wgt. Don't say
that A telt ye, Fraser Wigtown (1877) 84. Cum.^ Willie furst
telt them, 43. Wm. He lelt her what ed happened, Briggs
Remains (1825') 140. n.Yks. 2, ni.Yks.', n.Lan.', s.Not. (J.PK.)
(10) m.Yks.' Introd. 49. (11) Der. I want the gowd, as Dick tole
ye, Ouida Puck ^ed. 1901) vii. Dev. He .. . tole me to come an"
let 'ee knaw, Norway Parson Peter (1900) a8. [Amer. He tole
me to go 'long home, Johnston Middle Georgia (1897) 159] (la)
Wxf.' (13) I.W.' (14) e.Lan.' Der. I tou'd hur that I lov'd hur,
M.A. Poems (1668) 29. Shr., Hrf. Bound Provinc. (1876). Sur.
I toud a chap, Bickley Sur. Hills (1890) II. xv. (15") Don. His
mother foul' him to go out, MACMANUsB(H(/q//?o(7(/(i898)44. 16)
VOL. VI.
Ir. If you tould him. Barlow Martin's Comp. (1896) 17. Cor. He
tould th' ould doctor, Harris Wheal Veor (1901) 170. (17) Lan.
Aw towd the captain misel, Clegg David's Loom (1894) 157.
s.Lan.' Der. As I lowd yo' afore, Gilchrist Peaktand (1897') 35.
Lin. An' a towd ma my sins, Tennyson A^. Farmer, Old Style
(1864) St. 3. Shr. Todley Turn was a good while afore he towd
him, Burne Flk-Lore (1883) xiv. Nrf. I up and I towd missus.
Spilling Molly Miggs (1903) 9. (18) Ir. "The story ye towld us
vvanst about the Indian custom, Blackw. Mag. (Aug. 1822) 197.
Yks. Mind what thee father towld thee. Dyke Craiktrees (1897) 23.
( 19' Ir. I towlt them that I found it in wan o' the volumes, Blackw.
Mag. (Aug. 1822) 197. (20) Wil. Slow Gt. (1892).
2. Pp.: (i) Taul, (2) Tauld, (3) Teld, (4) Telled, (5)
Tellen, (6) Tell't, (7) Telt, (8) Tild, (9) Toad, (10) Tohd,
(11) Toul, (12) Towd, (13) Towld, (14) Twold.
(i) Abd. I've taul ye aft ancuch, Murray Hamewith (1900) 85.
(2) Sc. A' the truth shou'd na be tauld, Ramsay Prm". (1737).
Frf. Come in whan ye're tauld, Reid Hcatherland (1894) 61.
Ayr. I'm tauld ye're driving rarely, livrnts Dieam (1786) st. 10.
Gall. There talcs were tauld, Scott Gleanings (1881) 53. (3)
n.Yks. Sum kahnd frinnd had teld him, Castillo Pofms (1878)
19. w.Yks. Wright Gram. Wndhll. (1892) 142. Lan. She can't
bide to be teld of her fauts. Eavesdropper Ki7/. Z.i/c (i869"i 79.
e.Lan.', Der.«, Not,', Lei.' (4) Sc. Murray Dial. (1873) 208.
Fif. I had no sooner telled her, Meldrum Grey Mantle (1896)
292. Twd. Let it be telled a' ower the toun. Buchan Burnet
(1898' 150, Nhb. If I'd telled ye that he'd tummled into the burn,
Lilburn Bordeier fi896) 335. Dur.', ne.Yks.' 35, e.Yks.',
w.Yks."^* Lan. Tales 'at aw've alreddy telled, Standing
Echoes (1885) n. s.Lan.' Der. She's telled tha play-actors,
OuiDA PiicA (ed. 190O viii. Lin. Moother 'ed tell'd ma to bring
tha down, Tennyson Owd Rod (1889'). n.Lin.', sw.Lin,', Nhp.^
Glo. I've telled Michael, Gissinc Fi//. Hampden (1890) I. i.
Brks.' e.Sus. Gin you'd telled that chap, Longman's Mag.
(July 1898) 26r. Dev. The secret what he hed so careful telled
to me. Pall Mall Mag. (Feb. 1900) 158. (5) w.Yks.* (s.v,
Shotten). e.Dev. Look'ee, have thee tellen she on't ? Jane
Lordship (1897) 226. (6) Cai. Noo 'at I've tell't ye a', Horne
Countryside {iSg6) 127. Ayr. She was tell't to tak her wither-
shins nine times through a hesp o' unwatered 3'arn, Service
Notandnms (1890) 100. n.Ir. A wush ye had a tell't me suiner,
LvTTLE Paddy AfcQuillan, 13. Wm. I've tell't thee afoor, Ollivant
Owd Bob {legS) 19. (7) Slg. I'm telt he gaed straucht to the
polls office, Febgusson Village (iSgji) '35- Ayr. She jealoused
that I had telt you. Galt Gilhaise (1823^ xvii. Rxb. I'm telt
there's naebody that'll bide intil't, Dibdin Borrfo-iyt (1897) 15.
Uls. You might have telt me sooner, Hamilton /?o^(i896i hi.
Nhb. Aw've telt the young cheps, Robson Bk. Ruth (i860) xi. 9.
Cum. By Jingo, somebody's telt ye, E. C. News (Apr. 15, 1893) 8.
n.Yks. Ah've telt tha all as fused tebe, Tweddell Clevel. Rhymes
('875) 5. n.Lan. I've telt you before partly what there is, Wilson
Bacca Queen (i^oi) g. (8) m.Yks.' Introd. 4a. (9) Ess.* (10)
n.Lin.' (11) n.Ir. I've been toul' By oul' Widdy Gallagher, Lays
and Leg. (1884I 5. (is'i s.Lan.' se.Lan. Dunna let on as Aw've
towd yo', Conih. Mag. (Dec. 1898) 839. Der. As I've been towd,
Gilchrist Nicholas 1,1899) 7. (13) Sur. So I'se bin towld,
BiCKLEY Sur. Hills {iBgo) I. xiii. Cor. I've towld the passon
mine, dame, Blackw. Mag. (Jan. i86a) 7. (14) Glw. That story
is asy twold, Barrington Sketches (1830) HI. xvii. Dor. I've
twold nobody down to Barleigh about it, Agnus fan O.xber
(igoo) 172.
II. Dial. uses. 1. v. In phr. (i) d'ye tell o't! an excla-
mation of surprise, ' you don't say so ! ' (2) tiot to tell, not
to be told, not to be surmised or guessed at ; (3) tell me .'
see below ; (4) tell thee, or / tell tliee, what, an expression
used to commence a statement ; see below; (5) tell your
Sam, to put to one's account when ready money is not
given ; (6) to tell a speech, to say a sentence or connected
phrase ; (7) — n tale, (a) to produce an eflect, to have
consequences ; (b) to answer well, to have a good effect ;
(8) — a tell, to say a word, to speak ; (9) — in, to fill up ;
(10) — of, to give evidence of, used jig. ; (11) — 011, [a] to
inform against, betray ; to tell tales ; (b) to speak of; (12)
— cite his own, to speak freely; (13) —one's name, used
with «(■.?■. ; see below; (14) — out, to exorcise, to remove
by spells or charms; (15) — the bees, to inform the bees
of the occurrence of a death in the family : see Bee, sb.'-
1.2(8); {16)— to, {a) to tell about ; to speak uf a thing from
personal knowledge ; (b) to tell any one where to find a
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thing; (17) —up, (a) to relate, to narrate with some idea
of exaggeration underlying ; also used siibst. ; {b) to con-
fess ; (18) — up stuff, to talk nonsense.
(i) Dor. 'And 'a can play the peanner, so 'tis said.' . . . ' D'ye
tell o't ! A happy time for us, and I feel quite a new man !'
Hardy Madding Crowd (1874) vi. (2) w.Yks. It isn't to tell what
tha'd du if tha fan thisen in a reight tight corner, Leeds Mere.
Siippl. (Dec. 10, 1898). (3) w.Som.* This is a mere asseveration
and implies a challenge to contradict the speaker. It usually takes
the form ' Nif 'tidn zo and zo, or Nif thick fuller idn a fool, tell me ! '
(4) w.Yks. Ah'll tell tha what! mah beleeaf is that if too disn't
mend thoo'll cum ti gallas, Leeds Merc. Siippl. (Apr. 25, 1891).
Brks. Hayden Round our Vill. (1901) 30. w.Soni.' A very
common beginning to a statement, either of bucolic wisdom or of
angry dispute. ' Aay tuul- ee haut tai'z ! yiie mus ai-t zum
moaurbee'f-m tae'udeez fuust' [you must eat some more beef and
potatoes first, i.e. wait till you are older — a very common phrase].
' I tell ee hot 'tis, I do zee purty plain, you've a got a darn sight
more guts-n brains.' (5) Lan. A quart of ale, Mary, and tell yo'r
Sam, Brierley Out of IVork, i. (6) Dev. Her [an infant] can
talk, but her ca'nt tell a speech, Repotis Provinc. (1885) no.
(7, a) Sli.I. Dis pain 'ill tell a tale yet, Stewart Tales (1892) 42.
s.Lan.' It's beginnin' for t'tell a tale, 18. (i) n.Lin.' 1 guanner'd
sum o' my sweades, an' gev t'uthers noht bud manner, an', my
wod ! th' guanner duz tell a taale ! you maay see wheare it's gone
to a inch. (8) Ir. But niver a tell she'll tell onless she happens to
take the notion in the quare ould head of her. Barlow Liscomiel
(1895) 10. (9) n.Yks. Apples tells in fast (I.W.). (10) w.Som.i
Wuul ! yiie aa'v udras* dhik vee'ul u graewn praupur, ee'ul
luul- oa ut piirtee kwik, aa'l wau'rn un [Well ! you have dressed
that field thoroughly, it will show the effects of it very quickly,
I'll warrant it]. Dev. Repoiis Provine. (1882) 22. {11, a) Abd.
Ye winno tell on's ? Abd. IVkty. Free Press (Oct. 12, 1901). Frf.
1 had vexed him by my lang silence. I wadna tell on ye, Paton
Jiiveresk (1896) 126. Edb. Bobe . . . used to get mair than his fair
share o' the tawse as it was, without my tellin' on him, Campbell
Dedie Jock (iSg-j) 16. w.Yks. But isteead o' tellin' on ma, he
took ma tul a glass, Speight Craven Highlands (189a) 144. Lan.
(F.R.C.) Lon. Don't tell on me this time, /Vo^/c (Sept. i, 1889)
6. [Amer. She made him promise he'd never tell on her. Cent.
Mag. (Jan. 1883'! 369.] (4) w.Yks. ' Wor ther a lot o' fowk at
t'funeraU' ' Nowght to tell on,' Leeds Merc. Sitppl. (Dec. 10,
18981. Lan. In days that owd folk tell on, Harland & Wilkin-
son F«-Ao;v (1867) 60. (i2)Dor. (W.C.) Cor. The first Monday
after Twelfth-day . . . young people . . . disguised, . . visit their
neighbours in companies, where they dance, and make jokes upon
what has happened during the year, and every one is humorously
' told their own,' without offence being taken. Hunt Pop. Rom.
ui.Eng. (1865)392, ed. 1896. (13) Don. I would't tell me name
for the couple o' scraps he's peggin' on them [boots]. Hoots ! ay,
indeed! Macmanus /Jc/irf o/"7?oa(/ (1898) loi. (14) Sh.I. Burning
and toothache were ' told out ' by uttering over the patient
certain formulas of words in Norse, only known to the speaker,
Si-ENCE Fti-Lore {i8gg) 158; Persons who professed the jiealing
art, such as 'telling oof toothache or ringworm, il>. 26; The
religious charmer of Shetland would mutter some words over
water, in imitation of the practice of the Catholic priest, and the
elementwas named 'forespoken water' : ..boatswerethensprinkled
with it, and limbs were washed with it, for the purpose of telling
out pains, Hibbert Desc. S/i. /. (1822) 272, ed. 1891. (15) Wm.
(B.K. !, Hrf. (E.M.W.) Sus. Longman's Mag. (July 1889") 269.
(16, a) Not.' Lei.' Will you tell the master to this threepence?
' Had you ever seen defendant before ?' ' Not as Ah could tell
tew.' War.3 (A) s.Chs.' (17, a) Oxf. No time to hearken to
any such tell-up, Blackmore Cripps (1876) vii. Wil.' I mind
thur wur a lot on 'em thur from Ca'an [Calne] as wur a tellin' up
zuch tales as was never about the Cannin's vawk, 214. Dor. Do
ee tell oop how it all corned about. Hare Vi It. Street {iZg$) 124.
Som. I don't listen to all everybody do tell up, Raymond Sam
and Sabina (1894) 95. e.Dev. Some of which letter may have
been a mere telling up, but no matter, Jane Lordship (1897) 310.
Cor. You could tell that up in Devonshire, a Cornish equivalent
for telling things ' to the marines,' Cahill Wheat Certainty (1890)
105. (A) Dor. I can't bear et no longer ; I mun tell up what
a wicked lass I've a-bin. Hare Dinah Ketlow (1901) 250. (18)
w.Som.' ' Do not talk nonsense ' is usually ' Don't tell up such stuff.'
2. Comb. (1) Tall-clack, (2) -clat, (3) -pie or -pye, (4)
•pienot, (5) -piet or -piot, (6) -pie tit, a tale-bearer; (7)
•post, a direction or finger-post; (8) -tale, the engine-
man's index as to the position of the cage in the shaft
when winding ; (9) -taler tit, (10) -tit or -tale tit, see (6) ;
in gen. colloq. use.
(l)Nhp.i,Hnt. (T.P.F.) (2^ n.Lin.', se.Lin. (J.T.B.) (3) n.Yks. 2,
ne.Yks.' e.Yks. Marshall 7?;/)-. Econ. (1796) II. 351. m.Yks.',
w.Yks.'s (4) in.Yks.' (5] Cai.l GaU. Its a lee, I'm no! Ye
wee tell-piet, wait till I get ye oot ! Crockett Banner of Blue
(1902) iv. N.Cy.' (s.v. Tale-pie). Nhb.', n.Yks.'24_ ne.Yks.',
m.Yks.' (6'1 e.Yks.', m.Yks.' w.Yks.^ Children about Doncaster
say: 'Tell Pie Tit Laid an egg and couldn't sit.' w.Yks. 5 (7)
Nhp.' (8) n.Stf. (J.T.) (9) w.Sora.' Tuul-tae-ulurtee-t. (10)
w.Sc. He was greeted by cries of 'Clip-cloots! Clip-cloots! ' and
' Tell-tale tit. Your tongue shall be slit, And every little dog shall
have a little bit,' Wood Farden Ha' (1902) 197. w.Yks. ^, Lan.',
e.Lan.', s.Lan.', s.Clis.' s.Stf. Tell-tale-tit, His tongue shall be
slit, And every little dog shall have a little bit, Pinnock Blk. Cy.
Ami. (1895). n.Lin.', Nbp.', Oxf. (CO.), Oxf.» MS. add., Lon.
(A. B.C.), Dev.3, Cor.'
3. To count ; to reckon up. Also with on and over.
Sc. He . . . pulled out a small bag of gold and . . . proceeded to
tell out the contents, Scott j\ '/§•<-/ (1822) iv. Frf. They tell'd ilka cut
[of yarn] that they ty'd up, Piper of Peebles ( 1 794) 7. Rxb. Now ye'U
hae less [money] to tell, Wilson Pofx/s (1824) 5- Cum. Our butter
tells to fourteen pun, Blamire Poems (1842) 215. n.Yks. (T.S.) ;
n.Yks.' ; n.Yks.'' Tak tent o' thah brass an tell 't. ' Tell'd ower,"
countedortold; n.Yks.'', e.Yks.' ni.Yks."Goandtelltheewelambs
over; I am afraid one of them is missing.' 'I can'ttellonthemnow;
it's ower dark.' w.Yks. (C.C.R.) Lan. So the moneys collected
was told, WALKDEN£l;Virv(ed. 1866) 21 ; (S.W.) War.3 w.Wor.
We'll tell them over, S. Beauchamp N. Hamilton (1875) I. 258.
Glo. Have you told the sheep? (A.B.) Brks.' Tell them ther ship
'ooU 'e an' let I knaw how many ther be on um. e.An.' Nrf.
Doan't yow tell yer chickens afore yer hatch 'em, Patterson Man
and Nat. (1895) 123 ; iW.R.E.) Suf. Did you tell the clock when
it struck? (M.E.R.); Suf.' Ess. I told the clock every hour of
the night (W.W.M.). Ken.' Here's the money, will you tell it
out on the table? Sur.' Sus.' Otherwhiles I be forced to tell
the ship over six and seven times before I can get 'em right. Hmp.'
s.Hmp. I told the clock, I believe, every hour all night, Verney
L. Lisle (1870) xiii. Som. (F.A.A.) w.Sora.' Haun yiie bee
aak'st oa'urt, muyn yiie au-vees tuul vuyv voaT yiie du spai'k
[When you be asked anything, mind you count five, before you
speak]. Cor.'23
Hence Teller, sb. a counter, one who counts.
Nrf. Merchants, fishermen, tellers, &c., &c., . . all of "em gettin'
more or less benefited by one little fish, Patterson Man and Nat.
(1895I 128.
4. To pay or pay down ; to count down in payment.
Also with (ioivn.
Sc. If telling down my haill substance would have saved her,
Scott Midlothian (1818) x. Bch. They must tell down good five
pounds Scots, Forbes Dominie (1785) 31. Frf. She down the
clink did tell, Morison Poems (1790) 21. Per. He would have
felled doun twelve pounds Scots, Spence Poems (1898) 192. Som.
Biddlecombe drew a bag from his pocket and told the money out
in gold, Raymond Gent. Upcott (1893) ii.
5. Torecognize; to distinguish, know; in ^c«. colloq. use.
Frf. A braw cork leg that canna be telt frae flesh an' bluid,
WiLLOCK Rosetly Ends (1886) 6, ed. 1889. n.Cy. (J.W.) n.Yks.
Ah couldn't tell him so far off (I. W.); n.Yks.* ne.Yks.' Them's
varry good 'uns ti tell. e.Yks.' MS. add. (T.H.) w.Yks.' I
couldn't tel! him, an I sa him, ii. 192. e.Lan.' s.Lan.' He conno'
tell a bitter-bump fro' a gill-hooter, 34. n.Lin.' Oxf.' MS. add.
Hnt. (T.P.F.), w.Som.i
6. To remember; to recall to mind.
Cum.' 1 can tell sen' ther' was n't sec a thing as a shorthorn :
Cum." w.Yks.' I can tell sin there war naa turnpike ower't moor.
7. To repeat ; to say by heart.
Cor.' Can you tell your lessons ? Cor.3 ' Can 'ee tell your ABC
yet, Willie ? ' To tell the Lord's prayer.
8. To talk, speak, say.
Dor. What you told about = spoke about (G.M.M.). w.Som.' He
do tell in his sleep terble. Do what I wid I couldn' get'n vor to
tell a word. Dev. 'e's behind telling tii Mr. Baker, Hewett Peas.
Sp. (1892) 21 ; Dev.' A told way en as thoft a war telling to a
Christian, 2. n.Dev. There's no direct to hot tha tell'st, Exm.
Scold. (1746) I. 150. nw.Dev.' Cor. What are 'ee a-tellen of?
Lee Widow IVoman (1899) 34.
9. To advise, warn ; to give advice ; to scold, reprove ;
to 'give a piece of one's mind.'
Win. He's that masterful he woan't be towd, Ward Helbeck
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(1898) loi. w.Yks. He's gctlin a pcfliiig cougli llial yc could
hear fro' this to Lancashire, but he willun't be telU-d, Sutcliffe
S/in)iirltss ll^ayne (1900') 170. s.Not. When I seed 'im again I did
tell 'im (J.P.K.). Oxf.' Her wunt be tellcd, MS. ndil.
10. To sentence, condemn.
Dev. I seed a high judge to Exeter. An' 'twas at the 'Sizes ;
an' he told a man for hanging, PmLLroTTS Sons 0/ Moniiiig {\goo)
2l8.
11. To touch bottom when bathing, iS:c.
Cor.' Is it deep where you are or can you tell ? The boat sunk
close in, where you could tell.
12. sb. pi. Rhymes used by children to determine who
is to commence any game.
Nhp.* Those who are going to engage in the play stand in a
circle, or a line, and one of the number repeals a 'tell,' touching
each play- mate in succession with the fore finger as she repeats
each word, spelling the last, and the one whom the last letter falls
to is to commence the game, or to preside over it.
13. A talk, conversation ; gossip, chat ; tidings, news.
Also in phr. to hear tell. See also Hear, v. II. 1 (9).
Sc.(A.W.) Cum. Is warn you'll aw hevh'ard tell o' Billy Brannan,
SiLrHEO Billy Bramian (,1885) 3 ; Cam.' n.Yks.^ I've heear'd ncea
tell (s.v. Heard). w.Yks. ' Have you heard any tell of my lad ? '
'There's no tell yet' ^C.C.R.). Lan. 'Ud flay ony wick soul to
yer tell on, Harland & Wilkinson Flk-Lore (1867) 62. n.Lin.'
We tallygraphted to Doncaster, bud can't hear no tell on him.
Lei.' ' Nivvcr 'eerd tell o noo sooch a thing,' means ' I never heard
anything of the kind,' and ge)i. implies further, ■ and I don't
believe it.' Brks.' e An.' I' ha' never heard tell on. Sur.' I
hadn't heerd no tell of it. Dev. I'm very much wantin' to have
a tell with 'e, Phillpotts So)ts of Mormitg (1900 1 205 ; Kom een
an' ha' a tell wan artcrnoon (R.P.C.). [Amer. As near's I c'n
make out Cm Dave's tell, he must 'a' been red-headed, Westcott
Dai't'd Harutn (1900) xxx.]
TELLABLE, adj. Sc. Yks. [telabl.] 1. Fit to be
told ; used with iici;. Cai.' 2. Distinguishable, easily
recognized, conspicuous. n.Yks.'^ e.Yks.' Vl/S. rt^iW. (T.H.)
TELLE. V. Dev. [Not known to our correspondents.]
To cat hastily. (Hall.)
TELLER, see Tiller, v.
TELLERS, 56. /i/. Nhb. Lei. The successive strokes
on a church bell, rung as a toll for the dead.
Nhb.' It is usual at village churches to knell the sex of an adult
by nine strokes for a man, or six strokes for a woman, repeated
on each of three bells. For a child three strokes arc given and
similarlj- repeated. Then follow a number of strokeson the treble
bell to indicate the age, each stroke counting one year. Lei. At
Frisby and elsewhere these tolls [for the dead] are called 'tellers,'
and it has been suggested that the old saying ' Nine tailors make
a man' is a corruption of a saying arising from the thrice three
tolls or ' tellers ' at the close of the passing bell, — 'Nine tellers
mark a man,' North CIniich Bells in N. (f Q. (1877) 5th S. vii. 164.
TELLGENCE, s6. Obs. Wxf.' Also in form talligence.
Tidings, news, 'intelligence.'
TELLIF, sb. Ob.'ol. Shr.' A thick tangled crop, said
of weeds.
I shall 'ave a pretty job to 'aw them tatoes— theer's a fine tellif
o' weeds.
TELLING, /r/i. and sb. Sc. Irel. Yks. Lan. Stf. Dev.
Also in form talin Sh.I. 1. pip. In phr. lo be lelling, to
be to the advantage of; to have effect ; sec below.
Sc. It was tcllin' him that he did as ye did. It had been muckle
tellin' ye that ye had bidden at hainc, i.e. it was or it had been to
his or your advantage, &c. (Jam.) ; Raymondsholm is blithe ancuch
for me, and it wad hae been telling some that are now safe frae
skaith gin it h.id never been blither, Coispntyick (1822) II. 8
(Jam.). Sh.L A'm no tinkin 'at dey'U be muckle talin apo da kyc
whin der gotten dem, Sh. News (Dec. 4, 1897). Arg. A long
strong drink too, and that's telling you, Munro Shoes of Foil.
(1901) 27. Ayr. It's a gey spite I didna take your advice. It
would have been telling me a ten-pound note, Johnston Gtenlniekie
(1889) 80. Dmf. It wud be tellin' the pairish an' himsel' gin
Josey gaed less aboot the Wallace Arms, Ponder Knkeimuloon
(1875) 85. N.L' ' It would be no tellin',' i.e. it would not tell or
count in one's favour— would be hurtful. ' It would be tellin' me
a quarc dale if I'd knowed that afore," i.e. it would have been of
great consequence to me to have known. Uls. It would have been
telling you to have been home an hour ago (M.B.-S.).
2. .V.';. A story, narrative ; talk, conversation ; news,
anything worth revealing or telling ; also in />/. See Tell, 8.
Sc. She thrccps, an' Ihrecps, he'slivin' yet. For a' the tellin' she
can get, Outram l.yries (i887"> 33. Kcb. Oh, what telling. Oh,
what weighing is in Christ, Kutiierford Lell. (1660 No. 241.
n.Yks. Ah thank you for your tellins, Munby Ann Morgan's Loit
(1896) 16. w.Yks. It'sa fearsome tellin', Macquoid Doiis Banig/i
(1877) xix. s.Lan.' ' Hooa did it !' -Nay, that's tcllin's.' s.Stf.
Ah: that's tellings— ain't it? Murray Rainbow Gold (1886) 78.
Dev. Susanna . . . listened with as much patience as she could
muster to ' passon's tellin',' Longman's Mag. (June 1901 ; 147.
3. A scolding, reproof; warning, advice, esp. in phr. to
lake le/ling, to listen to advice or warning. Ccii. with iieg.
Sc. She's a clever servant in a house but she taks tellin (Jam.}.
Abd. We just took their tcllin's, and whiles owned our failin's,
Anderson Rhymes (ed. 1867) 3. s.Sc. (Jam.) Lnk. Mothers
threaten to send for Mary with her bisom when their children
' wadna tak' a tellin',' Fraser IVhaups (1895 52. Dmf. I warned
you to hold your wheest, but you wouldna take telling, Hamilton
Mawhin (1898) 242. n.Yks.' Weel he's gettin' a bonny telling
noo, onnywa}S. w.Yks. I gave him such a telling (C C.R.V
TELLY, see Tiller, v.
TELLY.PIE, 56. Nhb. Dur. Yks. Also in forms tell-
a-pie-tit n.Yks.; telly-pie-tit Nhb.' Dur.' n.Yks.; telly-
piot Nhb.'; telly-pyepit n-Yks.* [teii-pai.] A tale-
bearer. See also Tellpie, ..'vie., s.v. Tell, II. 2 (3),
Nhb.' ' Tellypietit, yor tongue shall be slit, an' aall the bairns
i' wor street shall hcv a little bit,' is the children's rhyme shouted
after a tale-bearer. Dur.' n.Yks. (T.S.) ; She's a regular tell-a-
pie-tit (I.W.); n.Yks.'"
TELYIE, TEM, see Tailyie, Them.
TEMBA, sA. Sh.I. [te'niba.] In phr. to be upon teiiiba,
to be upon the alert. S. iS: Ork.'
TEMBERIN, see Timbern.
TEMBLE.v. Wor. [tembl.] With rt*o«/: to care for ;
to like.
s.Wor. Do you like shrimps ! I don't temble about 'cm (H.K.).
TEME, f. Soni. To emit vapour. (II.\ll.)
TEMES, TEMIS, TEMMING, see Tenis(e, Timming.
TEWIO, sb. Irel. In phr. iy //(c 7"(7/;o, an exclamation
or mild oath.
Wxf. Be the Temo, I did not spend an evening these seven years
in such pleasant company, Kennedy Bants Boro (1867) 109.
TE-MOOAN, TE MORN, see Tomorn.
TEMP, V. Sc. Irel. Yks. [temp.] A dial, form of
' tempt' ; to try.
Sh.I. What tenipit you ta come sae shiine an' fa' till blackfastin ?
S/i. A'«<'5(Sept. 18, 1897). ne.Sc. Seerly it's a tcmpin'o' Providence
t' dee the like o" that wi's gifts. Green Gordonhaven (1887' 61.
Abd. It's a tempin o' Providence, Alexander Johnny Gi/ib ( 1871)
X. Gall. He wusna gaun a' temp' it wi' brekkin' the Sabbath day
owerit, Gallovidian (1901) III. 72. Wgt. The Ueil tryin" lac temp'
me, Sa.xon Gall. Gossip (1878) 190. N.I.' It would temp a sant
the way you're gettin' on. w.Yks. So Satan temps ma cos ah'ni
wake, Ingledew Ballads {i860) 257.
TEMPANUS,5(!>. Obs. e.An.' Erysipelas. SeeTempus-
fire-
TEMPER, V. and sb. Sc. Yks. Lan. e.An. Wil. Som.
Cor. [tempa(r.] 1. t'. To mix one thing with another;
to bring to a certain consistency.
w.yks.^ To make (butter) soft for spreading. ne.Laii.' Suf.'
Mortar is tempered by adding more sand or water. Wil.' ' To
temper down dripping,' to melt it and refine with water.
2. To regulate, adjust. Also usedy?,^.
Per. Understanding the great pains and travels of Archibald
Steedman in tempering the knock, Maid.ment Spolliswoodt Misc.
(1844-5) II. 269. Rnf. This birkic bodie can wi' speed Temper
jer ilka thrum and thread, Weiister Rhymes (1835) 152. Lnk.
Come, nane o' your impidcncc, temper your tongue Or I'll come
an" temper yer croun wi' a rung, Watson Poems (1853) 47.
3. An agricultural term : see below.
Nrf. A late fallowing, . . or what would be called tempering in
Norfolk, Batcmelor Agne. (1813) 339; The bastard fallow of a
clover-lay, or tare, pea or bean stubble for wheat, which in
Norfolk is called tempering, here they term casing, Yovko Agric.
(1813) I. 194. Ess. First to clean plough the land shallow, then
to rove across, then stctcli up and plough once more, Fordv Gl.
(ed. 1895).
I 2
TEMPER-PIN
[60]
TEMS(E
4. sb. Applied to soil when easily tilled ; see below.
w.Som.' Thick there field o' groun' was in capical temper, we
made-n jis the very same's a arsh-heap [heap of ashes]. Cor.
Land is in good temper when it pulverizes readily, Morton Cyclo.
Agric. (1863) ; Cor.i There's no temper in the ground (no moist
heat).
TEMPER-PIN, sb. Sc. Irel. [te-mpar-pin.] 1. The
wooden screw for tightening the band of a spinning-wheel.
Sc. (Jam.), Cai.' e.Fif. A hole in her chackit apron claught
hauds o' the temper pin, whan doon gaed Bessie an' the wheel
aboon a', Latto Taui Bodkin (1864) iii. Ayr. She held o'er the
moors to spin . . . And ay she shook the temper-pin. Burns There
was a Lass, st. i. Gall. Mactaggart fnyc/. (1824). Uls. Uls.
Jill. Arch. (1853-1862) V. 99.
2. Obs. A screw or peg of a violin, &c.
Abd. Gin the temper-pin ye'll screw. And gie's a sang,
Shirrefs Poems (1790) 339.
3. Fig. Disposition, temper.
Bnff.' His temper-pin's ooto' order. e.Fif. Mr. Gowlanthump's
temper pin was nae wise improved by the jaw-hole catastrophe,
Latto Tarn Bodkiit (1864) x. Cld, ' She's lost her temper-pin,' she
has fallen into a sulky or angry mood (Jam.).
TEMPERSOME, a(^'. Shr.' Sus.' [te'mpasam.] Hot-
tempered, passionate; hasty-tempered.
TEMPER'T, pp. s.Lan.' [te'mpat.] Vexed, out of
temper.
TEMPERY, adj. Yks. [te'mpari.] Short-tempered,
hasty. n.Yks. She was a tempery body (LW.).
TEMPEST, sb. and v. War. 'Wor. Shr. Hrf. Glo. e.An.
Sus. Hmp. [te'nipist.] 1. sb. A storm, esp. a thunder-
storm, but without the accompaniment of high wind.
War.2 w.Wor.' My ! dunna it look black ! us 'nil 'ave tempest
afore night surelie. s.Wor. Tempus' or tempes' is used for thunder
and lightning, never with a before it. ' We'm be gvvain lo 'a
tempus.' 'The tempus' wuz strung ' (H.K.) ; s.Wor.', se.Wor.i,
Shr.', Hrf.=, Glo. (A.B.), Glo.' e.An. N. & Q. (1867) 3rd S. xi.
271 ; e.An.', Suf. (C.G.B.), (A.B.C.), Hrap.'
2. V. Of the wind: to blow roughly.
Sus.' It tempestes so as we're troubled to pitch the hay upon
to the stack.
TEMPESTY, sb. and adj. Yks. Sus. [te'mpisti.]
1. sb. A gale of wind. Sus.' 2. adj. Stormy, blusterous,
having the appearance of thunderous or stormy weather.
n.Yks.' Varry tempesty t'daay ; t'thunnercracks's just flay-
some. It has a tempesty look wi' 't, t'daay ; n.Yks.*
TEMPINS, sb. Lan. Suf [te'mpinz.] The game of
ninepins ; see below.
Lan. We have like others, ninepins, which we rather unaccount-
ably call ten-pins, or rather tempins, Harland & Wilkinson
Leg. (1873) 134. Suf.'
TEMPLE, sb.' Nhb. Yks. Lan. Chs. Som. [te'nipl.]
1. A weaving term : an instrument for stretching the
cloth on the loom ; see below. Also in pL form. Cf
tenter, sb.'
w.Yks. The temples on looms to-day, which consist of wheels
on either side of the woven piece, having projecting pins all
round their circumferences, are quite different from those of the
old handloom days, Leeds Mere. Stippl. (Dec. 10, 1898); A small
brass wheel with needle-like teelh, to stretch the edges of the
web (J.T.); w.Yks.^, e.Lan.', s.Lan.', Chs.' w.Som.' A wooden
stretcher of adjustable length, having points at either end, used
by weavers to keep the cloth as woven of the proper width in the
loom. The implement is often called a ' pair o' temples.'
2. Used attrib. in comb. Temple rods, long hazel rods
used in holding down thatch, the ends being held down
by 'scoubs.' Nhb.'
TEMPLE, sb.'^ Obs. Cor. In phr. to send lo Temple
Moors, to proclaim an outcast from society ; see below.
The Knights Templar built a church here [at Temple]. . . ' Send
her to Temple Moors,' implied that any female requiring seclusion
might at one time secure it under the charge of these Christian
knights in this their prcceptory. . . The church, which was con-
secrated to the great cause of saving sinners, has perished, . . and
to ' send her to Temple Moors,' is to proclaim a woman an outcast
from society. Hunt Pop. Rom. w.Eiig. (1865) 440, ed. 1896.
TEMPORARY, adj. Yks. Lan. Suf Ken. Sur. Sus.
Som. Also in forms tempery c.Yks.' Ken. ; tempory
Suf Sus.* w.Som.* [te'mpari, te'mpri.] Slight, insecure,
weak, frail ; trumpery. Also used advb.
e. Yks.' Ah whop [I hope] tlioo hezn't-gin mich fo' that tempery
thing. s.Lan.' My clock-warks are gettin' like owd Gimp's cart-
shafts — rayther temporary, 6. Suf. (C.G.B.) Ken. Dafs a
tempery sort of fence (W.G.P.). Sur.' A common expression is
' It's a very tempory old place.' Sus.' You be naun but a" poor
tempory creetur run up by contract, that's what you be ! w.Som.'
All the place is a-put up tempory, sure 'nough.
TEMPORY, flfl>'. w.Yks.' An aphetic form of ' extem-
pore.' ' I've . . . heeard what ye call tempory prayer,' ii. 312.
TEMPSE, see Tems(e.
TEMPT, V. Yks. s.Cy. LW. [tempt] To attempt ;
to essay, try.
w.Yks. 'Which of these apples will you 'tempt ? ' ' I'll 'tempt
t'least, I think' (C.C.R.) ; (J.W.) s.Cy. (Hall.), I.W.'
[Who shall tempt, with wandering feet. The dark
unbottom'd infinite abyss ? Milton P. Lost, 11. 404.]
TEMPTACIOUS, adj. Sc. Dev. Also written temp-
tashous Lnk. [tempte'Jas.] Tempting, inviting.
Lnk. The display there shown was very ample, . . and indeed
'quite temptashous,' as Mrs. Macfarlan graphically put it, Murdoch
Readings (1895) II. 30. Dev. Lying is a temptacious thing, Zack
On Trial (i8gg] 144.
TEMPTATION, s6. e.An. Atrial. (W.W.S.)
TEMPTSOME, adj. Sc. [te'mptsam.] Tempting,
inviting.
Rnf. How temptsome maun the wiling bait O' approbation seem,
Clark Poei. Pieces (1836) 23. Lnk. Man, Johnny, jcr olTer is
temptsome, Thomson Musings ( i88i) 44. Dmf. Geans . . . Hanging
temptsome owre your head, Wallace Schoolmaster (1899) 370.
TEMPTUOUS, adj. Shr.' [temtjas, te'nijas.] Tempt-
ing, inviting.
Thank yo', Missis, I'll tak' a bit, it looks so tem'tuous— as the
owd sayin' is, ' the proof o' the puddin' 's i' the atin.'
TEMPUS-FIRE,s6. e.An.' Erysipelas. SceTempanus.
TEMS, sb. Obs. Lin.' A wooden vessel for carrying
water.
TEMS(E, sb. and v. Sc. Nhb. Dur. Cum. Wm. Yks.
Lan. Der. Not. Lin. Nrf s.Cy. Wil. Also in forms teems
Rxb. (Jam.); temes Nrf ; temis w.Yks.^; tenipse n.Yks. ^
e.Yks.' w.Yks.^ Lan.; temz Not.; temzer Wil.' ; timse
se.Sc. N.Cy.' Nhb.' [temz.] 1. sb. A sieve, esp. a fine
hair sieve used for sifting flour.
Rxb. (Jam.), N.Cy.'° Nhb.' A square timse, with a fine hair
bottom, was formerly used for sieving flour or meal. Dur.',
w.Dur.', Cum.', Cum.* Obsol. Cum., Wra. Nicolson \ 1677) Trans.
R. Lit. Soc. (1868) IX; (M.P.) n.Yks.'^^, ne.Yks.', e.Yks.'
m.Yks.' A coarse hair-sieve, used in dressing flour. w.Yks, '2*^
Lan. 25. for a half-bushel and tems we bought of him, Walkden
Diary (ed. 1866) 27 ; Elizabeth came into our house and borrowed
our tenipse, ib. 47 ; Lan.', ne.Lan.', Der.' Obs., Lin.', Wil.' Obs.
2. Comp. (i) Temse-bread, bread made of fine white
flour ; (2) Timse-sticks, the small frame supporting two
laths or sticks on which the 'timse' slides.
(i) N.Cy. 2, n.Yks.2, w.Yks.' Nrf. Having my table furnish't
with good beef, Norfolk temes bread and country home bred
drink, Chettle & Day Blind Beggar (1600) 1. 844-5. s.Cy.
Bailey (1721). (2) Nhb.' The timse-sticks were placed on a table
or sometimes fixed on the meal ark.
3. A sieve used in brewing.
w.Yks. Still common. Used when speaking of the strainer
used in brewing to separate the hops, &c,, from the ale. This
' temse' consists of a kind of hoop about a foot in height; across
the bottom part of it is passed two sticks at right angles to each
other, and on the top of these sticks, and entirely covering up
this part, is a woven web of a texture seemingly made of horse-
hair, which is woven pretty close, Leeds Mere. Siipfil. (Dec. 13,
1890): w.Yks.^ Only used in * hop-tempse,' a hop sieve. e.Lan.',
s.Lan.', s.Not. (J.P.K.) Lin. Streatfeild Liii. and Danes (.1884)
370. n.Lin.' sw.Lin.' We used to sile the beer thrulf a gret tenise.
4. A woollen-trade term : a hair sieve used for straining
the liquid used for scouring cloth. w.Yks. (W.T.)
5. V. To sift.
se.Sc. For sifting meal it suits me wecl. Or timsing lluur when
wantin', Donaldson Poems (1809) 73. N.Cy.', Dur.' n.Yks. I
once heard a man say, referring to some material he was riddling,
'This " tempses" vary badl^',' Leeds A/ci c. Siipfi/. l_Dcc. 6, 1890; ;
TEMTIOUS
[6i]
TENANTRY
Fifty years aj;o flour was not very common with cottagers csp.,
and wlien tht-y wanted sonic tlicy would tcmsc some rough meal.
• We cv na flour fer a pudding to-day, b't a'l temsc a bit ' ^W.H.).
w.Yks.', ne.Lan.'
Hence (i) Tems'd- or Temmasbread, sh., obs., bread
mnde of finely-sifted flour ; (2) Temsings, sb. pi. siftings.
(I e.Yks. Our own tempsedbreade, Best Riir.Ecoii. (164 O 104.
Dev. Tems'd or temmas bread, white [bread] made of flour finely
sifted, opposed to Vurricd, or made of meal as it comes from
the mill, Horae Subsecivae {iTfi) 428. (2) Dur.' Eftertemsins,
the coarse flour or refuse left afterthe operation of temsing. ni.Yks.'
(Tcmzc, sive (temsc, syue, K., P. ; temezc, S.), selarium
(From/'/.). Swcd. dial. Miiiiiis, a sieve (Rietz).]
TEMTIOUS, (7rfy. w.Cy.Wil. Som. [temjas.] Tempt-
ing, inviting.
w.Cy. Hall.'), Wil.' Som. Jennings Obs. Dial. w.Eiig. (1825).
TEMZE(R, sec Tems(e.
TEN, adj. and sb. Sc. Irel. Nhb. Dur. Cum. Wm. Yks.
Lan. Stf. Der. Lei. War. Shr. Suf. Guer. 1. adj. In
comb, (i) Ten-a-penny, a street cry; sec below; (2)
•hours, (a) ten o'clock ; lb) a slight feed given to horses
while in the j'oke in the forenoon ; (3) -hours' bite, see
(2, b) ; (4) •o'clock, slight refreshment taken about ten
o'clock, esp. by labourers in the field ; (5) -penny, (a) a
coin of the value of tenpcnce ; (b) a franc ; (c) strong ale
at tenpencc a quart; (rf) inferior, of a poor description;
(6) •penny kelp, a felt hat ; (7) -penny nail, a strong nail ;
(8) -penny^piece, see (5, a) ; (9) -pennyworth, in phr. t/ie
height of len-primyivorlh of brass, very small ; in one's
earliest infancy ; (10) -pounding, a punishment inflicted
by harvest-men for breaking one of their rules ; (11)
-sight, ten times; (12) -tails, the fish Sepia Coligo ; (13)
-toes, the foot ; gen. in phr. lo go on ten toes, to walk ; (14)
•toone, Irish stew.
(\) Nhb. The timber merchants will ne mare Wiv ten-a-penny
deave us, Oliver Local Sags. (1824) 16; The price at which
street vendors of theperiod (a.d. iSai), facetiously called ' Timber-
marchints,' sold spunks, i.e. long brimstone matches made ofslips
of wood, used with tinder-boxes before friction matches came into
vogue {R.O.H.). (2, «) Sc. (Jam.) Hdg. The auld lord would
hae nae lichts in the house after the ten hours, Longiiiaii's Mag.
(Aug. igoa) 310. (A) Sc. (Jam.) (3) Ayr. Dealing thro' amang
the naigs Their ten-hours' bite. Burns Efi. to J. Lapraik (Apr. 21,
1785) St. 2. (4) Nhb.' Especially at harvest-time. 'He' ye had
yor ten-o'-clock yit? ' Dur.' Bread, cheese, and ale given in hay-
time to mowers at 10 a.m. Cum." He had his ten o'clock and did
not feel hungry, C. Pair. (Mar. 31, 1899) 6, col. 7 (s.v. Dowin).
Wm. Noo, lads, will ye come an' hev j'cr teno-clocks? (B. K.)
Der. Betty meanwhile has put up their 'luncheons' or ' ten-o-
clocks ' — huge masses of bread and cheese . . . and a bottle of ale
if they are going to plough, Howitt Riii. Life (1838) I. 161.
(5, n) Ir. I threw out a * tenpenny' in the midst, Lever Maiiins
(1856) 1. xiv. (b) Guer. When 1 get a bad tenpenny I put it in
my purse and pass it (G.H.G.I. (c) s.Stf. They keepin' some
tenpenny at the Seven Stars as'll mak ycr yead rackle, Pinnock
BIk. Cy. Aim. (1895). (d) e.Yks.' {6\ e.Yks.' 7) Ayr. Some
folk . . . are as hard as tenpenny nails, Service SVotiui</itnis(iBgo)
33. Nhb. ' Probably so-called from its weight 1 ten pennyweights).
(8) Ir. She had given him a tenpenny-piece, Lover Handy Andy
(1842) xxi. (9) n.Yks.2 I've knawn you ivver sen you were
t'height o' ten pennorth o' brass. (10) Suf. A custom exists
among harvest-men in Suflblk which is called ' Ten-pounding.'
In most reaps there is a set of rules agreed upon amongst the
reapers before hai-vest by which they are to be governed during
its continuance. The object of these rules is usually to prevent or
punish loss of time by laziness, drunkenness, &c., and to correct
. . . any other kind of misbehaviour which might slacken the
exertions or break the harmony of the reap. One of the modes
of punishment directed by these rules is called 'Ten-pounding,'
and it is executed in the following manner : Upon a breach of any
of the rules a sort of drum-head court-martial is held upon the
delinquent, and if he is found guilty he is instantly seized and
thrown down Hat on his back. Some of the party keep his head
down and confine liis arms; whilst others turn up his legs in the
air so as to exhibit his posteriors. The person who is to inllict
the punishment then takes a shoe, and with the heel of it (studded
as it usually is with hob-nailsi gives him the prescribed number
of blows upon his breech according to the sentence. The rest of
the party sit by with their hats ofl" to see that the executioner
does his duty, and if he fails in this he undergoes the same punish-
ment, KoRDV Gt. (1830'; 419; Brand Pop. Aiilnj. (ed. 1848) II.
33. (ii)Shr.2 I'd tensight rather. (12) n.Yks. Ferguson A"/?/.
Hist. Redcar (i860) 8. ^13) w.Yks' I marvel at thou sud gang
o' ten taas, ii. 309. Lei.' To 'go o' ten-toes.' War.' He must
have some warm socks for his ten-toes. Saf.' (14) w.Yks. It
hiats ten pieces of potato to one piece of meat (M.F.}.
2. sb. In phr. catch the ten, a card game.
Sc. (A.W.) n.Sc. A hotly contested game of 'three card loo'
or ' catch the ten ' is entered upon, Gordon Cargltn (1891) 79.
3. A measure of coals upon which the lessor's rent or
royalty is paid.
Nhb. [In 1602-3] The keel load and the ten were at that time
synonymous, and both represented ten chaldrons of 42 cwt. each.
. . The present ten of 440 bolls became fixed aUmt the middle of
the eighteenth century. This ten of 440 bolls is still in use for
wayleave rents, and in some cases for mining rents [also a ten of
420 bolls]. The boll above mentioned is a suppositious measure,
for it has gone out of use. In practice the number of tens to be
paid for is arrived at by dividing the number of tons to be con-
verted into tens by 48.583 or 46-375, as the case may be, Dfndv
Newc. Ilcstmeii (1901) 45; Nhb.' In the seventeenth century the
term meant ten score bolls, barrows, or corves of coal. It now
means usually about fifty-one and three-quarter tons, but varies in
places. Nhb., Dur. It usually consists of 440 bolls, or 48 tons
115 cwts., but varies much under different landlords, Greenwell
Coal Tr. Gl. (1849 .
Hence Tentale, sb. rent paid to the lessor of coal at
so much per 'ten' of coals.
Nhb.' Nhb., Dur. Colliery rent consists of a fixed or certain
rent . . . and also of a surplus or tentale rent payable for the coal
worked — or worked and rcndcd — above the certain quantity,
Nicholson Coal Tr. Gl. (1888 (s.v. Rent .
4. A piece of arable land inacommonfield. Cf scribe, s6.*
Nhb.' To each freehold burgage at Warkworlh was attached
one ten and one ' scribe ' of land in Newtown. The tens measure
from eighteen yards long by eight and a quarter yards wide, or
about five perches upwards, to six and a half perches in area.
Their size has varied by gradual encroachments upon road or
waste lands as circumstances permitted.
TEN, TENANDRY, see Then, adv.. Tenantry.
TENANT, sb. Sc. In comb. Tenant-stead or -sted,
obs., occupied by a tenant.
Kcrse being broken, the rest of the rooms were lying waste and
this was only tenant-sted, Fountainhall Dec. Siip/>1. (1759)
IV. 793 (Jam.); Methinks, Christ's vineyard is but ill tenant-stead
(as we used to say of our lands), Pitcairn Asscmblv (1766) 31.
TENANTRY, sb. Obs. or obsol. Sc. Wil". Sus. Also
in forms tenandry, tennendrie Sc. 1. Tenancy ; the
holding of land by lease; tenure.
Sc. The king may be thereby prejudged in his tennendrie,
dewtic. and service, Skene Diffidll Wds.(t(iBi)B'i; Williamson
then sold the tenandry, by a deed to which Lord Torphichcn was
a partj', Maid.ment Spollisivoodc Miscell. (1844-5) I'- 2'-
2. Common-field husbandry. Wil. Reports Agric. (1793-
1813) 14. 3. Comp. (i) Tenantry-acre, a measure of
land varying in extent but about 'l of a statute acre ; (2)
-down, (3) -field, a down or field in a state of commonage
on the ancient feudal system of copyhold tenancj' ; (4)
-flock, a parish or township flock ; (5) -land, parish land ;
land held as common land ; (6) -road, a road about 8 feet
inwidth,dividingthe 'laines'of tenantry-land intofurlongs.
(i) Sus.' ; Sus.^ The proportion between the tenantry and the
statute acre is very uncertain. The tenantry land was divided
first into laincs, of several acres in extent, with good roads, some
sixteen feet wide between them ; at right angles with these were
formed at uncertain intervals, tenantry roads, of some eight feet
in width, dividing the laines into furlongs. In each furlong every
tenant had a right to his proportion, which was set out for him,
not by fixing any superficial quantity, but by measuring along the
line of the tenantry road of each furlong a certain number of feet
to each paul, the number of feet being the same, whatever was
the depth of the furlong ; thus, if the furlong, for instance,
consisted of what is called a hatchet-piece something like three-
quarters of a square, the part where the piece was two squares
tieep woultl contain double the superficial contents of the portion
at the other end, where the measurement next the road would be
similar but the depth only one half, 65. Wil. In the common-
fields . . . the usual rule is, to allow a thousand sheep to fold what
TENANTSHIP
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is called a tenantry acre per night, Davis Gen. Victv Agric. (181 1)
xii. (2,3) Wil. Davis ^j»nV. (1813"). (4") Sus. A tenantry-flock
fof sheep] belonging to Denton parisli, Marshall 7?TO/«ti (1817)
V. 500. (5) Sus. Tliis term is used rather vaguely. I have heard
it appMed to 'waste of a manor' and to 'common lands.' I
think it generally applies to land belonging to a parish or place
and let out in parcels or otherwise to individual parishioners or
inhabitants, yearly or at other regular periods (E.E.S.); Sus.'^
(6) Sus.i =
TENANTSHIP, sb. w.Som.' Tenancy.
Why my tenantship [taen-unshup'] will be a-run'd out vore the
work's a-finisht.
TENCH-'WEED, sb. e.An. The floating pond-weed,
Potamogcton natans.
e.An.i Supposed to be very agreeable to that fat and sleek fish,
the tench. Sui. Science Gossip (1883) 113.
TEND, v} Sc. Nhb. Wm. Yks. Stf. Der. Not. War.
Brks. e.An. Sur. Sus. Hmp. I.W. Som. Dev. Cor. and
Amer. [tend.] 1. To attend to, look after, talce care of ;
to nurse ; to wait upon : freq. with lo. An early aphetic
form of ' attend.' See Tent, v.
Per. Wha has been seeck here that ye haena tendit' Halibur-
TON Horace (1886^ 38. Fif. What better job could Dauvit get
than to tend his ain bonnie floo'ers, Robertson Pcoi'os/ (1894)
36. Lnk. 'Tend lo my plaint, ye bonny lasses, MuiR Minstrelsy
(1816) 61. Wm. You tend ver business, I'll tend mine ! Ollivant
Owd Boh (i8g8) xxii ; (B.K.) n.Yks. So . . . Dick tended his
wife himself, Simpson Jeanic o' Biggersdn/e (1893) 219. w.Yks.
Meary spun an cairdcd woo, an' shoo helpt to tend t'shop, DixoN
Craven Dales (1881) 185. Stf. Ye'Il get nowt by 'tendin' to 'em!
Cornli. Mag. (Jan. 1894) 39. Der. Men conna stand owd women
a-tendin' o' 'em, Gilchrist Mil/on (1902)97. Not. Yo were a
good oad Hasty, to let me tend to the commoners first. Prior
Forest Flk. (1901) 14. Brks. Some folks is alius a-trivettin' artcr
other folkseses business an' cassn't be satisfite wi' 'tendin' to their
own, Coriih. Mag. (Nov. 1901) 678. e.An.* To wait on company
at table. To take care of children, cattle, poultry. Sur.' Hmp.
Did they all . . . tend vathers and mothers in faver? Gray Rihstone
Pifi/>ii:s (i8g8) i-j. I.W.' w. Som.' ' I must tend my customers or
lost 'cm.' A mason's labourer always describes his work, ' I do
tend masons.' Dev. Yer never 'tend to what I tell 'ee. Ford
Postle Farm 1899)212. Cor.'^ [Amer. Tend out on him pretty
sharp. Dial. Notes (1896) I. 22.]
Hence (i) Tendance, sb. attention, care; (2) Tending-
shop, sb. a room in a mill where the foreman receives
and gives out the weavers' work.
(i) Nrf. I shan't want much 'tendance, as I can very well wait
on myself. Spilling Molly Miggs (igoa) 45. w.Som.' Young
turkeys be terr'bl nash, they wants a sight o' tendance. [Hops
dried in loft, aske tendance oft, TussER Husb. (1580) 128.] (2)
w.Som.'
2. To be present at ; to go to regularly.
Abd. Clear-blooded health tends ilka sup O' simple diet, Keith
Farmer's Ha' (iT!4) St. 63. Lth. Our lads are doing little but
tending the drill, Macneill Poet. IVks. (1801) 220, ed. 1856.
Nlib. Aw'd picked up some bits o' lare Wi" tendin* close the skuil
at neets, Wilson P;/»/nH's Po_)i (1843) 57. w.Yks. fJ.W.) Brks.
I 'tends church reg'lar, Hayden Round our I'ill. (1901') 168.
[Amer. One 'tends out on church,' 'tends out on' the public
library for the first opportunity to take the new magazines, Dial.
Notes {i8g6) I. 22.]
3. To watch, esp. to watch and scare away birds.
n.Cy. (Hall.), War.'» s.War.' He's gone bird-tending, Sur.'
Rooktending. Sus. (S.P.H.) ; Sus.' He can't sing in church no
more, for he goos to work rook-tending. I.W.'
4. To provide, supply.
Cor.'^ One boy tended the stones as the other threw them at the
apples.
TEND, !'.= and sb. n.Cy. 'Wm. Lan. Chs. Stf. Nhp.
VVor. Shr. Oxf. Som. Dev. Cor. Also in forms teen N.Cy.'
ne. Lan.' Stf. Shr. w.Som.' nvv.Dev.' Cor.'^; teend Lan.'
s.Lan.' Nhp.= w.Wor.' (tend ; tln(d.] 1. i;. To kindle,
light, set fire to. Cf. tind.
N.Cy.' Teen the candle. Lan.', ne.Lan.' s.Lan.' Aw mun
teend that foirc. it's gone spark eawt. Chs.'^ (5 \. jj^ ■) stf
A'. (J- Q. (1851) 1st S. iii. 478. Nhp.=, w.Wor.' Shr. A. & Q.
(1851) ist .S. iii. 478. w.Som.' Yunr. Jiin ! tce-n u kan-1. wul-ur?
Dev. A^. C Q. (1868) 4th S. ii. 335. nw.Dev.' Cor. I declare
Ihey'm tcening a fire ! ' Q.' T/irce SIn'fis (1890) ii ; Cor.'^
Hence Teening-time, sb. lighting-up time, twilight.
Cor.'= See Candleteening, s.v. Candle, 1(21). 2. With
up: to make up a fire ; to add fuel to a fire.
Wm. To put fuel on a fire at the same time as the ashes are
removed from the grate. 'Tend t'fire up tcllah side aboot t'hoose'
(B K.). Oxf.' Tend the fires up, to make up the quick fires by
placing the quick around the part that is burning on the fire itself,
MS. add.
3. sb. Fire. ne.Lan.'
[1. Whaime he shal araye the lanternes, he shal teenden
it, Wyclif E.xod. (1382) xxx. 7. OE. on-hiidun, to kindle.]
TEND, v.^ Sc. Der. Hmp. Amer. [tend.] 1. An
aphetic form of 'intend.'
Sc. Francisoue-Michel Lang. (1882) 172. Der. I'm tendin' to
do well for them as he's left behind, Gilchrist Peakland (1897) 95.
[Amer. I didn't 'tend to open it, Lloyd Chronic Loafer (1901) 13.]
2. To attempt.
Hmp. T'robin comes right in onto sink, an' cat she never tends
to touch him 1 W.M.E.F.).
TENDER, adj., adv., sb.' and v. Sc. Irel. Nhb. Dur.
Lan. Stf Lin. War. Wor. Glo. Hmp. Dor. Dev. Cor.
[tendsfr.] 1. adj. In coiiip. Tender-dear, a term of
endearment.
Cor. So Alice Ann, my tender-dear. Take care what you be at,
Forfar Poems (1885) 3; Pious es she? Tender dear, Harris
Our Cove (1900) 33.
2. Delicate, weak, sickly ; ailing.
Sc. I had been tender a' the summer and scarce ower the door
o' my room, Scott Midlothian (1818) v; A poor Trojan, who was
a widow, and a very tender man, Sro/;r/5M/5 (1787) 118. Lan.
His father was worse and his mother tender, Walkden Diary
(ed. 1866) 95. w.Cor. He looks tender (M.A.C.).
Hence Tenderly, adv. poorlj', unwell. Sc. Scolicisms
(1787) 16. 3. Friable, easily broken.
Nhb.' The top's varry tender, mind.
4. Of cheese : see below.
Glo. If the milk is not warm enough when the rennet is put into
it, the cheese will be ' tender,' and will bulge out in the edge,
Morton Farm (1832) 31.
5. Of roads : soft, muddy.
Stf., War. (H.K.) Wor. Behand Spetchley the roads was
very tender {ib.).
6. Of the wind : trying, sharp, biting.
Hmp. The wind is very tender, N. & Q. (1854) ist S. x. 120 ;
Hmp.'
7. Of the weather : inclined to rain, threatening.
Cor. Th' sky is tender, and I mistrust me it may come on to
blaw, Harris Our Cove (1900) 16. w.Cor. The weather is looking
tender (M.A.C.).
8. Obs. Circumspect, careful, considerate ; scrupulous.
Sc. I never was a separatist, nor for quarrelling with tender
souls about mint, cummin, or other the lesser tithes, Scott Mid-
lothian (1818) xviii. Rnf. Recommends the Earl of Glasgow as a
person very tender of and acceptable to the Church of Scotland,
WoDRow Corres. (1709-31) I. 3, ed. 1843.
9. Pathetic, touching.
Abd. It was a tender sight yon, sirs, a tender sight, an'ane good
for sair e'en, Abd. IVkly. Free Press {June 15, 1901). Dor. 'Twas
a very tender sight, goin' along by the top of the hedge, Francis
Pastorals (1901) 269.
10. With /o : fond of, having a weakness for.
Dev. I always wuz a soft and miity-hearted zort o' chap. An'
vury tender tii tha girls, Salmon Ballads (1899) 61.
11. Obs. Nearly related, akin.
Sc. Lodovick, Duke of Lennox, . . whom King James receaved
glaidlie and honorablie as one who was so tender of kinrcd and
blood to him, Gordon Hist. Eai Is 0/ Sutherland, 125 (Jam.). Fif.
He lowit him and was his freind and tender of bluid vnto him,
PiTSCOTTiE Cron. (ed. 1889) II. 197.
12. adv. Tenderly, gingerly, with care.
n.Dev. My mother . . . went tender in her best boots, Zack
Dunstable ll'tir (1901) 62.
13. sb. A term of endearment to a baby.
Cor. There, my blessed, my handsome ! Look, my tender! 'Q.'
Wandering Heatli (1895) 1^0.
14. A soft or crushed condition of strata. Nhb.' Nhb.,
Dur. Nicholson Coal Tr. Gl. (1888). 15. v. To make
tender, soft, or delicate.
Sc. The quality of the food in the autumnal quarter has a more
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immediate innuence in tendering their constitution than at any
other period, Ess. Higlil. Soc. III. 467 (Jam.). N.I.' As linen
sometimes is in ' the bleach.' ' The fibre [of fla-x] tendered by
excess of moisture.' sw.Lin.' It'll tender him for the winter.
Poulticing tenders it so.
16. Obs. To have regard for.
Sc. I advise none that lenders the glory of God to meddle with
them, Tiio.MSON Cloud of Wiliiesses (1714) 206, ed. 1871. Lnk.
All officers of the standing forces, as they tender his majesty's
service and the peace of the country, to give their assistance,
WouRow Ci. llisl. (1721'! I. 344, cd. 1828.
TENDER, sb.'^ Nhb. e.An. Cor. Also written tendar
Cor.' [tenda(r).] 1. A waiter. See Tend, v}
e.An.' Cor. Ev'ry tender what's theere, my dears, es a real
gen'leman to look upon, Tregellas Tiihs (1865) 32; Cor.'^
2. The guard of a train. Cor.' 3. Obs. A small rapper
or signal rope in a pit. Nhb.'
TENDER, ,sA.3 I.VV. Cor. [te'ndafr).] Tinder. I.W.'
See Tend, v.'^ Hence Tender-box, sb. a tinder-box. Cor.°
TENDERNESS, sb. Obs. Sc. 1. Delicacy, esp. as
regards health. See Tender, adj. 2.
Rnf. I am grieved to hear of Miss Lillias' tenderness, WoDROW
Cones. (1709-31) II. 476, ed. 1843.
Hence Self-tenderness, sb. care of one's health.
Rnf. My self-tenderness will not allow me to spend time at
night on the records, ib. II. 37.
2. Consideration, regard ; scrupulousness.
Sc. I have a tenderness and scruple in my mind anent them,
Scon Midlol/iiaii (1818) xvlii. Abd. ItTyee haue anie tendernes to
such as fear the Lord in this place, Stuart Ecrl. Rec. (1846) 136.
TENDERSOME, adj. Dor. Dev. [te'ndasam.] Tender,
gentle, sweet ; also used advb.
Dor. When a woman do look zvveet and tendersome in her
workcn-clothes, Agnus ynii O.vif »■ ( 1 900) 71. Dev. Imploring o'
me to deal tcnderzome by ut, Zack On Trial (1899) 227.
TENDLE, sb. Obs. Sc. (Jam. Siippl.) Also in forms
tennel, tannic. Firewood ; dried twigs or furze, &c. used
for fuel. Hence Tendle-knife, sb. a knife for cutting fire-
wood : a hedge-bill, bill-hook.
TENE, see Teen, sb.^, Tine, u'
TENET, sb. w.Som.' [tenat.] A tenon. Hence
Tenet-saw, sb. a tenon-saw ; a back-saw.
TENG,TENGS,TENK,see Tang, sb.', Tongs, Tank, s6.=
TENNEL, V. Obs. N.Cy.> Nhb.' Also in form tinnel.
Of trees : to die away.
TENNEL, TENNER, TENNET, see Tendle, Tenor,
Tinnet.
TENNIS, V. Rut.' [te-nis.] To strike with a rebound.
If she'd hit against the corner of the house it would 'a tcnnised
her agin the soft-water tub.
TENNLE, see Tendle.
TENNRILLS, sb. pi. Sc. Dry twigs ; a dial, form of
'tendrils.' Gall. Mactaggart i^Hfyc/. (1824).
TENON, sZ». Sc.Yks. [te'nan.] A tendon. n.Yks.(T.S.)
Hence Tenonyhough, sb. the joint of the hind leg of a
beast.
Sc. I daresay this bit morsel o' beef is an unce lighter than ony
that's been dealt round ; and it's a bit 0' the tcnony hough, Scon'
Bride 0/ La>ii. (1819) xxxiv.
TENOR, sb. Sc. W.S. Lin. Also written tenner n.Yks.
n.Lin.' fte'nafr.] 1. A tenon.
n.Yks. 'Thease tenners isn't tight (I.W.). n.Lin.'
2. Coitip. Tenor-saw, a tenon-saw ; a thin back-saw.
Abd. 'You're just as rough's a tenor saw, An' fu' 0' slaps,
Anderson Rhymes (ed. 1867) 116.
3. The cross-bar between the legs of a chair. S. & Ork.'
TEN[SOME,«((7'.and5i. Sc. [te'nsam.] Consistingoftcn.
Sc. The lut wi the tensome thairms, Waddell Psalms (1871)
xxxiii. 2. Lnk. There durst nae tensome there him take, Ramsay
Poems (1721) 103. Dmf. The glee o' Tensome an' Twalsome
Faimilies, Paton Casllebraes (1898) 284.
TENSORS, id'./'/. Obs. Shr.' Persons who, not being
burgesses, carried on business in the town as tradesmen
upon payment of certain fines.
•449 50- Ihis yeare the burgesses and tenssars in Shrewsbury
dyd varye. Early C/iroii. Sliretvsbiiiy. The Tensors' fines were
imposed by the Court Leet, which required that they should ' be
levied before the Feast of St. Catherine [Nov. 25th].' ' In the
Corporation Accounts— 1519— it is ordered that " Tensors selling
ale should p<iy v]d. quarterly,"' Viui.l.\rs Hist. ShrtU'sbuiy, 161, 168.
Hence Tensorship, sb. the fine paid by ' tensors.'
It was objected to his vote that he was no Burgess, in support
of which it was proved that he pd. Tenscrship several years, Poll
for Shrewsbury (1747) in Traits. Shr. Arch. Soc.; This Richard
Mucklcston ...commenced a suite against theTownc of Shrewsbury
for exacting an imposition upon him which they call tensorship,
and did endeavour to make voyd their Charter, hut they gave him
his Burgesship to bee quiet, Gougii //is/. Mvddle, 128.
TENT, sA.' Sc. Irel. [tent.] 1. An open-air pulpit.
Sc. A square pulpit of wood erected in the fields and supported
by four posts, which rest on the ground, rising three or four feet
from it ; with a trap leading up to the door and a projection in
front, which is meant to protect the speaker from the sun and rain
as well as to serve for a sounding-board (Jam.^. n.Sc. The ' tent'
is still used in the Highlands at open-air ser\-ices (A.W.). Ayr.
But hark ! the tent has changed its voice. Burns Holy /Vii'r (1785)
St. 14. Dmf. I could fancy a tent and the preachers by turns
Proclaiming salvation by Christ to their flock, Shennan J'ales
(1831) 146.
Hence (i) Tent-preaching, sb. preaching from a 'tent' ;
(2) -reader, sb. one who reads the service from a 'tent.'
(1) Sc. Tent-preaching has been long in use in Scotland,
occasionally at least from the year 1630 (Jam.). s.Sc. At the
next market or the next tent-preachin, Wilson Tales (1839) V.
53. (2) Edb. He was tent-reader of our service book, Hennecuik
ms. (1715) 345, ed. 1815.
2. A slang word for an umbrella.
Ir. Take your tent with you (M.B.-S.).
TENT, .si.2 Irel. [tent] 1. The quantity of ink
taken up by a pen at one dip. N.I.' s.Don. Simmons C/.
(1890). 2. A small quantity of liquor. s.Don., s.lr.
Simmons ib. Cf. tint, sb.^
TENT, I'., sb.^ and adj. Sc. Nhb. Cum. Wm. Yks. Lan.
Chs. Stf Der. Not. Lin. Lei. Nhp. War. Shr. Ken. [tent.]
1. !'. To attend to, look after, take care of; to watch or
mind animals; to watch birds to drive them away. See
Tend, f.'
Sc. He that has but ae ee maun tent it weel, Henderson Prov.
(1832)6, ed. 1881. Abd. At hame a' day My flock to tent, Anderson
Poems (ed. 1826) 21. Per. Ye said ye'd tent her for half-a-crown,
Cleland Inchbraikeii (1883) 189, ed. 1887. s.Sc. I tentit my
lambs through the blythe summer day, Allan Poems (1887) 16.
Ayr. We'll tent our flocks by Galla Water, Burns Calla ll'alei,
St. 3. e.Lth. Tentin' his flocks, Mucklebackit Rhymes 1885) 5.
Dmf. Her premium-winning flowers She tents wi' care, Quinn
Heather (1863) 40. Nhb.', Cum.* Wm. I hev duly tented the
flock, HuTTuN iSran New IVark (1785) I. 20. n.Yks.' 'Why's
William Dale not at school ?' ' Please, Sir, he's tenting moothcr's
labile coo o' t'Howe ; ' n.Yks.** ne.Yks.' He's tentin' bo'ds.
e.Yks.', m.Yks.' w.Yks.' Dunnot they tent aw neet ? ii. 305 ;
w.Yks.*35^ Lan.', ne.Lan.', e.Lan.', ni.Lan.'. s.Lan.' Chs.' Tenting
kye i'th' lone. Tenting crows ; Chs.-^ s.Chs.' Tent the fire, as
it doesna go ait. Der.'* Not. The little lad's gone a crow-tenting
(L.C.M.) ; Not.'^ s.Not. Sometimes 'c addles a penny or two wi'
pig-tenting (J.P.K.). Lin.' A lad must be put in the lo-hoof to
tent the birds. n.Lin.' Oor Bill's tentin' to'nup-sead e' th' Beck-
boddoms. When I was a lad I spent moast o' my time tentin'
craws an' stock-dews. sw.Lin.' His feyther wants him to tent
next week. Lei.' Ha yo tented the 'osses? Nhp. ', War.^ Shr.'
'Jack, the Maister wants yo' to tent them cows as 'e's jest turned
i' the leasow.' Ken. He's gone rook tenting yW.F.S.).
Hence (i) Tent-boy, (2) Tenting-lad, sb. a boj' who
' tents,' or who looks after animals or drives away birds.
(i) Lin. Here seated in his rustic grace. The ' tent ' boy blew his
liorji, Brown Lit. Laiir. (i8go) 63. (2) n.Lin.'
2. To pay attention to ; to heed ; to listen to.
Abd. He never tents sic triflin' matter, Walker Bards Boii-Aceord
(1887) 370. Per. Neebour wives, now tent my tellin', Ford Harp
(1893)112. se.Sc. Tent me, Tam, ye maybe sure. We town-bred
lads are unco queer, Donaldson /'o«h5(i8o9) 34. Ayr. Tent me,
Nanny, I'll sec thee bleezin' j-et at the Cross o' Kilhvinning,
Service Nolanditms (1890) 105. Kcb. An' tents the mavis at ilk
sten, Davidson Seasons (1789) 25.
3. To see, observe, notice.
Sc. This aught days I tented a pyot Sit chatterin' upon the house-
heid, Chambers Sngs. (1829) II. 346. Frf. Tent her when she
hides her face, KtiD Hiatherland ii&g^) 86. s.Sc. Wha withoutcn
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pleasure Can tent thy fame, thy pith an' treasure, T. Scott Poems
(1793' 356. Ayr. They wha scarcely tent us in their way As
hardly worth their while, Burns Ep. io Davie (Jan. 1784) st. 6.
Bwk. \Vi' shame I tent the reason For the ruin that I see, Calder
Poems (1897) 83. Gall. Those [charms] still left hae few to tent
them, Nicholson Poet. JVks. (1814) 99, ed. 1897. Cum.*
4. To beware, take care.
Sc. Tent what you say! Shepherd's Jl'edding (i-]8g) 15; The
neist time ye dance, tent wha ye take by the hand, Ramsay Pioii.
(1737). Ayr. Hand awa frae the bonnie lass, I rede you tent her
e'e. Service Dr. Dugitid (ed. 1887) 106. Lnk. I'd wary tent ilk
flattering tongue, Struthers Poel. Tales (1838I 145. Cum. Ye
heedless haullins that may hap To fa' into their clutches, Tent
ye, Stagg Misc. Poems (ed. 1807) 143.
5. To watch ; to lay in wait for; to watch for an oppor-
tunity to the disadvantage of another person ; gen. used
as a threat.
n.Yks.i ; n.Yks.2 I'll tent thee for't. m.Yks.' Chs. I'll tent
thee, quoth Wood, if I cannot rule my daughter I'll rule my good,
Ray (1691) ; Chs.i Th' cat's tenting th' rat-hole; Chs.3 Shr.'
I'll tent 'im if 'e osses to do that agen.
6. To prevent, hinder.
n.Cy. (Hall.), n.Yks. (W.H.) e.Yks.i Ah'll tent tha fre
comin ti see mail lass. w.Yks. He thinks to come here, but I'll
tent him, Sheffield hidep. (1874); Hutton Tour to Caves (1781) ;
w.Yks.' ^ Lan. To keep 'em i' baonds, an' tent 'em fro' breyking
aot o' th' ranks, Accriiigtoti Times (May 16, 1868). Chs.^ s.Chs.'
I'll tent him from doin' that. Stf.i, Der.', nw.Der.', Not.= Lin.
I doan't knaw how I was to tent him fra it. Brown Lit. Laiir. (1890)
6'^ footnote. n.Lin.' I've tented my bairns frabackin' utherfoaks's
bills, fer I've niver hed 'em larnt to write the'r naames. Shr.'
7. To stop, stay, delay.
w.Vks. Robinson Gl. in Leeds Merc. Siippl. (1884). Der.* ' I
cannot tent,' I am not at leisure. nw.Der.' Lei.i Ah caint tent
to stop now, loike.
8. To compare ; to count, tally ; to take account.
n.Yks. 2 m.Yks.i To watch for the purpose of comparing or
enumerating. A term much used in ironical remarks.
9. To show, teach ; to incline.
e.Ltli. 'Tis that towards union it wud tent The sisters three,
Mucklebackit Rhymes (1885) 37. w.Yks. Ah'll tent thee, Lucas
Stud. Niddcrdale (c. 1882) Gl.
10. To make hay; to spread and shake about newly-
mown grass.
s.Lan.' Chs.' Tenting th' hay, is attending to the making of
the hay, tedding it, turning it, raking it up, but it does not include
the operations of mowing or leading.
11. With about: to occupy oneself.
Cum. He fettles teah at mworns an' neets, An' tents about,
Dickinson Lit. Rem. (1888) 194.
12. sb. Care, heed ; gen. in phr. to lake tent {of or [to, to
take care (of; to be careful, heedful ; to beware.
Sc. Grizzle, come up here, and tak tent to the honest auld man,
Scott Midlothian (1818) xxiv. Sh.I. I hed ta tak tent, Junda
Kliiigrahool (1898) 5. e.Sc. Tak' tent how you quote Scriptur',
Setou.n Sunshine (1895) 331. Ayr. I stacher'd whyles, but yet
took lent ay To free the ditches. Burns Death and Dr. Hornbook
(1785) St. 3. Lth. Tak tent o' your feet in that worn windin' stair,
Ballantine Poems (1856) 122. Slk. Dinna mind me — tak' tent
o' Mr. North, sir, Chr. North Noctes (ed. 1856) III. 96. Dmf.
Tak' tent o' the liizzie that's saucy and proud, Wallace School-
master {i8gg) 24. Nhb. Shewad nae tak tent o' me in my sorrow,
Jones A7;A. (1871) 253; Nhb.' n.Yks.' Mind an' tak' tent on 'em ;
n.Yks.' Tak thoo tent o' t'meeal-pooak yamwards, an I'll hug
t'tatey-skep. ne.Yks.' Thoo mun tak tent on 'em. w.Yks. Tak'
tent o' this baking-bowl, sir, Bronte Shirley (iS^^g) xxiii ; w.Yks.'
Hence (i) Tentless, adj. (a) careless, heedless ; (b) un-
carcd for, untended ; (2) Tently, ativ. carefully.
(i,(i) Sc. For lonesome lovers they are meet Who saunter forth
with tentless feet, Cunningham Sngs. (1813) 33. Rnf. I saw them,
tentless, wander o'er the hight, Picken Poems (1813^ I. 20. Slk.
Aye when ony tentless lammie, Hogg Poems (ed. 1865) 96. (6)
Cai. Wi' ye, puir tentless loun, an' yer stairvin' teethless grannie,
M'-Le.nnan Peas L,fe (1871) II. 117. Rnf. I'm but a stirk Wha
tentless staumers i' the mirk, Webster Rhymes (1835) 91. (2)
Lnk. Ku' tently they are keckin, Watson Poems (1853).
13. A look ; observation, notice, attention ; gen. in phr.
to take lent (of or to, to pay attention (to ; to notice, observe.
Sc. But you must take tent th.it I have admitted naebody but
you, Mr. Trumbull, Scorr Rcdg. (1824) xiii. Or.I. She turned to
tak' a tent, Paety Toral {1880) I. 139, in Ellis Proniinc. (1889) V.
795, 800. Abd. Tak' tent that sticks and stones ha'e lugs, Cobban
Angel (1898) 28. Ayr. Mrs. Craig, ye'll take tent of what I have
said, Galt Legatees (1820) viii. Lth. Tak' tent o' me, my word
rely on, LuMSDEN S/(ff/i-/;f(!rf (1892) 151. n.Cy. (Hall.) n.Yks.'
To pay special attention, give watchful heed; as for the purpose
of reckoning or keeping count of objects passing in succession;
e.g. sheep passing through a gate, bushels of corn measured out,
or the like ; n.Yks. 2 Tak good tent o' thah lear. ne.Yks.' w.Yks.';
w.Yks.' Thah mun tak tent on it. ne.Lan.'
Hence Tentless, adj., obs., unnoticed, unheeded, un-
regarded.
Ayr. I'll wander on, wi' tentless heed How never-halting
moments speed, Burns To J. Smith (1785) st. 10; The time flew
by with tentless heed, ib. Rigs o' Barley, st. i.
14. An engagement to look after animals or birds, &c.
n.Yks.* 'Tak tent,' to engage oneself to look after, e.g. as a boy
keeping cows off the land.
15. Time, patience ; in phr. to take tent, to take time, have
patience. Sc. Grose (1790) MS. add. (C.) 16. adj.
Watchful, attentive ; keen, intent.
Kcb. Up started Rosy Dougan As tent as if she had been a puss,
Davidson Seasons (1789) go (Jam.) ; As tent upo' the after game
As hound loos'd frae a kennel, ib. 77.
[1. Dat fals traitour fiat here was lente, And we trewly
here for to tente Had vndir tane, York Plays (c. 1400) 412.
12. Alle creatures to me take tent, ib. 29.]
TENT, see Taint.
TENTBOB, sb. Obs. Sur. A small red spider. (K.)
TENTER, $b.^ Sc. Nhb. Yks. Lan. Chs. Lin. Also in
form tenther e.Yks.' [te'nt3(r.] 1. One who takes
care of anything; an attendant, keeper. Nhb. (R.O.H.),
w.Yks. (J.W.), Chs.' See Tent, v. 2. One who looks
after a machine or engine ; a weaver's assistant.
Frf. I carena a bawbee For a' the West-end tenters that ever
screwed a key, Johnston Poems (1869) 87. s.Sc. Ye darty
workers at Tweed Mill, Ye ken oor tenters up the hill, Watson
.S(i;rfs (1859) 72. Nhb. (R. OH.) w.Yks.' Generally used in the
phrase engine-tenter ; w.Yks.^ Lan. Tha's been dreivin' four
looms beawt tenter. Wood Hum. Stetehes, 6 ; The name ' tenter '
was formerly applied to any person who attended to cotton
manufacturing machinery, but it is now generally used in a more
restricted sense for the operative who attends to the scutching-
machine 'J.B.S.'i ; Lan.' s.Lan.' A young woman emplo^'ed in
the card-room of a woollen-factory, or who attends to the 'jack-
frames' in a cotton- factorj'.
3. A person engaged to look after animals or drive away
birds.
e.Yks. A pig-tenther, coo-tenther, or bodtenther, Nicholson
Flk. Sp. (1889! 85. e.Yks.', ne.Lan.', Chs.^, n.Lin.' sw.Lin.' No
cattle allowed in the lanes without a tenter. They want a bird-
tenter for the seeds.
4. A watcher, watchman ; a watch-dog.
w.Yks.' Moor-tenters. Lan.' s.Lan. Will he do for a tenter?
will he bark at night ? Bamford Walks (1844) 47. Chs. That
dog's a good tenter (C.J.B.).
5. Obs. One of the players in the game of ' bear and
tenter' ; see below.
v.'.Yks. We have, or rather had a few years ago, a game called
the ' bear and tenter.'. . A boy is made to crawl as a bear upon his
hands and knees, round whose neck is tied a rope which the keeper
holds at a few yards' distance. The bystanders then buffet the
bear, who is protected only by his keeper, who by touching one of
his assailants becomes liberated. The other is then the bear and
the buffeted bear becomes the keeper, and so on. If the ' tenter'
is sluggish or negligent in defence of his charge it is then that the
bear growls and the blows are turned upon the guardian, wholly
or partially as the bear-baiters elect. Hone Table-bk. (1827) II. 364.
6. The player in charge of the stone in the game of
' squat ' or ' stone-stown ' (q.v.). w.Yks. Leeds Merc. Sitppl.
(Mar. 26, 1898); ib. (June 11, 1898). 7. A person em-
ployed in making hay. Chs.' 8. Obs. A hired collector
of tolls. n.Cy. (Hall.), Nhb. (R.O.H.)
TENTER, si.' and v. Sc. Yks. Lan. Lin. Nrf. Ken.
Colloq. Also in form tanter- Nrf. [te'nt3(r.] 1. sb. A
frame for stretching cloth ; gen. in //.
w.Yks.3 Lan. A field . . . which tenters do fence, Tim Bobbin
TENTFUL
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TERM
I'inv Dial. (1740) 127. ne.Lan.' Used by dyers and clothiers.
s.Lan.'
2. Coiiip. (i) Tenter-bauk, a beam to which a butcher's
meat-hooks are fastened ; (2) croft, (3) -field, a field or
enclosure where cloth is stretched on 'tenters'; (^)
■frames, frames for stretching cloth ; ^5) -ground, ground
where linen, skins, &c. are stretched on 'tenters'; (6)
-hooks, (a) hooks fastened into a wooden framework for
holding the cloth wlien being stretched; (/>) hooks froin
which anything is hung ; {ojig. in phr. on teulcr- hooks, in
suspense ; in };eit. colloq. use.
(i) n.Yks.* (2) w.Yks. Cudworth Manni)igham (1896) 125.
s.Lan.> 13 w.Yks. Banks U'hjld. Il'i/s. 1 1865)5 ; w.Yks.*, s Lan.i
(4) w.Yks.5 The tenter frames arc upriglit bars placed at a short
distance from each other and connected by other horizontal ones,
top and bottom, having an array of hooks at equal distances on
which the cloth is fastened by the lisling of both sides. {5) Ken.'
(6, n) w.Yks. Banks IVkflJ. ll'Js. (1865); (J.M.) s.Lan.i (/,)
w.Yks.2 The hoolis upon which the valances of a bed are hung.
n.Lin.i Strong iron liooks put in ceiiingsand the joists of buildings,
on which bacon and other such things are hung, (c Sc. Aunt
Judith and the household were on the tenter-hcolis of impatience,
Scott A'igel (1822) xviii. w.Yks. Ah wur on tenter-hooks aw th
tahme we wor e yond hoil (B.K.). n.Lin.' To keep on tenter-
hooks. Nrf. What I said about the name on the card had put my
gentleman on the tanterhooks, Spilling Molly M'ggs (.1902; 112.
3. V. To stretch cloth on ' tenters.'
w.Yks. Returning home perhaps at daybreak, the cloth was
'tentered' — that is, if weather permitted, Cudworth Bradford
(1876) 466.
Hence Tenteringmachine, sb. a machine used for
stretching and drying cloth. w.Yks. (J.M.)
[1. Tenture, for clothe (tentowre, S.), lenson'iim, extett-
soriuin [Prompt.].']
TENTFUL, adj. Hmp. Wil. Som. [te'ntfL] Careful,
attentive : also used advb.
s.Hmp. He's a very tentful man, Verney L. Lisle (1870) vi.
Wil.' Som. He was brouglit up so tentful W.F.R.).
TENTIFLY, adv. Obs. n.Yks." With attention.
TENTIVE, adj. Sc. Der. Attentive, careful.
Edb. Nouther party's tcntive how to please, Learwont Pctitis
('79' ^ 329. Der. Yo're as 'tentive an' as capable as onyone could
be, Gjlchrist Mil/on (igo2"i 97.
[We shullen do so ententif \Harl. MS. tentyf] bisinesse
. . . that . . . she shal be hool, Chaucer C. T. b. 2205.]
TENTLE, si. e.Lan.' [tentl.] A small 'tenter-hook'
(q.v.).
TENTY, adj. and adv. Sc. n.Cy. [te-nti.l 1. adj.
Careful, heedful, attentive; watchful, cautious. SeeTent.i'.
Sc. Fower tenty lads were on the tap hauldin' the line, Steven-
son Calrioim (1893) xv. Cai.' Elg. Onre moor and moss, cure
hill and dale. Right tenty was his ee, Couper Poetry (1804) II. 80.
Per. Prudent, douse, an' tentie Throughout thy life, Stewart
Character (1857) 57. s.Sc. I'm aye a vcrra tenty and frugal body,
SuMTH Fieree/iearl (1897) 65. Ayr. Jean slips in twa, wi' tentie
e'e, Burns Hallowe'en 1.1785) st. 8. Feb. Some to be tenty, some
advisan', Liiiloun Green ^^85) 153, ed. 1817. Dmf. 'Tweed'
micht chase ye tae display His tentie care, QuiNN Heather (1863)
38. n.Cy. BoiArG/. (Co//. L.L.B.)
Hence Tentily, adv. carefully, heedfully, cautiously.
Sc. Syne tentily he it bestowed Within the breist o' my ain
Jean, Allan Lilts 11874) 221. Sh.I. [He] clamb tentily ewer,
Burgess Rasmie 1892) 9. Cai.' Ayr. Riclit gentilie an' tentilic
I liore her to a biel, Ainslie Land of Burns (ed. 1892) 339, Dmf.
Frae mornin' till nicht ye wad tentily gang, Reid/'ooj;s ^1894) 46.
Gall. Looking tentily to my sheep, Crockett Standard Bearer
(1898) 6.
2. adv. Carefully, attentively ; cautiously.
Bnfr.' Gang tentie, an' nae lat thim bear's. SIg. There is ane
witiiin your toon Shall tentie watch when ony loon May cater ill,
Buchanan Poems (1901) 36. Ayr. Some tentie rin A cannie
errand to a neebor town. Burns Colter s Sat. Kighl (.1785) st. 4.
Edb. Sae lassies, tentie hear the chield, M'Uowall Poems
(1839 43-
TEP, see Tap, t'.'
TEPPEL, sb. Der.' [te'pl.] The leather on a boy's
cap, the ' neb.'
TEPPIT, TEPPY, see Tabet, Tippy, sb.
VOL. VI.
TEPPY-TIN, sb. Yks. [tepi-tin.] A small tm used
for cooking tarts, &c. w.Yks. (ILL.)
TEPTIOUS, adj. Cum. Lan. [te-pjas.] Snappish,
captious ; irritating ; treacherous, changeable, not to be
depended upon.
Cum. It was a tcptlous kind iv a thing ten, for if fwok gat
t'wrang way on't, it wa^scn't lo tell t'mischeevcs it wad ha' deun
them, Richardson Talk (1876) and S. 154 ; Cum.*, ne.Lan.'
TER, sb. Obs. n.Cy. Yks. Anger, passion, head-
strong resolution. n.Cy- Gkose (17901. w.Yks. IIutto.n
Tour lo Caves (1781). Cf. tear, v.^ II. 14, tirr.
TER, see Ta, Thou.
TERBUCK, V. and !>b. Sc. [tarbBk.] 1. v. To
make a false move in play ; to check an opponent for
making a false move in play ; to catch one tripping. See
Trebuck.
w.Sc. If a person on making a false move in a game of skill
calls out * trebuck ' or ' trabuck me ' before his opponent he has
the right to move again ; but if his opponent is the first to call
out 'trebuck' or 'teibuck you,' the player is checked and must
pay the foifcit (Jam. Snf-fil., s.v. Trebnck).
2. sb. A false move in play, a slip ; a check or trip in a
game of skill, ib.
TERCE, sb. Sc. Also in form tierce. A legal term ;
see below.
Sc. A liferent competent by law to widows who have not
accepted of a special provision of the third of the heritable subjects
in which their husbands died infcfts, Erskine Instil, bk. ii. tit. g,
s. 44 (Jam.) ; The mute of anc reasonable terce perteining to
women as lauchfull wives, be reason of the decease of their
husbandes, Skene DiJJicill ll'ds. fi68i) 116. Abd. Proper wad-
setters, pensioners, conjunct fiars, ladies terces, and others,
Spalding Hist. Sc. (1792) II. 97.
Hence (i ) Terced, />//. adj. divided into three parts ; (2)
Tercet or Tiercer, 5/;. a widow who is legally entitled to
the third part of her deceased husband's property.
(i) Sc. With terced estu by mumjanc'd cliosen post The
sufferer's restor'd to what he lost With respect to the clame of
right, Maidment Pasqnils (18681 186. (3) Sc. A term still
commonly used in our courts of law .Jam.).
TERD, TERE, see Taird, Teer.
TERECKLY, see Toreckly.
TERt^Y, adj. Obs. Shr. "Tapering to a point. Bound
Pruviiic. (1876) ; (Hall.)
TERI, ib. Sc. [ta'ri.] A name given to a native of
Hawick. See Teribus.
Rxb. Here's to each Teri true, At hame and o'er ocean blue!
Murray Haiiick Sngs. (1892) 28.
TERIBUS, sb. Also in form teeribus (Jam.). In phr.
Teribus ye (and) leri odin, the war-cry of the town of
Hawick. See Teri.
Rxb. This, according to tradition, was that of the band which
went from Hawick to the battle of Flodden ; and it is st.Il shouted
by the inhabitants of the borough, when they annually ride the
marches (Jam.); The war-cry of the men of Hawick at the battle
of Flodden, and still preserved in the traditions of the town. The
full chorus is often sung at festive gatherings. . . ' Teribus ye teri
odin, Sons of heroes slain at Flodden, Imitating Border bowmen
Aye defend your rights and common," Mackay.
TERJER, see Targer.
TERM, sb. and v. Sc. Cum. Wm. Dev. Cor. Also
written tirm Dev. ; and in forms tarm Cum.' ; tearm
Lakel.' Cum.'; teeram Cum.'; tierm Lakel.= Wm.
[tarm, tam.] L sb. Half-yearly holidays at Whitsun-
tide and Martinmas ; hiring day.
Sc. At Mairtinmas ; I daurs.iy it micht be suner were I cot the
road ; but I canna get a place till the term, Swan Gales of Eden
(ed. 1895 ii. Ln'.t. Marrit at the term! The morn if ye like,
Jean, Gordon Pjotsliaw (1885) 177. lakel.a Cum. Oor man
bed geiin off to tak his tearm, miy U'allle (1870) 3; He dudn't
knoa bit he wad a hire't meh, theer an then, well t"teeram,
Sargisson Joe Scoap (1881) 77 ; Cam.'
Hence (i) Term-time, sb. Whitsuntide or Martinmas;
hiring time; May-day; (2) -week, sb. a week's holiday
observed at Whitsuntide or Martinmas.
(I) Per. Here we're at our hin'most neep. An' term-time near I
Hahbuuton Ochil Idylls (1891) 65. Cum. Martinmas credit and
TERM
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Teeram lime done, Dickinson Ciimbr. (lS^6) 253. n.Yks. (I.W.)
(2) Wm. Ah'll cum ta see ye at t'tierm week if o bi weel (B.K.).
2. Phr. (i) /erm an' life or termin life, for ever, finally ;
(2) — of a time, a long time.
(i) Shi. Der fa'n oot, an' sinder'd for term an' life, Sh. News
(May 28. 1898). Lth. It will last termin life (Jam.). (2) Cor.'
She's bin a term of a time over her work.
3. V. To bound, border.
e.Dev. Ver belly's a wheyte-heap a-tirm'd off wi' lilies, Pulman
Siig. Sol. (i86o~ vii. 2.
TERM, see Terrem.
TERMAGANT, 5Z». Ohs. Sc. The ptarmigan, Znn-o/;<5
viiitiis. CI. Sibb. (1802) (Jam.).
TERN, sb. Nhb. Cor. [tarn, tan.] 1. The sandwich
tern, Slerna caiiliaca.
Nhb. In the Farn Islands this species is called 'the tern' par
e.welleiice, all other kinds having the name ' sea swallows,' Swain-
son Birds (1885) 204.
2. The hkterp, Bolaiirus stellmis. Cor.' =
TERNAL, TERNATION, see Tarnal, Tarnation.
TERNER, sb. Nrf. The common tern, Stciiia Jluvia-
tilis. Emerson Birds (ed. 1895I 306.
TER-OUSEL, sb. Yks. The ring-ousel, Turdiis tor-
qiiatiis.
w.Yks. So the word is pronounced by some in the neighbour-
hood of Sheffield, the two words being pronounced as one word,
and the accent being on the second syllable iS.O.A.).
TERR, TERRA, see Tir(r, Turr, sb}
TERRACE, si.' Lin. Wor. [tarss.] 1. A raised
footpath by the side of a road. n.Lin.' 2. A slope
or clift'.
Wor. The Avon flows at the foot of the terrace, Allies Antiq.
Flk-Lore f 1849') 94. ed. 1852 ; The wide spread terrace that slopes
upward from the river's bank, May Hist. Evesham ,2nd ed.) 363,
in Allies ib. 337 ; The terrace here spoken of is the natural
slope (on the top of which are the traces of a Roman road)
descending from the table land of this part of the Cotswolds to the
Avon, and is known as the Marl Cleeve, or Marl Cliff (E.S.).
TERRACE, sb.'^ Yks. Chs. Also written terras
n.Yks. ; and in form tarras Chs.' [ta'rss.] A particular
kind of mortar ; also in coinp. Terrace-mortar.
n.Yks. A brick floor is laid in terras. Hunter Georgical Essays
(1803) II. 104. Chs.' Strong lime and hair mortar, such as is used
for pointing slates. [Lined it throughout with bricks set in terrace
mortar. Hunter ih. III. 276.]
TERRAS, see Terrace, sb.'^
TERREM, sb. Sh.I. Also in form term. A long
small gut of a sheep; the wheel-band of a spinning-wheel.
See Tharm.
Shence FlkLore (1899) 183; S. & Ork.' With [it] the 'posh'
is strung ; used also for bands to a spinning-wheel.
TERRIBLE, adj. and adv. Var. dial, uses in Sc. Irel.
and Eng. Also written terrable Cum. s.Lan.' ; terribl'
Sc; and in forms taarble Cum.'; tarble Sh.I. N.I. ' Dev.;
tarrable Cum.'* I.Ma. ; tarr'b'e Nhb.; tarrfble Nhb.'
Dur. ; terble Ir. Dur. Lakel.^ Wm. ne.Lan.' Brks.' Wil.
Dor. ; terraayble Hrks.' ; terr'ble Sc. w.Yks. e.Ken.
Som. ; tirrible w.Yks. ; turble Dor. ; turrabul Dev.
[taribl, ta'rabl.] 1. adj. Used as an intensitive : great,
tremendous, extraordinary.
Per. He was a terrible scholar and a credit tae the parish, Ian
Maclaren Brier Bush U^OSi i. Ayr. \Vc took terr'ble traiks on
the Saturdays, Service Dr. Diigiiid (ed. 1887) 28. 'Wgt. She
was an awfu' religious buddy, and a terrible hand at Scripture,
Saxon Ca//. Gos«/) (1878) 10. N.I.' Nhb.' Thor's a tarrible site
o" weeds i' that crop. Diir. Meg Toppin's a tarrible comfort,
Guthrie Killy Pagan (igoo) 107. Lakel.^ We've a ter'ble lot
on't doon. Cum. She was a terrable body fer axon questins,
Sargisson Joe Sconfi (1881) 174; Cum.'', w.Yks. (J.W.) Lan.
I've a terrible wish to make you known to each other, Gaskell
Af. Barton (1848 1 iv. n.Lin.' You've gotten a terrible lot o' books
e' this here big room o' yours, squire. Glo.' Brks.' Ther be a
terraayble lot o' j-oung rabbuts this year to be zure. e.Ken. A
terr'ble lot (G.G.). Dor. It be a terble hvoad ofT my mind, Agnus
Jan O.xbrr ' 1900) 36. Dev. The tciities be all a getteii coold, an'
tcs a tar'ble pity ! Longman' s Mag, (Dec. 1896) 156.
2. Very intimate, 'thick.'
Oxf.' They be terrible folks, they be. w.Sora.i Her's terrible
way my missus, but I baint no ways atookt up way her inyzul.
They two 3oung osbirds be terrible together.
3. adv. Used as an intensitive : very, very much, ex-
ceedingly, extremely; extraordinarily.
Sc. He . . . misca'd him terrible, Scotch Haggis, 49. Sh.I. Da
fire wis smokin' most tarble, Clark N. Gleams (1898) 56. ne.Sc.
He's a terribl' clever fallow is P. W., Gordon Northward Ho
(1894) 53. Per. They're terrible disappointed. Sabbath Nights
{1899 I 9. Luk. He was terrible pleased, Fraser ll'haiips (1895)
149. Ir. She did be terrible short o" company, Parlow Martin s
Comp. (1896) 7. n.Ir. A wuz aye terble land o' horses, Lyttle
Paddy MLOiiillan, 10. Nhb. Aa've heard tell he's a tarr'ble fine
scholard. Pease Mark o' Deil (1894) 28; Nhb.' Dur. February's
a ter'ble long time for to wait, Longman's Mag. (July 1897 : 257.
Lakel.^ We're hev'n ter'ble fine wedder fer oor hay. Cum.'*
Wm. A wes terble flaete, Sf>ec. Dial. (1885) pt. iii. 3. w.Yks. I'm
in terr'ble good an' sound health o' body (F.P.T.). Lan. Th' warlt's
geirin ter'ble wickit, Bowker Talcs (i882"( 65. ne.Lan.', e. Lan.',
s.Lan.' I.Ma. The cow was still tarrable bad, Rvdings Tales
(1895) 114. Chs.i I'm terrible glad to see you; Chs.^ Der. I'm
terrible much obliged to he, Verney L. Lisle (1870) iv. nw.Der.',
VVar.24 s.War.' He's terrible fond of the little 'un. Oxf. These
be terrible hard times fG.O.). Brks. 'Tis a ter'ble girt way off,
Havden Pound our Vill. (1901) 23. Ken.' He's a terrible kind
husband. Frost took tops terrible. Sur.' ' How's your missus? '
'Oh! tarrible ornary sure-ligh.' Sus.* limp.' He gets terrible
handy. Wil. 'See's terble nippy on 3-oung rabbits, Kennard
Diogenes (1893 vi ; Wil.' Dor. I s'pose we mun't expect this
weather to last tur'ble long (C.W.) ; ' Terrible comical ' [very un-
well] (C.V.G.). Som. Measter took to the man terr'ble, Raymond
Love and Quiet Life (1894) 50. Dev. Idden Mrs. Joss turrabul fine
tu-day ? Hewett Peas. Sp. (189a) 138; So tarble weist. Black-
more Chriiluwell (1881') ii. Cor. Terrible shy he looks, poor chap I
' Q." Three Ships \cd. 1892) 12.
TERRIBLY, adv. Cum. Lan. Also written terrably
Cum. [ta'ribli.] Much, considerably.
Cum. We bed a cup o' tea, an' fand ooarsels terrably freshened,
Farrall Betty IVilson (1876) no. Lan. He's kept hissel' terribly
to hissel, Waugh Heather i^ed. Milner) II. 163.
TERRICK, sb. Obs. Dev. A trifle ; a little thing.
I have another terrick foryou to do, HoraeSubsccivae (1777) 428.
TERRIE, 56.' Sc. Also in form tarrie Sc. (Jam.)
[ta'ri ; ta'ri.] A terrier ; also used alln'b.
Per. (G.W.) Rnf. We clamb the braes like tarries, Picken
Poems (1813) II. 124; PiCKEN Poems (1788) Gl. (Jam.) Ayr. A
tarrie dog (Jam.). Lnk. Our wee hairy terrie his courage could
chill, Edwards Mod. Poets, 5tli S. 235.
TERRIE, sb.^ Sh.I. [ta'ri.] A kind of loft or shelf
in the roof of a house. S. & Ork.'
TERRIER, sA.' Sc. Cum. Also in form tarrier Cum.
1. A keeper of terriers.
Cum. Theer was tarrier Gash, an' tyelleyer How, Gilpin Sngs.
(1866) 273.
2. Fig. Amanofbadtemijer and character; a pugnacious
fellow.
Ayr. Ye're a terrier when in a passion, Charlie, Galt Sir A,
IVylie (182a) v. Cum.Thoo nasty, durty,impident tarrier(E.H.P.).
TERRIER, 5i.2 Obs. Chs. Lin. Rut. Sus. Also in
forms tarrier n.Lin.' Rut.' ; tarry n.Lin.' A survey and
register of lands ; a catalogue of lands.
Chs. We have required a certificate . . . and a true terrier of the
estate, Gastrell Notitia Cestriensis {c. 1707) in Cheth. Soc. Publ.
(1845) VIII. 351. n.Lin.' For giuinge in a tarrye of the vickarage
land, iiirf., Kirton-in- Lindsey Ch. Ace. (1638). RuL' The survey
of ecclesiastical estates. ■ For a tarrier of the gleb land, 2S.,' Ch-
warden's Ace. (1720). Sus.' Two terriers were made at Brighton
in the last century.
[Fr. papier terrier, a court-roll, or catalogue of all tlie
several names, parcels, rents, and services belonging to,
or yielded by, the tenants of a Manor (Cotgr.).]
TERRIER, sb.^ Cum.'* A tuber on the stem of a
potato-plant, (s.v. Top-'taties.)
TERRIFICATION, sb. Sc. [tarifiki'Jsn.] Terror,
anything causing terror.
Cai.' Buff. To go scouring the hills in search of adders, or to
bring them home to the ' terrification ' of his neighbours, S.miles
Natur. ^18761 47, ed. 1893. Ayr. There was an outcry and a
roaring that was a terrification to hear, Galt Proiost (1822; x.
TERRIFICK
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TEST
TERRIFICK, adj. Obs. Sc. Afraid, terrified.
Edb. Made inony guid cliiels melancholy . . . And terrifick of
futuritv, LiDDLE I'cfHis (1821"! 205.
TERRIFY, V. and sh. Lin. Lei. Nhp. War. Wor. Shr.
Hrf. Glo. Oxf. Brks. Bdf. e.An. Ken. Sur. Sus. Hmp.Wil.
Soni. Dev. Cor. Also in forms tarrafy Nrf. ; tarrify
Lin. Brks. Cnib. Sus.' ; torrify Ken. ; turrivy Brks.'
[taTifai.] 1. v. To annoy, irritate ; to tease, worry ; to
importune ; to torment, pain.
Lei.' Nhp.' I canl terrify myself with no books. The rash did
terrify me so. War.* Wor. It is a complaint about amongst
children ; it ain't no hurt, only it is so terrifying (H,K.). w.Wor.'
'E canna get a wink a slip uv a night; is cough is terrifyin'.
s.Wor.', se.Wor.' Shr.' This cut o' my finger terrifies me
mightily, I canna get on 6utli my work. These gnats do so
terrify the child. Hrf.' Stones ' terrify ' a man digging ; Hrf.^
Glo. ' Terrify him, sir ; keep on terrifyingof him.' This does not
mean that j'ou are to frighten the fish ; on the contrary, he is
urging you to stick to him till he gets tired of being harassed, and
succumbs to temptation, Gibds Cotswold Vill. (1898) 164; Glo.'
Oxf* MS. add. Brks. All them carters and foggers gin up tarri-
fyin' ma fur bein' a shepherd arter that, Hayden Round our Vill.
(igoil 317; Brks. 'What dost want to turrivy the child vor, gie un
back his marvels, an' let un alo-an. Bdf. My bobbins do terrify me
(J.W.B.); Batchelor Atml. Eiig. Lang. (iSog'i 146. e.An.' A
blister or a caustic is said to terrify a patient. Nrf. How the flies
do tarrafy the poor bosses this showery weather I (W.P.E.)
Snf. He has been terrified all night by those insects, A', if Q.
(1876) 5th S. vi. 56; Suf.' Ess. That boss, with (lies, poor thing,
Look how he's terrified, Clark J. A'oakis (1839) st. 100; Ess.'
Ken. When a boot pinches, it is said to terrify (G.B. ); Ken.'
Sur.' We've had a good deal of what I call terrifying sickness,
colds and suchlike, but nothing serious. Sus.'^, Hmp.' Wil.'
Her husband, who had been out in the fields, came home and began
to 'terrify' her, Marlborough Titties (Nov. 26, 1892). w.Soni.'
Uur-z au'vees tuureefuyeen ur maudhur vur tu lat ur goo-.
Dhai bwuwyz bee nuuf" tu tuureefuy tin ee bau'dee tu dalh'.
Dev. A workman said his work was so difficult that it terrified
him, Reports Provinc. (1877) 140. nw.Dev.' s.Dev., e.Cor. A^. if
Q. (1876) 5th S. vi. 6. Cor. il). i. 434.
2. To damage, injure, destroy.
War.^* s.War.i They've been terrifying my cabbages. Glo.'
Brks. Thay wapses do terrify our plums ^CW,). Ken.' The rooks
'terrify the beans.' Sus.' The meece just have tarrified my peas
(s.v. Meece). Wil. A hailstorm terrifies the apple-blossoms
(W.C.P.).
3. To seize, tear out ; to shake.
War. I terrified the cloth out of the window. A'', if Q. (1868)
3rd S. iv. 126 ; War. 3 More frequently applied to animate things,
such as a dog shaking a rat. e.An.' Nrf. I'll terrify your vitals,
N. & Q. ib. 178.
4. To puzzle, perplex.
w.Wor.' It's terrifying to knaow what to do far the best. Bdf,
(J.W.B)
5. To astonish. s.Wor.' 6. To fret, to be an.xious about
nothing. Hmp.' 7. To break up land fine; to hoe con-
stantly.
Glo.' w.Som.' You can't never get urd o' that there stuff, nif
you don't keep on terrifi'in' o* it
8. sh. A source of worry or trouble.
Wil.' A bed-ridden woman who has to get her neighbours to do
everything for her is ' a terrible terrify ' to them.
9. The treacle-mustard, Erysirnuiti dieiranthoides.
Lin. Miller & Skertchly Finland (1878) x. Cmb. (B. & H.)
TERRILOO, sb. and v. Lakel. [tarUG.] 1. sb. A
great commotion.
Lakel.^ Set t'dog on amang t'geese, an' ther'll be a terriloo.
2. 7). To make a great commotion. (B.K.)
TERRIT, sb. Obs. War. [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] A clump of trees. (Hall.)
TERRY, sb. Sc. In phr. w/ini the terry ? an oath,
expletive.
What the terry do you mean ? What the terry is this all about?
(G.W.^
TERRY, V. Obs. Nhp.^ To provoke, torment. Sec
Ter, sb.
TERRY, see Teery.
TERRY-ALT, s«. Irel. See below.
The man w.ts suspected of being a ' Terry-Alt,' or a member of
a local agrarian conspiracy, MacDo.s-agii Ir. /i/< '1898) aa.
TERRY-DIDDLE, sec Terrydivil.
TERRYDIVIL, sb. Chs. Also in form terry-{:iddle.
The bitter-sweet nightshade, Sotannm Dulcamara. Chs.'*
Cf. tether-devil, s.v. Tether, s6.' 1 (2).
TERSE, sb. and v. Obs. n.Sc. (Jam.) [Not known to
our correspondents.] 1. sb. A dispute, debate. 2. v.
To dispute, contend.
TERSY, sb. Nhb. Dur. LMa. Lin. Also in forms
tarsy Nhb. e.Dur.' ; terzy n.Lin.' ; turzie Nhb. [tazi ;
tazi.] A round game ; the game of ' twos and threes.'
Also in cotiip. Tarsy-warsy.
Nhb. (R.O.H.); For tarsywarsy some did cry. While cricket
b.-»lls around us (ly, Allan Tynesidt Sngs. (1891) 288. e.Dnr.'
The players form a double ring by standing in a circle with a space
between each, while each player has anothcrstanding immedialcly
behind him. There is one odd player who stands, as third,
behind any of the other two. A player standing in the centre
then tries to ' tig ' or touch the inside player who has two behind
him, while the latter, to avoid being caught, must either run behind
the two standing behind him, or behind any other two in the ring.
Thus another is brought to the front rank, and if caught before he
can place himself behind another couple, becomes in his turn the
pursuer, while the late pursuer takes his place in the ring. I. Ma.
They were playin' at tcrsey, and a big ring of them, and Nora
had the han'kercher and drapt it behint a gel, Rvdisgs Talts
(1895) 39. n.Lin.' Any number of players form in a double circle,
except two, one of whom runs in front of any two. The other
outside the circle runs round and touches the back of one of the
three, who in his turn becomes the catcher, and the one who had
been catching goes into the middle of the circle to take the place
of the first.
TERSY-VERSY, adv. Sc. Cum. Also in form
tarsie-versie Rxb. (Jam.) [tsrzi-varzi.] Topsy-turvy,
in confusion or disorder ; walking backwards.
Slk. Doiting up . . . amang the sheep . . . putting them a'
tersyversy, Hogg Tales (1838,1 302, ed. 1866. Rxb. (Jam.\ Cum.'*
TERT, TERTCHY, see Tart, adj.. Tetchy.
TERTIAN, sb. Sc. [tg-rjan.] A student of the third
session. Sc (Jam.) Abd. At Abd. University (A. W.).
TERTLE, see Tartle, v.'-
TERVEE, V. and sb. Som. Dev. Cor. Also written
tervy w.Som.' ; turvee n.Dev. ; and in forms tarve,
tarvy Cor.' ° ; turve Som. [ta'vi.] 1. v. To struggle ;
to writhe. Sec Tave, v.' 3.
Som. Some one describing an ill — indeed, dying child — said 'he
seemed just to turve and turve and keep on turving' G.H L.).
w.Som.' Dev. Yd nidden keep oil trying to torvee with Jackie;
'e'll be a giide bwoy ef yu lets 'n bide, Hewett Peas. Sp. 1^1893').
n.Dev. But Ihof ha ded vigger and . . . tei-vce, E.vnt. Seo'.d. ^1746)
1. 216. Cor. '2
2. To rage, storm. See Tave, J'.' L
Cor.' ; Cor.2 Tarving about in a rage.
3. sb. A stir, commotion.
Cor. There's no hurry. There is no reason to be i' such a tan-e,
Baring-Gould Curgenven (1893) xlvi.
TERVY, TERYVEE, see Tervee, Tirrivee.
TERZY, TESMENT, see Tersy, Testament.
TESSY, adj. Sus. [te'si.] Angry, fractious, cross ;
a dial, form of 'testy.'
A tcssy child. A tessy cat (G.A.W.) ; Sus.'
TEST, s/).' Sc. See below.
Ayr. The first peculiarity of the school days sixty years ago . . .
is the use and abuse of the test. . . The test was a little bit of
wood of cylindrical form, about ten inches in length, and was
placed in an aperture of the door, and in sight of the master.
When a pupil wished to go out of school ... he went up to the
master and said, ' I'lease, the test, Sir.' If the test was in the
aperture near the door, the boy was allowed to go, and no
individual could get out till the test was returned to its place.
White Joltings (1879) 66.
TEST, s6.« and v. Sc. [test.] L sb. A will, testament.
Ayr. By an cik to his test he left to Peter Searle the soom of
five shillings, Service Nutandunts ;i89o') 13.
2. V. In phr. to test upon il, to bequeath, to leave by will.
Sc. I will test upon it at my death, Scott Pirate (iSai) vi.
K a
TESTAMENT
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TETHER
TESTAMENT, sh. and v. Sc. Irel. Also in forms
tesment Sc. (Jam.) Bnft".'; test'ment Sc. [te'stament.]
1. sb. A last will.
n Sc. (Jam.) ; He made his tesment ere he gaed, And the wiser
man was he, Buchan Baltaiis (1828) II. 130, ed. 1875.
Hence to make one's tesment in a rope,phr.\.o be hanged.
n.Sc. (Jam.) Abd. To think to lead my life wi' sic an ape, I'd
rather inak my tesment in a raip, Ross Helenore v 1768) 36, ed. 1813.
2. Tlie thing bequeathed, a legacy. Abd. (Jam.)
3. The New Testament.
Sh.I. I didna hear what point o' da Bible or Testament hit wis in,
Sli AVa's' Jan.26, 1901). Cai. The Testament, and next' the Bible,'
are regular class-books, M Lennas Peas. Life (.1871) I. xvii. Dmf.
'i'he Testament was his scliool-book, Siiennan Tales (1831) 53.
Uls. A' wud like tae commit tae ye'r care a wee bit Taeslament,
M'Ilrov Crai^liiinie (1900) a6, w.Yks. (J.W.)
4. Coiiip. Testament-man, obs., a Protestant.
Fif. S'-^ail that mad ill-gainshon'd bj-kc O' Test'ment-men that
doth us fj'ke. Tennant Papistry (1827) 103.
5. V. To leave by will ; to bequeath.
Bnff.' Ayr. What's cross'd tlie craig Can ne'er be testamented,
AiNSLiE Land of Burns ^ed. 1892) 198.
TESTIE, see Teistie.
TESTIFF, adj. Obs. n.Yks.^ Wilful, headstrong.
[Testif they were, and lusty for to pleye, Chaucer
C. 7". A. 4004.]
TESTIFICAT(E, sh. Obs. Sc. A certificate, testi-
monial.
Sc. A certificate of character in writing In consequence of which
a person has liberty to pass from one place to another (Jam.) ;
The said commissioners are hereby ordained to deliver to every
such person a teslificate — which testificate is to seiveas a free
pass to alt who have the same, Crookshank Hi^t. (1751) II. 236
yib.) ; The attestation given by a kirk session of the moral character
of a church-member when about to leave the district (Jam.). Abd.
With a testificate that their presents were read at their churches,
Spaluing Hiit. Sc. (1793) II. 190. Ayr. No other parish would
admit strangers within its bounds without testificates of character
from the one thty left, Johnston Kihtiallie 1 1891") I. 66. e.Ltli.
To produce ' testificats ' or ' testimonials,' either of their respecta-
bility, or that they 'had been helpit by uther Kirkis,' Waddell
Old Kirk C/ir. ( i893> 62.
TESTIFICATION, sb. Obs. Sc. A certificate, testi-
monial.
Per. To bring ane testification from the Minister of Cupar in-
Fife, Lawson Bi. of Per. (18.171 aig. Ayr. It's a great honour
and testification, my lad, that 3*0 should be in\ited to dine at the
Place, Galt Sir A . Hylic (1822) Ix.xxix. Hdg. He has shawin to
me his testification y^ he is maryit sen he came out of our parochin,
RiiCHiE 5/. Ba/dred {1882) 174.
TESTORN, adj. Obs. Dev. Testy, quick to anger.
Horae Siibsecivae (1777) 429.
TESTREL, TESTRIL, see Taistrel.
TESTY, V. Glo. [te-sti.] To testify.
I can testy to that, Gissing Vill. Hampden (1890^ I. xi.
TET, 56. Brks. Hmp. Dor. Som. Dev. Also in form
tatty Hmp. Dor. Som. Dev. [tet.] A teat, the nipple
of a breast or udder. See Tit, s'l.^, Titty, sb.^
Brks. (s.v. Tit). Hirp. Grose (1790) MS. add. (M.) Dor.
Barnes 67. (,1863^ Som. Er babby ... for tha tetty cried,
JENNINGS Ohs. Dial. w.En,i;. (1825) 176. w.Som.' One o' Daisy's
lets is so zorc I cant hardly ticli o' her. n.Dev. Es wont ha' ma
tetties a grabbled zo, Kviii. Cr/s/ip. (1746) I. 376. e.Dev. We've
got a smoal sister, an' her got no tetts. Pulman Sitg. Sol. (i86o)
viii. 8. [The cow's dug by some is called the tet, Worlidge Did.
(.681).]
[On was tette he sone aue^ lagt. Gen. &• Ex. (c. 1250)
2621.]
TET, V. Ohs. Glo. To tease, provoke ; to chafe.
Horae .Siibsecivae (1777) 409. See Tit, v.^
TET, sec Ted, 1/.=^
TETA-W, s6. Ken.'' [te-t?.] A simpleton, fool.
TETCH, sb.' and v. Cum. [tetj.] 1. sh. Obstinacy,
restiveness ; gen. in phr. to take ftetch, to be restive, to
refuse to move. Cf tetchy.
Nater began to tak t'lctch wid him, an' wadden't be mead ghcm
on enny langcr, Kichauhson Talk (1876) 2nd S. 73 ; Cum.'"*
2. V. To be obstinate or restive. Cum.'*
TETCH, sb."^ Som. Dev. [tetj.l A habit, gait.
w.Som. 1 Div. It's a tetcli she's got, Reports Pivvinc. (1886) lor.
[Tetch'e, or maner of cond3'cj'one, vios, condicio
[Prompt.).]
TETCH, TETCHUS, see Touch, Touchous.
TETCHY, adj. Sc. Yks. Lan. Der. Not. Lin. Lei. War.
Won Shr. Hrf. Glo. Oxf Brks. e.An. Ken. LW. Dor.
Som. Dev. Cor. and A men Also written techy Der.°
nw.Der.' War.* s.Cy. Amer.; and in forms teachy n.Lin.'
Glo.; teechy s.Lan.' ; tertchy Not ; titchy Brks.' e.An.'
I.W.' Som. [te'tji.] 1. Peevish, irritable, short-
tempered ; easily oifended or angered. See Tatchy,
Tetch, iA.', Touchy.
Fif. Her lean-cl.eek'd tetchy critics, Tennant Ansler (iBia) 38,
ed. 1871. n.Yks.*, w.Yks. (W.C.D.), ne.Lan.', s.Lan.', Der.^,
nw.Der.', Not.' s.Not. How tertchy the child is, to be sure
(J.P.K.V n.Lin.', Lei.' War.'' She be mortal techy about summat.
w.Wor.' Shr., Hrf. Bound PTOi'mc. (,1876). Glo. Horae Siibsecivae
(1777)429. Oxf. There's no need to be so tetchy (G.O.). Brks.',
e.An.', Nrf. (M.C.H.B.), Suf.', Ess.' s.Cy. Ray (legO. Ken.
She was so tetchy (D.W.L.). I.W.' Dor. Barnes CI. (1863).
Som. SwEETMAN IVincattion Gl. (1885). w.Som.' Uur-z u maa-yn
luch'ee oa-| dhing, uur uz* naew. Dev. Reports Provinc. (1883) 93.
Cor. (M.A.C.) [Amer. Them mount'n boys is apt to be a bit
techy with strangers, Bradley Virginia (1897) 220.]
Hence Tetchiness, sb. ill-temper, crabbedness.
w.Sora.' Her's good-lookin' enough, but there's too much
tetchiness about her vor me.
2. Applied to land that is difficult to work or inanage.
e.Cy. (^Hall.) Nrf. You can't get on that laud when ycr like,
not ivery day; if j'er plough or roll when 'tis wet 3'er dew more
harm nor good; that land's wonnerful tetchy, I can tell j-er
(M.C.H.B.).
3. Of the weather: changeable, fickle. Nrf. (M.C.H.B.)
[1. And he's as tetchy to be woo'd to woo As she is
stubborn-chaste against all suit, Shaks. Tr. c&-> Cr. i. i.gg.]
TETER-CUMTAWTER, see Tittertotter.
TETH, sh. Ohs. Sc. Also in form teeth (Jam.1.
Temper, disposition ; spirit, mettle. Sc. Mackay. Fif
(Jam.) Hence Illteeth'd, ppl. adj. having a bad temper,
ill-humoured. Fif. (Jam.)
TETH, int. Sc. [tep.] An exclamation.
Sc. But teth ! we'll open't first, I ween. Ballads (1885') 9. Rnf.
Here teth nae langer he durst stay about, Clark R/iyriies (1842)
23. Lnk. I . . . began to read. But teth it gart me claw my head,
M'Indoe Poems (1805) 50.
TETHER, sh.' and v. 'Van dial, uses in Sc. Irel. and
Eng. Also in forms tather Shr.'; teather Sc. ; tedder
Sc. (Jam.) S. & Ork.' Lakel.= Cum. ne.Lan.' [te'iSatn]
1. sh. In coiiib.ii) Tether-chack, a piece of iron or wood
affixed to a tether by which it is secured to the ground ;
(2) -devil, (a) the bitter-sweet nightshade, Solanuut Dul-
camara ; (b) the bind-corn, Polygonnni convolvulus ; (3)
■end, (a) the end of a rope ; (b) the posteriors ; (4) -'s end,
in phr. to run to the tether's end, to go to extremity, to go
as far as possible; (5) -faced, having an ill-natured aspect;
(6) -grass, the goose-grass, Galium Aparine; (7) herin,
a tether made of hair ; (8) -length, the length of a tether,
a long distance ; fig. in phr. to run one's tether-length, to
pursue a reckless course wliicli leads to calamity; (9)
•stake, (a) see (i); (b) the upright post in a stall to which
a cow is fastened ; (10) -stick, see (i) ; (11) -stone, a stone
to which a tether is tied ; (12) -string, a tether, rope,
halter; also usedy/^-. ; (13) -toad, the creeping crowfoot.
Ranunculus repens ; (14) -tow, a hawser, cable.
(i)Bnfr.' (2, «) Chs.'23 (i) Chs.' (3, «) Lnk. Tuggin'atthe
tether en', Ae nicht as he was ringin' ten, Something played
crash, Watson Po«;i5 (1853) 11. (4) n.Dev, Tha wut net break
the cantlebone o' thy tether eend wi' chuering, Exm. Scold. (1746)
I. 280. (4) Edb. Shall Man, a niggard, near-ga\vn elf! Rin to the
tether's end for pelf, Feugusson Pcje-;;js (1773"! 216, ed. 1785. (5)
Sc. (Jam.) (6) Nlib.' (7) S. & Ork.' (81 Cai,' Rnf. A tether
length he back did gae, Wilson Poems (1816) Ep. to Mr. IV. M.
, 9,rt) Sc. (Jam.) Slk. His tethe are reidehot tcdderstakis, Hogg
Poems {ed. 1865) 318. Lakel.' Cum. A tedder styake ov iron,
RiTsoN Borrowdale Lett. (1866) 3. nw.Der.', Ken.' {b\ Sc. (Jam.
Siippl) (10) Sc. His teeth they were like tether sticks, Suarpe
TETHER
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TEUCHIT
Ballad Bk. (1823^ 83, cd. i858. Abd. Drive this tether-stick
through the spine-bone o' the very sniil o' ye, Ruddiman Sc. Parish
(1828136, ed. 1889. (irl n. Ir. To keep down tlie baste there's
wan tiling needed still — Put a tether-stone up on the face av the
\\\\\, Lays and I.fg. (1884) 13. (12) Ayr. Ochiltree Oii^o/5/iroH//
(1897) 34; Gude keep thee frae a tether string. RvRSS Drath 0/
Mailie, I. 5a. (13) w.Yks.^ (14) Sc. IV/iislle-Brnkie (1878) I. 233
(Jam. Sttf>pl.).
2. Phr. (ij in one tellier, married; (2) length of Ir I her, full
scope; (3) lihe a lil/nr, at great length; (4) lo gel lite ivrong
end of lite lelhn; to make a mistake, to misunderstand;
(5) lo go the length of one's telher, to use up all one's
resources, to exhaust one's means ; (6) to graze beyond
one's telher, to live beyond one's means ; (7) lo live within
the tether, to live within bounds: (8) lo make a tether of only
a hair, to make much of a small matter ; (9) to put a tether
to a person's tongue, lo restrain from speaking, to reduce
to silence; (10) lo run one's tether, to come to the end of
one's resources; (ii) to slip the tether, to throw olT
restraint, to break loose; (12) lo lake tether, to take licence;
(13) to lighten a person's tether, to restrict, restrain.
(,i) Lnk. In the hopes that we'll dee in .->e tether, Lemon SI.
Miiiigo (1844) 3a. (2) Edb. If I gac her length o' tether, M'Neill
Byga>ie Times (i8ii) 17. (3) Ayr. He gied them 't like a tether
for twa coos in the Kirkj'aird, Service Dr. Diigiiid (ed. 1887)
284. (4) Lnk. Dinna blether, Ye've got the wrang end o' the tether,
M'Lachlan 7Vioinr/j/5 i884')49. (5 Sc.(A.W.) Shr.' It is said of a
spendthrift that ' 'e'll soon gflCi the lenth on 'is tether.' (6) n. Yks.^
They're grazing beyond their tether. (7) Ken. (Hall.) (8) Sc.
' He wants onl^' a hair to make a tedder o',' applied with respect to
those who seek for some ground of complaint or accusation, and
fix on anything however trivial (Jam.1; Since that national defection
of taking that bundle of unhappy oaths, . . the swearers have sought
but a hair to make a tether of, against that small handful of non-
swearers. Walker Remark. Passages ^l^2■]) 65 (tb,). ig' Edb. A
rebuke of this kind would put a tether to liis tongue for a wee,
MoiR Mansie U'audi {1828) i. (10) Ayr. When they their tether
bailh had run, W im e Jolliiigs (1879') 142. Bwk. 1 let them rin
their tether, Calder /'dmks 11897 254. (ii) Gall. Unlike them
skilled in city wiles. That aften slip the tether. Nicholson Poet.
IVks. (1814) 124, ed. 1897. (12) Ayr. The tellier ye hae taen.
Sir Knight, Has been baith lang an' wide, Ainslie Laud of Burns
(ed. 1892 300. (is^i Shr.' It'll tighten 'is lather.
3. A halter ; a hangman's rope.
Sc. What wad I gi'en for sic a crack Upo' the leather? I dinna
mind a word I spake When i n the leather, Pennecuik Co//. (1787) 17.
Per. Then in a tellier he'll swing from a ladder, FoRD//a;/(i893)58.
4. Obs. A tow-rope.
SIg. I saw her in a tether Draw twa sloops after ane anither,
MuiR Poems (i8i8) 12.
5. A bandage. n.Yks.' 6. The long part of a fence ;
wood put upon a fence to bind it together. ne.Lan.'
7. Fig. A tie, obligation. n.Yks.* 8. v. To moor; to
fasten a vessel.
Bch. A' the barks That tedder'd fast did ly Alang the coast,
Forbes W/<i.v : 1785) I. Abd. (Jam.) Kcb. They wur roozers. —
ye could 'a' tellier'l a vessel tae ony o' them. Trotter Gall. Gossip
(tgoi) 391.
8. Fig. To confine in any way; to bind, fasten; to
restrain, hold in bonds.
Bnff.' She niver gangs oot our the door bit tethers hirsel at haim
wee that bairn o' hirs. Abd. Telher Your lilties in a buik together,
Cadenhead /)()<i-^Jfcocrf (1853) 204. Frf, Terror had tethered
her tongue, Watt Poet. Sketches (1880') 96. Kxb. Neither wind
nor rain can tether His joy that day, Murray LlawickSiigs. (1892)
37. Cum. Each glowrin' lad semm'd tedder'd by the car, Gilpin
Poft. Poelry (1875 208. n.Yks.^ Tether'd, bound up. ne.Lan.'
Hence lo tellier by the tooth or teeth, phr. to attract by
good feeding, to detain by eating.
Lake].' Betty, whais your Bob? — He's here si'tha tedder'd-bi t'-
teeth. ne.Lan.'
10. To marry ; to get married.
Cld. Tethered to a tawpie Jam.). Edb. The neebours assembled
lo see Wattie tether'd, Glass Cal. Pat nassus (i8ia) 53. War.'^^
Hrf. Bound Proline. (1876).
TETHER, sA.» Shr.' [te'tS3(r).] A tangle, as of
weeds. See Tather, sh.
The so-called Mountain Flax is said 'to pis'n the filds an' mak
'cm all of a tether,' Siifpl. (s.v. Mountain Flax).
Hence Tethery, adj. ofweeds, &c. : entangled, entwined.
Sec Teddery.
TETHER, .s6.» e.An. See below. Cf. tathfe, 4.
e.An. The refuse o' clover planted for sheep-feeding ; usually
with barley. After the harvest the sheep are driven on to the
clover and eat it off. What is left is 'tether' (E.G. P.'. Nrf.
Tether includes refuse of roots fed to sheep, dung, wool, and
'jammed' ground ; primarily, it should be applied to turnip, swede,
or mangold refuse only (M.C.H. H. ); Fairhead ... harrows the
pasture crossways to scatter as evenly as possible the 'tether'
left by the sheep which . . . have been penned upon this field,
Longman's Mag. Jan. 1899) 234.
TETHER, see Tether, adj.
TETHERMENT, sb. Yks. [te'«3fr)ment.] 1. A
wrapping or bandage of any kind. n.Yks.'*, m.Yks.'
2. lig. A bcsetment. n.Yks.*
TETHING, sb. Glo. Wil. Som. [te'tSin.] A stack of
sheaves— gen. ten — set up in a field. See Tithing, 1.
Glo.', wil.' (s.v. Tilhing^, n.Wil. (E.H.G.) Som. Men often
engaged to cut for so much the tething. Beans used to be cut at
a penny or sometimes a half-penny a tething (W.F.R.).
TETSAN, see Titsum.
TETSTICK, sb. Not. [te'tstik.] The stretcher in
trace-harness. Morton Cyclo. Agric. (1863).
TETT, see Tait, 56.'
TETTER, sb. Yks. Lan. Chs. Lin. Won Glo. e.An.
Hnip. Cor. Also in forms titter Lan.' s.Lan.' Wor. Glo.'
e.An.'; titther Chs.' [te't3(r); tit3(r).J 1. Ringworm;
gen. in pi.
Lan.', s.Lan.'. n.Lin.' w.Cor. A'. ^ Q. (1876) 5th S. v. 434.
2. A small pimple or pustule; a small ulcer; a blister; a wart.
Chs.' Wor. There's two or three titters like come up where
th' swealth is sence I put the powltice on (H.K.). Glo.', Oxf.',
Brks.', e.An.' Wil. Any sm.nll bcil, but especially one on the
edge of the tongue. I remember being told by my nurse when
a child that tetters on the tongue were a punishment for Ijing,
A'. &^ Q. (1876) 5th S. V. 434. Cor. Charm for a Tetter : ' Tetter,
tetter, thou hast nine brothers. God bless the flesh and preserve
the bone ; Perish, thou tetter, and be thou gone. In the name. &c.
Tetter, teller, thou hast eight brothers. God bless the flesh, . .
&c.' . . Thus the verses are continued until tetter, having ' no
brother,' is imperatively ordered to begone, Hunt Pop. Rant.
w.Eiig. (18651 414, ed. 1806.
Hence Tcttered. ppl. adj. having sore places; having
the skin roughened by the wind. Glo.' w.Cor. A'. 6-* Q.
(1876) 5th S. V. 434. 3. A white scurf on the skin.
n.Yks.= 4. Hoar-frost. n.Yks.= 5. Co/"/;, (i) Tetter-
berry, the berries of the white briony, Bryonia dioica; (2)
•worm, a cutaneous affection, a series of minute pimples.
(i) Hmp. Children have an idea that the juice of the Iruit will,
if it touches the skin, produce tetter ,B. & H.). [Skinner (^1671).]
(2) e.An.'
|1. OE. teter, ringworm (Sweet).]
TETTER, V. Or.LCjAM.S;///'/.) [te'tsr.] To hinder,
delay. Cf tether, sb.' 9.
TETTER, see Tatter, sb}
TETTY, sb. Som. Dev. Also in form titty Som.
[te'ti.] A nosegay. Sec Tutty, .•-/'.'
Som. Grose (1790) MS. add. (.P.) Dev.' Wid always dole out
zomelhing — a tetty 0' rosen, or ripe deberries, 5a, cd. Palmer.
n.Dev. Unnd-bk. (ed. 1877' 259.
TETTY, sec Tatie, Tet, sb., Titty, adj.'^
TETUZ, sb. Obs. Sc. Anything tender ; a delicate
person. Gall. Mactacgart Fncvcl. (1824).
TEU. TEUCH, sec Tew, ,-/).', Thou, Deuch.
TEUCHIT, sb. Sc. Also in forms tchuthet Kcd. ;
teuchat Abd. Fif. ; touchet Sc. (Jam.); touchit Rch. ;
tuquheit Sc. (Jam.) Itju'xit. st.l The lapwing or peewit,
I'anelliis critaliis. Sec Teufit, Tewit.
Sc. (Jam.) Abd. The teuchat cries for her harried eggs,
Murray Namcuil/i (1900) 3. Frf. Swainson Birds (1885) 184.
Fif. The teuchat was followed as it wailed out in circles round
the intruder. Colville I'ernacntar 1 1899 ^ la.
Hence (i) Teuchit- or Tuquhelt-storm, sb. a storm gen.
coincident with the arrival of the lapwing or peewit ; (2)
lo hunt the leuchil, phr. to be engaged in any fruitless or
frivolous pursuit. Cf. hunt the gowk, s.v. Gowk, sA.' 3 (3).
tEUCKIE
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TEW
(i) Sc. Some days of severe weather, which occur in March
about the time of the re-appearance of the lapwing (Jam.). Abd.
This term is understood as equivalent to the equinoctial storm, as
the tuquheils make their appearance about the time of the vernal
equino.t lift.). Kcd. The green plover or peasweep arrives here
so very correctly about Candlemas term, that the storm which
gen. happens at that season of the year, goes by its name, the
Tchuchet-storm,^.g-nc. 5/(to. 396 (16.). (2) n.Sc. It probably alludes
to the artful means employed by the lapwing, for misleading those
who seek for her nest in order to carry off her young (Jam.).
Bch. The senseless fools. Far better for them hunt the touchit Or
teach their schools, Forbes Dominic (1785) 41.
TEUCKIE, see Tewkie.
TEUD, ib. Obs. Fif. (Jam.) [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] A tooth. Hence Teudless, adj. toothless.
TEUDLE.^'A.andi;. Obs. Fif. (Jam.) 1. 56. The tooth
of a rake or harrow. Cf. toodle. 2. v. To insert teeth.
'To teudle a heuk,' to renovate the teeth of a reaping-hook.
TEU-DRAW, see Todraw.
TEUFIT, sb. Nhb. Dur. Cum.Wm. Yks. Also written
tewfit Cum. e.Yks. w.Yks. ; tufit Dur.' n.Yks.'" e.Yks. ;
tuiffit N.Cy.' ; tuifit Nhb.' ; and in forms tea-fit Lakel.= ;
teeafit n.Yks.* e.Yks.'; teufet Cum.'*; tewfet n.Cy.
Cum. Wm. [tiufit.] The lapwing or peewit, Vanelhis
cn's/a/iis. See Teuchit, Tewit.
n.Cy. Grose (1790); N Cy.', Nbb.>,Dur.l, Lakel.2, Cum. (J.Ar.),
Cum.''' n.Yks. Sn'citce Gossip (1882) 161; n.Yks.'^'', ne.Yks.'
e.Yks. (Miss A.) ; Marshall Riii: Ecoii. (1788) ; e.Yks.' w.Yks.
Lucas Siud. NirldcrHale (c. 1882) 175.
Hence (i) Teufit- or Tuiffit-land, sb. cold, damp, bleak,
and barren land ; (2) •storm, sb. a storm in the spring,
^eii. coincident with the arrival of the lapwing or peewit.
(i) N.Cy.' Nhb.' So called from being the common haunt of
the peewit. Cum., Wm. ' Puir tewfet-laand,' sometimes said in
scorn of ill-managed, undrained ground, as of barren soil (M.P.).
(2) N.Cy.', Nhb.' (s.v. Storm).
TEUG, see Tug, f.'
TEUGH, int. Sc. Also in form tew. [tjux-] An
exclamation of disgust, contempt, or impatience.
Ayr. Teugh ! what woman wad be sneakin' through public
houses? Hunter Sluilies (1870) 188; An'rock Boyd's mother, ye
ken ; but tew ! what need I tell thee she was An'rock Boyd's
mother for ? Service Dr. Dugiiid (ed. 1887) 218.
TEUGH, see Tew, i'.'. Tough.
TEUGHSOME, see Tewsome.
TEUGS, s6. #/. Sc. 1. Trousers; the thighs of a pair
of breeches. S. & Ork.', Cld. (Jam.) 2. Clothes, ' togs.'
Cld. (Jam.)
TEUK, si.' Nrf. Ess. Ken. Also written teuke Nrf. ;
tuke Ken.' [tiuk.] 1. The redshank, Tolamts calidiis.
Nrf. Cozens-Hardy Broad Nrf. (1893) 47. Ess.', Ken.i
2. liViC cur\c\v, Nunietiitisarqtiata. Nrf. Cozens-Hardyj'A.
3. The wliimbrel, A^ phaeopus. ib. 4. The godwit,
Liinosa lapponica. ib.
TEUK, sA.* Sc. Also in forms took, tuik (Jam.). A
disagreeable taste, a by-taste. Cf. tack, sh.^, tew, v.'^
Lnk., Lth., Rxb. 'That meal has a teuk.' 'This maun be sea-
borne meal, it has a vile muisty teuk.' When meal is made from
corn tliat has been heated in the stack the peculiar taste is
denominated the ' het tuik' ^JAM.). Dmf. Wallace Schoolmaslcr
(1899) 354-
TEUKIN, ppl. adj. Obs. Sc. (Jam.) [Not known to
our correspondents.] 1. Quarrelsome, troublesome. n.Sc.
2. Of the wind: variable, shifting. s.Sc.
TEUL, TEULY, see Tool, Tewly.
TEUM, TEUMB, TEUMM, see Toom.
TEUNY, (?(//■. Dor. Weak, sickly, undersized. Cf. tewly.
Alway a teuny, delicate piece ; her touch upon your hand was
as soft as wind. Hardy Woodlanders (1S87 1 I. iv : Mostly used of
children (T.H.).
TEUP, TEURD, see Tup, sb., Turd.
TEUT, TEUTLE. see Toot, i-.^, Teatle.
TEUT-MEUT, TEUTTLE, see Tootmoot, Tootle, v."-
TEVEL, i;. Sc. Also in form tevvel (Jam.), [trvl ;
te'vl.] To confuse ; to put into a disorderly state.
Dmf. Gavvn up and down the country levelling and screeching
like a wild bear, Carlyle Leit. (1828) ; (Jam.)
TEW, s6.' Sc. Yks. Stf. Won Som. Also written teu
Sc. (Jam. Suppl.) ; tu Stf 'j tue Sc. (Jam. Siippl.) ; and in
form too se.Wor.' [tiu, tii.] 1. The nozzle or tube of
the bellows of a forge or furnace. Sc. (Jam. Suppl.)
2. The long pincers with which a blacksmith draws a
piece of iron from his forge, ib. 3. Iron hardened with
a piece of cast iron. Sc. (Jam.) 4. The leather catches
of a drum by which the cords are tightened.
Sc. Often applied to both cords and catches {]\^\. Suppl.'). Per.
Allows the drummer to get as many new tews as will serve the
drum, Beveridge Ciilross (1885) II. 90.
5. Conip. (i) Tew-iron or Tuarn, (a) the nozzle or tube
of the bellows of a forge or furnace; (b) the long pincers
with which a blacksmith draws a piece of iron from his
forge ; [c) one of the stones at the bottom of a furnace
which receive the metal ; (2) -iron bore, iron hardened
with a piece of cast iron for making it stand the fire in a
forge ; (3) -iron wall, obs., see (i, c).
(i, a) Per. To be discharged of their worke by stryking out of
their teu iyron, and thair other workloums to be disposed upon
our pleasour, Beveridge Culross (1885) II. 166 (Jam. Suppl.).
w.Yks. 2 A tube of iron put on the nose of a bellows to prevent
the nose from being destroyed by fire. Often pron. tewern.
se.Wor.^ The short iron tube at the back of a blacksmith's forge,
into which the nozzle of the bellows is inserted. w.Som.' (6)
Sc. (Jam. Suppl.) (c) Stf. In iron works the hearth of the furnace
into which the ore and coal fall is built squere [s/c^, the sides
descending obliquely and drawing narrow to the bottom like ye
hopper of a mill. At this bottom or bosches there be four stones
set perpendicular that make a square to receive the metal, of
which four stones or walls that next the bellows is called the
Tuarn or Tuiron wall (K.) ; Stf.' (2) Rxb. (Jam., s.v. Lew arne
bore) ; Thro smeekie flame they him addrest Thro pipe and lew
arne fmistake for 'tew arne'] bore, A. Scott Poems, 144 {ib.). (3)
Stf. (K.)
[1. Fr. tuyere, a blast-pipe (Hatzfeld).]
TEW, sb.^ Not. Bdf. w.Cy. [teu, tiu.] A quantity or
crowd.
Not. Such a tew of sheep (L.C.M.). Bdf. A great tew of sheep,
Batciielor .^/!n/. Eiig. Lang. (1809) 146. w.Cy. (Hall.)
TEW, 5^.^ Som. A hempen string. (Hall.)
TEW, sb.* Obs. Suf. A ducking-chair.
Women that bene common chiders amonge their neighbours,
and will not chastize their ill tongue to missaye folke, leutt them
be chastized bi the Justice called ye Tew (ducking chair), or else
leutt them make grievous ranzome. Liber Secundiis, Domesday of
Ipswich, in Calal. R. Acad. (i8gi) 59.
TEW, sb.^ Qbsol. w.Cy. Materials for work. (G.E.D.)
TEW, v.\ sb.^ and adj."- Sc. Nhb. Dur. Cum. Wm. Yks.
Lan. Der. Not. Lin. Nhp. War. e.An. s.Cy. and Amer.
Also written teugh w.Yks.'; tu Nhb.' Cum.'; tue Sc.
N.Cy.' Yks. Der.' Lin. ; and in forms teaw e.Lan.' s.Lan.'
e.An.*; too Yks.; tyaou Abd.; pret. tew Bnff.' ; tyu
Abd. [teu, till.] 1. v. Obs. To beat or dress hemp.
s.Cy. Ray (1691). Cf taw, z'.'^ 2. Obs. To dress or tan
leather. See Taw, v.'^
n.Yks. 2 ' Tewing," the process with animal skins for making
them into soft leather. 'Item, pro tewing xiiii pellum luporum,
IS. 9rf.," IVhitby Rolls (1396). [(K.).]
3. To stir up ; to mix, blend ; to pound ; to knead. Cf.
tave, v.'^, taw, v.'^ 2.
Abd. She tyu a cyahk an' Jock gyapit it up (G.C.). n.Cy.
(Hall.) n.Yks.* Tew't weel. e.Yks. Best Rur. Ecoii. (1641)
138 ; e.Yks.' A bricklayer will tell his labourer to tew his mortar
well, MS. add. (T H.) w.Yks.' He teugh'd mortar; w.Yks.^
That lime wants belter tewing.
4. To shake, toss ; to keep in motion ; to rumple, dis-
arrange, tumble ; to pull about ; with over: to turn over.
Cf tow, i;.*, taw, v.' 3.
N.Cy.' Ye'll tue all my cap. Nhb.' Mi goon wis aal tew'd.
Dur.' My gown's sadly tew'd. e.Dur.' Yks. They tued and
poised me shaamefool, Fetherston T. Goorkrodgcr (1870) 75.
n.Yks. He tewed amang t'cleeas (I.W.) ; n.Yks.i^^^fl ne.Yks.'
T'lahtle lass tews hersen sadly in bed. e.Yks.', m.Yks.' w.Yks.*
A table-cloth or shirt-front is said to have 'gotten very much
tewed ' when all the stifTness has been taken out of it, and instead
of being smooth it has become much wrinkled. ne.Lan.',
nw.Der.' Not. Don't tew it about a' that how (L.C.M.) ; (J.H.B.)
TEW
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TEWIT
Lin ' n.Lin.' That haay wants tewin' oher. Hes that mo'ter
been well tcw'd ' ne.Lin. (E. S.) e.An.' To pull, tear, and tumble
about, as hay with the fork and rake, a weedy soil with plough
and harrow.
Hence Tewing, ppl. adj. in phr. a tewing haytime, one
which involves additional trouble in turning over the hay
owing to rain. n.Yks.^ 5. To exhaust, fatigue, tire ; to
trouble, harass, bother; to overcome.
Abd. Sair tewed wi' wark I laid me down, Shelley Flowers
(i863) 54. Dmf. Often used in regard to sickness (Jam.). Gall.
Mactagcart Eitcyd. (i824\ Kcb. They wud be sair tue't afore
they gat him,TKOiTER Gall. Gossip (1901) 233. N.Cy.' He lues
himself. Nhb.''Tew'd ti bits,' overcome with exertion. Dur.',
e.Dur.', w.Dur.' Cum.* S — went down before K — , who was sair
tewetl in the operation. . . . The two giants could not be said to
have tew'd themselves much, C. Pair. (June 30, 1893) 3, col. 3.
n.Yks.' Ah 'ed'nt need git mysen tew'd at a do le\'ke this, 59.
ne.Yks.' Noo thco maun't tew ihisen wi' tjob. e.Vks.' Ah's
ommost tew'd ti deealh. ni.Yks.' w.Yks.' Is parfitly teughed
to deaih ; w.Yks.^* Lan. No matter heavy awm teawd wi' th"
child Tlieaw sleeps, Standing Echoes (1885 1 19. n.Lan.', m.Lan ',
s.Lan.', Der.'^ Not.* Doan't mck 'er tew 'ersen. Lin. Doant
tew theeself a that how (J.C.W.). n.Lln.' What wi' sun, an' what
wi' flees, I was fairly tew'd when I got to chech door. sat. Lin.'
Doctor told me not to tew mysen. [Amer. I'm tewed and fretted,
Carkuiii Kait. Univ. Quar. (1892) I.]
Hence Tewing, (i) />//. drf/'. toilsome, wear3'ing; worry-
ing, tedious; (21 sb. fatigue, worry.
(i) NCy.'. e.Dur.', n.Yks,' ne.Yks.' It's tewin' deed. ne.Lan.'
(2) n.Yks.* I cannot bide tewing. «w.Lin.' Doctor told me . . .
not to do owt to cause any tewing.
6. To annoy, vex ; to tease, importune, pester ; to urge,
persuade.
n.Cy. Grose (1790;; (J.L. 1783). e.Dur.' She fairly tewed his
life out. Cum.' ; Cum.^ Git oot wid the, Jwohnn}', Thou's tew't
me reet sair, 41; Cum.* w.Yks. Hutton Tour to Caves (1781").
Lan.', s.Lan ', Lin.' n.Lin.' Mester's straangc an' tewed 'cos his
parshil fra Lunnun hesn't cum'd.
7. To tow. n.Cy. Grose (1790I. Hence Tewing-rope,
sb. a tow-rope. e.An.'' (s.v. Teaw). 8. To toss, shake
about: to be restless or constantly moving; to fidget;
gen. with about.
Abd. Fat are ye tyaouin'at? (G.C.) n.Yks.' e.Yks. He was
tewing about in bed (Miss A.). m.Yks.' w.Yks. T'poor lass was
desperit bad all yesterday neeeiit an' tossed an' tewed aboot till
on ti bedlahme. Stonehouse Tom KM, 26, in Leeiis Merc. Suppl.
(Dec. 24, 18991; w.Yks.' ii. 291. Lan. It [a tree] tosses, thaa
knows, an' tews i'th' tempest, Mather Idylls (1895) 269. Not.
The dog's had it tewing about in his mouth ever so long (L,C.M.^.
Lin.' n.Lin.' Deary me, bairn, do sit stiil ; 1 niver seed noabody
tew aboot as thoo doz e' all my life. sw.Lin.' He always tews
about like that.
9. To toil, labour ; to work hard ; to pull, struggle ; to
contend, strive ; freq. in phr. to tug and teiv (q.v.).
Sc. (Jam.) BnfT,' He tew through a' the logs o's nout (s.v.
Tyauve . Slk.fjAM.) Rxb. To see a lass . . . gae tewin' day and
night to put anither lass in his airras, Hamilton Outlaws (1897)
206. Dmf. (Jam.) Gall. He tue'd at it for an hour or twa (J.M.;.
N.Cy.' Nhb.' Aa've tew'd at the job till aa's paid. e.Dur.'
Lakel,* Ye o know what 'tis ta hev ta tew an' slave. Cum.
Bcath teyke-lcyke tuing roun' the barn, Gilpin Sags. (1866I 204 ;
Cum.'* Wm, The double o' t'wark . . . Wi' riving an tewin' ta
h:\ve ther ane way, Spec. Dial. [1880I pt. ii. 31. Yks. The loving
fat mother hawf a mile below, looingat heryounguns, Fetherston
Famiei;6i. n.Yks.'^* ne.Yks.' Sha's had ti tew hard, sha'sbrowt
up a stlhrong fam'ly. e.Yks.'. m.Yks.' w.Yk».= ; w.Yks.3 He's
tew'd with it long enough ; w.Yks.* ' Nobbud to luk here ! ye may
rive-an'-tug-an'laew an' yuh can't hardly brek 'em,' says a vendor
of bootlaces. Lan. O yo pined and teawed for, Clegg5*</i-/i« (1895)
tS ; Lan.' ne.Lan.', e.Lan,', s.Lan.', Der.', nw.Der.', Not.' Lin.
But'e tued an' moil'd 'issdn de5d, Tennyson A'. Farmer, New Style
(1870) St. 13. Nbp.' An old asthmatic patient replied, 'Oh! Sir,
I go tewing and tewing along.' War.*, Ess.'
Hence (1) Tewer, sb. (a) a hard worker ; an industrious,
energetic person ; (b) an agitator ; {2) Tewing, ppl. adj.
hard-working, industrious, energetic.
(i, (I'l Lakel.* He's a tcwcr is yon. n.Yks.* w.Yks. In a
world 'at contains a good deal moar idlers nur tewcrs, Yksman.
(July 1878; 10. (4) n.Yks.* (2) N.Cy.' A tuing soul. Nhb.'
By Jove ! thou is a tuing sow, Chicken Collier's tytdding (1729^.
w.Yks. The blacksmith wor a steady, tewin', sober chap, Yksman.
XXXVI. 678. ne.Lan."
10. To fuss over work ; to bustle about ; to move about
quickly ; gen. with about.
Wni. She was tewing round like an old hen (A.T.). Not.'*
se.Lin. What arc you tewing about 1 (J.T.B.)
11. With in : to examine ; to look into a matter.
n.Yks. He dizn't like t'matler to be tewed in (I.W.).
12. Phr. (t) /o /tw among it, to work hard; to struggle
on through life; (2) — one's shirt, to trouble oneself; to
worry ; (3) — up, to give up, abandon.
(i) w.Yks. Ha's yaar Mally ! Tewin' ameng it th' same as me,
aw reckon. Hartley Seels i' Lundiin, 135, in Leeds Merc. Siipfil.
(Dec. 24, 1899). (2) n.Lin.' I'm not agooin to do onylhing o'
soort, an' soa you nead n't tew ycr shet (s.v. Shet\ (3, w.Yks.
If he didn't tew it up, Yksmaii. (Feb 3, 1877) 10, col. 2.
13. sb. A Struggle, difficulty ; a laboured eftort ; fatigue,
trouble ; an annoyance, worry ; a disturbed state.
Abd. I've an ahfu tyaou every nicht to get my sliooder stappit
(G.C). s.Sc. Sairtevvs (Jam.). Dmf. 'Twas in sair tews we was,
Hamilton Mawkin (1898) 279. N.Cy.' We have got here at last;
but we had a great tue. Nhb.' Aa'd a hivvy tew ti get here.
Man, we'd sair tews amang us to manage wor keel. Cum.'
He's hed a sare tu on't ; Cum.* Ey ! it was a sair tew that,
Dickinson Cumbr. (ed. 1876) 71. 'Wm. She had a hard tew to
bring up her family (B.K.). n.Yks.* 'The last tew,' the final
struggle. — death. e.Yks.' Ah've had a sad tew wi temptation.
w.Yks. It's been a weary moild an tew, Preston /^o^/i/5 ^1864) 5 ;
w.Yks.** Lin.' I need-na put myself into such a tew. sw.Lin.'
It puts me in such a tew.
14. A pulley for raising weights. e.An.* 15. adj. Obs.
Fatigued. Gall. Mactagcart Encycl. (1824).
[2. Tewyn lethyr, fntnio, corrodio (Prompt.). 6. Cp.
OE. tdiviaii, to treat Isadly, insult, scourge (HallK]
TEW, t^.* and 5i.' ? Obs. n.Sc. (Jam.) 1. t/. Of grain :
to become damp and acquire a bad taste. 2. sb. A bad
taste, esp. that occasioned by dampness. Cf teuk, 5A.*
TE'W, v.^ w.Sc. (Jam.) To overdo in cooking; to
make tough.
Meat is said to be tewed when roasted with so slow a fire that
it becomes tough.
TEW, adj.' Hmp. I.W. [tiu.] Tender, sickly, small,
weak. See Tewly.
Hmp.' I.W.' ; I.W.* That bvvoy sims terbul tew vor hes age.
TEW, TEWAT, see Teugh, Tewit.
TEWEL, ii!'. Obs. Dur. Stf. e.An. Dev. Also written
tuel Stf Dev. 1. The vent or fundament of a horse.
Stf. Kay (1691) MS. add. (J.C.) e.An.', Nrf. (Hall.) Dev.
Horae Suhsecivae (1777) 429.
2. A tail. Dur. (K.)
[At his flank and also at his tuell, Fitzherbert //»«6.
(1534) 37. OFr. tuel, a pipe, tube.]
TEWEL, TEWEN, see Tool, Towan.
TEWER, sA.' War. Glo. Oxf. Also written tuer War.
Glo. Oxf.; and in form ture War. Oxf [tiu'a r).] A
narrow lane or passage ; an alley. See Chare, i6.'
War. Go up the tewer to the right (,W.K.W.C.) ; War.**
s.War. (E.S.); s. War.' 'Which Mrs. Hancox do you want!' 'Her
as lives up the tewer.' Glo. My father's grandfather lived in that
'ere houssen up that ' iacr,' GwiSsCotswold Vill. (1898) 388. Oxf.
A narrow path between two fences (M.A.R.); N. iSr" Q. 11872) 4th
S. X, 476. n.Oxf. The narrow alley or passage between two rows
of houses which is so frequently met with in the villages round
Banbury, ib. (1869) 4th S. iv. 75.
TEWER, sA.* War. Wor. Shr. Also in forms tuer
War. Won; tweer Shr.'* The ventilating passage of a
blast furnace ; also in camp. Tweer-hole ; //. the bellows
of a furnace. Cf tew, sA.'
War., Wor. The aperture surrounded with water in a blacksmith's
hearth through which the air from the bellows reaches the fire
(E.S.). Shr.'*
T^WZY,adj. Glo.e.An. [tiui.] 1. Delicate, nualmish.
Glo. I be that tcwey and narvous, I don't know what 1 be about,
Longmans Mag. (July 1899^ 276.
2. Squeamish in eating, dainty. e.An.'
TEWIT, sb. Sc. Cum. Wm. Yks. Lan. Chs. Also in
forms tee-wheet Sc. (Jam. Suppl.) ; tee-wit Sc. (Jam.
TEWITISH
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THACK
Sitppl.) w.Yks. ; tewat n.Lan.'; tewet Cum.** vv.Yks.* ;
tewhit Gall. ; tewith w.Yks. ; tuet VVm. Lan. ; tuwit
Clis. [tiuwit, -at.] The lapwing or peewit, Vanelliis
cristatiis. See Teuchit, Teuflt.
Sc. (Jam. Suppl.) Slk. Tlie plover whistles in the glen. The
tevvit tilts above the fen, Borland Yarioui (1890) 117. Dmf.
Wallace 5c//oo/);Irts/<)■^ 1899). Gall. Eggs, somewhat like tewhit
eggs in size and colour, Mactaggart fiior/. (1824) 383, ed. 1876.
Kcb. SwAiNSONS/jo'i (1885) 184. Cum.'", Wni.', n.Yks.«, ra.Yks.'
w.Yks. Lucas Stud. Niddcrdak (c. 1882I 284; Land at willat
summer a tewith, Yksman. (1875) 32; Swainson ib.; w.Yks.',
Lan.', n.Lan.', ne.Lan.', e.Laii.', ni.Lan,', s.Lan.' Chs. I shan't
sweep no chimbkys so long as tuwits' eggs is agate, Pall Mall
Mag. (Sept. 1901) 138.
Hence (1) Tiuiters, sb.pi, (2) Tiuit-land, sb., (3) -landers,
sb. pL, see below.
( 1 , 2, 3'! w.Yks. The districts of Hanging Heaton and Earlsheaton
are in derision termed 'tiuit-land ' in Batley and Dewsbury. The
nativcsare spoken of as 'tiuit-ers,' or 'tiuit-landers.' In the phr. —
the use of which is not confined to one locality— reference is made
to the loneliness and barrenness of the places affected by the
melancholy peewit (B.K.\
TEWITISH, adj. Lan.' [tiuitij.] Wild, foolish.
TEWKIE, sb. and /;;/. Sc. Irel. Also written teuckie
Sc. ; tukey Ant.; tukie Sc. [tjtiki.] 1. sb. A hen;
freq. used as a nickname ; also in co;;;/. Tukie-hen ; a dial,
form of ' chucky.'
Sc. Her mither aye flytes at her wee tukie hen, Edwards Mod.
Poets. Ant. Ballyiiieim Obs. (1892).
2. inl. A call to fowls.
Sc.(A.W.) Cai. At the dairy-woman's feeblest ' Teuckie 1 ' not
a wing was left aside, R^Lennan Ftus. /.{/«• (1871) I. 306 ; Cai.'
Lnk. Heardye weans cry ' teucl<ie, teuckie ! ' Miller H'lllic Winkle
(ed. 1902 iQ. Ant. Ballyineiia Obs. (1892).
TEWLY, adj. Bdf e.An. s.Cy. Hmp. Wil. Dor. Also
written teuly Ess.' ; tewley w.Cy. Wil.' ; tuley Wil.' ;
tuly e.Cy. Suf Ess. s.Cy. Hnip.; and in form tooly Bdf
Ess. Hmp.' [tiu'li, tuli.] 1. Weak, sickly, delicate ;
poorlj', unwell.
Bdf. A tewly child (J.'W.B.). Cmb. Charnock Gl. (1880V SuM
Ess.iS.P.H."; Ess.' [Ofjaperson feeling rather poorly in the morning
and not relishing his breakfast, 'You aie rather teuly this morning.'
e. &s.Cy. Ray 11691). Hmp. A tuly little thing (H.C.M.B.); A
tooly man or woman, Grose (,1790) ; Hmp.' w.Cy. Grose (1790).
Wil.', Dor.i
Hence Tewly-stomached, ppl. adj., obs., having a weak
stomach. Suf e. & s.Cy. Ray (1691). 2. Bad, poor.
Hmp. 'Tis a tuly season for lambs, they say (H.C.M.B.).
3. Improving in health.
Ess. 'Thomas is tuly to-day, he'll soon be at work again.'
GeUing: very uncommon (H.H.M.\
TEWSOME, adj. Cum. Wm. Yks. Lan. Also written
teughsome w.Yks.' ; tusome Cutn.'* [teu'sam, tiusam.]
1. Troublesome, tiresome ; restless, unquiet. See Tew,
v."- 6.
Cum.' He's been a tusome bairn ; Cum.* Wm. Amairtewsorae
barn All nivver nursed ( B.K.). n.Yks.'' w.Yks.' For seur, this
is a lile teughsome barn. ii. 195 ; w.Yks.^ ' Doan't be so tewsome! '
a mother says to her baby. ne.Lan.i
2. Hard-working, industrious.
w.Yks. He's t'nioast tewsome chap 'at ivver ah knew (jE.B.).
TEWTER, V. and sb. Obs. Chs. Shr. 1. v. To beat
or dress hemp ; a dial, form of 'tew-taw.' See Tew, i/.' 1.
SUr.'Tobeat and break the hemp stalk after it had been subjected
to the action of fire. . , Tewtering was the second process of hemp-
dressing. . . Hemp and flax were treated alike. [To tew-taw hemp,
to beat or dress the same in an engine made for that purpose,
WoRLiDGE £)/c/. (1681).]
2. sb. An implement for breaking flax or hemp.
Chs. (Hall.), Chs.' Shr.' The tewler consisted of two parts,
upper and lower, respectively ; the latter being a long, narrow,
oaken frame, standing upon four legs, about two feet three inches
in height, and furnishctl with a range of four strong bars, extending
its whole length. These bars were of ' cloven quarter oak '— the
triangular segment of a squared block — and were fixed with the
keen edge topmost. The upper part had three bars of like kind,
so set as to fit the interspaces of those beneath. It was joined to
the lower part at one end by a pair of ' gudgeons,' which acted as
hinges in such a manner, that it could be plied up and down by
means of a handle, which the operator worked with his right
hand, while he held the hemp witli his left, to be tewtered between
the several parts of the implement.
TEWTLE, see Teatle, Tootle, u'
TEWTRUMS, sb. pi. e.An. Odds and ends, pieces of
finery ; all sorts of small tools. e.An.=, Nrf. (M.C.H.B.)
TEXT, V. ne.Lan.* [tekst.] To write an engrossing
liand or German text.
TEY, see Take, Thee, pers. pron., Thy, Tye, s6.'
TEYA, TEYCH(E, see Tone, niiin. adj., Teach.
TEYDN, TE-YEAR, see They, Toyear.
TEYEN, TEYKE, see Tone, iiuiii. adj., Tike, 56.*
TEYL-PEYAT, TEYN, see Talepyet, They.
TEYPARD,TEYPE,TEYRN,seeTapered,Tipe,They.
TEYSTRILL, TEYTHER. see Taistrel, Titter, adv.
TH', see Thee, pers. pron.. Thou.
THA, see Thee, pers. pron.. They, Thou, Thy.
THAAF-CAKE, THAAVLE, see Tharfcake, Thavvel.
THABBLE, sb. Yks. [)>a'bl.] The plug in a leaden
milk-trough.
n.Yks.' Having a shank long enough to project above the surface
of the milk, [it] may be removed without breal;ing the cream, and
on its removal the milk flows away and leaves the cream behind ;
n.Yks.'*, m.Yks.'
THACH, see Thac(k.
THAC(K, dent. pron. and dem. adj. Glo. Wil. Dev. Cor.
Also written thak Dev.; and in forms thach Glo.'^;
thackey Dev. ; thacky Cor.' ; thact, thakka Dev. [tSaek ;
SsE'ki.] 1. dent. pron. That. Cf thic(k.
Glo.', Wil.' (s.v. Pronouns). s.Wil. Thac's the way I do do,
Monthly Mag. (1814) II. 114. Dev. BowRiNG La>ig. (18661 I. pt.
v. 27 ; A taply moment for sich a quandary as thact, Madox- Brown
Dwale Bluth (1876) bk. \. iv. n.Dev. Britting o' thick an crazing
thack. Rock Jim an' Nell (1867) St. 7. Cor.*
2. dent. adj. That, yonder.
Dev. Down to the caunder o' thackey lane, Ellis Prouimc.
(1E89) V. 163.
THACK, v.*, sb. and adj. Sc. Nhb. Dur. Cum. Wm.
Yks. Lan. Chs. Stf Der. Not. Lin. Rut. Lei. Nhp. War.
Wor. Shr. Oxf Brks. Bdf Hnt. e.An. Ken. Also written
thak Sc. (Jam.) Nhb.' Lakel.'Wm. m.Yks.' w.Yks.^ Lin.;
and in form taek Sh.L ; thake Nhb.' [Jjak, fiaek.] 1. v.
To thatch, roof ; to cover ; to lay on. Cf theak, v.^
Sc. (Jam.) Sh.I. I min see an' get as mony pones oot o* da ert
as can taek wir byre, Sh. News (Aug. 14, 1897I. ne.Sc. She's nae
able to get her bit lioose thackit, Green Goidonhaven (1887) 122.
Frf. A thackit house upon a muir, Jamie Emigrant's Family (1853';
39. Ayr. Had not Providence been pleased ... to cause a foul
lum in a thacket house in the Seagate to take fire. Galt Gilhai&e
(1823) xxi. Lnk. Weel I like the bit wee thackit biggin . . .
Whaur I first saw licht, Thomson Musings (1881) 5. Edb. A low
thacked cottage, a but and a ben, Beatty Secietar (1897) 7'-
Nhb.' Dur. Big cneugh to ha' thack'd a peat-moo, Egglestone
Betty Podkins' Visit (1877) ir. Lakel.', Cum.' Wm. Thak it well
up (B.K.); Wm.', n.Yks.'2*, ne.Yks.', m.Yks.', w.Yks."245^
n.Lan. CW.H.H."), n.Lan. >, ne.Lan.', e.Lan.', s.Lan.', Do.',
nw.Der.i rjot. There's not many left as knows how to thack
(L CM.) ; Not.', n.Lin.', ne.Lin. (E.S.) s.LJji. Go and thack yon
hay-stack (F.H.W.). se.Lin. (J.T.B.) sw.Lin.' He's agate
thacking stacks. Rut.' The roof's very bad. I must get Johnny
Clarke to thack it. Lei.', Nhp.", War."3*, s.War.', w.Wor.',
Brks. (W.H.Y.), Bdf. (J.W.B.), Hnt. (T.P.F.), e.An.' Ken. As
many cloaths as he could thack on (K.).
Hence (i) Thacker, si. a thatchcr; (2) Thacking, sb.
(a) the thatch of a building; (b) in phr. a thacking of bread,
a bread-creel full of bread, oatcake, &c., hanging from the
ceiling ; (3) Thackingpeg, sb. a peg used in thatching ;
(4) -rope, sb. a rope of straw used for thatching ; (5)
-spurkle, sb., obs., a broad stick for thatching with ; (6)
Thackster, sb., see (i).
(i) Sc. Blaekw. Mag. (Oct. 1820) 14 (Jam.); The thacker said
to his man, Let us raise this ladder, if we can, Ramsay Prozr.
(1737). Abd. I took Willie Norry, the thacker, intae the hoose,
Abd. Wkly. Free Press (Sept. 15, 1900). N.Cy.', Lakel.' Wm.
They throw t'barns on t'riuf, if he stops up they inak him intul
a thacker (B.K.). n.Yks."*, ne.Yks.', m.Yks.', w.Yks. (J.W.),
ne.Lan.', e.Lan.', s.Lan.', Cbs."^, Not.', Lin.', n.Lin.' ne.Lin.
To work like a thacker (E.S). sw.Lin.' Lei.' As 'oongry as a
THACK
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THAE
thacker. A goos like a tliacker. Nhp.', e.An.* (2, o) w.Yks.*,
B.Lan.l (A) w.Yks.^ 13^ ne.Lin. (E.S.) (4. 8.Lan.> (5) Gall.
Mactagcart ^wyf/. (1824). (6) e.An.' o.Nrf. Marshall Kiir.
EcoH. U787).
2. sb. A thatch ; a roof or covering, csp. of straw ;
materials for thatching.
Sc. (Jam.) Kcd. Gin the tliack sud catch 'Twill burn like tarry
towe, GnANT Lays (1884) 28. Lnk. Wi' velvet fug the thack was
green, Hamilton /'arms (1865) 89. Gall. The iliack'salT the bjre,
Crockett Raiilers (1894'! xii. N.Cy.', Nhb.', Dur.', w.Dur.'.
Lakel.'^, Cum.', n.Yks.' S3*, ne.Yks.', e.Yks.' m.Yks.i As thick
as aud thak to-gedder [said of persons on terms of close intimacy].
w.Yks.'^3*5 Lan. Yo'n a good tliack o' j'ure, Clegg Skelihcs
(1895I 308. n.Lan.', ne.Lan.', e.Lan.', Chs."'^ Midi. Marshall
liur. EcuH. (17961 II. n.Stf.The swallows as was under the thack,
Geo. Eliot A. Bcde (1859) I. 167, Cabinet ed. Der. Th' cottages
es med o' coork, wi' real ryegrass thack, Gilchrist Pcaklaiid
(1897) 22. Not." It blew the thack off on it. Lin.', n.Lin.',
se.Lin. (J.T.B. ) sw.Lin.' It wanted summas doing at it : it were
oppen reiet away to the thack. Rut.' Used sometimes of the
hackle covering a bee-hive. Lei.' This 'ere thack's a very bad un,
it lets the reen in. Nhp.' In the old adage : 'Thack and dike,
Northamptonshire like ' ; Nhp.', War.**, w.Wor.' Oxf. N. & Q.
(1832) ist S. V. 364. Brks. (W.H.Y.), Bdf. (J.W.B.), Hat.
(T.P.F.), e.An.' e.Nrf. Marshall Rur. Emu. (1787).
Hence (i) Thackless, adj. {a) without a thatch, roof-
less; (Zi) 7?^. uncovered; hatless; (2) Thacky,s6. a thatched
cottage.
(i, a) Sc. (Jam.) Rxb. The auld Redheuch tower stands thakless
and woefu' this day, Hamilton Ontlmvs (1897) 209. Dmf. Some
priest maun preach in a thackless kirk, Cromek Renmins (1810)
284, (6) Sc. Want minds them on a thackless scaup, Wi' a' their
pouches bare, Tarras Poems (1804) 17 (Jam.). (2) Cum." T'roof
was offen meade o' streeah, an' than t'hoose was dubbed a thacky.
3. Long, coarse grass, &c. growing on moors.
Lin. In the Lin. sea marsh, 'thack' is used of rushes and grasses
growing in dykes, though never now used for thatching, and esp.
of Aiuiido Pliragmiles, Streatfeild Lin. and Danes (1884) 370.
n.Lin.' 'We've so mony snaakes and hetherds we're forced to set
th' thack afire to get shut on "em." . . The thack . . . meant was
the rough grass growing around.
4. Waste corn left in the fields unraked. Nrf. Morton
Cyclo. Agric. (1863). 5. Comb. (1) Thack-and-niortar,
Jig.m good earnest; with all one's might; (2) and-raip
or -rape, the thatch and rope used in covering a stack ;
y?^. cover, shelter; good order; control; (3) -band, a rope
of straw for securing thatch ; (4) -bottle, a bundle of
thatching material ; (5) -brod, a peg used in fastening down
thatch ; (6) -bunch, see (4) ; (7) -cord, thick tarred string
used in thatching; (8) -covered, thatched; (9) -gate, the
sloping edge of the gable-tops of a house, when the thatch
covers them ; (10) -lead, obs., a leaden roofing ; (11) -nail,
(12) -peg:, (13) -pin, (14) -preg, (15) -prick, (16) -prod, see
(5)1 (17) -rape, see (31 ; (18) -rovven, roof-damaged ; (19)
•skew, projecting stones walled in to cover the junction
of slating with walling; (20) -sparrow, the house-sparrow,
Passer doinestiais ; (21) -spelk, see (5); (22) -spittle or
•spurtle, a tool used in thatching ; (23) -sting, a thatching
needle; (24) -stob, see (5); (25) -stone, stone used for
roofing houses ; (26) -stopple, a handful of straw pre-
pared for thatching; (27) -straw, straw for thatching; (28)
■teng, see (23) ; (29) -tiles, obs., roof-tiles.
(i) Not.' Lin. He went at it thack and mortar, Thompson ///«/.
fioi/oM (1856) 727 ; Lin.' Lei.' Ah een't doon mooch woo'k todee,
nur ah shain't dew non to-morra ; but ah shall set tew next dee
thack-an'-mortar. Nhp.' (2) Sc. If it's your honour, we'll a' be
as right and tight as thack and rape can make us, ScorrCiiy M.
(1815I 1 ; ' In thack and rape,' in order, denoting what is completely
secured or perfectly well regulated. ' Under thack and raip,' snug
and comfortable. ' Out of a thack and raip,' applied to one who acts
in a disorderly way (Jam.). ne.Sc. The corn is all 'in ' now, and
stands safe under ' thack and rape ' in the barnyard, Gordon Notlli-
ward Ho (1894) 165. Ayr. An' nought but his ban' darg to keep
Them right an' tight in thack an' rape, Burns Two Dogs (1786)
1. 78. Rxb. Call me cut lugs if I dinna . . . hae Joan safe under
thak and rape at Hermitage before the first note o' the gowk
rings through Liddesdale, Hamilton Outlaws (1897)211. Gall.
The crops of corn . . . should be in the stackyards under thack
and rape by the second day of September, Crockltt Raidiis
VOL. VI.
(1894) /orm-orrf. (3) n.Yks.', ne.Yks.' (4) Cum.'« (5) w.Yk?.
A pair a leather galbses teed tut end ov a Ihack-brod, Tom
Treddlehovle Dainisia Aim. (1855) 18; w.Yks.» 16 e.Lth.
She . . . sheltered herself in his huge bosom, like a scared little
mousie under a thackbunch on a thrashing day, Mucklebackit
Rhymes (,1885) 171. (7) 8.Lin. We want a new ball o'thack-cord
(F.H.W.). ;8) Lnk. Our hamcwasathack-coveredbiel', Nicholson
Kilwiiddie (1895) 155. (9I Rxb. iJam.) (10) Fit. Capper and
thack-lead afi' were tane ; Kirk-guttin' clean was finish't, Te.nnant
Papistry (1827) 214. (11) Sc. (Jam. Sii/>/./. 1, Nhb.» (12) o.Lln.
Ye haven't half driven in them thack-pegs (F.H.W.). (13) Sc.
(Jam. Sm/>//.) (14 Lin.' I'll lay this thack prcg about your back.
n.Lin.' (15^ w.Yks.' (16) n.Yks.'*, ne.Yks.', ne. Lan.' (l7)Se.
(Jam. Sii/p/.) n.Yks.2 (s.v. Tliack-prods . (18) n.Yks.' (19)
w.Yks. (T.II.H.) (20) Lei.' Nhp. Swainson Birds (1885) 60;
Nhp.' Shr. Swainson li. 60. (21, 22) Cum.'* (23, 24) n.Yks.'
(25) Sc. (Jam.) Hdg. Houses, . . instead of being covered
with straw, deals, or boards, should henceforth be covered with
slates, lead, tiles, or thack-stones, Ritchie St. Baldred (1883)
37. Dmf. I have seen these, square slabs of red sandstone on
cottages (A.W.\ (26) Cum.'* (27) Sc. Lay some wevscs o" thack
strae on my house, Donald Poems (1867) 17. (28J n.Yks.' (29)
n.Cy., w.Yks. Grose (1790) Stippl.
6. adj. Thatched, made of thatch.
Sc. I think it's been a thack ane, an' there's some o' the stoure
in my throat yet. Ford Thistledoivn (1891) 127. Rnf. Ye are
undoubted lairdie O' mony a guid thack-housc an' yardie,
FiNLAVSON Rhymes (1815) 23. Ayr. Ye ken whaur he leeves, in
the wee thack hoose in the Doocot Lane, Service Nutandnms
(1890) 15. Dmf. I hae a bit thack house, Wallace Schoolmaster
('899),334- Nhb.l
[1. Thakkyn howsys, sarlaUgo (Prompt.). OE. paciaii.
2. J>cec, thatch, paca, a roof (Sweet).]
THACK, i;.' Sc. e.An. Cor. Also in form thock Cor.
[f>ak, })ask.] To thwack, beat, flog.
Dmf. Ye weel deserve a thackin' For tellin Bacchus oft did
blacken Town Jemmy's een, Quinn Heather Lintie 1863 22.
e.An.' Nrf. He rarely thacked th' old dicky [donkey) (,E.M.^.
Cor. Likewise a thong to thock thee, ef Thee d'st ever go askew,
Forfar Poems (1885) 7.
[OE. paccian, to pat, flap (Sweet).]
THACKER, sb. n.Cy. [Not known to our correspon-
dents.] A small open ciipbo.Trd. (Co!!. L.L.B.)
THACKEY, THACKY, THACT, see Thac(k.
THAE, dem. pron. and deiii. adj. Sc. Irel. Nhb. Cum.
Yks. Lan. Also in forms thea Cum."; theae s.Sc. ;
thee Nhb.' ; theea n.Yks. [t5e.] X. dem. pron. Those;
occas. these.
Sc. 'Thir'and 'thae' have curiously enough not penetrated beyond
the Grampians, the north-eastern Scotch using ' thys ' and 'that ' in
the plural as well as the singular, Murray Z>/n/. ,1873^ 184 ; Thou
sail hae thae, thou sail hae mae, Scott Minstrelsy (1802) I. 317,
ed. 1848. Elg. Are thae thy mournful cries? Couper Poetry
(1804) I. 175. Bnff. Thae to herry Wha simply trust the h — born
rogues, Taylor Poems (1787I 10. w.Sc. Thae's curus cups thae,
surely ! Wood Fardeu Ha (1902) 147. s.Sc. Dynna tcake theae,
thay wunna weir weill, Murray ib. 182. Rnf. Meikle iiiair than
thae, PicKEN Poems (1813) I. 94. Lnk. Sic cracks as thae were
nichtly tauld, Murdoch Doric Lyre (1873^ i. Dmf. Fie, fau't na
thae for moral's glory Sip tea, na wine, Quinn Heather (1863) 21.
Cum.'* 's.v. Thur'. n.Yks.', ne Lan.'
2. dem. adj. Those ; occas. these.
Sc. Thae duds were a' o' the colour o' moonshine in the water,
ScoTT Midlothian (1818) xvi. Abd. The like o' thae things,
RuDDiMAN Sc. Parish (1828) 69, ed. 1689. Frf. Ye'vc pallached
the snoots o' thae yins, \tiO^\s Ain Flk. (1895 25. Per. Thae au!d
men wi' snaw beards, HALinc-UTON Ochil Idylls ^1891"! 59. Drab.
Thae hempies on the lan' let loose, Sal.mon Gouodeaii (i868) 29.
Ayr. Hearken to thae cutty queans, Service Aolandi4ms (i8go) i.
Lnk. Brisk, laughin', jokey creatur' in thae dajs. Eraser H'haiifis
(1895) 195. Slk. It was ane o' thae lang midsummer nichts, Chr.
Nohth Noetes (ed. 18561 II. 9. Rxb. He's been gane ihae twa
hoors an' mair, Diudin Border Lt/e (1897) 96. Gall. I think thae
plants will shift fine, Gallovidiait (1901) II. 124. Uls. Oot o' a'
thae letters ye canna even fin oot whor 'is (o\k leeves, M'Ilroy
Ciaiglinnie (1900I 125. Nhb.' Thee kj-e. Thee folk. n.Yks.
Wheea's ihcea twcca bairns, sa' thee? Murray li. 184.
[1. Thomas Randell wes ane off tha. That for his lyff be-
come Jiar man, Barbour Bruce (1375) 11. 463. 2. For he had
drede of thai thre men, ib. vii. 185. OE. J>d, pi. of .^ the.]
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THAF
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THARF
THAF, THAF(FCAKE, see Though, Tharf cake.
THAFFER, THAFT, see Thoffer, Thoft.
THAGGY. adj. Yks. [Not known to our correspon-
dents.] Thick and misty. (Hall.)
THAIM, THAIRN, see Them, Theirn.
THAIRSEL(S, THAIT, see Theirselves, Theat, sb.
THAIVIL, THAIVL, see Thavvel.
THAK, see Thack, Thack, v}
THAKE, THAKKA, see Thack, v}, Thac(k.
THALLACK, int. Oxf.i [fj^lak.] An exclamation
of surprise: there look ! (s.v. Yallack.)
THALLURE, orfz;. I.Ma. [cSaijafr).] Enough.
But kind — aw bless ye ! kind thallure, Brown IVikh (i88g) 3 ;
She is grand thallure [Manx, Dy liooar], with her rings and
watch (S.M.}.
THALM, see Tharm.
THALTHAN, sb. I.Ma. Also in form tholthan.
[toll'sn.] A half-ruined cottage.
She needn't be so proud, her father lived and died in that
thalthan j'ou see up on the hill there [IVlanx t/w//, a barn]
(S.M.I ; She lived in a thalthan up the river. Brown H'ilc/t (1889)
16 ; I know about the sad story connected wis that ould ruined
' tholthan ' across the ravvar [river^, Ryding Ta/cs (1895) 26.
THAM, THAME, see Then, m/z;., Them, They.
THAMP, ii</j. Yks. Lan. [jjanip.] Soft ; pliable, not
easily broken ; moist.
s.Lan. Lennock meyns thamp, un owt what's raythur lennock
ur thamp mun be sauft, Ormerod FtHy fro Rachde (1851) 69;
But little known, and not now in common use (F.E.T.).
Hence Thampy, adj. damp. Yks. (Hall.), w.Yks.^
THAMSON, see Tamson.
THAN, coiij. and t. ■. Sc. Lan. Clis. Shr. Also in form
thun Lan. [tSan.] \. conj. In phr. DeiU/ian, used to
express a wish : would that.
Dmb. Deil than your tongue were hookit neb and root, Salmon
Coivodeaii (1868) 10. Ayr. Deil than she may break her neck.
Glass Tales (1873) 18.
2. Till, until.
Lan. Be qwatt thun I've done. Why John (Col/, L.L.B.).
s.Lan.' Aw conno' do it than neet. Chs.^ .Stop than oi get hout
on thee, an oi'U tan thoi hoide for thee ! s.Chs.' We delayed
writing than now, because of getting the harvest over. Shr.'
I run than I thought I'd a dropt. In/rod. 82.
3. adv. Else. Cf. thanse.
n.Sc. Come hame sune, or than I'll be angry (Jam.).
4. Elsewhere, ib.
THAN, THANDER, see Then, adv., Thonder.
THANE, sA.i Obs. Sc. A dial, form of ' vane.'
Abd. Both these isles had battalines, and buttrages round about
them, with cross thanes of iron on the top of each of them, Orem
Chniwnry Abd. ( 1791) 62 (Jam.).
Hence Cross-thanes, sb.pl. crossed vanes.
The two lesser steeples have both cross-thanes of iron upon
their tops. ib. 60.
THANE, sb? Dor. Bracken, Pteris aqniliim. (G.E.D.)
THANE, adj. Obs. Sc. Wm. Yks. Also written
thain and in form thene Wm. 1. Of meat: raw, under-
done. See Thone.
'Ihe meat is thain ; raw, little done, Sinclair Obs. (1782) 109;
(Jam.)
2. Damp, moist ; esp. used of meal.
Lnk., Ltli. I dinna like thain meal, i.e. made of oats that have
not been much dried on the kiln (Jam.). Wm. (K.)
Hence Thany, ad/, damp. w.Yks.'
THANE'S TOWER, p/ir. Nrf. See below.
The tower of the church., .is what is called a 'Thane's
tower,' tnat is a tower such as, according to tradition. Thanes
alone were allowed to build. The peculiarity of Thanes' towers
seems to be that . . . they have four little windows in them look-
ing to the cardinal points of the compass, Longman's Mag. (May
1899 .|0.
THANG-NAIL, s6. Nhp.» A small piece of reverted
skin at the side of the fmger-nail; prob. for 'the ang-nail.'
See Agr.ail.
THANK, V. and sb. Sc. Irel. n.Cy. Cum. Yks. Shr.
llrf. Cor. Also in form thenk n.Yks.'' e.Yks.' [I'ank,
fjsqk ; Yks. J^erjk.] 1. v. In phr. (1) be llmnkit, thank
God ; (2) thank God, thank you, a form of address to the
host at the conclusion of a dinner after grace is said ; (3)
thanks tha or //m«^s/o, thank you; (4) thank yoii or thankee,
used in narration, to emphasize a denial or to express
surprise ; (5) — you for me, used as a form of thanks for
hospitality ; (6) — you for tliein, used in answering an
inquiry after absent friends ; (7) — you, sir, a second-hand
article of clothing.
(i) Rnf. Be thankit, I'm meanwhile Safe frae thy stoorie, mad
turmoil. Young Pictures (1865) 159. (2) n.Cy. Grose (1790) MS.
add. (P.) (3) n.Yks. (T.S.I, e.Yks.' MS. add. (T.H.), w.Yks.'
(4) Hrf.2 (5) Shr.' ' Now, Nelly, mak' the lady a curchey, an'
say thank you for me, an' I'm greatly obleeged fur sich a nice tay.'
This singular expression seems to be an elliptical one, signifying,
I thank you for— what you have given to — me. (6) n.Cy. Grose
(1790) MS. add. (P.) (7) w.Yks. He'd got on a regular ' thank-
you-sir,' you never saw such a guy (H.L.).
2. To suffice.
Ayr. I've eaten ower muckle o' yon fat haggis, . . an' I'll gar the
bouk o' black pea o' either sybo or leek thank me for the i'eck o'
twa days, Ainslie Land of Bums (ed. 1892) 69.
3. sb. In phr. (i) /« one's thank, in one's obligation; (2)
to serve one's thank, to be thankful for ; (3) thanks be, (4)
thanks be praised, expressions of gratitude.
(i) Don. I didn't wish the poor man dead, but, God forgive me I
I was wishin' that his legacy would come till us afore May, that
we might get Micky the Rogue's farm. Poor man, he ditd in our
thank after all, Cent. Mag. (July 1901) 433. Cum.' He com i' my
thank an' I mun pay him weel ; Cum.* (2^ Rnf. Ye . . . that hae
umbrellas aye laid bye To ser ycr thank. Young Pictures (1865)
128. (3) e.Sc. Thanks be! he's no in his bed yet. Strain
Elnislie's Drag-net (1900) 140. Cor. Two expressions of every
day occurrence, which spring out of the piety of the people. One
is the abbreviated Doxology, * Thanks be': the other an expres-
sion of resignation, * If it be so pleasin',' Hammond Parish (1897)
346. (4) n.Yks.2
THANKSOMELY, adv. Not. [ba-nksamli.l Thank-
fully. (J.H.B.)
THAiiSE, adv. Sc. [Sanz.] Else. Cf. than, 3.
Abd. It's gej'an ill for makin' young folk rebellious or thanse
deceitfu', Abd. IVity. Free Press (Oct. 20. iqooX Kcb. The farmer
had tae . . . set twa o' his men tae carry them tae the next farm,
or thanse help tae do't hissel. Trotter Gait. Gossip (1901) 160.
THAPES, sb. pi. Sc. Yks. Chs. e.An. Also in forms
theabes, thebes Nrf ; thepes Sc. Nrf. [Not known to
our Sc. correspondents.] |)3eps.] 1. The fruit of the
gooseberry, Ribes Grossularia. See Feaberry.
s.Sc. Mackay. e.Yks. (B. & H.\ Chs. 2, e.An.' Nrf. Browne
Wlis. (c. 1682) III. 233, ed. Bohn ; (A.G.F.) ; Science Gossip
(1869) 188. e.Nrf. Marshall Rur. Econ. (1787).
Hence Thape-pie, sb. gooseberry-pie.
e.An.' Nrf. Cozens-Hardy Broad Nif. (1893) 86 ; Science
Gossip (1869) 188.
2. The fruit of the gorse, Ulex europaeus. s.Sc. Mackay.
3. The fruit of the thorn, Crataegus O.xyacantha. ib.
THAR, V. Sc. Also in forms thair Dmf (Jam.) ;
thaur Cai.' ; ther Dmf (Jam.) ; pret. thurst, thurt Sc.
(Jam.) To need ; gen. followed by a neg.
Cai.' Ye thaur-na fash. * Ye thaur noor,' you need not.
Thurstna. Dmf. Ye thair n'fash. ' You thurtna stop,' you should
not stay. Ye thurstn' (Jam.).
[Trwe mon trwe restore, penne far mon drede no
\va))e, Gaivayne (c. 1360) 2355.]
TH AR,TH ARDS , TH ARECKL Y, see Their, Towards,
Thereckly.
THARF, adj Sc. Nhb. Cum. Yks. Also in forms
thairf Sc. (Jam. Suppl.) ; tharth Cum.'''; thauf m.Yks.' ;
theeaf e.Yks.' [Jaarf.] 1. Stark, stiff ; heavy, ' sad.'
w.Sc, s.Sc. (Jam. Suppl.), Nhb.', w.Yks.' Hence Tharfish,
adj. 'sad,' heavy. Nhb.' 2. Of heavy countenance;
lumpish; reluctant, unwilling; hesitating; shy; slow;
forbidding, cold, unsociable.
w.Sc, s.Sc. (Jam. Suppl. \ N.Cy.', Nhb.', Cum.''', n.Yks.'^",
ne.Yks.' e.Yks.' He was varry theeaf at gannin. Nearly obs,,
MS. add. (T.H.) m.Yks.' w.Yks. Lucas Stud. Niddcrdale
(c. 1882) Gl; w.Yks.'
Hence (i) Tharf-comer, sb. one who comes slowly and
reluctantly ; (2) Tharfish, adj. of heavy countenance j
THARF-BREAD
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lumpish ; reluctant, unwilling, backward, timorous, shy ;
forbidding ; (3) Tharfly, adv. reluctantlj', unwillingly,
deliberatelj", slowly.
(Om.yks.i (.2 w.Scs.Sc. (Jam. 5i(/>/>/.), Nhb.i n.Yks.' Slie's
rather a Iharfish kind of a bairn ; n.Yks.**, tn.Yks.' (31 Nhb.'
' She's gan varry tharfly ' (said of a clock that appeared to be ready
to stop at any moment). ' He spoke tharfly aboot it.* n.Yks. * ;
n.Yks.^ She chews her cud varry tharfly. He mends varry thar-
fly ; n.Yks.", ne.Yks.' e.Yks.' ;1/S. nrfrf. (T.H.) m.Yks.'
THARF-BREAD, sb. Obs. Yks. Unleavened bread.
(K.) See Tharf-cake.
THARF-CAKE, sb. Nhb. Dur. Cum. Yks. Lan. Dcr.
Also in forms thaaf-cake Nhb.'; thafif- Nhb.' Dur.;
thar- N.Cy.= Cum.'* w.Yks.'* I.an.' c.Lan.» s.Lan.' Der.' =
nw.Der.'; tharth- Nhb.' Cum.'"; thauf- N.Cy.' ; thaugh-
Nhb.' Dur. [f)af-, )5a-.] 1. An unleavened cake of flour
or meal, mixed with milk or water, rolled out thin and
baked.
N.Cy.t* Nhb. They never gat owse belter than thaaf keahyk,
Bewick Tyiuiiile Tales (1850) 11 ; NUb.' A tliicker tharf-cake was
sometimes made of hinder-end wheat, pea-meal, and dressed
'chisel,' baked in the oven. Dur. (J. H.), Dur.' Cum.' Baked on
the hearth among the embers ; Cum.* w. Yks. (_D. L.) ; Thoresby
Ltll. (1703) ; w.Yks.'*, e.Lan.', Der.'2
2. A kind of cake made of oatmeal, butter, and treacle ;
'parkin.'
w.Yks.^* Lan. As thodd'n as a tharcake, Tim Bobbin View
Dial. (ed. 17^0^ 31 ; Lan.' Eaten on the night of the fifth of
November. s.Lan.', Der.'^^ nw.Der.*
Hence Tharcake-Monday, sb. the first Monday after
Oct. 31.
Lan. I'se be thirty-five next Tharcake Mondaj', Waugh Heather
(ed. Milncr) II. 276; Lan.', s.Lan.'
[1. A fewe cruddes and craym and a therf cake, P.
Plowman (a.) vii. 269. OE./co//, unleavened (Sweet).]
THARFY, sb. Nhb. Yks. [jjafi.] A 'tharf-cake';
stiff, unleavened bread. Nhb.' (s.v. Tharf-kyek). w.Yks.'
THARK,rt(^. Obs. e.An.s.Cj'. Also in forms thurck
e.An.' Nrf ; thurk Nrf Dark.
e.An.' Nrf. Hickes A.S. Gram. (1689) ; Browne Wk3. (c.
1682) III. 233, ed. Bohn ; Ray 1^1691).
Hence Tharky, adj. dark, dusky.
Suf. Ray [,1691). s.Cy. Grose (1790).
[Therke, or dyrk, tenebrosus, caligmostis (Prontpl.).]
THARM, sb. and v. Sc. Irel. Nhb. Dur. Lakel. Yks.
Der. Lin. Also written thalm Lin. ; and in forms thairm
Sc. (Jam.) N.I.' N.Cy.' Nhb.' Dur.'; thairn Sc. (Jam.);
theim Sc. ; therm Sc. (Jam.) Wm. ; thtirm Lal;el.' [fiarm,
}>am ; ))erm.] 1. sb. The belly or intestines of a man or
beast.
Sc. (Jam.) ; He that has a wide theim had never a long arm,
Kelly Coll. Prov. (1721) 137; Herd Coll. Siigs. (1776) Gl. Lth.
A wide thairm has seldom a long arm (Jam.). Wm., Yks. (K.),
Lin, (J.C.W.) n.Lin.' The colon or large bowel.
2. The intestines twisted into a cord ; catgut ; a fiddle-
string.
Sc. The best fiddler that ever kittled thairm with horse-hair,
Scott Redg. (182+1 Lett. x. Or. I. Regularly, as summer returned,
the man of thairms had his peats carted to his door gratis, Vedder
Stelclies (1832) 108. Abd. The puir man's thairms [fiddleslrings]
arc a' hingin' lowse, an' there's no grip eneuch i' the pegs to set
them up again, Macdonald Maleolm (1875) III. 40. Rnf. The
■witching tones o' Patie's therm Maks farmer chiels forget their
farm, Webster Rhymes (1835) 60. Ayr. Hing our fiddles up to
sleep . . . And o'er the thairms be tryin'. Burns Ordination (1786)
St. 7. Dmf. [He] Took Dauvid's fiddle on his knee, An' twanged
the haly thairm, Quinn Heather (1863) 146. N.I.' N.Cy.' Used
in spinning-wheels. Nhb.' As dry as thairm. Dur.', Lakel.'
Cum. Come ye, who're blest wi' tuneful fire, Who scrape the tharm,
or thrum the wire, Strike up, Dickinson Lit. Rem. (1888) 158;
Cum.*, n.Yks.3
Hence (i) Cat-tharm-whip, sb., obs., a whip made of
catgut ; (2) Tharm-band, sb., obs., a cord made of catgut
for turning a spinning-wheel ; (3) -inspiring, ppl. adj., obs.,
inspiring by music played on a fiddle ; (4) -whip, sb., obs.,
see (i).
(i) Yks. (K.) (a) Sc. (Jam.) (3) Ayr. O had M'Lauchlan,
thairm-inspiring sage. Been there to hear this heavenly band
engage, Burns Brigs 0/ Ayr (1787 1. 202. (4) Yks. (K.
3. Intestines prepared for puddings ; sausage-skins.
w.Yks. Thobf.sby LiII. ^1703, ; w.Yks.'*, Der.' Ubs. Lin. Ray
(1691U Lin. I, sw.Ha.'
4. /•>>. pi. Bonds.
Frf. Deidly thairms huid her mortal chairms Alow the castle wa',
RciD Heatherland {iSg^ 93.
5. V. To play on a stringed instrument.
Dmf. Yer herp again be thairmin', Quinn Heather (1863^ 99.
[1. OY.. pearm. entrail (Sweet).]
THARN, V. Obs. Dev. [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] To mock, scorn. (Hall.)
THARRY, adj. Obs. Suf [Not known to our corre-
sjiondents.] Dark. (Hall.)
THART. THARTH, see Think, Tharf.
THARTH-CAKE, THARVIZEEN, sec Tharf-cake,
Tarvizzeen.
THAT, pro)!., adj., adzi. and coiij. Var. dial, uses in Sc. Irel.
Eng. and Amer. Also in forms dat Sh.I. Ken. ; thot Lin.
['5at,tSaet; unstressed Sat.] I. Dial. forms. Coiihactioiis:
(I) Tha'd, that would ; (2) Tha's, that is or that has ; (3)
Thattle, that will.
(i) I. Ma. The sea tha'd be there. Brown Yants (1881) 151, ed.
i88g. (a) Cor. My ould wumman, thas gone, T. Towser \ 1873)
139. (3) w.Yks. (J.W.) Lan. Thattle doo, scd I, Tim Bobbin
View Dial. (ed. 1809, 59. Oxf. (G.O.i
II. Dial. uses. 1. dem. proii. This.
Sc. (Jam.) Fif. The usual salutation — 'that's a braw daj','
Robertson Provost (1894) 119. Gall. A Scotchman will say,
' that is a fine day,' when an Englishman would saj", ' this is a fine
day,' or simply ' a fine day ' (A.W.). N.I.' That's a soft day.
2. Used in place of the personal pronouns, esp. of the
neuter singular //.
w.Yks. ^ Used peculiarly for him, her, it, &c. ; w.Yks.' That
I, says a mother, speaking of her married son) ne'er comes near-
hand now. Patty cawal'd o' Mund.iy, an' ah gav' that what
belonged her. I. Ma. I don't know about gulls, but lekly not
That's a dale more innoccnter altogether. Brown Doctor (1887)
146. e.An.'' How that du snow 1 Nrf. ' It looks as if it were
going to rain all day. Mrs. B.' 'That do, Miss' ^A.B.C). Suf.
Of a child, 'That don't fare no butter to-daa.' Of an animal, 'That
on't hurt that, that that on't,' Raven Hist. Suf. (1895) 264;
(M.E.R.)
Hence That's, /oss. /ro;;. his, hers, its.
w.Yks.s ' Whoas is that bonnet ? ' ' It's that's,' says the person
asked, with a side inclination of her head towards her daughter.
e.An. That [the fairy] looked out o' the comers o' that's eyes,
Clodd Tom Tit Tot (18981 12. Nrf. That wagged that's tail
(U.W.^. Suf. That looked out of the corners o' that's eyes, FisoN
Merry Suf. (1899) 12.
3. Used emphatically to avoid the repetition of a previous
word or sentence.
Sc. It sometimes serves to return the sense ofa word or sentence
going before. * He was ance a thief and he'll aye be that ' (Jam.) ;
He asked if he recollected him. ' Wcel that, wcel that ; and ye're
welcome hame," Ferrier Mam'age (1818) ii. ne.Sc. 'Do you
understand his sermons? ' ' Finely that, mcm,^ Grast Keckleton,
186. Cum.' It's a gay nice horse that ; Cum.* w.Yks. (J.W.)
4. Used in emphatic reiteration of an assertion.
Sc. ' She has married somewhat late in life, I think.' 'That has
she, mem,' Whitehead Daft Daiic (1876J 100, ed. 1894. n.Yks.'
I did it, that did 1. I know I can walk it, that can I. I wad, that
wad I. e.Yks, ' He was a good husband tl ma as lang as he lived ;
he was that. w.Yks. (J.W.) Lan. I mind the day she took leave
of you, I do that, well, Castle Light of Scarthey (1895) 75. Lin.
But a cast oop, thot a did, 'boot Bessy Marris's barnc, Tennyson
N. Farmer, Old Style (1864) St. 4. n.Lln.' He's a quiet man, bud
a rare un at oht ; yes, he is that. sw.Lln.' Lei.' ' Do jou like
apples?' ' Oi dew that.' 'Can you eat one? ' ' Oi can that,' 27.
War.' Lon. ' I suppose . . . you're in a hurry, Mr. Tinker? ' ' I
am that, mum," Baumann Londinismen (1887'. Suf. Soo she set
to work and cat 'um all, . . that she did, FisoN Merry Suf. (1899)
9. Ken. Used emphatically at the end ofa sentence — thus, ' they
have that' vG.B.).
5. Phr. (i) and that, (2) — the likes of that, and so forth,
et cetera ; (3) ifallivas to that, if nothing else was wanting ;
(4) or that, or such things, or so forth ; (5) that I leave, that
is a point I will not decide; (6) — licks the natives, that
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surpasses everything ; (7) — o7, a crisis, point ; the very
thing ; (8) — '5 iiie lad, an exclamation used to encourage
boys; (9) — 's llie damn, an expletive; (10) — '5 the doll,
(11) — 's what, (12) — 's tvhere 'tis, that's the matter or the
point ; just so ; (13) — there, (a) an emphatic form of 'that,'
used to point out a thing more definitely ; (b) obs., a London
rider, one who comes from the east of England; (14)
— thereiniy, see (13, a).
(i) Wxf. Father James knew everything about religion, and
prayers, and confessions, and that, Kennedy Banks Boro (1867)
188. w.Yks. (J.W.) War.2 I've been gardening and that. Wil.'
Well, he do have a drop tide-times and that. w.Som." Oh ! he do
do middlin' like way little caddlin' jobs, and urnin arrants and
that. nw.Dev.l (2) n.Dev. ^R.P.C.) (3 , n.Yks. (l.W.) (41 Ir.
Almanacks, or books of ballads, or that, Kennedy Evenings Diiffiey
U869) 99. (5) Suf. So folks sah, but that I leave, Moor MS.
(Hall.) (6) w.Yks. (B.K.) (7) e.Sc. It's an unco thing to confess
ane's sel' a failure in the very thing that was ane's pride. But it
came to that o't wi' me last Sabbath day, Strain Elnislie's Ding-
net (19C0) 162. (8) Wra. That's-melad, leuk sharp an' gah fer
t'milk (B.K.). (9) ib. Ahr miln's o' fahr— that's the damn. (10)
ib. (I I ) nCy. Grose (1790) Sh/)//. w.Yks.' (12) Nrf. (M.C.H.B.)
(13, a) w.Yks. (J.W.) Lan. That theer's a graidely big 'un,
Burnett //(iMJoj-M's (1887) iv. e.Lan.i, Not.', Lin.' n.Lin.' Put
this here i'to th' pantry an' fling that theare i'to th' swill-bucket
(s.v. This here). Lei.', War.^, Shr.' 50. s.Cxf. There ain't no
call to beat 'im like that there, Rosemary Clullenis (1895) 51.
e.An.2 (s.v. This-here). Ken. That 'ere's my boy that I told ye of,
Carr Collage Flk. (1897) 17. n.Hmp. (E.H.R.) I.W.' I axed
Meyastur about that are last night, 51. w.Som. When the noun,
whatever be its quality or number, has been already mentioned or
is to be named in the same sentence, it is referred to by the neuter
or indefinite form of the demonstrative. ' Ez dhaat dhae'flr j'oa'ur
chiil-urn ? ' Elworthy Grain. {\?>-ii) 32. (i) Lon. Horae Subsecivae
Um) 429- Dev. (Hall.) (14) Glo. I've never troubled myyead
about such things as that thereimy, Buckman Darke's Sojourn
(1890) xix.
6. rel. pron. Who.
Frf. I am the mother of him that writes about the Auld Lichts,
Barrie M. Ogihie (1896) iv. Ir. It's he that's the bashful boy,
Paddiana (ed. 1848) I. 27. I.Ma. When it is desired to lay the
emphasis upon the nominative case of the verb, that word is
brought to the front. ' It is I who am here ' becomes ' It's me that's
in' (S.M.). Midi. (J.W. ),War.2 Inlrod. Shr.' A girl that can
milk, 50. w.Som. Dhu maa-yd dhutad uryuung mae-un u-kee-uld
[the maid that had her young man killed], Elworthy Gram.
(1879) 42; w.Som.' Dhai- dhut noa-uth bas- du zai aew twaud'n
noa- jis dhing [those who know best say that it was no such thingl.
7. dem. adj. Obs. This.
Sc. He and his army saw a vision in the heavens with that motto
upon it, 'In Christ ye shall overcome,' Walker Peden (1727) 84
(Jam.).
8. Those.
Sc. That things, Sfo/iWsiHs (1787) 93. ne.Sc. Thys beuks and
that pens, Uvrray Dial. (1873) 184; That scheen, I'A. 81. Abd.
Maybe ye wad like to luik at that anes, Macdonald R. Falconer
(1868) 136; That tools (J.M.).
9. Such, so much.
Sc. He was no longer able to go through the business with
that vigour as he wished, Mitchell 5fo///asms (1799) 82. Nhb.
He hit wi' that force 'at he broke the shank (R.O.H.). w.Yks.
Very common (J.W.). Dev. I felt myself in that alarm that go
away I couldn't, Blackmore Peilycross (1894) 41.
10. Phr. (i) that-a-road or tlwtla-road, (2) -a-way, -away{s,
or thalta-ii<ay, that way, that direction ; that fashion ; geit.
used advb.; (3) —how, that manner, that fashion; gen.
used advb.: so; (4) —lids, in that manner; (5) —road,
see (2) ; (6) — same, the same, it ; (7) — there, an emphatic
form of 'that,' used to point out a thing more definitely •
(8) — way, of that kind, like that.
(0 s.Clis ' Here, here, cleean yur feyt an' not go off a' thatta
road, 70. (2) Ir. When I sees him that a way the second time,
your Reverence, Speclalor (Oct. 26, 1889) ; It's very careless I
hear they are that avvays, Paddiana (ed. 1848) I 197 Yks
(Hall.), w.Yks.' (s.v. This-a-vvay), s.Chs.' 70. Not. There's a
nice gap liafe a furlong ofT: it's out o' my road or I'd show ver :
that-away, Prior Forest Flk. (,901) 42 ; Not.' Lin. Down in the
marsh lands, that-a-way, Gilberl Rugge (1866) II. 174. sw.Lin.'
bhe couldn t hav gotten thruflfthata-way. Lei.', War. 2 3 w.Wor
Ween git her in atwcen us thatawaay, S. Beauchamp A'. Hamilton
(1875) I. 282. [Amer. They'd . . .come an' snatch 'em up an' bundle
'em ofT that-away, Harris Talcs, 283.] (3) Wni. And so we built
'em that how, Rawnsley Remin. IVordsworlh (1884). e.Yks.'
Deeaiit dee it that hoo. w.Yks. (J.W.) Not. He wanted it done
a that-how (L.C.M.). sw.Lin.' It's better that how. It's no use
knocking oneself up that how. (4) ne.Lan.' (5) Clis.^ What's
th' use o' tawkin a-that-road ? it's aw rubbish ! (6) Ir. But do
you see the big brick house, with the cow-houses by the side of
that same? Barrington Sketches (1830) I. xii. (7) Wm. Thoo's
niver bin the same man . . . since thoo'd that there newmoanin',
Ollivant Owd Bob (1898) 72. w.Yks. A kant eit Sat Sis meit,
Wright Gram. IVndhll. (1892) 124 ; w.Yks.' s.Lan.' That theer
lad o' thine's a born foo'. nw.Der.' Not. It don't seem as there'll
be much lumber ower that theer gate wi' him, Prior Forest Flk.
(1901) 37. Lin.' Biing me that there mell. se.Lin. (J.T.B.),
Nhp.' War.^ That there whip's mine. s.Oxf. I was 'elpin' the
men build that there new porchugal onto the 'ouse, Rosemary
C/iillerns {i8g5) 74. Brks.', Hnt. (T.P.F.) Lon. That there thing,
Horae Subsecivae (17771 4. Nrf. (E.M.) Suf. The face of ' that
there Jimmy,' Betham-Edwards Mock Beggars' Hall (1902) 76,
Ken. Grose (1790). Sur, I'd found out a way to clear that thear
pond. Son of Marshes On Sur. Hills (1891) 74. n.Wil. Bean't
you going to yet up that there juicy bit, you ? jEFFERiEs^mn»jy//is
(1887) 17. Dor, 'Twas a quaie job about that there fire up to
Varmer Yeatman's, Hare.<45 JVe Sow (1897J 151. w.Som. 'Dhaat
dhae'ur' is used with anything of the indefinite sort, as corn, grass,
lime, to denote its position as more remote than ' dhush yuur,'i.e.
close at hand. In speaking, however, of any defined article as a
book, a key, or a man, if altogether absent, we should use ' dhaat
dhae'iir.' 'Aa'v^e zeed dhaat dhae'ur nai'v oa muyn?' Elworthy
Gram. (1877) 31; w.Som.' Referring to some person or thing
absent or out of sight. 'Where's that there book ?' meaning a
book not in sight. Dev. All Dick's children have been took to
church in that there shawl, O'Neill Idyls (1892') 85. [Amer. I
give Hiram that there red shote I'd been fattenin' fer a bawrel
o' cider, Lloyd Chronic Loafer {igoi) 195.] (8) Ir. He called it
' gauze ' or ' gaze,' or something that way, Kennedy Evenings
Duffrey {iS6ai) 115.
11. adv. So, to such a degree ; very.
Sc. Is he that frail that he canna rise ? (Jam.) ; Nae that ill, nae
that wet (ib.) ; The brae is that easy to climb. Whitehead Daft
Davie (1876) 132, ed. 1894. Sh.I. Da folk tell dat mony lees, Sh.
News (July 23, 1898). Or.I. He was a dour deevil, an' no that
canny, Vedder Sketches (1832) 22. Inv. That bad (H.E.F.).
e.Sc. Tam'll no be that lang now, Setoun Sunshine (1895) 128.
Per. A've seen waur ; they're fillin' no that bad, Ian Maclaren
Brier Bush (1895) ^t. Dmb. I wasna that illfa'ured mysel ance
in a day. Cross Disruption (1844) i. Ayr. She canna have that
muckle saved o' her ain, Johnston Glenbuckie {i68g) 76. Edb. The
skaith ye've met wi's nae that sma' Sin Gregory's dead, Fergusson
Poems (1773) 114, ed. 1785. Kcb. He likit her that weel he thocht
anither yin he'd hae, "Trotter Gall. Gossip (1901) 82. Ir. I'd
twenty minds in me heart agin quittin' little Katty, and she that
bad, Barlow /.I'scoHHf/ (1895) 303. N.I.' He was that heavy we
couldn't lift him. N.Cy.' He's not that old. Nhb.' Cum.' Ah was
that vex't Ah could ha' bitten't side oot of t'butter-bowl ; Cum.*
n.Yks.''Ah fund mysel that sho't. e.Yks.'Ahwas thatbad. w.Yks.'
My mouth were that sore that I couldn't abide. Lan.' He's that
nowt he doesn't know what to do wi' his-sel. e.Lan.' We could
have eaten a dog, we were that hungry. s.Lan.' I.Ma. He was
that full that he couldn' walk (S.M.). Chs.' I were that vexed Idid
not know what I said ; Chs.^ Der. I were that distrowt I daredna
answer, Gilchrist P<'nA/nHrf(i897) 165. nw.Der.', Not.' s.Lin.A'm
that tired a could cry^F.H.W.). sw.Lin.'Thelasswasthatpleasant.
Rut.' She were that drenched, as you might have draw'd the
water from her apurn. Lei.' Ah wur that mad, ah wur fit to
boost. His butes was that mauled as his toos coom out atwixt
the leathers. War.* This lad's that idle as I can do nothing with
him ; War.^" s.Wor.' 'E s got that fat I must be to kill 'im soon.
Shr.i 'E inna that owd, Introd. 82. Hrf.^, Glo. (A.B.) s.Oxf.
And to think as 'ee's lyin' there that knocked about as she oodn't
know 'im, Rosemary Chillerns (1895) 125. Brks. Lard love 'ee,
he 'udn't be that soft, Hayden Round our Vill. (1901) 37. Hrt.
'Ere I be comin' 'ome that wearied, Geary Rur. ii/Q- (1899"! 46.
Nrf. I don't know what to dew, I am that out of my latitude
(E.M.). Suf. They was that overbaked, FisoN Merry Suf. (i8gg)
9. Ess. Made me feel that mad I could a swore, Downes Ballads
('895) II. 10. Ken.' He's that rude, I doant know whatever I
shall do with him, Sur.', Sus.', Hmp. (H.C.M.B.) l.W. The
little maid that knowing! Gray Annesley (1889) III. 171. Wil.
I tried to read 'em but couldn't, because I was that weak, Tennant
THAT-A-DONNET
L77]
THAW
Vill. Notes (1900) 17. Dor. Straw do get that dear, Hardy //«/<;
(1896) pt. III. ii. w.Som ' The clay was that there loviii", 'twas
jist the very same's birdlime, eens mid zay. Dev. 'Er wuz that
tearing mad wi' me, that 1 widden go a slap varder wi' 'er,
Hewett Pens. Sp. (1892^ (s.v. Tearing). Cor. Her . . . can milkcy
that piirty, Harris Our Core (1900) 33 [Amer. He's that sick
he can't speak, Carrutii Kan. Univ. Qtiar. ;_Oct. 189a) ; Not
that far, 16.]
12. Phr. (i) «////in/;;/ff(V, all the more, so much the more;
(2) that viuch off so knowing; clever to such an extent;
(3) — there, to such a degree, so.
(i) n.Yks. It'll smart all that niair (I.W.). (a) n.Yks.* If you
chaps is sharp eneaaf an' ez that mich off 'at ya can manish ti to'n
tweea coos intiv a hoss, it's neca ewse cumin' ti me, 189. ;$)
w.Yks. Ah wor that theare mad Ah could hardlec bide i' mi skin,
Leeds Merc. Siippl. (Jan. 7, 1899). s.Stf. 1 was that thccr tired,
I couldner crawl, Pinnock Btk. Cy. Ann. (1895).
13. coitj. Obs. Because, seeing that.
Sc. The people were the more incensed at this injury, that
there had been an old grudge between the Asiaticlts and
Europeans, Stotoiiiis (1787) 117.
14. Alas! that; used to introduce an apology for an oath.
Frf. The fint a rock, that I should ban. He saw, Sands Poems
(1833') 9a. Ayr. The devil-haet, that I sud ban. They ever think,
BuRtis 3nii Efi. to Davie, St. 5. w.Yks. (J. W.) wSom.i 'That ever
I should say so ! ' This is the commonest of exclamations, half
apologetic, whenever an oath or other very strong expression has
been used in speaking before a ' jin-lmun.' Dhu yuung oauzburd !
neef aay doan laf-n aeu-t, aal bee daamd ! dhut uvur aay shud
zai" zoa ! [The young rascal ! if I don't thrash him well, I'll be
d — d! that ever I should say sol]
THATADONNET, sb. n.Cy. Dur. Cum. Wm. Yks.
Also in forms that-atdannat n.tj'. w.Yks. ; -at-t'donnat
Dur.'; -au'd Donnot n.Yks.'; -oal-donnet n.Yks.^ ; -o'
t'donnat Cum.' ; -o' t" donnot n.Yks. '^ ; -oth-donnot Wm. &
Cum.' The devil; an idle, worthless person. SeeDonnot.
n.Cy. Grose (1790 ; N.Cy.i, Dur.' (^s.v. Donnat). Cum. When
vile mosstroopers . . . By war than that-a-donnet led, .Stagg
Misc. Poems (ed. 1807) 61 ; Cum.' She's that o' t'donnat (s.v.
Dormat). Wni.Si Cum.' Tha thout that oth donnot was imma (s.v.
Donnotl. Wm. She declared the thing she saw belonged to that
a[uld] donnet. Whitehead Leg. (1859) 43, ed. 1896. n.Yks.'*
w.Yks. HuTTON Tour to Cal■es{l^Bl).
THATCH, sb. Sc. Yks. Chs. Der. Nhp. Wor. Shr.
Som. [jjatj, psetj.] 1. In phr. (i) as zee/ as thatch, very
wet ; (2) to lift the thatch, of noise ; ' to raise the roof.' See
Thack, v.'
(i) Chs.' 'As weet as thatch' is a common simile. The straw
for thatching being partially rotted with water before it is put on
a roof (2) Som, He was wont ... to make noise enough, as the
saying is, ' to lift the thatch,' Raymond No Soul 1 1899) 26.
2. Coiiip. (i) Thatch-gate, the sloping edge of the gable-
tops of a house, when the thatch covers them ; {2) -hooks,
iron hooks, driven into the spars, to hold down the first
layers of straw in thatching a house ; (3) -peg, (4) -prick,
a stick sharpened at one end to fasten down thatch ; (5)
•sparrow, the house-sparrow, Passer doiiiesticiis.
(i)Rnf. Fire was also lodged in the thatch-gate of his corn-
barn. Hector Judic. Rec. (,1876) 244. (2) Chs.' (3) s.Chs.'
Der. Busily whittling thatch pegs, Gilchrist PraWrtxrf ^'897! 62.
nw.Der.i, Wor. (W.B.T.^i (4) Chs.'i^a (5^) Nhp. Swainson jS/)rf5
(1885) 60. Shr.i
3. Any kind of vegetable matter suitable for bedding.
Cf. thetch.
n.Som. The substance might include ferns (bracken), browse
(brambles;, rexen, or even leaves (F.T.E.).
4. Fig. A head of hair.
w.Yks. Leet hair, thin blood— that's what they alius s.iy. Ay,
sure, ye can niver trust yond sort o' thatch, Sutclufe Shameless
Wayne (1900I 46.
THATCH, see Tach, Thetch.
THATCHAVER, s6. Wor. [J>at;ev3(r).] The house-
sparrow, Passer doiiiestictis. (E.S.)
THATCHEN, adj. Dor. [|>ae'tj3n.] Thatched, made
of thatch.
The brown thatchen roof o' the dwellin, Barnes Poems (ed.
1869) 10 ; We did zee the red O' dawn vrom Ash-knap's thatchen
ovcs, ib. 7(.
THATE, see Think.
THATN, ddii. proii. Sh.I. Cum. Wm. Der. Not. Wor.
lirf Also written that'an Cum.": thattan Wm.; thatten
se.Wor.' ; thatun Hrf ; that 'un Sur. ; and in forms dat
an Sh.I.; thattins Der. 1. That, that one. Cf. thisn.
Lakel.3 Cum. Ah think that'n was'nt far aslcw that thoo gat,
Sargisson /o<- Scoap (18811 20; Cum.'; Cum.* Prrf. 28. Wm.
Thool varra seean want a new shaft int, fcr thattan ct thoo hes
noo nobbet leeaks raedthrc waeke. Spec. Dial. (1883' pt. iii. 4.
Der. I tak' no account o' thattins at all, Vernky Stone Edge (1868)
viii. Not. A crack'-pot's speech like, thatn may be remembered
agen ycr. Prior Forest Flk. (1901) 18. s.Not. Gie me that'n;
sharp (J.P.K.). se.Wor.' Hrf. Bound Provinc. (1876). Sur.
I'll nae lend myscn to that 'un for Miss Fee's saake, Bicklev5iij.
Hills {iS<)o\ II. vi.
2. Phr. that an a, such a(n.
Sh.I. Sibbie is in dat an a ontack aboot da supper, Sh. News
(Aug. II, 1900).
THATNA, adv. e.An. Also in form thatney e.An.'
[tSae'tna.] Thus, so, in that way. e.An.'" Suf. Raven
Hiit. Siif. (1895 1 266. Cf thisneys.
THATNESS, sb. Nrf That way, that manner. Cf
thisness, athatn(s.
There bor, don't go on in thatness (W.P.E.).
THATNINiG, sb. Stf [tSa'tnin.] That way, that
fashion ; in phr. in thatning. See Athatning.
What d'ye want, to beller at the gell i' thatnin for! Murray
Joint Vale I 1890) xxxix.
THATNiS, rtrfy. n.Cy. Yks. Lan. Chs. Der. Not. Nhp.
War. Shr. e.An. Also written thaten ne.Lan.' ; thatens
ne.Lan.' nw.Der.' ; thatten(s Lan.' ; thattuns Ess.; and
in forms i' that'n Not. Nhp.' ; o' thatunce Lan. : that-on
w.Yks. 1. In that wa3', in that manner, so. SeeAthatn(s;
cf thisn(s.
n.Cy. Grose (1790) MS. add. (M.) ; It's 0' thatunce wi' Nathan,
AcKWORTH Clog Shop C/i»o<i. (1896) 107 ; Lan.', ne.Lan.', s. Lan.',
Ch9.'3 nw.Der.' Not. I' that'n iJ.H.H.. Nhp.' I shall do it i'
that'n. War.^^, Shr.', e.An.' Ess. You nedn't ha' let me topple
over like thattuns, Burmester yo//H Loll (\ijoi) 205.
2. Phr. and that-on, and so forth, and such matters.
w.Yks. He talkt a lot abaht t'war an that-on vB.K.\
THATSES, dent. pron. Yks. [Satssz.] That.
w.Ylis. ' Whoses thatses' is commonly used for 'whose is
that?' i/E.B.)
THAUF, THAUF-CAKE, THAUGH-CAKE, THAUR,
seeTharf, Tharf-cake. Thar, Thur, dun. pron.
THAUT, THAUVEL, see Thout, Thavvel.
THAVE, see Theave, They.
THAVEL, THAVELESS, see Thavvel, Thieveless.
THAVVEL, sb. and v. Sc. n.Cy. Cum. Yks. Also
written thavel n.Yks.'; thavvie n.Yks."; and in forms
thaavle n.Cy. e.Yks. ; thaivil Sc. (Jam. Siippl.) ; thaivl
Cum.; thauvel n.Yks.'' ; thavil Sc. (Jam. 5'/////.) [|)avl;
fje'vl.] 1. sb. A stick used for stirring or pushing down
the contents of a pan likely to boil over; a ladle without
a bowl. Cf thabble, thible, thivel.
Sc. (Jam. Siippt.) n.Cy. Grose (1790). n.'Yks.'"'* e.Yks.
Marshall Riir. Eton. (1788).
2. V. To stir porridge. Cum. (J.B.B.)
[2. Cp. ON. J>efja (pret. pafii), to stir porridge (Vig-
fusson).|
THAW, V. Var. gram, forms and dial, uses in Sc. and
Eng. Also in forms tho Chs.'; thow Sc. Lakel." n.Yks.";
tou Or.I. [|'9, boa, I'ou.] I. Gram, forms. 1. Pret.
(i) Thew, (2) Tho'wed.
(i) e.Yks.' MS. add. (T.H.") w.Yks. It thew w'en t'snaw com,
an' ther wur a nood (F.P.T.); (W.A.S. 1 ; w.Yks.'^, ne.Lan.'
n.Lin.' Fust it blew, and then it snew, and then it friz, and then it
thew. Nrf. Cozens-Hardv Broad Nrf. (1893) 59. Suf.' (a)
Ayr. The whusky thowed their Hielan' bluid, Aitken Lays (1883)
98. Dnif. Lang afore it thow'd I kcnt the name o' him that lay
Aneth its spotless shroud, Reid Poems (1894) 65.
2. Pp. : (i) Thawen, (2) Thawn, (3) Tho'en, (4) Thone,
(5) Thowed, (6) Thowet, (7) Thown.
(I) sw.Lin.' (a) e.Yks.' MS. add. (T.H.) w.Yks. Ah think it's
thawn a bit today (F.P.T.). (3) sw.Lin.' It'll be slape where it's
tho'en. (4) Lin.' (5) Frf. Storms that time had thowed, Reid
//(•(j^/ifr/rtMrf (1894) 107. s.Sc. T. ScoTT Pofofs (1793) 366. Lan.
THAW
[78]
THE
Well, it's a winterly sort of a day an' aw've noa bin thowed yet,
Brierley Tales{i8$4) 142. (6) Sc. The gangrel gang hae thowet
awa, Waddell Ps (1871) xviii. 45. Cum. When they gat him
thow't he was oa reeght ageaan, Sargisson/o^ Scoap (1881) 156.
(71 e.Yks.l MS. add. (T.H.)
II. Dial. uses. In comb, (i) Thow-hole, tlie south ; so
called because a south wind gen. accompanies a thaw ;
(2) -lousin, a thaw; (3) -pans, the hollows in the moors,
roads, &c. when filled with melted snow ; (4) -wind, a
wind which brings a thaw.
(i) Gall. The mermaids can ought thole But frost out o' the
thow-hole, Mactaggart Encycl. (1824). (2) Or.I. (S.A.S.) (3)
n.Yks.^ (4) Lnk. Send forth a thaw-wind, and spring-tide day of
the gospel, to thaw the frozen face of affairs. Walker Biog.
Preshyt. (ed. 1827) To the Readt'r^ xxxvi. Lakel.^ Owt can I bide.
But a cauld thow-wind On a hee fell side. w.Yks. Robin Hood
could stand anj'thing but bud a thaw-wind, Bn'ghoitse News (July
23. 1887). Chs.i
THAW, see Though.
THAWART, adj. Sc. n.Cy. Cross, crabbed ; obstinate ;
forward. Cf. thrawart.
Slg. In anither moment he was in the saddle administering
some 'rib-benders' to the thawart animal, Buchanan Poems
(1901) 143. r.Cy. Border Gl. iCoU. L.L.B.)
THAYKETY, int. w.Yks.' Also in form thickety.
[Se'kati.] An exclamation ; see below. Cf thiccy.
When a child has been in mischief and got into trouble, another
child will say to him : ' Thaykety ! ' meaning ' You'll catch it.'
THE, dein. adj. and adv. Var. dial, forms and uses in
Sc. Irel. Eng. and Amer. I. Dial, forms, (i) D', (2)
Da, (3) De, (4) E, Ee, or Eee, (5) T', (6) Ta, (7) Tay, (8)
Te, (9) Teh, (10) Th(e [He], (11) Thee, (12) Thi. [tSa ; {'(a,
(i) ne.Yks.^ Sometimes [and this is especially the case in the
Holderness district) the ' t" is softened down to ' d',' thus : ' Gan
inti d'hoos,' 19. ^2) Sh.I. Da nicht o' rejoicin' cam', Ollason
Marcel (1901) 10 ; S. & Ork.' Da man. (3) Ken.' Inlrod. 6. Sus.
I can't swallow it nohows in de wurreld, Egerton Flk. and Ways
(1884) 34 ; Sus.' 8. (4) Cai. Horne Countryside (1896) 13 : Cai.',
Wxf.i Sur. Let 'ee words as did vor vather do vor son, Bickley
Sur. Hills (1890^ II. XV. (51 Nhb. Only heard in the extreme
s.-west corner of the county (R.O.H.) ; 'Thoo's hit t'reet nail on't
heed, S. Tynedale Stud. (1896) Robbie Artusiroug. Cum.^ Con-
tracting the article 'the' into ' t" in the southern and central
parts of the county, but not in the north-eastern part. . . 'Twether
an' twasps hes spoilt o' trasps,' /"/'orf. 6; Cum.* Scarcely used
in the north of the county. . . To follow more correctly its use in
speech, it should be coupled to the word immediately preceding,
spite of the awkward appearance presented, thus : ' Tak t'bottle
to t'doctor's ' is more accurately represented by ' Tak't bottle to't
doctor's.' Wm. (B.K.) n.Yks.' He's gotten t'faarm (s.v. Tak');
n.Yks.2 Takken by t'heart (s.v. Takken) ; n.Yks.s* ne.Yks.l The
indefinite article should be invariably written * t' ' whether before
a vowel or consonant; e.g. T'airm, t'bairn, 19. w.Yks. The
definite article ' t,' the, is generally attached to the following word,
as 'tman,' ' tkoilz.' When the word following the definite article
begins with ' t ' or ' d ' the only trace of the article is that ' t ' and
' d ' become suspended or, popularly expressed, lengthened. We
make a clear distinction between ' tesbl,' table, and 't'eabl,' the
table, Wright Gram. JVndlill. (1892^ iii ; We however always
use ' Sa ' before ' load ' when it means God. ' Ha ' (never ' t ') is
also used after ' ua,' who, ' wot,' what, in such expressions as:
' Ua Sa divl did Sat?' ib. 112; w.Yks. '^ n.Lan. T'rose, Phi-
ZACKERLEv5;i;f. So/, (i 86o) A'o/fS, 3. ne.Lan.', Hrf.=, Suf. (F.A.A.)
Sur. Up here from t'village, Bickley Sur. Hills (1890) I. i. (6)
Sc. The Highlanders could not comprehend what he meant until
one who had picked up a little English, or rather Lowland Scotch,
exclaimed . . . ' ta useless baste,' Scott Leg. Mont. (i8i8) x.
Dmf. (Jam.) (7) War." (8) w.Sc. (Jam.) Lan. Tim Bobbin FiWti
Dial. {ed. i8o6) Gl. {9) Lan. Tim Bobbin (A. (101 w.Yks. Let's
sit o' th' hearth (iE.B.) ; w.Yks.^ Tli' man i' th' mooin. s.Lan.'
s.Chs.l One scarcely ever hears ' th ' [th] from persons under
twenty years of age. . . The general rule regulating the use of the
soft and hard ' th ' is that the soft ' Ih ' [dh] is used before a vowel,
the hard ' th ' [th] before a consonant. ' Tak th' bowk i' th' haise '
[Taak- th buwk ijdh aays]. But to this rule the exceptions are
not few. I have heard ' I)th' bon," and the soft ■ th ' before a
consonant is fairly frequent in the more southern part of my dis-
trict. It seems generally to occur before a liquid. ' Gdoin furidh
lefurz ... mi naim)z Qpu)dh rej-islur,' 54. Der.^ Hast fleck'd
Ih' beds? (11) s.Chs.i 'Thee' [dh66] I have only met with at
Norbury Bickley and the immediately surrounding district. ' Go
i' thee cellar an' fatch thee beer for thee men,' 53. (12) Nhb.'
II. Dial. uses. 1. deiii.adj. Used instead of the /oss.
proii. my, his, their, &c., esp. in phr. tlie ivife,
Sc. Your aunt's very infirm in the feet, Keith Lisbeth (1894') ii.
ne.Sc. The wife an' I sat up till past eleven o'clock. Grant
Kecltlttou, 45. Frf. Fat's the maitter vvi' the airm ? Inglis Ain
Flk. (1895) 165. s.Sc. What shall I say to the wife? Wilson
Talcs (1839) V. 9. Ayr. He . . . took to the bed. Service Dr.
Duguid (^ed. 1887) 176. Kcb. Shewud cure him o'lickin the wife,
Trotter Gall. Gossip (1901) 441. Mun. 1 couldn't tell you,. . the
wife would know those things, Barry Wizard's Ktwt (^igoi) 22.
Nhb. Thor's one thing aul not share wi' thoo, an' that's the wife,
Pease Mark o DcH (1894^ 23. w.Yks. T'vvife begins o' me agean,
Yksman. (Xmas. No. 1888) 23.
2. Used in a general indefinite sense before certain
words, such as — church, school, grace, bed, &c.
Sc. Go to the school, the church, Stotinsms ( 1787") 95 ; Go to
the bed (A. W.). Inv. He goes to the school. Say the grace ^H.E.F.),
Fif. It's a wearisome thing lyin' i' the bed, Robertson Proiost
(1894) 71. Ayr. I got him lyin' in the bed, Service Notaudums
(1890) 16. Edb. Sent my auldest laddie to the school, Moir
Mansie IVaucli (1828) vii. n.Cy. (J.W.) Wm. Varra nice an
handy fer oor laal Annie ta ride ta t'scheul on. Spec. Dial. (1885)
pt. iii. 38. w.Yks. (J.W.)
3. Used before the names of diseases or illnesses.
Sc. He has got the cold, the fever, Scoticisms (1787) 91 ; I've got
the cold, Glasgow Herald (Apr. 3, 1899). Inv. The measles, the
cold, the smail-pox (H.E.F.). Ayr. Granin' to himsel' wi' what
he ca'd the rheumatics. Service Notatidirms (i8go) 16. Ir. An old
woman, suffering from the toothache, MacDonagh Ir. Life (1898)
332. n.Cy., w.Yks. (J.W.)
4. Used before the names of sciences or branches of
learning.
Sc. He has studied every part of natural history except the
botany, 5fo//n's;;is (1787) 90. BnfT. The Latin puzzles him a bit
but he likes the countin' (W.C). Abd., Per. Not now common,
but in use. ' He's nae great scholar at thecoonts [arithmetic] but
he's getting on first rate at the Latin ' (G.W.).
5. Used before the names of commodities, in a general
sense.
Sc. The sugar is cheaper, but the rum as dear as ever, Scoticisms
(1787)90. Bn£F. The sugar is cheap (W.C). Abd., Per. In current
use (G.W.).
6. Used before the names of trades with a frequentative
force implying the practice or learning of such,
Sc. (A.W.I Lei.' She's teaching me tent-stitch and the lace
mending. He put him to the boot-uppering, Iiitrod. 23. War.^ I'm
teaching him th' paper-hanging. w.Som.' One o' my boys do work
the dyein', an' tother's gwain to larn the paintin'. 'Apprentices and
improvers wanted to the millinery, to the dressmaking, to the
currying,' Wellington Wkly. News (^Feb. 3, 1887).
7. Used before the names of the days, months, seasons,
or years, esp. when speaking of any particular circum-
stance connected therewith.
Sc. He was born in the forty-five [in 1745^, Scoticisms (17B7)
87. w.Yks. T'Setterday, t'Sunday, &c. (J.T.) 'Rut.' Shr.llwuz
theer i' the June 'edied i' the Chri.stmas, Introd. 49.
8. Used before proper names.
Cum. There was t'Enry, an' t'Ebe, an' t'Ant, an' t'Atlas,
Dickinson Cumbr. (ed. 1876) 68. w.Yks. Brough's a good bit
abooveth'Hawes(F.P.T.); T'Hawes (J.W.); T'Skipton, t'Keigh-
ley (J.T.).
9. Used before the names of persons when qualified by
an adjective.
w.Som.' Almost always inserted redundantly when speaking of
a person if described as poor, young, old, big, little, &c. ' Who
do'dit?' ' Wh}' 'twas the gurt Jim Baker.' 'The young Squire
Jones is gwain to be a-married, idn 'er ? ' n.Dev. Nif tha young
George Hosegood had a had tha, E.xm. Scold. (1746) 1. 290.
10. Used before ordinals when advb.
Sc. (A.W.) Dur. Dcniiam Tracts (ed. 1892) I. 76. w.Yks.,
Midi. (J.W.) Shr.' It's a pity as 'e adna done it at the first. Turn
come in the second and Jack the third, Inlrod. 49.
11. Used before the names of weights in a distributive
sense instead of the indefinite article.
Inv. How much the pound? (H.E.F.) Bnff. So much the pound
(W.C). Abd., Per. In common use. ' If the ounce of tea cost 2<t'.
THE
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how much will the pound cost!' 'The peck of so an so is valued
at so much ' (G.W.).
12. Comb, with day, uioni, night, &c. : this, ' to-.' See
Day, Morn, 5:c.
Sc. The morn I what am I saying! — the day I mean, Stevenson
Catriona (1893) xi ; I winna be married the year, Palie's IVediliiii;
(JAM.^. Cai.', Inv. (H.E.F.) Abd. Well gie the sheep a rip o'
corn The day — and, ablins, gin the morn, They'll a' win forth to
shift, BEATTiEPrt)7>/^i (1801 1 35, ed. 1873. Frf. It's my last words
to you the nicht. Barrie Minister (1891) viii. Per. We're here
the day and there the morn, Tammas, Ian Maclaren liner Bits/i
(1895) 42. Ayr. Before ye gang to the kirk the morn, Hunter
Studies (1870) 132. Lnk. A bit dander up the glen the nicht,
Fraser IVhaiips (1895) viii. Bwk. A spate the day, and toom the
morn, Henderson Pop. Rhymes (1856) 18. Slk. The achings and
the stitches hae been sair on me the year, Hogg Tales (1838; 18,
ed. 1866. Gall. 'V'e stand the day. Ye shall be scattered the
morn, Crockett Mofs-Hags (1895) xlv. Wgt. I'll tae the kyrke
the nicht! Fraser Wigtown (1877) 210. n.Ir. I'll banlsli the
charm the morrow. Lays and Leg. (1884) la ; N.H Will you go
the day, or the morrow ? Dwn. The-day or the-morra, what luck'll
fly hither, Savage-Armstrong Ballads (1901) 150. Don. Ye
wrought hard in the fiel' the day, Pearson's Mag. (May 1900) 476.
Cav. (M.S.M.), N.Cy.i (s.v. Day). Nhb.> The-day, the-morn, the-
neet. e.Dur.' Der. What ha' gotten tha morn, Dick ? Ouida
Puck (ed. 1901) ii. Hrf.' ; Hrf.^ T'year [lately, or this 3'ear],
t'week, t'day. Hrt. The night, Cussans Hist. Hrt. (1879-1881)
III. Cashio 321. [Amer. The year. Dial. Notes (1896) I. 394.]
13. Comb, (i) The ben, in an inner apartment of a house ;
(2) — both, both; (3) —butt, in an outer apartment of
a house ; (4) — forth or furth, out of doors; abroad; (5)
— piece, apiece, each ; (6) — self, itself.
(i) Abd. But for her we had been bare the-ben, Ross Helenote
(1768^ 54, ed. i8ia. (2) Myo. Here is the both of them, Stoker
Snate's Pass {i8gi) i. s.Chs.> 62. Sbr.' I'll tak the both, Gcir/;;.
Oull. 46. War.* I'll buy the both. w.Soni. It is most common to
place the article before ' both 'when used alone : ee teokdhu boo'udh.
This form is used habitually even by better educated people,
Elworthy Grant. (1877) 26. Dev. (F.H.), Cor. (F.R.C.) (3)
Edb. In case the judge will not permit That j'ou come ben, bide
still the butt, Pensecuik IVks. (1815) 400. (4) Sc. (Jam.") Abd.
Secin' that neen o' the creaturs wasna restin the furth, Alexander
Johnny Gibb (1871) xl. (5) Sc. We have gained five shillings the
piece, Scoticisms (1787) 89. ne.Sc. Mary an' Nelly hae five an'
eleven littlens the piece, Grant Keckleton, 98. Inv. Sixpence the
piece ^H.E.F.). Frf. I hae tippence, I'll gie ye a penny the piece,
Mackenzie A'. Pine (1897) 30. Ayr. A rest for twa three minutes
and a bucket the piece wad be acceptable. Hunter Studies (1870)
143. Lnk. A nate sixpence worth — that's a taste to the piece o' us,
Murdoch Headings {i8gs) I. 71. (6) e.Cy. (Hall.) e.An.' The
child will cut theself, if you do not take away the knife.
14. Phr. (i) //le one of us, &c., with a iieff. v.: neitlier of
us, &c. ; (2) what's the clock? what o'clock is it?
(i) I. Ma. The one of us hadn a thing on our head, Brown Yams
(l88fi) 47, ed. 1889. (2) Inv. (H.E.F.)
15. Omitted esp. before anj'thing to which attention is
called, or after curiam prep, to denote a locality which it is
unnecessary to further distinguish.
Ayr. Brews gude ale at shore o' Bucky, Burns Lady Onlie,
St. 1. Cum. Eh, but dog was a fair skeleton hissel' when he was
fouad, Comh. Mag. (Oct. 1890) 390. Wm. I buckled Galloway
into'the cart, HuTroNZ)i()/.5/o(-//iaHrf^rHSf(/i; (1760) 1. 75. e.Yks.'
5. s.Chs.' ' Pon vvunna stond theer.' It may always be omitted
before 'same.' 'Tha't gooin same road as thy fayther,' 54. Midi.
We'll hang up th' door at fur end o' the shop, Geo. Eliot A. Rede
(1859) i. Lei.' Look at neck! Wlioy, it's all beer [bare]. Very
generally omitted after ' at,' 'on,' or ' under,' /ii/iorf. 33. War.*
Sometimes omitted, for emphasis, as 'Look at crows,' i.e. the vast
number of crows. Brks.' Omitted in cases where there can be no
doubt as to what place, &c. may be referred to. ' Hast a-bin to
verm this marnin'?' -A zed as a'd be at crassro-ads,' 5. Hmp.'
Be'est agwine tovyer [fair]! You'd best call at house. He was
up agin stable, Introd. 6. Som. He walked up street so big as a
house, an' comed in barton so straight as a arrow, Raymond
Love and Quiet Life ' i8g^) 109 ; He'sto howse iW.F.R.X w.Som.'
Often omitted — Before 'same.' "Tis same's I always told 'ee.' In
the phr. 'to doors,' ' to shop,' 'to road,' ' in house,' 'to hill,' 'to
harbour,' ' to pound,' ' to load," &c. Before names of public-houses
or places. In phr. 'up in town," 'in to King's Arms,' 'to fair.'
' I'll be to Half-moon to vower o'clock.' Dev. Us went up to
cemetery. He can't put his feet to ground, Reports Proviitc.
(1883) 90.
16. adv. Used before adj., gen. with an inversion of the
verb and subject to give special stress : very, so, how.
I. Ma. The sick I am (S M.) ; Howavar the happy you'll be, it's
well to remember Him, Brown IVitch (1889I 61 ; In Kings it's
tcllin, ould David's son, the wise he was, ib. Doctor (1887) 8;
That's the man that was the clever, ib. 8.
THE, see Thee, pers.proii., Thy.
THEA, THEABES, see Thae, Thou, Thapes.
THEAD, sb. Lei.' e.An.' Also in form fead e.An.>
rf)Id.] A wicker strainer placed in the mash-tub over the
hole in the bottom, that the wort may run off clear. Also
called Batwell (q.v.).
[Thede, bruarys instrument, qiialtis vel calus (Prompt.).}
THEAE, THEAF, see Thae, Though.
THEAK, V.' and sb. Sc. Nhb. Dur. Cum. Wm. Yks.
Lan. Lin. Nhp. Also written theek Sc. (Jam.) N.Cy.'
Nhb.' Dur.' w.Dur.' Cum.' Wm. n.Yks.^ Nhp."; and in
forms teck S. & Ork.' ; tek Or.L; theck Sc. S. & Ork.'
Wm. w.Yks.= ne.Lan.^ Lin.' ; theeak n.Yks." ne.Yks.'
e.Yks." ; theick Bch. ; theik Sc. (Jam.) w.Yks.» ; thek
Or.L ; theyk w.Yks. ; thick Lnk. Edb. [))Ik ; f ek.]
1. V. To thatch. Cf. thack, v.^
Sc. Wi' ae lock o' his gowden hair We'll theek our nest when
it grows bare, Scott Minstrelsy (1802^ II. 360, ed. 1848. Or.I.
(S.A.S.) Abd. Item, for thecking the grammar school with heddcr,
Turreff Gleanings (1859) 8. Fif. Their house . . . Snug theakit
o'er wi' rushes, Douglas Poems (1806 90. Ayr. A' the vittel in
the yard, An' theekit right, Burns Ep, to J. Lapraik (Sept. 13,
1785) St. 7. Lnk. The roof to thick . . . cam' Robin Hill, Wi'lang
wheat strae, M'Indoe Poems (1805) 65. e.Lth. We had the stuff
a' into the yaird an' the stacks theekit. Hunter /. Inwick (1895)
13. Edb. Neatly thicket o'er wi' lead, Crawford Poems (1798)6.
Dmf. The Laird had several Bee Skeps to theek, Paton Caslltbiaes
(1898) 19. N.Cy.', Nhb.', Dur.', w.Dur.' Cum. A weel-theeked
house and bit of a stye, Anderson B(i//(jrfi (ed. 1815^ 85; Cam.'
Wm. The strea theck'd cottage, Hutton Bran New JVark (1785I
1.45. n.Yks.' =3*, ne.Yks.', e.Yks.', m.Yks.' w.Yks.'*; w.Yks.s
Theiking t'hynder-end o't' lailhe— time it wor theiked tu. Nhp.*
(s.v. Thack).
Hence (i) Theaker, sb. a thatcher ; (2) Theaking, sb.
thatch, thatching ; 7^^. roof; (3) Theakingband, sb. a tie
or band of twisted straw used in thatching ; (4) -prod, sb.
a rod or stick sharpened at one end and used in thatching
for securing the 'theaking bands.'
(i) Cai.' Frf. A theekerfell a(T a hay-soo he was workin' at,
Willock Roselty Ends (1886; 67, ed. 1889. Ayr. Robin Rigging
the theeker, Service Dr. Duguid (ed. 1887) 13a. N.Cy.' Nhb.
Thous ower bissey tiggen on woh Jemmj' Grame the theaker lad,
Bf.wick Tyneside Tales (1850) 12. Dur.' Cum. Young Filly's
dung owre the lang stee, An' leam'd peer Andrew the Theeker,
Gilpin Sngs. (1866) 256. n.Yks.' ^S", ne.Yks.', e.Yks.', m.Yks.'
w.Yks. Grose (1790) MS. add. (P.) n.Lin.' Obs. (2) Sc. A fire-
side, and theeking ower our heads, Scott Old Mortality (1816) vi.
Frf. 'Neath the theekin' 0' the ruil^, Reid Heatherland 1894) 121.
Slk. Noo Mr. Awmrose has gotten him out o' the theekin, Ciir.
North Nodes (ed. 1856) II. 56. n.Yks.'*, e.Yks.', Lin.' (3, 4)
n.Yks.* (s.v. Thack).
2. Fig. To cover; to clothe; to protect.
Sc. Theekit wi' hair, Donald Poems (1867) 22. Bcb. Well
theicket in Achilles' graith, Forbes Ulysses (1785) 27. w.Sc.
Theeking the perishing innocents with leaves, Carrick Laird of
Logan (1835) 275. se.Sc. To theak the caldrif wizend hide O' ilk
poor creature, Donaldson Poems (1809) 5a. Gall. A pump
theekit frae the frost, Crockett Cleg Kelly (1896) 383. N.Cy.'
A ' theaking snow' quietly but continuously falling, so as to cover
thickly everything, as thatch does a house. n.Yks.* 'You inun
theeak weel this caud weather,' put on extra clothing. ' A well
theeak'd back,' as that of a person thickly clad, or very fleshy.
Hence Thecking or Theeking, sb. clothing, covering to
the body, &c.
Ayr. Though ance she had a guid theekin' to her banes, she
grew shilpit as she grew auld, Service Notandutns (i8go) no.
Slk. Bread . . . and thecking l^or the back, Hogg Tales (1838)
405, ed. 1866. n.Yks.*
3. sb. Thatch, thatching ; grass, straw, &c., cut for
thatching.
Sh.I. Shu tried ta shak' da bits o' teck an' moss oot o' Bawby's
THEAK
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hair, S/i. News (July 29, 1899I ; S. & Ork.i, cai.' Frf. Owre it's
braw theek rase the cry o' despair. Reid Hcalherlaiid (1894) 128.
N.Cy.i Nhb. Tlie riggan o' the barn had broke, The theak had
fa'en in, Prou block Borderland Muse (18961 69: Nhb.i Cum.,
Wm. NicoLSON (1677) Trans. R. Lit. Soc. (1868) IX. n.Yks.'",
ne.Yks.', e.Yks.', w.Yks. (J.J.B.\ w.Yks.=, ne.Lan.' (s.v. Thack).
4. Comp. (i) Theak -band, a tie or rope of twisted straw
or tarred band used in thatching; (2) -brod, a rod or sticlc
sharpened at one end and used in thatching for securing
the ' theak-bands ' ; (3) -leisher, fig. a comb for the hair ;
(4) -prod, see (2).
(i) n.Yks.'* (2) w.Yks.2 (s.v. Thack-brod). (3) w.Yks. A
horn comb (vulgarly called a theik-leisher), Yhsman. (Aug. 9,
18791 88. (4) n.Yks.l", ue.Yks.'
5. Heather brought to the farm-yard as litter for cattle.
S. & Ork.»
{O^.pekja, OY..peccaH, to cover, thatch (Vigfusson).]
THEAK, V? Not. [}>Ik.] To smart, sting.
s.Not. Did it theak, when 'e whipped yer? (J.P.K.)
Hence Theaker, sb. a smart, stinging blow.
'E did gi' me a theaker (I'A.).
THEAL(E, 5(!>. Obs. Lei. War. A board, plank, joist.
Lei. (K.); (Hall.); Trans. Phil. Soc. (1858J 174. War. Pd.
for two theales for the Church gates, Old Deed, Soiitham (1609).
[OE. pel, pell, a plank (Sweet).]
THEAM, THEAR, see They, Thir, v.
THEASAMY, detn. proii. and dem. adj. Wil. Som.
Also written theeazamy Som. [tSia'zami.] These. See
Theasum.
Wil.' About Malmesbury (and elsewhere in N. Wilts.) (s.v.
Pronouns). Som. Jennings Obs. Dial. w.Eng. (1825) 115;
SwEETMAN IVincaiiloii Gl. (1885).
THEASE, dem. pron. and dem. adj. Hrf. Glo. Wil. Dor.
Som. Dev. Cor. Also written theas Som. ; thees Wil.
Dev.; these Hrf.'^Glo.'; and in forms deos Dor.'; theaze
Som.; theeuz n.Wil.; theeze Cor. [tSTz, tSiaz.] This;
used of objects having a definite shape ; hie. See He.
Hrf.'^ Glo. I can do et thease time, Buckman Darke's Sojourn
(1890) ii ; Glo.' Wil. Let's knaa thease verj' day, Slow Rhymes
(1889) 49; Wil.i (S.v. Pronouns). n.Wil. What be gwain to do
wi' theeuz ? (E.H.G.) Dor. The demonstrative pronouns for the
personal class [i.e. of formed individual things, as, a man, a tree, a
tool] are ' thease ' and * thik,' and of the impersonal class * this ' and
'that.' We say, 'Thease tree by this water,' Barnes S>ig. Sol.
(1859) Notes, iii; ib. Gl. (1E63) ai; Dor.' I da look All down deOs
hangen on the brook, loi. Som. Look in any time you do come
theas way, Raymond Love and Quid Life (1894) 47; Jennings
Dial. w.Eng. (1869). w.Som. When ' dhis ' or 'dhee'uz,' ' dhik '
or ' dhaat ' are used alone, the distinction between the kind of
thing referred to is still carefully maintained. Of a knife it would
be said 'Dhee'uz' or ' dhik'Se-z muyn.' . . But of a quantity of
hay or corn, or any substance of undefined shape, it would be said
' dhiish y uur'z ' or ' dhaat dhae'ur-z yoa'urz.' But when the noun,
whatever be its quality or number, has been already mentioned, or
is to be named in the same sentence, it is referred to by the neuter
orindefinit^eform of the demonstrative 'dhaat, dhis, 'and not 'dhik,
dhee'uz.' Ue-z au*s ez dhaat ? Ez dhaat dhae'ur yoa"ur chiil'urn ?
Elworthy Gram, (1877) 32. Dev. Not in thees parish. Longmans
Mag. (June 1901) 145. Cor. Theeze Rabbart 'es a rimer, Daniel
Mary Anne's Christening, 6.
Hence (i) thease here (here, phr. this, this one; (2)
Theaseyerimy, dem. adj. this ; (3) Theesum, dem. pron.,
see (i).
(:) w.Som.' Twaud-n dhik' dhaeur, aay tuul'ee, twuz dheeuz
yuur [It was not that I tell you, it was this]. (2) Glo. Un arl
theaseyerimy tork a bin putt inta books, Cheltenham Exam. (Feb.
I a, 1896 8. (3 Wil. Slow G/. (1892 .
THEASEM, see Theasum.
THEASUM, dem. pron. and dem. adj Glo. Hmp. Wil.
Dor. Som. Also written theesum Hmp.' Wil.' ; theseum
Wil. ; and in forms theasem Dor. ; theeazam Som. ;
theesem Wil.; theezam Som.; thesem Glo.'; thesum
Wil. Som. [Sizam, 'Sia-zsm.] 1. These. Cf. theseun.
Glo. Jest 'ee heft one o' theasum, Buckman Darke's Sojourn
(1890') 197; Glo', Hmp.' Wil. Slow Gl. 118921; Brixton
Beauties (1825) ; Slow Rhymes (1889) Gl. n.Wil. What be us to
do wi' theesum HE.H.G.^ Dor. The kiare that I've a took All
theasum years. Young Rabin Hill (1867) 2; In theasem gam-
bols, Barnes Poems (1879) 74. Sera. (Hall.); (W.F.R.);
Jennings Obs. Dial. w.Eng. 1 1825'.
2. Phr. theasum here, these.
Glo.' Hmp.' Theesum here things. Wil.' (s.v. Pronouns).
s.Wil. What are theseum here? Monthly Mag. (1814) II. 114.
Som. You'll smile at theeazam here veo lains, Jennings Obs. Dial.
w.Eng. (1825) 126.
THEAT, sb. Sc. Also written theet So. (Jam.) Abd. ;
thete Abd. (Jam.) Per. ; and in forms thait w.Sc. ; thet
Sc. [)5it.] 1. A rope, chain, or trace by which a horse,
&c., draws a plough, &c. Gen. in pi.
Sc. Morton Cyclo. Agric. (1863). Abd. He bed latt'n im oot
amon' 's han's i' the theets, Alexander yoA«H_y Giii (1871) xv.
Per. Away the wheelless carriage flew As if the thetes the furies
drew, Spence Poems (1898)92. w.Sc. Crack gaed the thaits ;
and the swingletrees flew ower the craft in splinters, Carrick
Laird oj Logan (i835"l 163. Fif. Colville Vernacular {iB^g) 15.
Slg. A muckle cairt horse . . . was yok'd lillt «i' rope theats,
Buchanan Po«KS (,1901) 146.
2. Phr. out of theat, fig. (i) applied to any one out of
training from want of practice ; (2) out of order, out of
all reason or bounds. Gen. in pi.
(i) Abd. (Jam., s.v. Thetisl. (2) Sc. One is said to be quite out
of thetes when one's conduct or language is quite disorderly, like
that of a horse broken loose from its harness (Jam.) ; Hence the
ordinary e.xpression in Scotland, 'Ye are out of theet,' i.e. ye are
extravagant or in the wrong, Rudd. (iA.) Ayr. The puir sowls
o' the guard . . . Some o' them loup oot o' the theats a'thegither,
Ochiltree Out of Shroud (1897') 160. Lnk. Mr. G — B— , and
Mr. R— L — , . . had more influence upon that singular good man
Mr. Peden to put his feet out of the theats than all the six and
twenty years tyranny of persecution he endured, Walker Bio^.
Presbyt. (ed. i827'i I. 94.
3. Fig. A liking or inclination for.
Frf. The puir body no haein' muckle theat o' siller that was won
in a way she didna ken o', Willock Rosetty Ends (1886) no, ed.
1889. Per., Cld. I hae nae thete o' that (Jam., s.v. Thetis).
["The renis and the thetis, Quharwyth hys stedis jokkit
war in thretis, Douglas Eneados (1513) IV. 134, ed. 1874.]
THEAT, nn>'. Or.l. n.Cy. Lakel. Yks. Lin. e.An. Also
written theet n.Yks.'^"* e.Yks.' ; and in forms thight
S. & Ork.' Nrf. ; thite e.An.' Nrf. ; thyte Nrf. [\nt.'\
1. Impervious to water, &c. ; close in texture ; not leaky,
watertight or proof. Also useAfitg.
S. & Orlc' n.Cy. A barrel is theat, when it holds liquor without
leaking (,K.) ; N.Cy.=, Lakel.2 n.Yks.' Gif t'vessel beean't theet,
t'watter '11 wheeze ; n.Yks.^* e.Yks.' A theet roof. A theet
cask. w.Yks. (R.H.H.) Lin. Streatfeild Lm. and Danes
(1884) 371. e.An.' Nrf. Marshall Rur. Econ. (1787) ; Nrf.i
2. Tight, close, thick-set, applied esp. to crops, &c.
e.An. ' As applied to the fitting of apparel. Nrf. Applied to a
wood (A.G.) ; Applied to turnips, or other crops; close, thick-set,
Grose (1790) Suppl. ; The happy pair [of reed-pheasants] fly about
the ' thyte reed,' plucking reed-feathers, Emerson B/rrfs (ed. 1895)
56: Nrf.'
Hence Thightness, sb. of turnips or other crops: close-
ness, the state of being thick-set.
Nrf. There are men who are fully aware that the ' proof of
their turnip-crop depends more on its thightness than on the size
of the plant, Marshall Rur. Econ. (1787) I. 271.
[Thyht, hool fro brekynge, not brokyn, integer (solidiis,
F.) (Prompt.). ON./«7/r,tight, opp. to leaking (Vigfusson).]
THEAUM, see Thumb.
THE AVE, sb. In gen. dial, use in midl. and s.Eng.
Also written theeve Der. ; and in forms thaive Hrt. ;
thave w.Yks.^ Chs.'^ Not.' Nhp.' se.Wor.' Shr.' Hrf."-
Oxf.' Bdf. [)>iv ; pev.] A young ewe sheep that has not
yet borne a lamb. Also used fiig. of a young woman.
Cf teg.
w.Yks. 2, Chs.'3 Midi. Marshall Rur. Econ. (1796) II. Der.
Addy G/. (1888) ; Der.' A sheep of three years ; Der.2, Not' s.Not.
Just see how many o' them shearlings is thaves (J.P.K.). Lin.^
sw.Lin.' A female sheep in its second J'car, before it has had a lamb.
Lei.' Nhp. ' A female sheep of the second year. War.^, w.Wor.',
s.Wor.', se.Wor.' Shr.' A ewe sheep of the first year. Hrf.' A
female sheep in the second 3'ear which has ceased to be a iamb and
is not yet a ewe. Glo. '2, Oxf.' .A/5, add. Brks. The mutton is
exceptionally good, and included in this sale are 40 very choice
ripe Southdown Theaves, Oxf. Times (^Dec. i, 1900) a; Brks.*
THEAWM
[8i]
THEE
Bdf. Female lamb i| yr. old, or when sheared, BATCiiFXOR Anal.
Eiig. Laii^. ^1809') 145; iJ.W.li.) Hrt. 1 lie third ytar we call
a ewe a tliaive, Ellis E.rfitn'iiienls (1750) 43. Suf.' Ess. Ray
(1691); Ess.' w. Cy. Ewes that have been shorn once, Morton
Cyclo. Agric. (1863). Wil.' A ewe of the third year. Dor.' A
sheep three years old and therefore having six incisors.
[Item, at a notlier tynie, uppon the same ground, iiij""
hoggys and xl.tlieyves,P(75toH/.«'//('rA( Oct. 14,1465)111.43.1.]
THEAWM, THEAYK, THEAZE, see Thumb, Take,
Thease.
THEBES, THEC(CA, see Thapes, Thic(k.
THECK, sec Theak, v}, Thic(k, Thick.
THECKA, THECKEE, THECKY, see Thic(k.
THE(E, I'. Obs. Sc. Lan. To thrive, prosper ; to grow.
Sc. Let's drink, and rant and merry make, And he that spares
ne'er mote he thee, Ritson Sugs. (1794^ II. 132 (Jam.); But
wearie fa' the fairy wicht That's tane my bairn frae me ; . . M.iy he
never thee! Edh. Mag. (June 1819) 527 ,'i.;. Lan. (K.)
[OE./("o;;,//o«, to flouiish, prosper (Sweet).]
THEE, 56. Sc. Irel. Nhb. Dun Cum. Yks. Lan. Der.
Lin. Also in forms tee S. & Ork.' ; theeagh n.Vks.*;
theegh Kcb. vv.Yks. e.Lan.' s.Lan.' ; theigh w.Yks.';
theye Cum.' [\n.] A dial, form of ' thigii.'
Sc. (G.W.), S. & Ork." Per. I wade the ditches to the thees,
Spence Poems (1898) 71. Feb. Stands wi' his untheeked thccs,
Z.i«/o«i/G^«<i(i685j i68,ed.i8i7. GalI.(A.W.) Kcb. Histheeghs
an hurdies was punsh't tae a jeely. Trotter Gall. Gossip (1901)
443. N.I.' Nbb. His hands in liis kwoat pockets, beayth thimpt
owr his thees, Bewick Tynesiile Tales (1850) 10. Dur.', Cum.',
n.Yks.'2* w.Yks. T'eea theegh kittles (F.P.T.); w.Yks.'^,
e.Lan.', s.Lan.', nw.Der.', n.Lin.'
[I shalle toche now thi thee, Towiieley Myst. (c. 1450) 47.
OE.//"o/i, thigh (Sweet).]
THEE, peis. pron. and v. Sh.L Nhb. Cum. Wm. Yks.
Lan. Chs. Stf. Der. Not. Lin. Lei. Wor. Shr. Hrf. s.Wal.
Glo. Oxf. Brks. Nrf Sur. limp. L\V. Wil. Dor. Som. Dev.
Cor. I. Dial, forms. 1. (i) Dee, (2) Die, (3) T", (4) Ta,
(5) Te, (6) Tee, (7) Teh, (8) Tey, (9) Th', (10) Tha, (11)
The, (12) Theh, (13) They, (14) Thi, (15) Thie, (16) Tho,
(17) Thur. [Si; unstressed tSa.]
(i) Sh.I. Glide guide dee, Spence Flk-Lore (1899) 243. (a)
S. & Ork.' {3) s.Lan.' T'. (4) Cum.' Fares ta weel (s.v. Fares-
ta). ne.Yks.', m.Yks.' Iiiirod. 24. w.Yks. Sit ta dahn, Preston
Poems (1864^ 5. Not. What ails ta? Prior Forest Flk. (1901) 69.
(5) Cum. I send te thisan, Lonsdale Mag. (Feb. 1867) 309. s.Lan.
Bamfokd Dial. ;i846). Lei.' 26. (6) Cum. Monie . . . Wad like
to sit wi' tee and me, Anderson Ballads {iQo$)6&; Cnm.', s.Lan.',
Der.' Obs. (q. 8) s.Lan.' (9) Nhb. How way hehaym wouth tli',
Bewick Tyiieside Tales (1850) 13. s.Lan. Bamford Dial. (i854\
(10) Cum. We'l mak tha fringes o' gold, Dickinson Siig. Sot.
(1859) vii. Wm. Spec. Dial. (1880) pt. ii. 4. n.Yks." ne.Yks.'
He sent tha, 23. e.Yks.' m.Yks.' hitrod. 24. w.Yks. All i'
t'rahm envyin' tha, Cudworth Dial. Sketches (1884") 6; Wright
Gram. IVndhll. (1892) 116. n.Lan. OlT with tha, Wilson Brtffrt
Queen (1900 lo. ne.Lan.' Lin. I clean forgot tha, Tennyson
Owd Rod {iWoi). Shr.' Gram. Outlines, n^. Dev. Tha uprite luv
tha, Baird Sng.Sol. (i86o) i. 4. Cor. I'll put tha in my Fayther's
spiritual Court, Harris Wheal Veor{\(joi) 110. (11) Nhb. Robson
Sng. Sol. {1859) Notes. Cum.^ Get oot wid the', Jwohnny — I tell
the', be dciin, 41. e.Yks. (R.S.) w.Yks.' I'll tell the aw, ii. 303.
Lan. Tim Bobbin Vieiv Dial. (ed. 1806) Gl. Glo.' Nrf. Far thC
well, Gillett Sng. Sol. (18601 Notes, 3. (12) w.Yks. Ah'll spcik
to theh in a minnit, Banks IVkfld. IVds. (1865I. (13) m.Yks.'
Introd. 24. s.Chs.' Emph. 64. Shr.' Gram. Outlines, 47. (14)
w.Yks. Ah'll tak thi hooam, Keighley News i^Mar. 16, 1889J 7, col.
7. Lan. Si thi, Bess. Banks Manch. Man (1876) i. s.Lan.',
s.Chs.' 64. 15} Der.'* Surrie, hie thie doo'not throotch. (16)
Lan.', e.Lan.' s.Lan.' Here, get this into tho. (17) Dev. I'll
write tliur, deer Jan, a banging girt letter, N. Hogg Poet. Lett.
(ed. 1865) 8.
2. Coiilraclioits: (i) Thee'rt, thee art; (2) Thees, ia) see
(1); (6) thee hast; (3) Thee'se, thee dost ; (4) Thee'st, (n)
see (2, 6) ; (Al thee hadst ; (c)see(i); (5) Thee't, see (i).
(1) Cor. Bchowld, thee'rt feer, Sng. Sol. ^18591 i. 15; Thee'rt
braave and bloody, Tom, Tregeli-as Tales, Trenman, 8. (2, a)
Wor. Berrow'sjrn. (Mar. 17, 1888). (A) w.Som. Dhee-s u-broakt
dhi- buurxhes, Elworthy Gram. (1877) 40. (3) Wil. Thee'se
crawl and stretch. Slow Pity mes (1889)36; Ta baig vrim thay
thee'se know caant speer, ib.; Wil.' Wh.it's thee'se want to knaw
VOL. VI.
vorl (s.v. Pronouns). (4, a) Der. Hear how thec'st fared, and . . .
what thee'st done, Good Wds. (1881) 845. Brks.' Thce'st best
be atr. I.W.' Dev. Wait till thee'st tried a French prison,
Norway Parson Peter 1900) 104. (6) Brks.' n.Dev. I lliort
thee'st got et all by heart, RocK/iman' AV//(i867) St. 3. c) Wor.
Why thccst as fussy as a thrush with her young uns. Berrow'sjrn.
(Mar. 17, 1888 . [5) Midi. Geo. Eliot A. Bedt (1859) I. 11.
II. Dial. uses. 1. pers.proii., ace. sing. You.
Nhb. How way hehaym wouth th', Bewick fyneside Tales{\i%<i)
I a. Cum. 'Tee,' which is emphatic, and is somewhat limited locally,
is employed in place of the 'you' of standard English, when
contempt or familiarity are to be indicated (E.W P.). Wm. Lile
saarvisable waark et ennybody can git oot o tha, Spec. Dial. {1860^
pt. ii. 4. n.Yks.*, ne.Yks.' 23. cYks. I bids thee get out of my
house, Simmons Lay-Fits. Mass-Bi. 399; e.Yks.' m.Yks.' The
forms of the and pcrs. sing., though naturally the expression of
familiar feeling, is yet associated with contemptuous treatment on
the part of a speaker, Introd. 24. w.Yks. Still extensively used,
but it is not so general now as it was twenty years ago, Wright
Gram. IVndhll. (1892) 118. s.Lan.' s.Chs.' Implies familiarity,
or at least absence of constraint. . . Also adopted to express anger,
contempt, or strong emotion, 65, 66. nw.Der.' Not. What ails ta,
child? Prior Forest Flk. (1901) 69. Lin. I doan't knoa thee,
Gilbert Riigge (1866) H. 63. sw.Lin.' Used ... in familiar
conversation. 'Thou likesttohearMr.C. read to thee' (s.v. Thou".
Lei.' 26. Glo. The laws that govern the use of ' thee ' and ' thou '
amongst agricultural workers are not to be violated. . . A co-mate
or inferior is to be so addressed, but when they quarrel the ' thou '
and ' thee ' should not be dropped since that would be an admission
of the adversary's superiority, Buckman Darke's Sojourn (1890)
iii ; Glo.' Used . . . not only familiarly amongst friends but also
contemptuously and in anger (s.v. Thou and thee). Oxf. 'Thee' is
used by the boys to each other. Also in quarrels and very familiar
conversation; but not before superiors (A. P.); Oxf.' It is con-
sidered a liberty for a stranger to say ' thee ' to any one. Nrf.
Almost entirely disused, being only retained in some salutations.
' Far' the well.' . . ' Sam' onto thee,' the constant response to the
toast, 'Here's t'ye,' Gillett Sng. Sol. (i860) Notes, 3. Hmp.
Often used between near relations or old friends H.W.E.) ; Hmp.'
Very commonly used. s.WiL iUoH//i/)'il/(j^. (1814) II. 114. w.Som.
Most generally used by seniors to their juniors, by boj'S to each
other, and by farmers to their servants or labourers. It is used to
express anger, contempt, and also endearment, but it usually implies
much familiarity, and would never except for intentional imperti-
nence be used by an inferior; but its form is always 'dhee.' 'Thou'
is never heard, Elworthy Gram. (1877) 35. n.Dev. Dim [thee]
is again rather more heard in North Devon than with us, ib. Cor.
I'll get a twig, and drive thee out, Hvnr Pop. Rom. w.Eng. (1865)
57, ed. 1896.
2. Used for the noni. sing. : thou, you.
Chs.3 Thee nOan ' Midi. Thee't like thy dog Gyp, Geo. Eliot
A. Bede (1859 I. 11. Stf. The Chmnicle (Oct. 25, 1901). s.Stf.
(G.T.L.), Der.' Not. Thee can't dream. Prior Forest Flk. (1901)
113. Lei.' Not common except in addressing children. 'Will
thee 'av some, love?' Introd. 25, 26. Wor. Thees no more brains
noramaggit, Sf/row's/rH. (Mar. 17, 1888). w.Wor.' Hrf. 'Thou'
is never used, but often 'thee' is substituted for it. 'Thee hast'
(J.B.). s.Wal. Thee must have paid a lot for that, Raine Garthowen
(1900) 8g. Glo. Thee bist a queer un, Gissing Vill. Hampden
(1890) I. xi ; Glo.' Brks. Thee bist wunnerful cheerful, Phoebe,
Hayden Thatched Cottage ^igoa") 9; Brks.' Snr. Thee do look
abon a bit hot, Bickley Snr. Hills (1890) I. i. Hmp. Thee casn't
cast thee (H.R.). s.Hmp. Thee beest a fool (J.B.P.\ LW.» Wil.
If thee cant read, thee knows what a book is, thee gawney, Ewinc
Jan IVindniill (1876) v; Wil.' s.v. Pronouns\ Dor. Thee've a-
got a young chile to mind. Hare Dinah Kellow {igoi) 11. w.Som.'
Dev. Ef thee dissent mend thee ways, Salmon Ballads (1899) 60.
e.Dev. Thee wast boarn o' thy mauther, Pulman Sng. Sol. ,i86o)
viii. 5. Cor. Thee doesn't deserve it, because thee aren't playing
fair, Hunt Pop. Rom. w.Eng. (18655 58, ed. 1896.
3. Used with an imper.
Cum. Fares-te-weel, Watty, Anderson Bu/Zarfs (1805)53 ; Cam.'
Far tha weel. Fares ta weel. w.Yks. Thee read it, Lucas Stud.
Nidderdale (c. i88a) ; (J.W.) Lan. See tha, Jim, Donaldson
Larnin to Sing (1886) 5. s.Chs.' ' Dhey'is used with an imperative
allirmative when emphasis is required and always precedes the
verb : ' Thee mind thy own business.' With an imperative negative
(dhaa] may also be used, but is less strong than [dhey]. ' Du)nu
dhaa goa- dheeur' is not so strong as ' Dii)nu dhey goa* dheeur,"
but stronger than ' Dii)na goa'dheeur,'67. Wil.' Neverthee mind
(s.v. Pronouns).
M
THEE
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THEIRSELVES
4. Reflex. Thyself.
Nhb. Thou can get thee on thee sister's shoun, Bewick
Tynesidc Tales (1850) 13. w.Yks. Kuni forad,lad, an sit iSe dan,
Wright Gram. fViicllill. (1892I 120. Lan. Sit tho deau-n,WAUGH
7"»//5:ed.Milner) II. 7. s.Chs.' Get tliee dressed, 69. Not. Tliee
can't dream to hurt thee after 'Jesus Christ's sake, Amen,' Prior
Foeest Ftk. (1901) 113.
5. Used for the pi. nom. and ace. : you.
Lan. Thee men are a" alike, Pall Mall Mag. (Sept. 1901) 123;
Thee men when thee gets together at th' beer-house, Antrobus
IViMtrsiiioor (1901} ai6. Brks.' 6.
6. Phr. f/iee by thou is a quaker's son, prov. Hrf (Col/.
L.L.B.)
[On the disjunctive use of 'thee' see the Grammar.]
7. V. In phr. fo tliee and thou, to address in the 2nd pers.
sing. ; to talk famiharly with. See Thou, 5.
w.Yks. (J.W.) Lan. Famiharly he ' thee d ' and thou'd' the
men. And cheekily they ' thee'd ' and ' thou'd ' again, Doherty N.
Barlow {1B84) 28. Oxf.i I can't abar'n a thee-in an' thou-in about.
Wil.i ' He thee'd and thou'd us,' said of a clergyman who was
very familiar with his flock. A man complained of the way in
which his neighbours had been abusing him, the climax of it all
being reached when they began to ' thee and thou ' him.
THEE, see Thae, Thy.
THEEA, THEEAF, see Thae, Tharf.
THEEAZAM,THEEAZAMY,seeTheasum,Theasamy.
THEEDLE, sb. Obs. Knr. (Jam.) A stirring-rod for
porridge, &c. See Thible, Thivel.
THEEF, sb. Cai.' Also written thief. [\>\i.} 1. An
escape of wind, flatulence. 2. A stench ; a bad smell.
Cf feff, si.i
[ON. pefr, a smell (Vigfusson).]
THEEGH, THEEK, see Thee, sb., Theak, v}
THEEL, sb. Sc. Also written theil (Jam.). [I'll.] A
stirring-rod for porridge, &c. See Thivel.
Fif. A vigorous use of the porridge stick or ' theel,' Colville
Vernacular yiSgoi) 41 ; (Jam., s.v. Thcivil).
THEENE, V. Obs. Wxf • To close. See Tine, v."
THEER, see There.
THEE'S,/io55. nn^; Dev. [Siz.l Thy, your. Cfthoo's.
Robert Biles shall be thee's man, Jane Loids/iip {i8g-]) 40 ; I
don't sense thee's talk, ib. Ever Molmii (1901) 44.
THEESEM, THEESEN, see Theasum, Theseun.
THEEST, pers. pron. Cor. Also in form thees. Used
for the nom. sing. : thee, thou.
Theest must lam some traade or 'nuther, Loiigtjiaii's Mag. (Feb.
'893) 375 ; Pick up. Bill Hosken, an' go thec'st home, Lee Paul
Carali (1898) 32 ; Theest talk of sillin' sheers, thee hoogly zape !
Daniel But/gel. w.Cor. 'Thees must.' I have never heard it
without 'must' (M.A.C.).
THEESUIM, THEET, see Theasum, Theat, sb., adj.
THEETEN, V. n.Yks.= [[ntan.] To tighten. Cf theat,
adj. Hence Theetening, sb. the cementing materials in
a building.
[Thyhtyn, or make thyht, inlegro, consolido, solido
(Prompt.).]
THEEVE, THEEVIL, see Theave, Thivel.
THEFNICUTE, see Fefnicute.
THEFTUOUS, adj. Obs. or obsol. Sc. Thievish.
Per. Winked at the theftuous outrages of those under their
command, Monteath Dunblane (18351 20, ed. 1887. Gall. Like a
theftuous schoolboy, Crockett Locltinvar (1897) 287.
Hence Theftuously, adv. by theft.
Arg. He would hang a Cowal man for theftuously away taking
a board of kipper salmon, Munro /. S/>len(l:il (18981 50.
[Was not the theftuous stealing away of the daughter . . .
the first ground vvherupon all this great noise hath since
proceeded ? King James I, to Bacon, Aug. 23, 1617 (CD.).]
THEFTY, orf/. n.Yks.=' [be'fti.] Thievish.
THEG, see Thig.
THEGGY, THEGIDDER, see Thic(k, Thegither.
THEGITHER, nn';.. Sc. Irel. n.Cy. Nhb. Also written
the githerGall.; and in forms thegether, thegidder Sc.
I Sagi-Sar, -getSar.] Together.
Sc. A' the time ye are thegither, Scott Midlothian (1818) xx.
Mry. When bairns we were a' douk'd thegither. Hay Linlie (1851)
I.). c.Sc.The I wa aye gang thegether, Setoun ;?. Un/u/iarl 1896)
iv. Abd. Ca' a bit framie thegidder, ALEXANDERyo/;H«jG!ii(i87i)
xvii. Per. A'wesjuist doin' whata' could tae keep things thegither,
Ian Maclaren Auki Lang Syne {i8<)z) 10. Fif. Twa cronies link'd
in love thegidder, liEtitUKfit Papistry (1827) 11. Gall. Aye sin syne
we liv'd the gitlier, Lauderdale Poems (1796) 7. N.I.', n.Cy.
(Hall.) Nhb. We've had three happy years thegither, S. Tynedale
Stud. (1896) Robbie Armstrom^ ; Nhb.* (s.v. The).
'THEGLUM, THEIGH, see Metheglin, Thee, sb.
THEIK, THEIM, see Theak, v}, Tharm.
THEIR, pass. pron. Var. dial, forms in Sc. Irel. Eng.
and Amer. [tSe3(r ; unstressed t53(r.] I. Dial, forms.
(I) Aar, (2) Dere, (3) Dir, (4) Dyr, (5) Teear, (6) Tear,
(7) Thaire, (8) Thar, (9) Thear, (10) Theer, (11) Ther,
(12) The're, (13) They, (14) Thir, (15) Thor, (16) Thur.
(i) Wxf.^ Aar gentrize ware bibbeen, 84. (2) Ken.^ Introd. 6,
Sus.' 8. (3) Sh.I. Dey micht get dir een apo' me, Ollason
Mareel [igoi) !■]. (4) S. & Ork.' Dyr ain. (5"! s.Lan.' (6) Lan.
An' t'kine drop teer cauves, Kay-Shuttleworth Scarsdale (i860)
II. 36. (7) n.Cy. (Hall.) (8) Shr.» It's thar fence. War.^
Introd. 15. (9) Sur. Look at thear hands, Son of Marshes On
Sur. Hills (1891) 217. (10) Lan. Th' farmer's wife at the end
theer yerd seed summat, Harland & Wilkinson Flk-Lore (1867)
60. s.Lan.^ 'He's gooin' to theer heawse.' No rule can be laid
down as to the distinctive use of 'theer' and ' ther' when used
as possessive pronouns. Their use is entirely a matter of custom.
Der. The childer'll be off theer yeads at the thowt, Gilchrist
Milton (1902) 6. Dev. Theer mother's brother, Phillpotts
Striking Hours (1901I 50. (11) Wm. When they dra up ther
cortan, Wheeler Dial. (1790) 113, ed. 1821. n.Yks.^ m.Yks.'
' Dhu' unemph. In the case of this form and corresponding
ones, r is added when a following word begins with a vowel,
Introd. 25. w.Yks. Wright Gram. IVndlill. 1892) 122. s.LanA
They liv'n i' ther own heawse. s.Chs.' 68. [Amer. Ther
Sabbath-breakin' to spy out, Lowell Biglow Papers (1848) 27.]
(12) Nhb. The're fingers, Bewick Tynestde Tales (^1850) 13. (13)
m.Yks.' Introd. 25. (14) n.Ir. But'U tell thir uncomfort. Lays and
Leg. { 1884) 83. Lin. Them or thir feythers, Tennyson N. Farmer,
New Style (1870) st. 13. (is') Nhb. Doon they gans on thor knees,
Pease Mark 0' Deil (1894) 30 ; Nhb.i (16) Lan. Help folk wi' thur
sledges along, Harland Lyrics (1866) 246.
II. Dial. use. In phr. oa their or their oa, all of them.
Cam. (E.W.P.); Cum.'' Denman was oa ther daddies (s.v.
Daddies).
THEIR, see They.
THEIRN, poss. pron. Stf. Lei. War. Shr. Hrf. Glo.
Oxf Brks. Mid. Ken. Sur. Sus. Hmp. Wil. Amer. Also
in forms thaayrn Brks.' ; thairn Glo.^ ; thern Hrf ^ Sur.
Wil. [tSesTan.] 1. Disjunctive use : theirs. Cf hisn.
Stf. Tlie CItronicle (Aug. 23, 1901). s.Stf. If they thinkin' it's
theirn, let em tak it, Pinnock Bit. Cy. Ann. (1895V Lei.' 26.
War.'^ 'Whose cat's this?' 'Theirn next door'; War.* (s.v.
Hisn\ s.'War.' (s.v. Hisn\ Shr.' 49. Hrf.^ Most on 'em be theirn.
Glo.^ 15. s.Oxf. It's no business o' theirn, Rosemary C/iilterns
(189s) 146. Brks.l 6. w.Mid. I finished my job, but they hadn't
done theirn (W.P.M.). ne.Ken. (H.W.I, Sus.' (S.v. Hisn\ Hmp.
(H.C.M.B.); Hmp.' Introd. 7. s.Hmp. So there were his'n, and
her'n, and their'n ye see, 'Verney L. Lisle (1870) viii. 'Wil. Slow
Gl. (1892); 'Wil.' (s.v. Pronouns). [Amer. When other folks lost
their'n from the boys, his'n always hung there like a bait to a
hook, Sam Slick Clockmaker (1836) ist S. x.]
2. Conjunctive use : their.
Sur. Too proud to tell thern name in Christian fashion, Bickley
Sur. Hills (1890) II. vi.
THEIRS, poss. pron. Suf [tSeaz.] Their house.
(S.J.),(C.T.)
THEIRSELVES, ;v;7c.v. /iro«. In gen. dial, use in Sc.
Irel. and Eng. Also in forms thaayrzelves Brks.';
thairsel, thairsels Sc. ; tharselves Shr.* ; tharsilves
Cor. ; theerselves Der. Dev. ; theezelves Brks.' ; their-
sells Wm.; theirsels Sc. N.I.' n.Cy. Dur. w.Yks.^ Lan.'
Chs.' nw.Der.' Not.' Lei.' Nhp.' War.^ ; theirzels w.Som.' ;
theirziilves n.Dev. ; thersel e.Lan.' ; thersells Wm.;
thersels ne.Yks.' m.Yks.' ne.Lan.' s.Lan.'; thirsel Sc. :
thirsells Nhb.; thirsels Sc. Uls. Lan.; thorsels Nhb.'
n.Yks.^ [Unstressed t5a(r)se'lvz, -se'lz.] Themselves.
See Theirsen(s.
Sc. 'Thairsel' [is] used when the idea is collective: 'thair-
sels ' when the idea is segregate. ' Ye maun keip thyr be thair-
sel,' Murray Dial. (1873) 197 ; Folk'll hardly gang the length o'
THEIRSEN(S
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thirsel' withool a train, Wright Sc. Life (1897) 32. Frf. Gin
they wad only rcise tlicirscl's, Keid Ueallifilaiiil iiSg^"" 26. Lnk.
Dae ye think for a mecnit that they arc spcndin' a shillin" the less
on thirscl's, Gordon Pyolsliaw 1885') 116. Edb. They were puir
bodies theirsels, Campbell Deilie Jmk (1897) 155. Dnif. To l<ecp
thcirsel's frae cauUI, Johnstone Poems (1820) 113. Kcb. Tlie
ministers is no fond o' 'caul kail het again' theirsels, Trotter Gull.
Gossip (1901) 7. N.I.' Uls. Amusin' thirscl's for a fortnicht,
M'Ilroy Craigliimie (1900) 27. n.Cy. IIall.1 Nhb. Ere they
kent thirsells stricken ava! Coi/iitltliile S)ij;s. (1852) 112; Nhb.'
(s.v. SelV Dur. Liberty to please theirsels, Guthrie Kilty Fngaii
(1900I 104. Wni. T'younger end, amang thersells, mcead fun,
Spei: Dial. (1880) pt. ii. 37; Folks leeve in caves ... by their
sells, HuiTON Bkiii New Jf'nc* (1785) 1. 196. n.Yks.= ne.Yks.'
24. ni.Yks.' Iiilioil. 25. w.Yks.' Help their sellcs ; w.Yks.^
Lan. When misfortins are bad o' thir.-els, Harland Lyrics
(1866) 287; Lan.', ne.Lan.1, eXan.', s.Lan.', Chs.' Der. A
bad lot; as lives for theerselves, Ouida Pi(ck (ed. 1901) v.
nw.Der.', Not.' s.Not. They've only theirselves to blame (j.P.K.).
nXin. They think they'll look big by makiii' theirselves look like
our maisters, Peacock R. Skirlaiigh U870) I. 275. Lei.' Nhp.'
Servants are often told 'to keep theirsels to theirsels.' War.^ Shr.'
Gram. Outlines, 48. Glo. They can't look after theirselves like
me, GissiNG K;//. //(jHi/x/fH (1890) III. ii. Brks.' 6, 7. Nrf. Men
twistering theirselves into all mander 0' forms, Spilling Molly
Miggs (1902) 87. w.Sus. The swearers by theirselves, Gordon
Vill. and Doctor (1897 106. Dor. Let 'em please theirselves,
Francis Pastorals (1901) 40. w.Som. Dhai oan uurt dhaeurzuul'z
or -zuul, Elworthy Gram. (1877) 42; w.Soni.' Tidn same's off
anybody could do it theirzels. Dev. Let 'em bide an' find men
for theerselves, PHiLLPorrs Sons of Morning (1900) 211. n.Dev.
All of a minute the wuds stopped o' theirzulves, Zack Dunstable
IVeii (1901) 25. Cor. They thinks tharsilves quait ansom. Daniel
Muse, 41. [All mostly sounded to be a-talkin to theirselves,
Dickens Bleak House (1853) xlvii.]
THEIRSENiS, refl. pron. Yks. Lan. Midi. Not. Lin.
Lei. War. Shr. Also in forms theersens n.Yks. Midi. ;
thersens ne.Yks.' c. Yks.' m.Yks.' w.Yks. s. Lan.'; theseln,
thesenls w.Yks.; thessen Lin. [Unstressed tS3se'n(z.]
Themselves. See Theirselves.
Yks. They sud do it reight theirsens, Taylor Miss Mites (1890)
xiii. n.Yks. Sum of them chaps at went thruf the whole thing
fra the forend theersens, Why John [Coll. L.L.B.). ne.Yks.' 24,
e.Yks.', m.Yks.' w.Yks. Wright Gram. WnMll. (1892) 122;
(C.E.F.) Lan. Hoo knows th' company would think their.sen too
good fur her, Antrobus IVihlersmoor {igoi) 275. s.Lan.' Midi.
Folks a-fancyin' theersens, Bartram People of Clapton (1897) 37.
Not. (L.C.M.); I'J.H.B.); Not.^ They took theirsens off. s.Not.
(J.P.K.) Lin. Says to thessen naw doubt, Tennyson A'. Fanner,
Old Style {1864) St. 1^. n.Lin.' sw.Lin.' They do it within their-
sens a deal fs.v. Sen). Lei.', War.^ Shr.' Grant. Oiillincs, 48.
THEIVEL. THEKtKA, THEKKY, see Thivel,Thic(k.
THEM, pers. pron., don. pron. and dent. adj. Var. dial,
forms and uses in Sc. Irel. Eng. and Arner. [tSem, tSem,
tSeam ; unstressed Sam.] I. Dial, forms: (i) Dem, (2)
Tem,(3)Thaini,(4)Thame, (5)Theeni, (6) Thiin, (7)Thum.
(i) Sh.I. She flang dem i' da peerie gricc pan, 5h. Ncivs (July
30, 1898) ; S. &. Ork.', Ken. ( H.M.), Sus.' 8. 2) Cum. Whar men
feeds tem in at, Lonsdale Mag. (Feb. 1867) 310; Cum.' (3)80.
Murray Oi'fl/. (1873) 184. Cuni.',e.Lan.' (4) Cum. Kelph il/isc
Poems (1847) 122. w.Yks. Ah'm noan o' thame 'At calls at t'time
by t'clock, Preston Poems 1864) 5. (5) e.Lan.' (51 n.Ir. They
ach had a toothful till help thim till wink, Lays and Leg. (1884)
8a. Nhb. She says te thim, RonsoN Bk. Ruth (i860) i. 20.
m.Yks." Introd. 25. (7) Cor. Knack thum down, Daniel Biulgcl, 13.
II. Dial.uses. 1. pers. pron. Providence, the Heavenly
Powers ; freq. in phr. T/ieni above.
Per. It's juist a most terrible nicht, though nae doubt them 'at
sent it kens best, Cleland Inchhrackcn (1883) 9, ed. 1887 ; Them
at sends a' things kens what's tor our gude, ib. 75. Ir. Sure 'tis
from far enough it's com', if 'twas the likes of Them sent it, Barlow
Martin's Comp. (1896) 25. Cum. And whae, Torquatus, can be
sworn 'At thame abuin 'ill grant To-mworn? Relph Misc. Poems
(1847) 122. s.Stf. There's times when you'd think the very words
we speak was put into our lips by Them Above, Murray Church
of Humanity (1901 ) 72. Ken. I don't want to presume to interfere
with Them above, Carr Cottage Plk. (1897)61.
2. -Used lor the nont. ' they.'
e.Yks.' n.Lin.' Them is a thuskin' pair o' twins. Lei.' Them
be dal'd, a6. War.^ Introd. 15. Brks.'
3. Used instead of their ' before participial constructions.
Sc. A.W.), n.Cy., w.Yks, Midi. J. W.; Sur. Whafs the usco"
them growing turnips ? Hoskyns Talpa (1852) 160, ed. 1857 ; Sur.'
4. Comp. Them-lane, by themselves, alone. Sec Lone,
adv. 5.
Abd. The lasses left them lane began to won'er, Anderson
Poems (ed. 1826) loa. Gall. It shall never be said that Mardrochat
left twa wcel-faurcd lassies themlanc, Crockett Moss-Hags
(1895) xl.
5. dent. pron. Those.
Sc. As the antecedent of the relative. 'Thaim it dyd it,'
Murray Dial. (1873) 184. Frf. Them as says there's no has mc
to fecht, Barrie Minister {iSgi) iii. SIk. Thomson Drummcldale
(1901) 18. Uls. (M.B.-S.) n.Yks. Them's them (I.W.) ; n.Yks.*
ne.Yks.' Them's good uns. Them 'at wants onny may lead 'cm
for thersens. e.Yks.' Them's them. m.Yks.' Whether it's urn
or them there's no counting, Introd. 25. w.Yks. Demz vari guid,
bad Siaz ez or o beta(r) [Those are very good, but these are
belter], Wright Gram. IVndhll. 1892) 124; Them's um fer mah
money (B.K.); w.Yks.3 n.Lau. Such as them enjoys thersells,
Wilson Bacca Queen 1 19011 89. Ch».', s.Chs.' 69, Der. iJ.B.),
nw.Der.' s.Not. I never thought to 'ear you say words like them
(J.P.K.X Lei.' 26. War.2 Introd. 15. Hrf. (R.M.E.), Hrf.a
Oxf. Them's the very ones I wants (G.O.); Oxf.' Them be um.
Nrf. 1 hem cats wor given me. Spilling Molly Miggs (19021 46.
Sur. Them be my two children, Jennings /"/i/(//'n//i5 (1884) 39 ;
Sur.' Sus. Yes, them are the broilers, Wiggin Goose Girl ^1902)
33. Hnip. (ll.C.M.B.) ; Hmp.' Them be'aiit the ones we wanted.
Dor. Them be the ways to chuck away good money. Hare As IVe
5o!t; (1897) II. Som. Jennings ZJiVi/. K'.j?)/^. (1869^ Cor. Them
were times, I tell 'ee, Harris IVhcal Veor (1901) 8. [Amer.
Them wasn't our only troubles, Lhoyo Chronic Loafer (igoi) 11.]
6. Phr. i/ieni there, those, those ones.
w.Yks., Lan. (J.W.), s.Chs.' 70, Not', Lei.', War.3 Shr.'
Gram. Outlines, 50. Oxf.' MS. add.
[On the disjunctive use of 'them' see the Grammar.]
7. dent. adj. Those.
Sc. I mind none of them things, Scoticisms (1787)91 ; (A.W.)
Ir. The back of mc hand to thim blamed ould throopers. Barlow
Martin's Comp. (1896) 57. n.Ir. What's the meanin' o'them riles
laid through the streets ? h\m.z Paddy McQuillan, 11. Qco. As
good a chance, at any rate, as Ihcm villains, Bakringion Sketches
1 1830) I. ii. Nhb. Thame days the sarvin' lads was train'd to de
yen's biddin, Chatt Poems (1866) 86; Nhb.' Cum.'" Pref. 28.
Wm. En them days, GiusoN ic^. (iiirfA'o/i-s (1877") 68. ne.Yks.'
In order to give ' them ' a more demonstrative force, 'yonder' is
frequently added, as 'them bo'ds j-onder,' 26. e.Yks.' Them
pigs, 6. m.Yks.' Iniiod. 22. w.Yks. ' Dem ' is the only word
used for 'those,' Wright Gram. IVndhll. (1892) 124. Lan. Some
o thaim chaps, Scholes Tim Gamwattle (1857) 25. s.Lan.' It wur
them lads 'at made o th' row. Chs.' Der. She's partial to them
things, Goorf ffrfi. (1881) 850. Not.* Give us them apples. Lin.
Them words be i' Scriptur, Tennyson Owd Rod 1889'. n.Lin.'
Fetch them plaates off o' th' pantry shelf. War.^ ; War.^ What
are you a-doing among them apples ? se.Wor.' Them pigs don't
get on much ^s.v. They). Hrf.* Glo. Them white-fcaced divils,
Gissing Vill. Hampden (1890) I. i. e.An.' Whose arc them books?
Nrf. In them days, Cornh. Mag. (June 1900) 817. Ken. Them
sands and lanes be nasty places for a young 'ooman, Carr .Inn
of Lord (1899) 30. Sur. How's them sort o' farmers to be put an
end to! Hoskyns Talpa (1852) i6i, ed. 1857. Sus. None of them
things for mc, Egerton Flk. and IVays (1884) 4. Hmp.' Did 'ce
fetch them tools ? Dor. To carry them flowers, Longman's Mag.
(Aug. 1902) 335. Som. Aunt Joshua did not care so very much
about them pack-fellows, Raymond Tryphena (1895) 67. Dev.
Them little legs is drawed up, Baring-Gould Dartmoor Idylls
(1896") 22. [Amer. See all them bees drownded in the honey '
Dial. Notes {i8g6) I. 376.]
8. Phr. (i) i/iein here, these; those ; (2) — //lere, those.
(i) War.* Introd. 15. [Amer. Them ar' 'cadamizcd roads,
Bradley Virginia (1897) 138.] (2I w.Yks. Dem tiior aplz kost
tupms, Wright Gram. IVndhll. (189a) 124. Der. If one may
b'licve them there pennies [penny stories], Ouida Puck (ed.
1901) ii. Not. Them there fower faces, Prior Rcnic (1895) 10.
Nhp.' Who do them there sheep belong to ? War.* Gi'e me them
there nails. Oxf.' Them thsr »ns, MS. add. Brks.', Hnt. ^T.P.F.),
e.An.' Cmb.' I'm sure thcni-there gals of ours must ha' gone
cranky. Nrf. (EM.) Suf. Goo you and git one of them there
pics, FisoN Merry Suf. ^1899^ 9. Sur.' Do you suppose he would
sell one o' them there cottages i Jennings Field Paths ( 1884) 137.
M 2
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Dor. Them there legs o' yourn should be pretty well stretched by
now, Francis Fiander's IVidow (1901) pt. 11. v. Som. The washen
o' them-there broidery collars, Raymond Love and Quiet Life
(1894I 9.
THEM, see They.
THEMMIN, fl'tw./ro;;. and rfc;;;. ffrt); Glo. Wil. Also
written themen Glo.^ ; themmen Glo.° [Se'niin, -an.]
Those; also in phr. themen there. See Wnn, pioti.
Glo.>, GIo.= 15. WU. Britton Beauties (1825); Wil.' (s.v.
Pronouns'!.
THEMMY, deiii. pron. and ciem. adj. Wil. Som. Dev.
[Sammi.] Those.
Wil.' About Malmesbury (and elsewhere in n. Wilts.) (s.v. Pro-
nouns). Som. (Hall.), e.Som. (G.S.) Dev. Themmy zalt-zellar
things. Ford Postle Farm (1899) 114.
THEMS, poss. adj. Dev. In phr. thems own selves,
themselves.
e.Dev. What the Force knows they keeps to thems own selves,
Jane Ever Mohuti '190O 202.
THEMSELVES, irj^e.v. pron. Sc. Irel. Also in forms
demsels Sh.I. ; thaimsel', thamesel(f, thenisel(f Sc. (Jam.
Suppt.) ; thimselves In 1. In phr. (i) r?^ themselves, in
the full possession of one's mental faculties ; in a state of
mental composure; cf. at, VI. (ii); (2) to come to them-
selves, to perish, die.
(i) Sc. Such as are at peace with God . . . will be in a very com-
posed frame and at themselves in the height thereof, Hutcheson on
Job xviii. 4 (Jam,, s.v. Himsell). (2 Sh.I. He [a raven] "s awa
ta feast apo' da hjodens o' som' o' da sheep 'at cam' ta demsels
last ook, 5/1. News (Apr. 29, 1899) ; It was considered unlucky
to speak of death or loss (J.S.).
2. Used for the sing, himself, herself.
Sc. Every ane for themsel (Jam. Suppl.).
3. Used as a nam. : they.
n.Ir. Thimselves . . . Detarmin'd . . . till ransack the nation,
Lays and Leg. {lS,8^) Bo.
THEN, adv. Var. dial, forms and uses in Sc. Irel. and
Eng. I. Dial, forms: (i) Dan, (2) Dann, (3) Den, (4)
Nan, (5) Tan, (6} Ten, (7) ? Tham, (8) Than, (9) Thin, (10)
Then.
(ij Sh.I. Sh. News (Aug. 20, 1898). (3) S. & Ork.l (3) Sh.I.
Stewart Tales (1892) 70. Ken.' Introd. 6. Sus.i 8. (4) Ayr.
Nows and nans, Douglas Green Shutters (1901) 34, (5) w,Sc.
Carrick Laird of Logan (1835) 282. e.An.> Nrf. Hollowav.
Ken, Now and tan a song, Masters Dick and Sal (c. 1821) st. 70.
Hmp.i, Wil.i Som. Jennings Dial. ui.Eng. (1869). (6) s.Lan.'
Obs., e.An, (Hall.), Suf.i, Som. (W.F.R.) (7) Lan. So tham tell
him tha's let ov a job, Lavcock Sngs. (1866I 43. ,8) Sc. (Jam.),
Cai.' Abd. Weel-a-wuns than, Jinsie, Ale.xander Johnny Gibb
(1871) iii. w.Sc. Nae wonder than you're like to gang dementit,
Carrick Laird of Logan (1835) 263. Kcb. But than, ye see,
women's ay mair resoursfu nor men, Trotter Gall. Gossip (1901)
74. Cum, ' Varra weel than,' sez he, Sargisson Joe Scoap (1881)
176. Wm. Ivver sen than, Blezard Sngs. (1848) 17. e.An.'
(s.v. Tan). Som. Jennings Obs. Dial. w.Eng. (1825). (9) Ir.
Ah, thin, may be ye an't fat, Lever //. Lorr. (1839 ~| vii. Nhb,
Lie doon thin tel the morn, Robson Bk. Ruth (i860 iii. 13.
Lin. Thin 'c coom'd to the parish, Tennyson N. Farmer, Neiu Style
(1870) St 8. Suf.> (10) Cor. 'Arreah! thon,' rephed Mrs.
Brown ; ' that's the way the maggot do jump, es et ? ' Forfar
Wisard{l^^^)^.
II. Dial. uses. In phr. (1) by then, (a) by the time that ;
see By, prep. II. 14 (12) ; (b) obs., in an instant ; (2) noivs
and thens, now and then ; (3) then aboiits, about that time ;
(4) —in or of days, in former times; some time ago; (5)
— was then, but noiv is «oai, circumstances have altered;
(6) with then, then, thereupon.
(r,a) n.Cy. By then I return, Grose (1790) AfS. add. (P.)
Nhp,' It'll be done by then you return, Hnt. T.P, F.) (6) Der.i
(a) w.Sc. Noos and tans I crackit my thooms like a whip, Carrick
Laird cf Logan (1835) 282. Cai.' Ayr. Very convenient to
adjourn nows and nans, Douglas Green Shutters tigoi 1 34. Not.
• Docs ta say tha prayers ? ' ' Nows an' thens,' Prior Fore.-,! Flk.
(1901 ) 113, s.Oxf. A game o" crickuls nows and thcn.s, Rosi.m aky
Chillcrns (1895) 113. (3) Cum.i* n.Yks, Hell come then-abouts
(I.W,) ; n,Yk9.2 e.Yks,' It was then or then aboots, MS. add.
(T,H.) w.Yks. (J.W.), e.Lan.',s.Lan,' s,Not. It wor thenabouts
.ns ah fust begun to tek parliclar notice on 'im (J.P.K.). (4)
Sh.I. Dat'U gic you a. idee o' what da men guid troo dan i" days,
5/1. News-{Tyec, 9, 1899) ; Folks 'een wirna sae opened dan-a-days
ta da evils o' dram-drinkin', J.H. Da Last /"ciy (1896) 4. n.Sc.
(Jam.) Cai. The promenade, without which no marriage then-a-
days was a marriage, Horne Countryside iiBg6) 26. Abd. They
had a queer custom then o' days. Michie Deeside Tales ,1872) 132.
Oxf, ' MS. add. [^5) Sh.I. Dan wis dan, bit noo is noo, Sh. News
(June 29, 1901). Abd. That's a' true. But then was then, my lad,
and now is now, Ross Helenore (1768) loi, ed. 1812. (6) Gall.
Whan naething mair fra it dis seep, Wi' than they move the
shankie, Mactaggart ^HycA (1824) 113, ed. 1876.
THEN, conj. Sc. Yks. Lan. Lin. ; also Dev. Also in
forms den Sh.I. ; thin Dev. [Sen, tSan.] Than.
Sc. (Jam.) ; Thou hast sent her love tokens More now then two or
three, Jamieson Pop. Ballads , i8o6i 1. 13. Sh.I. Mairden 1 sudsay,
Stewart Tales (1892) 8. n.Yks. They're neea happier then we
wer, Tweddell Clevel. Rhymes (1875) 43, e,Yks.' Jack can maw
bether then Jim. w.Yks.^, e.Lan,', n.Lin.' Dev. Thy luv cs
better thin wine, Baird Sng. Sol. (i860) i. 2,
THENDER, THENE, THENK, see Thonder, Thane,
Thank,
THENNUM, adv. Obs. or obsol. Suf.' In phr. by
thenniim, by that time.
Dee yeow dew that there job, and by thennum I'll be woo ye
aeinn.
"the NO-W, see Now.
THEOREM, sb. Dev. [Jjirsm.] A theory.
He'd got a tlicorem as the two Testaments didn't zactly go 'pon
all fours each with t'other, Phillpotts Striking Hours (igoi'i 243.
THEPES, THER, see Thapes, Thar.
THERE, adv. Var. dial, uses in Sc. Irel. Eng. and
Amer. Also in forms dere Sh.I. Sus. ; thair Sc. (Jam.) ;
theer Lan. Glo. ; ther Sc. ; thur Glo. Wil.' ; thure Glo.
[Se(r, tSia(r ; tSs(r).] 1. In co;;;i. (i) There-abouts, about,
very nearly ; (2) -after, (a) after that ; (b) at that rate, in
proportion ; (3) -again, an exclamation of surprise or
assent ; (4) -along, there ; used to imply continuance of
direction ; (5) -anent, (a) concerning that ; (b) thereupon ;
(6) -away(s, [a) thereabouts ; those parts ; in that quarter
or direction ; (6) of time: thereabouts; (f) 06s., that way,
to that purpose ; {d) \n phr. out of thereaway, from about
that quarter; (7) — ben, in an inner apartment; (8) —
but, in an outer apartment ; (9) -by, («) near that place;
(b) see (6, b) ; (10) — east, in the east ; towards the east ;
(II) -fra or -from, thence ; (12) -in, at home, within doors;
(13) -out, (a) outside; out of doors ; (b) out; (14) -right,
(o) on the spot, then and there; used both of place and
time; (6) a call to horses at plough : straightforward; (15)
-till, {a) thither; {b) thereto; (c) in addition to; (16)
-with, with it.
(_i)Lin,' n.Lin.' Scotter's theareaboots two mile fra Messingham.
(2, (?) Sh.I. Dcrefter . . . Maekie gathered up da shimberin' Oliver
in his airms, Ollason Mareel (igoi) 36. i^A) I.W. Smith Gl. in
(Hall,). (3) Peni. (W. M.M.) (4J w.Som.i Dhaiaewzez dhae'Ur
lau'ngbee aul oa'm vauyd. (5, «) Abd. Thereanent, sir, I had
a word o' a proposal to mak', Macdonald Warlock (1882) xlix.
Per. If in this life ye've lairdship sma'. The less your fasherie
thereanent, Haliburton ZJ/mid*- (1895) 57. Kcb-VivinMuncraig
(1900) 47. (A) n.Cy. Border Gl. {Coll. L.L,B.1 (6, a) Sc. The
term is used indefinitely, when it is not meant to specify the
particular spot (Jam,). e,Sc. He would belong thereawa?
Setoun R. Urquhari (1896) iii. Per. Brocht t'eyauld manse frae
there-awa. Cleland Inchbracken (1883) 227, ed, 1887, Gall.
They maun 'a been awfu' teegers for fechtin' thereawa yince,
Gallovidian (1901) III. 70, Lakel.^ He was gaan lull a sial at
Kendal er theer-away. n.Yks. They live thereaway ^l.W.).
w.Yks,' ne.Laii.' 'Bat! bat! bear away, Here-away, there-
awaj'. Intainyhat. ' Said by boys when a bat is flying about.
Lin.' I flung it down in that corner, and it's there aways. Nhp.',
I.W.' Som. Jennings Obs. Dial. w.Eng. (1825). (,i 1 Sc. Swagger-
ing about the country with dirk and pistol at my belt for five or
six months, or thereaway, Scott Redg. (1824) xi, Sus. Half a
hundred years agoo or dereaway. Lower Tom Cladpolc (^1831) 3,
ed. 1872. (f) Sc. Confirming the same by many mighty works
in Scripture tending there awaj', Guthrie Trial (1775) 210
(Jam,), (rfi Sc, (Jam,) (7) Sc, (Jam,) ; He is well boden there
benn Who will neither borrow nor lend, Kelly Prov. (1721) 150.
Lnk. 'Tis ill brought, but that's no there ben, Ramsay Poems, (ed.
1800) II, 525 iJam.). (8) Sc. (Jam.) (9, n) Yks. (C.C.R.)
w.Som.' Nif I baint there, you'll vind me thereby; I shan't on'y
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be in to Mrs Ridler's to Crown. (A) Sc. He is thirty years old or
thereby, Mitchell Swllicisms (i799) ^i. (101 Sc. Wlierefore the
Tables there cast thought (hey should not conjoin but divided
them in four, Baillie Let/. (1775) I. 164 (Jam.), (ii' Sc. (Jam.)
Abd. Carried there frae to his own lodging, Spalding Hist. Sc.
(1792) I. 53. w.Yks.' GIo. The missus and the vamily went
right away thurefrom, Buckman Darte's Sojourn (.1890) 55.
Dor. (C.W.) w.Som.' Tiid-n ncct ubio' droeguunshautsdhac'ur-
vraum'. Dev. They took it therefrom, litporls Provinc. (1884^
(i2)Sllc. Bessy Chisholm — Heh ! Are ye tlierin ? Hogg Perils of
Mau (1822) III. 202 (Jam.). (13, a) Sc. A hen that lays thereout
should hae a white nest egg, Henderson Piov. (183a) 66, ed.
1881 ; To lie thairout (Jam.i. n.Sc. If yc'll work therein as we
thereout Well borrowed should your body be, Buciian Ballads
(1828; I. Ill, ed. 1875. Abd. It's black theroot, an' dingin' oot,
wi' great thuds o' win, Macdonald Warlock (1882) xx. Frf. Rin !
Betty, rin an' look thereoot ! Reid Heatlierlaiid (1894) 47, Lnk.
Watson Poems (1853) 35. (A) Ayr. Like caller trout I'd gane
thereout Wi' fresh an' ruddy cheek, AitisuE Land o/Btirtis led.
1892 323. (14, n) GIo. Er picked un up thurrite un went,
Cheltenham Exam. (Feb. 12, 1896)8; '&vcK}s\^fi Darkens Sojourn
(1890 61. I.W.' Begin there-right; I.W.= Pitch in there-right.
w.Cy. (^Hall.) Wil.' Dall'd if I hadden a mine to ha' gien he
what-for thur-right, if 't hadden a bin fur the narration as they'd
a made on't, 214. Dor.' w.Som. ' 1 took-n pared-n down, there
right. nw.Dev.i (A) Hmp.^, Wil.' (15, n^ Sc. Cauld Carnousie
stands on a hill. And many a fremitane gangs theretill. Chambers
Pop. Rhymes (ed. 1870) 268. (6) Sc. A shower of rain in July,
when the corn begins to fill, Is worth a plough of owsen and a'
belangs theretill, Henderson Prov. (1832 129, ed. 1881. (c) Fif.
Wi' angry bill, and wing theretill, Tennant Papistry (1827) 63.
(16) GIo. 'Twill be better gwine thur-with, Buckman Darke's
Sojourn (1890) 112.
2. Phr. (1) there and thereaways, approximately ; (2) —
is, it is ; (3) — novj for you, an exclamation ; (4) — or there-
abouts, (a) see (i) ; (b) in the neiglibourhood ; (5) therms
hot it is, how hot it is ; (6) there then haps, an exclamation
of dismay ; (7) — you, an exclamation ; (8) to be there, to
be master of one's wits ; to be equal to the occasion.
(i) e.An.' Is the horse worth twenty pounds ? — There and there-
aways. (2) s.Wal. Well, indeed, there's missing jou I'll be, Getliin,
Raine Garlhowen (1900) 8; There's glad they'll be to see you at
Garthowen, (/', 9. (3) Ir. MacDonagh /r. Z-i/f (1898) 334. (4, n)
Nhb.i n.Yks. Is t'well dry?— It's there or thereabouts (I.W.).
(b) Not. (J.H.B.) (5) Gmg., s.Pem. /\'. if Q. (1887) 7lh S. iii. 129.
(6) Ess. (CD.) (7) s.Wal. I have done it, there you (J.Y.E.).
(8) s.Not. He is a good scholar; ycr can't set 'im fast. Ax 'im
out, an' 'e's there in a moment (J.P.K.).
3. Used redundantly at the end of a sentence.
n.Yks. When he wanted ti gan ti t'casllc, there (I.W.). w.Yks.
(J.W."i Der.' What dun ye co him there !
THEREAST, adv. e.Yks.' Approximately in that
place. MS. add. (T.H.) Cf. hereast.
THERECKLY, adv. Sc. Nhb. Yks. Oxf. Ken. and
Amcr. Also written the-reckly Nhb.' ; and in forms
thareckly e.Yks.' ; the-recklies Nhb.' ; therectly Ken. ;
therickly w.Yks.' ; threkly Oxf.' [Sarekli.] 1. A cor-
ruption of ' directly.' Cf toreckly.
Wgt. If ye see them [wraiths^ at night, they're gaun tae dee
thereckly, Saxon Gall. Gossip (1878) 175. Nhb. She'll be dry
thcreckly, Haldane Gforrfy's Lai/ (1878) 8; Nhb.' e.Yks.' When
ya tell him tl dceah owt, he diz it thareckly, MS. add. (T.H.)
w.Yks.5 Therickly Sir, 53. Ken. (G.B.) [Amer. I . . .put 'im
in a good humor thereckly. Cent. Mag. (June 1883) 190.]
2. Phr. threklv luinule, this instant, at once. Oxf' MS. add.
THEREFORE, adv. w.Cy. Som. Also in form there-
vor. In phr. therefore I say it, that is my argument ; used
as an int. w.Cy. (Hall.) Som. Jennings Obs. Dial.
lu.Eni;. (1825).
THEREIMY, sb. GIo. [tSerimi.] An emphatic form
of there ' when used subst. after ' that.' See That, 5 (14).
I've never troubled my yead about such things as that thereimy,
Buckman Darke's Sojourn (1890 ~i 180 ; GIo.'
THERENCE.nrfi'. GIo. I.W. w.Cy. Dor. Som. [tJe'rans.]
Thence ; from that i)lacc.
Glo.' I.W. ^ Come i>ul o' thcrence, or else I'll be aater thee.
w.Cy. (Hai.l.\ Dor.' Som. Jennings Obs. Dial. tv.Eng. (1825).
THERLfE, THERM, sec Thirl, adj., Tharm.
THERN, THERSELS, see Theirn, Theirselves.
THERSENS, THERT, see Their8en(8, Thwart.
THERTING, sb. Dor. |}>§tin.] A landmark or
bearing for boats.
w.Dor. To find a spot they take three bearings, offing, therting,
and boat (C.V.G ).
THERY.W;'. w.Som.' [Sari.] A dial, form of very."
Aay bee dhuurce zaurce, biid aay kaa'n uulp oa' ut.
THESE, deiii. pron. and dent. adj. Var. dial, fonns and
uses in Sc. and Eng. [tHz, tSiaz.] I. Dial, forms: (i)
Dese, (2) Tese, (3) Thaise, (4) Thase, (5) Theas, (6)
Thease, (7) Theeas, (8) Theease, (9) Theese, do) Theose,
(11) Theuse.
(i) Ken.' Introd. 6. (2) s.Lan.' (3) Cor. They calth ihaisc
parteys pck-ncks, you, Daniel BK</^f/, 25. (41 Oxf. f A. P.) (5)
w.Yks. Tha nivver cums theas doors within, Preston Poems
(1864)8. (6) m.Yks.' /«/»0(/. 22. w.Yks.' e.Dev. Pllman Sm^.
So/, (i860) A'o/«, iii. (7) Cum.'* w.Yks. O' one side bcin' printed
i' white letters theeas words, Binns Oiii^iKa/s ( 1 889 : 4. 181 n.Yks.
TwEDDELLC/fw/.y?/M(»;«(i875)35. w.Yks. Lucas S/zirf. Nidderdale
(e. 1882) 284. (9) Lan. What, upon thecse chcears? Brierley
Layroch (1864) iii; Ti.M Bobbin F/cv Dial. ^cd. 1806) Gl. (10)
w.Yks.' (ii)Cor.3
II. Dial. uses. 1. dein. pron. Those.
Sc. These, who were present, chose Agamemnon, Scoticisms
(1787^ 117. n.Yks. Theease was t'wods, Tweddell Clevel. Rhymes
(1875) 41. w.Yks. fJ.W.)
2. Phr. these here, these.
w.Yks. Dus ta laik isi.-)z i(r)? Wright Gram. Wndhll. (1892)
124. s.Chs.' 70. Shr.' Emph. form. Gram. Outlines, 50.
3. dent. adj. Those.
Sc. Helen, the prettiest woman of these days, Scoticisms (1787)
115; 'These regions,' distant counties. 'These ages,' the days
of other times. Monthly Mag. (1800) I. 239. Cum.'* (s.v. Thur.)
w.Yks. Lucas Stud. Nidderdale (c. i88a) 2B4.
4. Phr. (i) these here, these; (2) — uns or ans, these
ones, these ; (3) — yerimy, see (i).
( I) w.Yks,, Midi. (J.'W,), Lei.' 26. War.^Tliese'ere boots are a
misfit, Inlrod. 15. Brks.' Theuz yer wuts be wuth double o' them
ther, 7. Nrf. (E.M.) Ken. To understand these 'ere things, Carr
Collage Flk. (1897) 53. Som. It was one o' these here Tussores,
Raymond 7»j/>/idi(i- (1895) 34. w.Som.' Uez bee dhcozh yuur
bee-US ? [Whose be these here beasts ?] Dhaiz yuur tae'udeez bee
dhu bas'soaurtu-groa" (These (particular) potatoes be the best sort
grown]. n.Uev. One of these here stillish days, Chanter IVilch
(1896)4. {s)Cnm.* Pre/. 26. Oxf. (A. P.) Brks.' Be thc-uz uns
th.nay ? 7. (3) GIo. I never 'ad no yead fur these-yerimy thcngs,
Buckman Darke's Sojourn 1890) iv.
5. Used with pi. nouns denoting time : for, for the space
of. Cf this, 6.
Sc. A W.^ Cor. She's dead an gone now theuse thirty eers,
Pe.nherthy IVarp and Woof, g,
THESE, THESELN, THESEN(S, see Thease, Their-
sen(s.
THESEUN, dent. pron. Hrf. Brks. "Wil. Also in forms
theesen Wil.' ; thesun Hrf^; theuz-un Brks.' [Sia'zsn,
tSi-zsn.] These. Ilrf'*, Brks.', Wil.' (s.v. Pronouns).
Cf theasuni.
THESS, THESSEN, see Let, v.\ Theirsen(s.
THESTREEN, adv. Sc. [gastrin.] Last night,
yesterday evening. See Streen, adv., Yestreen.
Abd. They war unco wcrsh thestrecn, Macdonald ll'arlock
(1882) X. Kcd. A reamin' burn cam' rum'lin' doon Faur burn wis
nane thestrecn, Grant Lays (1884^ 2. Lnk. I mind it as wecl as
I mind thestrecn, Edb. Mag. (Dec. 1810) 503 (Jam.). Edb. As
if he gat nae sleep thestrecn, Macaulay Poems (1788) 151.
THESUM, THESUN, THET, see Theasum, Theseun,
Theat, sb.
THETCH, sb. War. Wor. 0.\f. Bck. Bdf Hrt Wil.
Dor. Som. Dev. Also in form thatch War.^ Wor. Oxf.
Bck. Hrt. w.Cy. Wil.' Dor. w.Som.' [petj, fiaetj; w.Cy.
also (SetJ, tSatJ.J 1. A dial form of vetch ' ; applied esp.
to the common vetch, Fieia saliva ; and the bush vetch,
B. sepiuni ; gen. in pi. Cf. thatch, 3.
War.3 a. Wor. A tidy lot o' thatches 'oin be (H.K.). Oxf., Bck.
(B. .'<; H.) Bdf. iJ.W.B.) Hrt. A Thctch will grow through
■The bottom of an old shoe, Ellis Mod. Hiisb. (1750) V. viii. 242,
in /"/*-/-0'< /?<■!. (1880) 111.35. w.Cy. (B. &H.) WiL' All vetches
are known as 'Thetchcs' or 'Thatches' in \Vilts, being 'Blue,'
THETE
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THIBLE
' Yellow,' or ' Red ' Thetches according to the colour of the flower.
Dor. (G.E.D.) Som. Sweetman JVincaiilon Gl. (1885). w.Som.i
Mr. Tristram 've a-zend word to zay he can spar-ee zo many
thatches as you be a mind to. nw.Dev.l
2. Comp. Thetch-hay, dried vetches. Hrt. Ellis Mod.
Husb. (1750) I. i. 59. 3. The meadow pea, Lalhyrus
pratciisis. Dor. (G.E.D.)
THETE, THE-UZ-UN, see Theat, &b., Theseun.
THEW, v} Cor.^ [Not known to our correspondents.]
To threaten.
THEW, V? Cum. [Not known to our other corre-
spondents.] To tire. (J.S.O.)
THEW, see Thaw.
THEWED, ffrfi/. Obs. n.Cy. 'Towardly'; hopefully.
(K.), N.Cy.'
THEWLESS, adj. Sc. Yks. [jjiulas.] Feeble, in-
active. Also used advb. Cf. thowless.
Abd. Like some puir dwinin' thewless wicht Wi' death in view,
Murray Haniewith (1900) 85. GaH. He was a quiet, thewless,
pleasantly conforming man, Crockett Moss-Hags (1895) 1.
n.Yks.* w.Yks. I seemed to stand thewless, Snowden Ifeb of
Weaver {liytjt) 72.
THEY, pers. proit., deiii. pron. and dent. adj. Var. dial,
uses in Sc. and Eng. Also written thaay Brks.' ; thay
Wil. Dev. ; theye Nhb. [tSe, tSea ; unstressed tSa.]
I. Dial, forms. Contractions: (i) Tead'n, they had;
(2) Tear'n, (a) they were ; (b) they were not ; (3) Teayd'n,
they would ; (4) Teyd'n, see (i) ; (5) Teyn, (a) they will ;
(A) they have; (6) Tey'rn, they are; (7) Tha,see (5,6); (8)
Thame, they are ; lit. they am; (9) Thave, see (5, b); (10)
Thay'm,(n)Theam,see(8);(i2)Thear, (i3)Their,see(6);
(14) Them, see (8) ; (15) Thar, see (6) ; (16) They'd'n, {a)
see (3); (*) see (i) ; (17) They'm, see (8); (18) They'n,
(a) see (5, b) ; (b) see (5, a) ; (c) see (2, a) ; (19) They'rn,
(a) see (2, a) ; (b) see (6) ; (20) They's, (a) they shall ; (b)
they are; lit. they is ; (21) Thid, (a) see (i) ; (b) see (3);
(22) Thi'dd'n, see (i) ; {23) Thi'd'n, (a) see (3); (b) see
(i) ; (24) Thi'n, (a) see (5, a) ; (b) see (5, b) ; (25) Thir,
see (6) ; (26) Thirn, see (2, a) ; (27) Thor, see (6).
(l) Lan. Tim Bobbin View Dial. (ed. 1806) Gl. s.Lan.i (2, o)
Lan. So I asht him what team far? Tim Bobbin ib. 21. s.Lan.i
(i) Lan. I'd awlus a notion at tear'n no gonnorheeods,TiM Bobbin
ib. Reader, 11. (3) s.Lan.' (4) Lan. Tim Bobbin ib. 23. (5, a)
Lan. Teyn mey no bawks o telling fok, Tim Bobbin ib. Reader, 6.
s.Lan.i (A) Lan. Teyn turned me eawt o' t'work-heause, Kay-
Shuttleworth Scarsdale (i860) II. 285. sXan.^ (6) Lan.
Teyrn loike a faucon's, Kay-Shuttleworth ib. 33. (7) Wil.
Tha' ael got zwords, Kite S>tg. Sol. (i860) iii. 8. (8) WU. Thame
on the brink, Slow Rhymes (1889) 90. s.Wil,, Som., Dev. (E.H.G.)
(9)n.Yks.Thave gitten t'Mell(W.H.). w.Yks. (J. W.) (10) Dev.
If thay'm vvuUing, N. Hogg Poel. Lett. (ed. 1865) In/rod. 1. 18.
(11) Wil. If theam com yer ta buy. Slow September Voir. (12)
Sur. Thear gal's hands. Son of Marshes Oh Siir. Hills (1891) 217.
; 13) Nhb. Meynde ..hat their o toakin about, Bewick Tyiicside
Talcs (1850) 13. (14) Ken.'* (15) n.Yks. If ther bad, Tweddell
Clevel. Rhymes (1875) 24. (16, n) Lan. They'd'n a foughten a lion
apiece, Waugh Heather (ed. Milner) I. 265 ; Tim Bobbin ib.
Reader, 8. s.Lan.' (6) Lan. Tim Bobbin ib. s.Lan.' (17) Dev.
They'm of a mind, pretty much, Mortimer IV. Moors (1895) 209.
n.Dev. They'm difl'erent. Chanter IVilch (1896) 42. Cor. They'm
all a-foot, I do b'lieve, Phillpotts Prophets (1897) 93. (18, a)
w.Yks. O think they'n good gin at Beggar'd Choild, Bywater
Gossips, 19. Lan. Iv they'n a table, Laycock Siigs. (1866) 15.
m.Lan.', s.Lan.' (b) Lan. They'n be sure to ax me, Waugh
//c(i//i«(ed. Milner) 1.6. s.Lan.i (<:)Chs.> (19, <i) Lan. They'rn
tellin, Brierley Layroct (1864) iii; An they'rn o meterly greyte
lott then, Ormerod /f//y //o' Rachde {18^1) i. s.Lan.' (A) Lan.
When they'rn brokkcn deawn, Brierlev Layrocli (1864) iii;
They'rn at wark, Kay-Shuttleworth Searsdale (i860) II. 33.
1,30, fl) Sc. (]M\.Suppl.\ Cum. They's lig him In irons, Anderson
Ballads (1805) 61; Money they's git neane, Gilpin Ballads
(1874) 169. (6) Sc. (Jam. Siippl.) (21 a, b) s.Lan.' (22) Lan."
Thi'dd'n just getlcn a yure o' th' owd dog into 'cm, Waugh Life
and Localities ( 1855) 28. (23, a) Lan. What tliidn wear, Scholes
TimGamwaltld \8z,i')a. e.Lan.'. s.Lan.' (A^ e.Lan.', s.Lan.' (24)
s.Lan.' (251 ne.Sc. Tliir i' the Lord's ban's, Guken Gordonluwen
( 1887) 50. (26) Lan. Aw meydc sur ut thirn lalTen, Scholes Tim
Gamivattle (1857) 4. (27) Nhb. Thor as like as two peas, Pease
Marho' Deil {iSg^) 37; Nhb.', w.Yks. (J.W.)
II. Dial. uses. 1. Used instead of he ' or ' she ' when
the speaker does not wish to make known the sex of the
person spoken of Sc. (W.A.C.), n.Cy., Yks. (J.W.)
2. Used as an iiidrf. pron. : one.
Gall. (A.W.). w.Yks., Midi. (J.W.) s.Chs.' Excludes the speaker
e.xcept when representing 'annybody' [used previously in the sen-
tence]. ' They sen 'at hai owd Fakcner's jed in Ameriky,' 67 ;
*Ann3'body mid see as they'd noo business theer,'/6. n.Lin.' When
I fo'st got it thaay could n't tell what it was maade on fer dirt.
w.Som. * Dhai du zai.* * Dhai bee gee't^en vaawur-n ziks vur
baa'riee,' means that 45. 6rf. per bushel is the market price for
barley, Elworthy Gram. (1877) 38; 'Dhai' . . . excludes the
speaker, ib. 39 ; w.Som.' Anybody widn never believe it, nif
they didn zee it (s.v. Indefinite Pronouns).
3. Eniphat. form of the ace. or dat.
War. 3 Lave thay alooan. se.Wor.' That's a no good tu thay, is
it? Glo. I don't understand anything about they, Gissing Vilt.
Hampden {iZgo)\.\v. Brks.' Ess. I gave they to she (W.W.S.).
Sur. It 'ud be a sight better if he kept they to hissen, Bickley
Sur. Hills (1890) I. i. Sur., Hmp. She's uncommon fond o' they,
N. &^ Q. (1878) 5th S. X. 222. Wil. To thay I zed, Have ye zee'd
he as my zowl do love? Kite Stig. Sol. (i860) iii. 3. Dor. Leave
they to t'other place — not she! Hare Dinah Kellow (1901) 23;
N. (y O. ib. Dev. As if hur was too proud tu ztap and look at tha
likes ov thay, Burnett Stable Bq>'(i888) viii. Cor. The cookin
all left to they? Penberthy Warp and Woof, 37.
4. dent. pron. Those ; such-like.
Suf. Under they she hid herself, FisoN Merry Siif. (1899) 31.
w.Som. In cases where ' those ' forms the antecedent to a relative
we always say ' dhai.' ' Dhai dhut diied ut ul ae'u tu paay vaur
ut. ' Dhur-z dhai kun tuul ee au'l- ubaewd ut,' Elworthy Gram
(1877') 32. Dev. Ben Lupin be one o' they that things fall to,
Zack While Cotlag'^ (19011 13; The devil damn they that keeps
me here, Norway Parson Peter (1900) io8. Cor. The gentry and
they, Daniel Bride of Scio (1842) 227.
5. Phr. they there, those.
w.Som.' They things be dearer'n they there. Dhai'zh yuur
aa'plz bee duubl zu geo'd-z dhai dhae-ur [These apples are double
as good as those\
6. dent. adj. Those.
Rut.' They boys ! War.* Call they dogs in, Introd. 15 ; War.^
Shr.' They pasen, 50. s.Oxf. Scarin' they rewks, Rosemary
Chilterns (1895) 52. Brks. Thaay stwuns that built, Hughes
Scuur. W. Horse (1859) vii ; Brks.' Sur. They rooks as you see
on barson's place, Jennings Field Paths (1884) 37 ; Sur.' She
doesn't give much milk out of they quarters. Hmp. ' Did you
shake the mats, Tom?' 'They three I did, miss' (W.M.E.F.);
Hmp.' Drive they cows out of that field. n.Hmp. ( E.H.R. ) Dor.
There be a tidy few o' they flints. Hare Dinah Kellow (1901) 13.
w.Som.' Dhai' yuung peg'z mus bee u-teokt ee'n. Dev. Bagger
they pixies, if they bant at they colts again ! Hewett Peas. Sp.
(1892) Pref. 10. n.Dev. If I didn't reckon to have hidden they
boots safe from me in the stick-rick, Zack Dunstable Weir {igoi)
65 nw.Dev.' Cor.^ Bring they three.
7. Phr. they there, those.
Ken. Look at they there birds (G.B ). w.Som. Used of things
absent. ' V-ee zoa'ld dhai dhae'ur buul'iks ? * . . . referring to some
that had been previously spoken o'' but not now present, Elworthy
Gram, (1877) 31. Dev.^ Gie me thev-there butes. nw.Dev.'
THEY, see Thee, pcrs. pron Their, Thou, Thy.
THEYE, see Thee, sb.
THEYSELVES, rcfl. pron. Nrf Dor. Dev. Amer.
Also in forms theysel Nrf. ; theysell Dor. Dev. Them-
selves.
Nrf. Those gents expect you to keep as clean as theysels,
Emerson Lagoons (ed. 1896) 256. Dor. Passon didn' like for
they to be locked in by theysells, Hare Dinah Kelloiv (1901) 255.
Dev, They mid talk an' talk theysells hoarse, Longman's Mag.
(Dec. 1896) 154. [Amer. They're pretty peart at the game
theyselvcs, Cent. Mag. (Apr. 1882) 892.]
THEY SEN, ;-^y?./»-o«. Sur. Themselves.
Afore I'd take an' ask they as lianna eiiou' for Iheysen. Bickley
Sur. Hills (1890) I. i.
THI, see Thee, pers. pron.. Thy.
THIBLE, sb. and v. n.Cv. Nhb. Lakcl. Yks. Lan.
Also written thybel Nhb.' Wni. ; thyble Lan.; and in
forms thibble N.Cy.* s.Lan.'; thibbo s.Lan.'; thorble,
thribble w.Yks. ; thwibble w.Yks.* [J)aibl ; })ibl.]
THICCA
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THICK
1. sb. A smooth stick or spatula, used for stirring broth,
porridge, iX:c. See Thavvel, Thivel.
N.Cy.'^ Nhb.' A round stick, usually of willow, peeled or
barked ; about fifteen inches lung: and three-quarters uf an inch
in diameter ; used to stir porridge. Lakel.^ Wm. They gav
him a wooden sword, I thout it wur liker a girt thiblc, Wheeler
Dial, {i-jgo) 9.(1 (J.M.) n.Vks.^ vi. Yka. I/l/.\: Couiier (July 3,
lagv); (S.P.U.); w.Yks.'^a* Lan. I've a new thyble for yo,
Waugh Heather (ed. Miluei) II. 239; Lan.', n.Lan.', ne.Lan.',
e.Lan.' (s.v. Slice", s.Lan.'
Hence (i) lean ticking of thihles, pbr. poverty, penury,
a state verging on starvation ; (2) Toniiny-Thibel, sh. a
name given to the first finger. Also called Lick-pot.
(i) w.Yks. They've hcd nowt comin' in this nine weeks so there
'11 be lean lickin' o' thibles theare (S.K.C.). (2) w.Yks.»
2. Obs. A dibble or setting-stick. n.Cy. (K.); Bailey
(1721); N.Cy.* 3. V. To stir porridge, &c. with a'thibel '
or stirring-rod.
Wm. To brew his aan coffee, to thybel his poddish, Bowness
5/Hr//<'s(i868)6i.
THICCA, THICCY, see Thic(k.
THICCY, int. Wm. Der. Also written thikki Der.
[?Siki.] An exclamation used to call attention to anything,
' there.' Cf. thaykety.
Wm. See, Ihiccy — his work, Ollivant Owd Bob (1898) 173.
Der. ' Thikki, you'll catch it I ' Common, especially amongst children,
Addy Gl. (1891).
THIC(K, dent, pron., dent. adj. and adv. Irel. VVor. Hrf.
Pem. Glo. Brks. Hmp. I.W. Wil. Dor. Som. Dev. Cor.
Also written thik Hmp.' Wil. Dor. Som.; and in forms
dhicka, dhicke, dicka, dicke Wxf.' ; dik Dor.' ; thee
I.W. Dev.' ; thecca Dev.' ; theck I.W.' Cor. ; thecka,
theckee w.Cy. ; thecky Som. Cor. ; theggy Dev. ; thek
w.Cj'. Dev.; thekka Cor."" ; thekky Dev. Cor.'; thicca
Dev.' ; thiccy w.Cy. Dev. ; thicka s.Dev. ; thickee Dev.
Cor.' ; thicker Dev. ; thickey Dev.'' ; thicky w.Som.'
nw.Dev.' Cor.' ; thike Pem. ; thikkeDev. ; thikkyCor.*;
thiky Som. ; thoc Wil.' ; thock Glo. ; thuc Glo. Wil. ;
thuccy Dev.; thuck Wor. Glo.' Hmp." Wil.' Brks.;
thuckee Cor.* ; thucker nw.Dev.'; thuk Hmp.' L^ik;
tSek, t$Bk.] 1. dent. pron. This, that; this one, that one.
Cf. thac(k.
Wxf.', Hrf.', B.Pem. (W.M.M.) Glo. Horae Subsecivae (1777)
5; Glo.'* Hmp.' Thic, Thik, this. Never used for ' that ' in North
Hants. Thuck, Thuk, that. I.W. (Hall.); I W.' Theck, that;
thick, this. w.Cy. Grose (1790). V/il. Brition Beauties {182$);
Wil.' Thuck always = that, but is mainly a N. Wilts form, its
place in S. Wilts being usually taken by Thick. Thic or Thick
often = this in N.Wilts, but far more frequently = that, —in fact,
the latter may probably now be taken as its normal meaning,
although it would appear to have been otherwise formerly. In
Cunnington MS., for instance, it is stated that ' The old terms liiic
and llioc almost constantly exclude the expressions This and That '
(s.v. Pronouns^ n.Wil. Thuck'sourfeythor's, Jeffekies Gt. Estate
(1880) ix.' Dor. (C.V.G.) ; The demonstrative pronouns for the
personal class [of formed individual things, as. a man, a tree, a tool]
are ' thease ' and ' thik.' . . ■ Thik cheese,' Barnes Siig. Sol. ( 1859)
A'o/M,iii; 16. G/. (1863 21. n.Dor. (S.S.B.) Som. Thic, That, and
Tother (F.A.A.) ; West of the Parret thecky, Jennings Dial.
w.Eng.(\S6g). e.Som.W.&J.CT. (1873). w.Som. When... 'dhik'
or ' dhaat' are used alone the distinction between the kind of thing
referred to is still carefully maintained. Of a knifeitwouldbesaid...
'Dhik6e-z muyn.' . . But when the noun, whatever be its quality
or number, has been already mentioned, or is to be mentioned in
the same sentence, it is referred to by the neuter or indefinite form
of thcdemonstrative 'dhaat,' ' dhis," and not ' dhik,' Elworthy Gram.
(1877) 32. Dev. What dee cal thic ahead ! N. Hogg Poet. Lett.
(ed. 1858) ist S. 19; Thuccy were Miss Toney's, 0'Nr.n.L Idyls
(1892) 87 ; Dev.' A . . . takesup the tea-pot and stram-bang thecca
go'th out of the winda, 4 ; Dev.^ n.Dev. Britting o' thick an crazing
thack, Rock Jim an' Nell (1867! st. 7. nw.Dev.' Used as often as
Thick or Thicky. s.Dev. Fox Kiiigsbrii/ge ( 1874). Cor. We must
be braave and theck, Jimmy Trehilcock [1863) 6; That's thecky
weth the rings, Daniel Bm/^.7, 24 ; Cor.'; Cor.* 'Thickee and
thuckec,' this and that.
2. Phr. (i) l/iid- here, this, this one; (2) — (here, (3) —
there there, that, that one.
(l) Wil. I'o borrow a neighbour's tub to save thick ere in the
pantry, Penrudoocke Content (i860) 17 ; Wil.' In ' thick here'
. . . the use of the adverb defines the meaning more precisely
(s.v. Pronouns). (2) Glo. Th' owld wimin couldn't git arf so
much o' thuc thur in to 'urn, Buckhan Darke's Sojourn (1890) vi.
Wil. Slow Gt. (1892' ; (K.M.G.) ; Wil.' The use of the adveib
defines the meaning more precisely (s.v. Pronouns'. e.Sora.
W. & J. Gl. (1873 . Dev. I say thiccy there is the gown that
missus wore, O'Neill /rfv/s( 1892; 87. Cor.* (3 w.Som.' Mine's
a rare knivc, but I widn gie much vor thick there there (s.v. There).
e.Dev. When the Devonshire man directs attention to two objects,
for example, he points to one of them as ' thick there there,' and
to the other as ' thease here here," PulmanSx^. Sol. (i860) Notes, 3.
3. dent. adj. This, that. See Thease.
Wxf.' ' Dhicka poake.' ' Na dicke wye, nar dicka.' Wor. (K.)
Hrf. The vook may laugh at thick news, Ellis Prominc. (1889) V.
69. s.Pem. Look ye at thike thing (W.M.M. ). Glo. We brought
un thuc gurt blue stone to try \vi', Buckman Darke's Sojourn
(1890) 167. Brks. Kot I out o' all thuck caddie, Hughes 5fOHf.
White Horse (1859) vi. w.Cy. Thiccy work be turr'blc dry and on-
promisin', Globe (Feb. 23, 1895I. Wil. He can't stroddlc thuck
puddle, jEFFERiEs//o(/f<^ , 1880) I. 335; Ta zee thick two together,
Slow Rhymes {i8io) 6. Dor. A small brass dog, found in a barrow
and now in the County Museum at Dorchester, was nailed up over
the door of a sick man, whose mother believed that ' thic brass
dog 'ud do him a powero' good ' (J.B. P.) ; Goo under thik tree, an'
zit on that grass, Barnes Gl. (1863) 21. Som. Tes no good to
come wi' thik tale, Raymond Love and Quiet Life (1894) 47.
w.Som. Ail articles or things of specific shape or purpose which
can be individualized by prefixing a or an, as a cloth, a tree, . .
may be classed as definite nouns having their own demonstratives
. . . dheeuz, . . dhik, or dhik ee, Elworthy Gram. (1877)39;
' Dhik ' or 'dhikee ' corresponds almost precisely to Latin iste. . .
' Lat dim kaa*fmdur puut dhik stae'iil een*tu dhik ee dhae'ur maup'
[Let the carpenter put that handle into that (yonder) mop], I'A.
31 ; w.Som.' Dev. Why, thek blamed sheep o' mine waunt
stop nowhere, Fit-Lore Jrn. (1883) I. 334 ; They've a-zot upon
thicker poar blid that was a-drownded, Hewett Pens. S/. ! 1892)
19 ; Dev.' Cor. Now thecky night I cudden blink my eyes,
Daniel Portfolio in Pencelly Verbal Pron. (1875) 153 ; Cor.*
4. These, those.
Wor. Thuck things {K.\ Dev. N. (y Q. (1859) 5th S. xi. 6.
5. Phr. (i) thick here, this ; (2) — there, {a) that ; (6) those.
(i) Wil. Why John be so certain about thick e'er thing, Ellis
Pronunc. (1889) V. 44. Dor. Do 'ce think as I be a-comed to
thik here shameful work o' my own choosing, lass 1 Hare Dinah
Kellow (1901) II. e.Dev. The lordship, against who thic here
caucus is founded, Jane Lordship (1897) 53. \s, a) I.W.' Come
tell me, I proy, About theck there rooap. 54. w.Cy. Who lives in
thic thur house now, down agen th' old tree stump ? Cornh. Mag.
(Dec. 1895) 601. Dor. He wer twice too wide Vor thik there
door, Barnes Poems (1869-70) 138. w.Dor. Rat thick there
cheeld ! Roberts Hist. Lyme Regis (1834'. Som. ^W.F.R.) ;
Spooase yo wanted thic ther sammon vor ta grow, Agrikler
Rhymes {i8-]2) loi. w.Som. ' Dhik dhacur' or 'dhikee dhaeilr'
[corresponds] to Latin ille. ' Lat dhu k,-ia fmdur puut dhik
staeul een-tu dhikee dhaeCir maup,' Elworthy G/ri/ii. 1877) 31.
Dev. Thickee there bwoy's 'nulT til drave me mazed ! Hewett
Peas. Sp. (1892) : Wat mort'l changes Hath occur'd in thic thare
time, N. Hogg Poet. Lett. (ed. 1866) 3. (A) Dev. N. &> Q. (1879)
5th S. xi. 6, 116.
6. adv. So.
n.Dev. He hurried along thic fast I thought he must be wonder-
ful set on zecing the maid, Zack Dunstable li'eir (1901'! 237.
Hence (i) thikketheor aways, phr., (2) Thuck-wise, adv.
thus, so.
(i) Dev. When young gentlemen do overlook young ladies,
tain't thikketheor aways, I knoo, Kingsley ff '<'s/a'<Jr<///o (1855)
50, ed. 1889. (2) Wor. [K.)
[3. Sin thilkedjiy that they were children lyte, Chaucer
C. T. A. 1 193. OE. /'ylc, such.]
THICK, adj, adv., sl>. and v. Var. dial, uses in Sc. Irel.
Eng. and Amcr. Also in forms theck n.Dev.; thik Chs. ;
tic(k Sh.I. [pik..] 1. adj and adv. In cowi. (i) Thick-
bill, the bullfinch, Pyrrhiila Eiirupaea ; (2) —dicks, thick
porridge ; (3) — end, the greater part, the majority or most
part; (4) -hots, porridge made of water and oatmeal; (5)
•knee, the great plover, Oedicneniits scolopa.v ; (6) -lifted,
short-winded, wheezy, breathing with difficulty ; (7)
-listed, (<i) sec (6) ; (0) dull, stupid ; (8) -milk, hot milk
THICK
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thickened with flour, and then sweetened ; (9) -neck, a
false growth in corn ; the growing of several stalks
together; (10) -pelted, thick-skinned; (11) -podditch or
-porridge, oatmeal porridge ; (12) -set, thick cloth ; pi.
a suit of clothes made of strong thick cloth ; (13) -set
wheat, see below ; (14) -spinning, Jig. bad conduct ; (15)
■thumbed, sluttish, untidy ; clumsj' ; (16) -tollols, a jocu-
lar name for oatmeal porridge ; (17) -wet, of clothes :
saturated with water; (18) -winded, bad at breathing,
husky.
(i) Lan. SwAiNSON Birds (1885') 67. (2~l n.Lan.' (3) e.Yks.'
The thick end of a job of work, MS. add. (T.H.) w.Yks. We've
waited for the'y cumin heame T'thick end ov hofe an hooer,
Blackah Pofms (1867) 241. Stf., Der. Host part (J.K.). n.Lin.i
I've gotten th' thick end o' th' job finished \vi'. Thick end o' last
week we got noht dun, i' a waay o' speakin'. sw.Lin.' It's the
thick-end of a mile. They've gotten the thick-end of their
harvest. (4) n.Cy. (Hall.),' w.Yks. • (5) Oxf. Aplin Birds
(1889) 142. Sur. That small representative of the noble bustard
. . . the thicknee or great plover. Son of Marshes On Sur. Hills
(1891) 68. s.Sas. The stone-curlew, or thick-knee, sometimes
called Norfolk plover, Longman's Mag. fAug. 1902) 356. (6)
w.Som.' Poor old fuller, he's a-come terr'ble thick lifted, sure
'nough. n.Dev. In a tingling vrost than tha art theck-lifted,
E.im. Scold. (1746) I. 126. (7, «) w.Cy. Grose (1790). Dev.'
(6) Dev. Horae Stibsecivae (1777) 255. (8) Don. Norah . . . put
down also the tail of a herring and a bowl ofthick-milk, Harper's
Mag. (Oct. 1900) 795. Oxf.> MS. add. Brks.' Milk boiled and
thickened with flour and sweetened with sugar or treacle.
ne.Ken. (H.M.), Sus.' (9) Lan.' (10) nw.Dev.' Thuze sheep be
thick-pilted toads; there's no proof in 'em [they will not fatten
easily]. (11) ne Lan.^, s.Lan.', nw.Der.' 12) Sc. Our landlord
wore ... a pair of bran new velveteens, instead of his ancient
thicksets, Scott Bride 0/ Lam. (1819) i. Ayr. His breeches, of
olive thickset, were carefully preserved from stains, Galt Sir A.
Wylie (1822) i. (13) Bdf. Velvet-cased wheat, which is called in
this county white-chapped led wheat, and thick-set wheat,
Batchelor Agric. (1813) 362. (14) n.Cy. (Hall.) w.Yks.'
What I guess thou's turn'd off for thick spinnin. (15) Ken.'''
(16) s.Lan.' Chs. A gret big fat butcher, now wi' thiktollols fed,
Chs. N. &'Q. {tiov. iZ&i)l.iSz- (17) n.Lin.' (18) ne.Lan.'
2. Phr. (i) the thicker skin holds the longer out, see below ;
(2) thick and threefold, strongly ; {3) — in the clear, see
below ; (4) — of speech, indistinct ; (5) to bite a bit quicker
and run a bit thicker, see below.
(i) Cum.' In law contests a common saying is, ' T'thicker skin
hod t'langer oot ' — implying that the heaviest purse will win the
suit ; Cum." (2) w.Yks.^ Shoo gav it me thick-and-threefold.
(3) Nhp.i An expression commonly used when any one who is
hoarse and husky from a cold is attempting to clear his voice.
' Why, you are thick in the clear.' (4) w.Som.* (5) n.Lin.'
' Thaay'U bite a bit quicker an' run a bit thicker,' said of well-bred
sheep in contrast with those of base pedigree, and meaning that
the well-born ones will eat a little more, and that the same land
will be able to sustain a greater number.
3. Short, squat, thick-set.
Sc. (G.W.) Fif. Thick Jamie Bud, lang Sandy Kay, Tennant
Papistry '1'827) 69.
4. Of the weather: cloudy, misty, foggy.
Sc. (A.W.) Sh.I. Hit wis i' da hOmmin, an' da lift wis tick, S/i.
iV«fS(Aug.3i, igoiV w.Yks. fJ.W.; n.Lin.'Athick day is a foggy
day. w.Som.' Thickwet, a dense mist. ' "Twas a proper thick wet,
youcould-nzee not a gunshot.' Dev.Ineverzeed it so thick afore or
zince, Mortimer IV. Moors (1895) 290.
Hence (i) Thickness, sb. fog, mist; (2) Thick-set, ad/.
cloudy or set in for rain.
(i) Sli.I. We didna ken him i' da tikness, S/i. News (Sept. 17,
1898). (2) n.Yks.2
5. Stupid, dull, slow of comprehension. Also used rtrfz/i.
and in phr. thick in the head.
Cai. I was aye thick in the heid, ^ULehha}! Peas. Life (1871) I.
108. Frf. I'm thicker i' the heid than I gie mysel' creydit for,
Mackenzie N. Pme (1897) 145. Cum. (M.P.) w.Yks. Talking
thick is to talk without reason, Hamilton Niigae Lit. (1841) 356.
ne.Lan.' s.Not. He's very thick of hearing and very thick of
understanding too (J.P.K.;. Oxf. (G.O.), Brks.'. Hmp.'
6. Partially deaf, esp. in phr. thick of hearing.
Cum.'", n.Yks.", e.Yks.' m.Yks.' A more usiial though less
gainly expression is 'thick i' t'lug.' w.Yks.^, s.Not. fJ.P.K.\
Lin.', Lei.', War. 3, s.Wor. (H.K.) Sus.> Speak a little louder,
sir, I'm rather thick of hearing. w.Som.' Cor, Doubtless I may
be thick o' hearin, ' Q.' Three Ships (ed. 1892) 97.
7. Numerous, plentiful ; frequent, in quick succession.
Also used advb.
Gall. As bairns turned thick and thicker, A' her beauties
changed their hue, Nicholson Poet. IVts. (1814) 116, ed. 1897;
Thick, sma' rain — description of much Gall, weather (J.M.).
N.I.' n.Cy. Grose (1790)^/5. (/(/(/.(P.) w.Yks.(J.W.) s.Lan.'
Hoo's had childer very thick-on. They're very thick uppo' th' sod.
nw.Der.i s.Wor. Mine is a good summer-house, the doors be so
thick, PoRSON Quaint IVds. (1875) 3'- se.Wor.' Thick on the
grounds crowded. Hrf. Bound Provinc. (1876). Dor.' The
leazers thick da stoop to pick the ears, 158. Cor.^
Hence phr. (i) thick and threefold, (2) thicker and faster,
in great numbers or quantity ; thickly, with little inter-
mission.
(I) Sc. Ills come thick and three-fauld on him (Jam.). Lnk.
Thick-an'-threefauld in the trance Bright forms strain'dto be near
The glowing hearth. Miller Willie IVinkie (ed. 1902) 41. n.Yks.^
Flocking in thick and threefold. Lan.' They'd nobbut been
married abeawt three months when trouble begun o' comin' on
'em thick an'-threefold. e.Lan.', s.Lan.' Ctis.' He's a bonny lot
o' childer i' this short time; tliey'n com'n thick an' three-fowd.
s.Chs.' The bills come droppin' in thick an' three-fowld. (2)
s.Chs.'
8. Thorough, complete, downright.
w.Yks. I've niver known him tell so thick a lee afore, Sutcliffe
Shameless IVayne (igoo) 245.
9. Friendly, intimate, on very familiar or ititimate terms.
In gen. coiloq. use.
Sc. (A.W.) Sli.I. Dey wir very tic. Burgess Sketches {2nd ed.)
72. Frf. Sae thick an' pack wi' yon sour-mou'd whaup, Lowson
Guidfollow (1890) 34. Ayr. They were fain o' ither. An' unco pack
an' thick thegither, Burns Tica Dogs (1786) 1. 37-8. Lth. He's
fast an' thick wi' Hootsman, Luhsden Sheep-head (18^2) 293. Ir.
Himself and Alec Hardwick always being so thick. Bodkin
Shillelagh (1902) 102. N.I.' Nhb. Him an' Charlie wes the
thickest o' marrers tegither. Pease Maik o' Deil (1894) 19. Cum.*
Wm. They wer sea thick, her an t'lile jack ass. Spec. Dial. (1885)
pt. iii. 39. n. Yks.' 24, m.Yks.', w.Yks.'s Lan. Thee and me has
allis been thick, Ackworth Clog Shop Chron. (1896) 227; Lan.',
e.Lan.i, s.Lan.', Chs.'^, Der.2, nw.Der.', Not.', n.Lin.', se.Lin.
(J.T.B.), sw.Lin.', Lei.', War.^^, w.Wor.' Hrf. Bound Provinc.
(1876). Oxf.i MS. add., Brks.i Bdf. Batchelor Anal Eiig.
Lang. (1809) 146. e.An.'^ Nrf. Emerson Son nf Fens (1892)
190. Hnip.' Dor. Him and me's very thick, Francis Pastorals
(1901) 200. w.Som.' e.Dev. That mighty kewer, but rich
gentleman, Mr. Bolde, was thick in withyoung Mohun, Jane Ever
Mohiin (1901) 230. [Amer. There's others that I should rather
have Ellen thick with. Harper s Mag. (June 1901) 73.]
Hence Thickness, sb. familiarity, intimacy, friendliness.
Lnk. Willie and his father-in-law to be were now, in a manner,
scunnersome wi' their thickness, Roy Generalship (ed. 1895) 171.
10. Phr. (x) ffs thick as bees, (2) — as blackberries, (3) — as
crowdy, (4) — as Darby and Joan, (5) — as Dick and Leddy,
(6) — as Harry and Mary, (7) — as herrings in a barrel,
(8) — as inkle-ivcavers or -makers, (9) — as thack, (10) — as
thick, (11) — as thieves, (12) — as three in a bed, (13) — as
tivo dogs' heads, (14) — as two in a bed, very friendly and
intimate ; on exceedingly good terms ; (15J to make thick
with, to ingratiate oneself with.
(i) Brks. You an' she were as thick as bees, Hayden Thatched
Cottage (1902) 142. (2) Ir. I thought j'ou an' he were as thick as
blackberries before you went away, M^Nulty Misthcr O'Ryan
(1894) iii. (3) Ags. In the company o' twa derf lookin' English
chiclds as thick wi' them as crowdy, Reid Howetoon, 95. (4^ Lan.
Hoo an' it's as thick as Darby an' Jooan, Bowker Tales (1882)
172. (5) w.Yks. .-^s thick as Dick an' Leddy (J.R.). ((>) w.Cor.
They used not to speak ; but now they are ' as thick as Harry and
Mary'(M.A.C.). 1,7) Uls. i,M.B.-S.) (8) Ayr.Confabbin'thegither
as thick as inkle weavers. Service Notandums (i8go) 74. Dur.'
Cum.^Stumptawaytogidder as thick as inkle weavers, 15. n.Yks.',
e.Yks.', w.Yks.' Lan. They'n be as thick as iiiklewayvers,
Bhierley Marlocks ;i866) vii. s.Lan.'4, Chs.*, Der.^, nw.Der.',
n.Lin.' Dor. Barnes G/. (1863). Dev. Adam, you and Miss Deller
ought to be as thick as inkle-makers ! Stooke Not E.vactly, vii. (9)
w.Yks. Prov. in Brighouse News (Aug. 10, 1889) ; w.Yks.', n.Lin.'
(iq) w.Yks. (J.W.) I. Ma. All the lot as thick as thick. Brown
Doctor (1887) 13. Midi. Carter were as thick wi' Rollins as thick
THICK
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could be, BARTRA5if<o//<-o/C/o^/oii( 1897)62. (u)Sc.(A.W.) Gall.
Ckockett Slickil Mill. ( 1 893 "i 28. Ir. Your swcclhciil an' her sweet-
heart, thick as two thieves. Barlow /Jog'/a«rf (1892) 123, cd. 1893.
Dur. Thick as thieves were the two of them, Guthrie Kitty Fii^iiit
( 1900 < 156. s.Lan.>,Not.(J.H.B.), War.=, e.An.2 Dev. She an'Bill
got so thick as thieves afore the picter was out o' hand, Black niiil
/K/ii/<'i June 27, 1896; 824. I i2)Uls. ,M.B.-S.\n.Lin.',0xf.M/5.(i<W.
(13) Nlib. It wasna you nor her jauntin' off to Brantham as thick
as two doqs' heads, Graham Red Scaur (18961 262. (14) Der.^
(15-, CId. Jam.)
11. In love ; criminally familiar or intimate, esp. in phr.
over or luo thick.
Sc. She had fa'en a wee ower thick wi' a cousin o' her ain,
ScoTT Aiiti<iuciry ^ 1816) x.-civ ; (Jam.) Frf. As the weeks flew by,
Jamie and Miss Smith grew thicker, Willock A'o.^f//v£'«(/i- (1886)
60, ed. 1889. Edb. She's ower thick wi' the Auld Arte, Beatty
Sff«/<i<(i897)a49. Lakel.'' Wm. 'Liggintagiddurwill makswines
thick,' common saying (B. K.). n.Yks. T'lalk that cam oop aboot
mah bein thick wi' her, wur set allooat by sum gooid-for-nowts,
FETHERST0NS'"K^^ms/<f"i.4i. w.Yks.' n.Liii.' Persons are said
to be 'oher thick wi' one anuthcr' who carry on an intrigue.
12. sb. Phr. (i) the thick of the Ihiaii^, the midst of the
bustle or crowd ; the busiest part or tune ; (2) — on it, the
major or principal part; (3) to have neither thick nor thin
in the house, to have neither meat nor drink.
(I) Cum.''', n.Yks.=, w.Yks. (J.W. 1 (2) Cum.' She browt a heap
o' kelter an' t thick on't o' hard gold ; Cum.* (3; w.Yks.'
13. Obs. A crowd ; a mass of people.
Edb. My uncle . . . keeping well among tlie thick, to he as little
kenspeckle as possible, MoiR Maitsie ll'aucli (1828) ii.
14. pi. Groves and woods with thick, close underwood ;
thickets. Suf (Hall.), Suf.' I5.pl. A rag-trade term :
a linsey in which the weft is made of cotton and wool, but
in which the cotton preponderates. w.Yks. (M.F.J
16. V. To thicken.
m.Yks.' He begins to thick i' t'lug a bit [to grow deaf]. w.Yks. ^^
T'day's thicking [getting cloudy].
Hence Thicked-niilk, sb. milk thickened with flour and
boiled. Dor.'
THICK. THICKA, see Theak, v.\ Thic(k.
THICKEDNESS, sb. Glo. [hikidnas.J Thickness.
(W.H.C.), Glo.>
THICKEE, see Thic(k.
THICKENING-STUFF,, <;6. s.Lan.' Victualsofanykind.
THICKENS, sb. pi. Yks. Also written thickans.
[I'ikanz.] Oatmeal porridge ; lit. 'thick ones.'
w.Yks. Thickans swectand we trakle to their breikfast, Tom
Treddlehoyle Matty A/iiffiiitloii/ (^1843) 36; Let thi thickens keel,
Leeds Merc. Siippt. (Jan. 3, 1891) ; w.Yks.^
THICKER, see Thic(k.
THICKET, sb. Dev. [Not known to our correspon-
dents.] ? A faggot.
n.Dev. Yen thick auther thicket, Rock Jim an' Nell (1867) st. 9.
THICKETY,THICKEY, THICKSELL, see Thaykety,
Thicik, Thixle.
THICKUMY, de/n. pion. Som. Also in form thick-
eniny. [tSikami.] That ; also in comp. Thickuniy-there.
(W.F.R,) ; W. & J. Gl. (1873) ; (H.^LL.)
"THICKUN, dim. pron. Hrf. Glo. Wil. Som. Also
written thicken Wil. ; thick'iin,thicun Glo. ; and in forms
thuck'un, thucun Glo. [Si'kan,] This one, that one.
Hrf.'* Glo. Tliick 'un hut tliuck 'un and not thuck 'un hut thick
'un, Lysons Vulgar 7u«^?»e (1868) 46; Thicun = this one, Thucun
= that one (H.S.H.); Glo,' Wil. Penruddocke Coiilciil (i860)
Iiitrod. 3. Som. (W.F.R,)
THICKY-DUDDLE,56. Dor. Flour and water. Barnes
CI. (18631 (s.v. Duddles).
THICUN, see Thickun.
THIEF, sb. Var. dial, uses in Sc. Ircl. and Eng. Also
written theef Dmb. ; and in forms thieve- Dmb. ; tief
Or.I. [|ilf.] 1. In comb, (i) Thief-animal, a term of
opprobrium for a thievish person ; (2) -club, an associa-
tion for the prosecution of thieves ; (3) -handsel, see
below ; (4) -like, (n) having the appearance of a blackguard ;
(b) plain, ugly; hardlooking ; also used in conipar.; see
below; (c) applied to dress: unbecoming, not handsome;
(5) -loon, (6J -riever, a thief, thievish rascal ; (7) -thruni'd,
VOL. VI.
made of stolen 'thrums'; (8) Thieves'-hole, obs., a gaol,
prison; esp.a particularly bad dungeon reserved for thieves.
' I Frf. I was michtilics beguiled i' the buyin' u't by that thief-
animal. Ratty Mairtin. Mackenzie N. Pine (1897) 376. (a) Wm.
The members of the thief club, as they arc commonly called , should
all pay in proportion to the property they wish to protect, Lons-
dale Mag. II. 177. (3) n.Yks.^'That new house has had thief-
handsel,' something stolen from it in the first instance; a bad
omen for the future luck of the house. (4, a) Sc. If ye binna
thief, binna thief-like, Prov. (Jam.) (4) li. The thieferlike the
better soldier. Ye're like the swine, the aulder ye grow, ye're
ay the thiefer-like. (c) ib. That's a thief like mutch ye've on.
(5) Dmf. My stomach fair rebounds at the thought of thae thief.
loons gawping up Buccleuch's mutton, Hamilton Mawkin V1898)
213. (6) Dmf. We tynt the hogs, but we got the thief rievers fast
enough, ib. 273. (7,1 Dmb. Thieve-thrum'd waft can mak' but
rotten harn, Salmon Gouodenn (1868) 100. (8) Sc. Put the poor
man in arms, and l.iy him in the dungeon called the Theeves'
Hole, KiRKTON Cli. Hist. (1817) 209. SIg. He . . . allowed them
to try him with their thieves hole or axe, Bruce Sermons (1631 ,
129, ed. 1843. Ga"- Instantly thrust into the thieveshole, as
the greatest malefactors, Gallovidian (1901 1 III. 57.
2. Phr. (i) as fast as a thief in a mill, prov., quite safe,
with no means of escape ; see below; (2) a thief s bargain,
a very cheap bargain, such a bargain as a thief makes
with a receiver of stolen goods; (3) he's such an old thief,
he'd rob Jesus Christ of his shoe-strings, said of a notorious
thief; (4) the black thief, (5) the old thief, (6) the thief of the
world, the devil ; (7) the thief and reaver bell, see below ;
(8) thief take you , an imprecation or oath : the devil take you.
(1) e.Yks. The mill referred to would be one of the old wooden
windmills, built on posts, with only one way of ingress and
egress, and which could easily be surrounded, thus giving no
chance of escape to the thief therein, Nicholso.n Flk. Sp. (1889)
18. ne.Lan.', nw.Der.' (2) e.Sc. Ou, ay, ye may weel glower,
it's a thief's bargain an' nae mistake, Strain Elinslie's Drag-net
(1900) 249. (3) War.2 (4) Or.I. The devil [is called] da Auld
Chield,da Sorrow, da ill-healt, or da black tief, Fercusson Rambles
(1884 I 166. (^) Lnk. The pair [Adam and Eve] gat a la' — Foul la'
the Auld Thief for that sinning o't 1 Rodger PofHis( 1838) ioi,ed.
1897. (6; Ker. May the thief o' the wurld turn it all into whishky
an' be choked wid it ! Bartram U'Inlihcadtd Boy {iBgQ 84. (7)
N.Cy.' Nhb. ' At the time of sounding the curfew on the evening
of the day on which each fair was proclaimed, the great bell of
St. Nicholas was rung, and called by the common people the 'thief
and reaver bell.' It was meant as announcing that the fair had
begun, all people might freely enter the town and resort to it, no
process being issued from the mayor's or sheriff's courts without
athdavits being made that the party could not at other times be
taken, Richardson Newc. Municip. Aats. 90. (8) Lnk. Ye maun
gar Kate tak me, or thief tak you a' thegither, Graham ll'iitings
(1883) II- 56-
3. A term of contempt or vituperation usedwith no implica-
tion of dishonesty; a rascal, scamp. Also applied to things.
Sc. She's an ill-laur'd thief (Jam.). Fif. Mak the thief wallop
out o' sicht, Tennant >'n/iii/;;>' (,1827) 128. Dmb. The steem-bott
was a dour theel, and snoor't awa and snoor't awa tho' the w'ater
was jaupin up to the lum tap. Cross Disruption (1844) xxi.x.
4. An imperfection in the wick of a candle which causes
it to gutter and waste. In gen. colloq. use.
n.Yks. (l.W.) e.Yks. Nicholson yV*. 5^ (1889) 4. w.Yks.*,
s.Lan.', Chs.', s.Chs.', nw.Der.', War.", se.Wor.' Shr.' Look at
the thief i' the candle, 'ow it's wasting it. Oxf.' MS. add. Brks.',
Suf.', w.Som,', Wil. ^G.E.D.)
5. A bramble, hawthorn, Riibusfriiticosus.
e.Yks.' A prick of the hawthorn, briar, &c., only so called when
catching at a passing object or puncturing the flesh, MS. add.
(T.H.) Lei.i, War.a
THIEFY,mi>'. Sh.I. In form tiefy. [trfi.] Thievish,
thieving. Also used fig. stealthy, furtive.
Hit's no da first 'at Jonathin Hughson haes gotten his tiefie
haunds ow-er, Clark A'. Gleams v'898j 95 ; Tamy, wi' a kind o'
tiefy luik at Sibbic, Sli. Netcs (Aug. ai, 1897).
THIEVAL, see Thivel.
THIEVELESS, adj. Sc. Irel. Also written theeveless
Ayr. ; and in forms thaveless Ir. ; thiveless w.Sc.
[I'lvUs.] 1. Listless, spiritless, wanting in energy or
force ; aimless, ineffectual, bootless. Cf thowless.
Sc. 'A thieveless excuse,' one that is not satisfactory (Jam., s.v.
N
THIEVELY
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THIMBLE
Thewles). Per. He had a broken-down look and appeared listless,
or, as he himself expressed it, 'rale thieveless,' Fergusson Vill.
Puet (iSg^) 80. w.Sc. She answered in a gay thieveless-like way,
Carrick Laird of Logan (1835) 289. Ayr. At ilka thing I'm
thieveless. And frae seching canna keep, W hue Jottings (i87g">
261. Lnk. Ye thieveless, thowless pack o' ghaistlin's, Murdoch
Done Lyre {I8^3) 33. e.Lth. Archie Howden's but a thieveless,
daidlin cratur, Hunter J. Inivick (1895) 45. n.Ir. 'A thaveless
body.' ' A thaveless bit of work.' ' 1 was thaveless at her,' I
regarded her as acting or talking foolishly, senselessly (M.B.-S.).
Hence Thievelessly, adv. feebly, weakli', aimlessly,
without force or energy.
Ayr. Peter . . . gaed doitin' awa up the road, theevelessly, by
himsel', Service A'o/nH</;(H!s (1890} 11.
2. Cold, bleak. Also us&djig. shy, reserved ; cold, frigid
in manner, forbidding.
w.Sc. 'To look thieveless to one,' to give one a cold reception
(Jam., s.v. Thewles). Rnf. ' It's a thieveless morning,' a phr.
used by old people. ' Thieveless' is applied to weather in a sort of
intermediate or uncertain state. Thus 'a thieveless day ' is one
neither properl3' good or bad (ib.) ; Used to denote frigidity or
insipidity of manner {ib,). Ayr. Wi' thieveless sneer to see his
modish mien, Burns Brigs of Ayr (1787) 1. 89.
THIEVELY, (7rfy. e.Yks.' [t^rvli.] Thievish, dishonest.
THIF, V. Obs. Wxf.' To blow with wind or rain.
THIG, V. Sc. n.Cy. Also in forms theg Abd. ; tigfg
S. & Ork.' [I'igJ !■ To beg, borrow ; esp. to solicit
gifts or alms on certain occasions, such as on setting up
housekeeping, &c.
Sc. Maun gang thigging and sorning about on their acquaintance,
Scott Rob Roy (1817) xxvi ; At ayoung Highlander's first setting
up for himself ... he goes about among his near relations and
friends ; and from one he begs a cow, from another a sheep, . .
till he has procured for himself a tolerable stock. This the^' call
thigging, HisLOP AitccUole (1874) 99. S. & Ork.' n.Sc. One or
more days were given to the thigging of wool from her friends
and neighbours, Gregor O/i/eii Time, 109. Abd. The bridegroom
gaed a theggan' among the friends, an' got presents o' corn an'
ither gear in token o' their well wishes, Michie Deeside Tales
(187a) 132. Ayr. He gaed to the gaits' [goats'] hoose to thig '00'
[wool]. Service Dr. Diigiiid (ed. 1887) 262. e.Lth. Ye'U see
them waste their siller on drink or dress, an' syne thig a' they can
get afi'the pairish, Hunter y. Inwick (1895") 145. Gall. He tried
to thig it awa' frae his faither, Crockett Bog-Myrlle (1895) 378.
n.Cy. i^Hall.)
Hence (ij Thig, sb. begging, borrowing ; (2) Thigger,
sb. a beggar, mendicant ; {3) Thigging, sb. the quantity of
grain collected by begging ; (4) Thigster, sb., see (2).
(1 Arg. Studying tlirough his horn specs the tale of thig and
theft which the town-officer had made up a report on, MuNRO
J. Splendid (1898) 315. (21 Sh.I. Tiggers soodna be tarrowers,
Spence Flk-Lore (1899) 212 ; S. & Ork.' Edb. Scotch penal
enactments against sturd}' beggars, thiggers, sorners, and such
like, LoRiMER /J'fi/ A'lV/'f (1885) 34. (3) Kcd. I'll get a thigging
frae auld John Watt, Kinloch Ballad Bk. (1827) 69, ed. 1868.
Per. (Jam.) (4) Sc. (Jam.)
2. Phr. to tig nine mothers' meat, see below.
Sh.I. The motlier is further instructed to ' tig the nine mothers'
meat ' for the bairn's restoration, i.e. nine mothers whose first-
born were sons are each solicited for an offering of three articles
of food, to be used during the convalescence of the patient who
has been thus snatched from the power of the trows, Spence Flk-
Lore (1899) 147.
3. To entice ; to entreat ; to tease. S. & Ork.'
[1. And now me bus, as a beggar, iny bred for to f>igge
At doris vpon dayes, Jiat dayres me full sore, Dest. Troy
(c. 1400) 13549. *J^- ]''<^gon, to take, receive, accept ; Dan.
tigge, to beg (Larsen).]
THIGHT, TH1K(E, see Theat. adj., Thic(k.
THIKKE, THIKKI, THIKY, see Thic(k, Thiccy,
Thick.
THILK, dem. pron. Glo. [tSilk.] That, the same. See
Thic)k.
Giuns Cotswohl Village {iZgZ) 84. ne.Glo. ' Ou haven't come in.'. .
' I suppose 1 cowd ha' told thee thilk,' Household Wds. (1885) 141.
THILL, s6.' Sc. and in gen. dial, use in Eng. and
Amer. [|nl.] 1. The shaft of a cart or wagon. Gen. \n
pi. Also usedy?^. See Fill, sli.\ Tills, sb. pi.'-
Gall. Now you yourself are in the thills, Crockett Grey Man
(1896) 316. n.Yks.'* ne.Yks.', m.Yks.' (s.v. Shill), Lan.', Lei.',
Nhp.2, Suf. (C.G.B.), Suf.',Sus.' Hmp. Holloway ; Moses Snow
was sitting on the thill, dangling his legs. Gray Ribstone Pippins
(,1898) 27. Wil.' [Amer. I'm like a bronco in a buggy. I want
to bust athill every time I feel the rein, Cent. Mag. (Jan. 1901) 452.]
Hence Thilling, prp. working in the shafts. Lan.'
2. Comp. (i) Thill-bells, the chain part of the shaft-
horse's harness, which, fixed on the wooden fore-part of
the collar, hooks on the tugs of the shafts ; (2) -hanks or
Thillanks, {a) the leather thongs fastened into the 'hames'
of the shaft-horse ; {b) obs., the twist or rope that came
over the saddle of the shaft-horse; (3) -harness, harness
for the shaft-horse ; (4) -horse, the shaft-horse ; (5) -tugs,
see (i).
(i) Suf.' (2, o) Dur. (K.\ Lei.', Nlip.' (s.v. Filanks). (i) Dur.
(K.) (3) n.Lin.', Oxf.' MS. add. Brks. A thill harness will be
run for by cart-horses, Hughes Scour. While Horse (1859) v.
Sur.', Hmp. (H.R.), Dor.' e.Som. W. & J. Gl. (1873). (4)
n.Cy. Grose (1790). n.Lin.', Lei.', w.Wor.'. Glo.' Bdf. Batchelor
Anal. Eng. Lang. (1809) 126. Suf. (C.T.), Suf.' Eas. Morton
Cyclo. Agn'c. ',1863: s.v. Horse). Sus.', Ken.' Hmp. (H.R.) ;
Holloway. Wil.' [Amer. /)/«/. A'o/(5 (1896) J. 334] (5) Brks.
\'armer Miflliii's mare run for and won a new cart saddle and
lliill-tugs, Hughes Sro;ij-. White Horse {18^^) v. I.W.'
[Tliylle, of a cart, tento {Prompt.).]
THILL, si.2 n.Cy. Nhb. Dur. Yks. [|nl.] L The floor
of a coal-seam.
N.Cy.' Nhb.' On this, flat deals of beech wood were fonnerly
laid to form the ' waj's ' for the sleds or trams. A ' holey thill'
was one of these tramway's when worn into holes by the passage
of the trams. Nhb., Dur. Greenwell Coo/ 7">. G/. (1849). w.Yks.
(J.H.B.), w.Yks.2
2. A thin bed or stratum of fire-claj'.
Nhb.' The underlayer of a coal seam freq. consists of a thin bed
of fireclay; hence thin strata of that material are called 'thill,*
irrespective of their position with regard to a seam of coal. ' The
thills or undercl.iys of coals,' Lebour Geol. (ed. 1886) 12. Nhb.,
Dur. Grey thill with water, Borings ( 1881) II. 4.
Hence Thilly, adj. partaking of the nature of indurated
clay. Nhb.'
[1. f>i//e, a structure of planks ; flooring (Sweet).]
THILLER, sb. In gen. dial, use in midl. and s.Eng.
Also written thillur I.W.' [l^ilalr.] 1. The shaft-horse
or wheeler in a team. Also called Thill-horse (qv., s.v.
Thill, sb.'). See Tiller, sb.^
Lan.', Lei.', Nhp.'^ (s.v. Filler), War. (J.R.'VV.), War.3 'Wor.
Deceased was by the thiller's head, Evesham Jrn. (Sept. 18.
1897). w.Wor.', s.Wor.', se.Wor.', Shr.', Hrf.=, Glo. (A.B.),
Glo.' 2, 0x1'.', Brks.', e.Au.' Nrf., Suf. Morton C\clo. Agric.
(1863); Suf.' Ess. 7'ra»s.^<f/<.Sof. (18631 II. 187. Sus.' Hmp.
Holloway. I.W.', Wil.', Dor.' e.Soni. W. & J. Gl. ( 18735.
[Hole bridle and saddle, whit lethcr and nail. With coUcrs and
harneis, for thiller and all, TussicR Hiisb. (1580) 36.]
2. Comb. (i)Thiller'sgearis, harness forthe shaft-horse ;
(2) -horse, the shaft-horse or wheeler in a team, &c. ; (3)
-tackle, see (i).
(i) s.Wor. (H.K.) Shr.' Suit of thiller's gear. Ami. Calal.
(Stoddesden) (1870). Glo. A'. & Q. (1882) 6th S. vi. 186. Suf.
Rainlirij A!;nc. (1819) 292, cd. 1849. (2) War.^, Hmp.' (3)
War. (J.R.VV.)
THILSE, adv. Obs. Bch. (Jam.) Else, otherwise,
'the else.'
THIMAL, see Thimble.
THIMBER, adj. Obs. Sc. Gross, heavy, cumbrous.
Thickand thimber washisthie, AYTOUN/J(?//nrf.';(ed. 1861)11.332.
THIMBLE, sb. and v. Van dial, uses in Sc. Irel. and
Eng. Also in forms thimal w.Yks.; thimell Der.;
thimmel Lth. Nhb. Dur.' n.Lan.'; thiminle e.Yks.';
thhnmy Der.; thumble Sc. (Jam.) [f>im(b)l.] 1. sb.
In comb, (i) Thimble-ha', a tailor's workshop; (2) -pie, a
rap on the head with a thimbled finger; in ^('«. colloq.
use ; also called Dame's thimble ; (3) -pie making, see
(2) ; (4) -work, needlework, tailoring.
(i) Abd. He . . . ca's their lear but clippings a' ; And bids them
gang to Thimble-ha', Keith Farmer's Ha' (1774) st. 14. (2) Dur.',
e.Yks.' w.Yks. Missis pullin me ears, broddin me wit knittin
needle, an giein me sa mich thimalpie, Tom Treddlehoyle
Bairnsla Ann. (1847) 6; w.Yks.' n.Lan.' s.Lan.' Der. Years
THIMMERLY
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THING
ago there was one variety which little boys and girls knew as
' dame's tliimell.' It was in constant use in the making of ' Ihimell-
pie ' or ' thimmy-pic,' the dame of the little schools then common
in all villages using her thimble — a great iron one — upon the
children's heads when punishment was necessary, A'. (yQ. (1890
7th S. ix. 95. nw.Der.', n.Lin.", War.3, Oxf." A/S. atld., Brks.'
nw.Dev.i I'll gic 'ce tliimblcpic drcckly, if thee dis'n behave the-
zel'. 3) Der. The dame of the little schools then common in all
villages using her thimble — a great iron one — upon the children's
heads when punishment was necessary. This was called ' thimell-
pie making, 'and the operation was much dreaded, N. er'Q. (1890)
7th S. ix. 95. (4") Nhb. I could na settle tac stitchin' an' thimmel-
wark like an' auld-wifc, Jones Nlib. (1871) 19.
2. The foxglove, Digitalis purpurea. Wtf. (B. & H.),
Cum.''' 3. The sca-cainpion, Silciic marilima. c.An.
(B. & H.) 4. pi. The harebell, Campanula rotundifulia.
Sc. (Jam.) n.Sc. (lA., s.v. Witch-bells). Lth. ?'oxgloves, blue-
bells, thimmels, an' spinks, Lumsden Sheip-head {\^<j3) 145. Glo.',
5. The iron socket in which any pivot turns ; the ring of
a gate-hook on which the gate turns.
Clis.' Midi. Wright. Stf.' Lei.' The ring which receives the
hook in the hinge of a gate, having two clamps or wings which
clip or go round the wood. Without these last, and when the
ring is only at the end of a spike which runs into the wood of the
gate, it is called a ' band," ' hooks ' and ' bands,' but ' gate-hooks '
and 'thimbles.' War.*
6. The socket into which a bolt shoots. Chs.' 7. :'.
To insert a stone between the axle-tree and the inside of
a wheel. Diir. Gibson Vp-Weardale Gl. (1870).
THIMMERLY, THIMMY, see Tymerly, Thimble.
THIN, adj., sb. and v. Van dial, uses in Sc. Irel. and
Eng. Also in form tin Sh.I. [|>in.] 1. adj. In covih.
(1) Thin cake, see below ; (2) -chopped, small-faced; (3)
— drink, small beer; (4) — fur 8r furrow, {a) a shallow
furrow; (A) to plough land with a shallow furrow; (5) —
land, land having very shallow soil ; (6) — nose, a nose
keenly susceptible to smells ; (7) -nosed, keen-scented ;
(8) — pikeing, poor living ; (9) skinned, of land : having
a thin surface-soil.
(i) Wm. A cake baked on a girdle (B.K.). w.Yks. Cake made
from ordinary dough without any fruit or preserves. 'What hev
we ferbreckfast!' 'Thin cake and bacon' (iA.\ (2) Cum. The thin-
chop'd, hawf-neak'd beggars, Gilpin Ballads (1874) 175. (3)
N.Cy.', w.Yks.' s.Cy. Grose (1790). (4, a) Mid. Then ploughed
these ashes in with a very thin furrow (to avoid bringing up to
the surface the wictched subsoil), Middleton Agric. (1798) 122.
(i) n.Lln.' I thinfurr'd them seeds fur wheat c'stead o' breakin
'em up, an' ther' wasn't hairf a crop. (5) n.Lin.' (6) Cum.
(E.W.P.) Wm. He's a gay thin nooaze when ther's owt ta eat
stirrin' (B K.). w.Yks. Shoe said I'd a thin nose, and ah 'ed a thin
nose to smell a dirtiness like that (F.P.T.1. (7) w.Yks. Leeds Mac.
Suppl. (Jan. 28, 1899). (8) w.Yks. 1 J.W.) s.Lan.' It's bin thin-
pikein" at eawr heawse o' lat'. (9^ s.Chs.', nw.Der.', Suf.'
2. Phr. fi) thin of clothes, scantily clothed ; (2) to be thin
ft kit. to break one's word or engagement ; (3) to make
thin linings, of the wind : to be cold and piercing ; lit. to
make one's clothes feel thin.
(i) Dmb. The poor wha're thin o'claise, And pining in starvation,
Taylor Poems (1827') 9. (2) w.Yks. Scatciierd Hist. Morley
(1830 "i Gl ; w.Yks.' (s.v. Runs-thin\ (3) Chs.', s.Chs.'
3. Few, scarce.
Frf. John Tamson's bairns— ah ! whaur are they 1 Amahgusnoo
they're grown sae thin That 3'e micht search frae Tweed to Spcy
Krc ony trace o' them ye fin', Watt Poet. Sketches (1880, 73.
Lnk. Originals hae now worn thin, Watson Poems (1853) 20.
4. Of the wind or weather: cold, keen, piercing.
Ir. Barlow East iiiilo IVesI (1898) 315 ; During a cold easterly
wind the clay is said to be thin, FlkLore Rec. (1881) IV. 106.
w.Yks.2 Clis.' One frequently hears it said, ' My word ! but it's
a thin wind this morning ; it'll go through you before it'll go round
you.' s.Chs.' Der. The wind blows thin, it's in the East (H.K. .
s.Wor. The wind blows thin (H.K.%
5. sb. In phr. the thin of the side, the waist.
Sh.I. Yon pain at shil gits i' da tin o' her side is gaein ta finish
her, S/i. IVeics (Oct. 5, 1901;' ; (J.S.)
6. V. To lessen in numbers; to diminish.
Sh.L Dis ill waddcr ill tin da sheep, i.e. kill them (J.S.). Edb.
They're Satan's traps To thin the Kirk, Learmont Poems (i 791) 44.
7. To pick out the bones offish.
Sh.L 'lo tin a fish head (J.S.) ; S. & Ork.' To pick the bones
out of the boiled heads of fish and collect the fieshy parts.
THIN, see Then, adv., conj.
THINDER, see Thonder, Thunder.
THINE'S, poss. pron. Sh.I. In forms dine's, dyns S.
& Ork.' Thine.
I saw Robbie Broon, yon chum o' dine's, Manson Ahii. (1000)
125; S. fcOrk.'
THING, sb. 'Var. dial, uses in Sc. and Eng. Also in
form ting Sh.I. [|iir).] 1. In phr. (i) a bonnie thing, a
fine state of aft'airs ; used iron. ; (2) a thing and a lialf
a term applied to a conceited person, as indicative of the
value he sets upon himself; (3) a wee thing, somewhat;
just a little ; (4) Davie do a' things, a Jack of all trades;
(5) John A'things' shop, the general shop of a village or
small town ; (6) no great things, of little worth ; nothing
to boast of; see Great, 3 (4) ; (7) no the thing, not what it
should be ; of a person : not what he pretends to be ; (8)
the thing on it, the crucial point, the difficulty of the
whole matter ; the pith or marrow of anything; (9) thing
of nothing or of nought, a trifle, next to nothing; (10) up
the thing, 'up to the mark,' well in health.
(1) Cld. A bonnie thing, that I man pay for't a' (Jam.), (a)
n.Yks.2 (3) Per. A wee thingie quiet, maybe, Ian Maclaren
Brier Bush (1895) 24. Fif. If he had a wee thing main confidence
in himsel' it would be better for him, Kohertson P<o!'Oi/ (1894)
66. e.Lth. ! ihocht his voice sounded a wee thing shaky, Hunter
J. Iiiwick (1895) 25. (4) Sc. (A.W.) (5) Slg. John A'things'
shop was the place for gear. For everything you'd mention,
Fergusson Village (1893) 43. (6) Sc. My hospitality ... is nae
gryte things in itself. Modern Alheiis, no (Jam.). Cai.' He's nae
great things. (7) Sc. That's no the thing. I doubt he's no the
thing (Jam.1. (8) Nrf. lo be brief the thing on't is this here,
Cozens-Hardy Broad Ni/. (I893^ 40; (M.C.H.B.) (9) Cuni.'«
n.Yks.2 They gat it for a thing o' nowt [bought it . . . for next
to nothing]. e.Yks.' Ah bowt that stce for a thingo'-nowt, MS.
add. (T.H.) Chs.' He bought a lot o' taters for his cows, and got
'em for a thing o' nothing. nw.Der.' (io'> Dev. Jan, this here ol'
sow baint lookin' up the thing. Ford Lariaiiiys (1897' 5.
2. Used in a depreciatory sense of a person or thing.
Sh.L Da taen a fail'd body <>' a man an' da tidder a ting o' a
l,i5S, Sh. Netvs (Aug. 37, i898\ w.Yks. (J.W.) Not. Spilt it!
■yo thing! All the milk? What next I wunner? Prior Foiest
Flk. (1901)337. w.Som.' A bad tool is \\i riglur dhing],with
much emphasis in all cases on ' dhing.' Tud'-n noa yiies vur lu'
mack dhingz, dhai wudn buy um [It is no use to make things
J. e. bad articles), they would not buy them]. A drunken woman
is \\i puurdec oa 1 dhing"]. I never heard the word applied to a
man, but very often to a horse. Dhee-s u-g»u-t u dhing- nacw,
shoa'ur nuuf- [Thee hast got a thing now, sure enough], is a very
common expression.
3. A gamekeepers' word : ground vermin.
w.Som.' ' I've alost a lot o' birds way thick there thing.' Said
of a fox. 'How we have abin a-tcrrified way [dhing-z] the
last vortnight ; we've a killed up a dizen stoats and varies.'
Complaining of not finding game in a favourite spot, I was told,
' Tliey zess 'tis the [dhing-z] things have a-killed it, but I knows
better'n that,'
4. A term of endearment for a child or girl ; esp. in phr.
my ain thing.
Sc. (Jam.)' Per. I ken the precious things at hame Ara thinkin'
upon me, Nicoll Poems (ed. 1843) 87. Ayr. She's a bit braw
takin' lass yon, and a wise-spoken thing forbyc. Service Dr.
Diigiiid (ed. 1887) 102. Lnk. Whan thou art my ain thing, O I
will love thee, I will love thee. Black Falls of Clyde (1806) i6a.
Lth. Saw ye my wee thing? Saw ye mine ain thing? Saw ye
my true love down on yon lea? Macneill Port H'ks. (1801)83,
cd. 1856. Dev. Kitty Combe or Betty Butt, an' all they other
purty things, Salmon Ballads (1899") 61.
5. Used with the def. art. to express great approbation.
Sc. Aye, that's the thing (Jam.\ n.Cy., w.Yks. J.W.) w.Som.'
So you'll come too ; that's the thing. Nif mother'll let us come,
'twill be the very thing. Thick there maid's the thing vor me.
6. With the rel. pron. : that ; those.
Abd. Send me mair bukcs ; I've read the thing that I hae (Jam.1.
7. Anamount, quantity, number; gen. with intensive adj.
Bnff.' With the .-idjectivcs 'unco,' 'gey,' 'awfou.' Abd. An
ondeemas thing o' siller, Alexander /o/KK/yC/Aft (1871) x. w.Sc.
N a
THINGAM
[92]
THINK
What an awfu' thing o' port the doctor drank yon day, Carrick
I. mid of Logan (1835) 'S'-
8. pi. Cattle, sheep, live stock.
s.Chs.i His last duty at night is to 'look his things ' n Lin.' I
hev to stir my sen ; me an' that lad hes oher sixty things to do
ivery day as is. Hrf.= Meaty things. Oxf.i Sar all the things,
but dwun't gi' they thar pigs n' moor cabbage stoms. w.Soni.i
This noun of multitude always has a singular construction. ' Any-
body wid be a fool vor to keep a passle o' things and starve it.'
Dev. I'll sit down wishin' gude fortune to all at Endicott's— fields,
an' things, an'folk,PHiLLPOTTs5o)iso/il/orH/j!g-(i90o) 90. nw.Dev.i
9. pi. Ghostly appearances.
Brks. The more elastic term ' Summat ' or ' Things ' is preferred
[to ' ghost 'J, as being less personal, and covering spiritual
appearances of any shape and size, Spcc/alor (Feb. 15, 1902).
THINGAM, see Thingum.
THING-A-ME-TOY, sb. Yks. War. Oxf. Also in
forms -tight Oxf. ; -am-tetoy w.Yks.= ; -em-ti-toy n.Yks.
[jiirismitoi.] 1. A word used when the name of the
person or thing referred to is forgotten or unknown ;
a curious article, esp. one of unknown use and little value ;
a person of small account.
n.Yks. What soort ov a thingemtitoy's that ta's gitten hod on,
predha? A niver so sike a thirigcmtitoy as that i mi life. What's
ta gain to mack ov a thingemtitoy like that, a wundr? (W.H.)
w.Yks. MissThinga-me-toy, Banks IViJld. IVds. (1865) ; w.Yks.s
What sort'n a thing-am-te-toy's that ? Thing-am-te-toys o' awal
soarts. Oxf. (G.O.)
2. A foolish act. War. (J.R.W.)
THINGAMTIJIG, .^t>. Yks. [In-qamtidgig.] A dial,
form of ' thingamejig.'
w.Yks. Side that thingamtijig aht t'gate, Leeds Merc. Stippl.
(Jan. 28, 1899) ; Common (J.W.).
THINGAMY, sb. Cum. Wil. Dev. Also written thing-
ammy Cum.' [fiirjami.] A contemptuous expression
for a worthless person or thing.
Cum.' What is yon daft thingammy about? Cum." Wil. Slow
Gl. (1892). Dev. Tha thingamy [a crinoline] stared hur irt bang
in tlia vcacc. Nathan Hogg Poet. Lett. (.ed. 1866) and S. 14.
THINGEMTY-THANGEMTY, sb. Dur. 'Thingum-
a-bob.'
Can on wu the stooery, aboot t'Egyptian thingcmty-thangemty,
Egglestone Bctly Podkius Lett. (1877) 7-
THINGIMENT, s6. Cai.' [|ii'r)im3nt.] Something the
name of which is unknown or forgotten.
THING-0-"WOLD, sb. e.Yks.' A paltry, insignificant
person.
Ah wadn't demeean mysen by heven owt te deeah wi sike a
thing-o-wold as thoo.
THINGUM, sb. Sc. Cum. Yks. I. Ma. Also written
thingam w.Yks.^ ; thingem Yks. [t'i'r)3m.] 1. A non-
descript article; esp. used of a person or thing whose
name is unknown or forgotten.
Elg. I countit the paper ower to thingum tlie draper, Tester
Forms (1865) 144. w.Yks. Ther wor a long thingum 'at aw tuk
to be a piece o' stooav pipe, Hartley Clock Aim. (1878) 19.
2. Comb, (i) Thingum-bob, (2) -dairie, (3) -magee, (4)
•stick, (5) -ti-bob, a knick-knack; a useless, trifling
article ; something the name of which is unknown or
forgotten.
(i) Cum.', w.Yks.s (2) Bnff.' (3) I.Ma. Your face as bright
as a thingummagee, Brown IVilc/t (1889) 44. (4) w.Yks.'^ (5)
n.Yks. (W.H.) w.Yks. A gurt heigh wooden thingemtibob, somat
like a wardrobe, Sauufenrs Satchel (1881) 29; w.Yks.^
THINK, V. and sb. Var. dial, uses in Sc. Irel. Eng. and
Amer. [^'rik] I- i'- Dial, forms. 1. Preterite: (i)
Thate, (2) Thinked, (3) Thoat, (4) Thocht, (5) Thoft, (6)
Thort, (7) Thot, (8) Thoucht, fg) Thotighten, (10) Thout,
(II) Thowcht, (i2)Thowt, (13) Thowte, (141 Thunk.
(i) Brks.' (ai Brks. I was on piquet duty an' I thinked of you,
Hayden Round our Vill. (1901", 209. (3) Dev. All the maids wuz
mad on Cureit — Thoat'n sich a purty thing, Salmon Ballads
''899) 75- (4) Sc. (Jam.) ; I aye thocht ye had a wull o' yer ain,
Keith Indian Uncle (1896) 11. Cai.' Frf. She thocht I was ower
glib, Barrie Minister (iBgi) vii. Ayr. He thocht it was gaun to be
a real entertecnin anc. Service Notandunis ( 1890) 5. n.Ir. Yin
Christmas Day a thocht a wad gang tae Bilfast, Lyttle Paddv
McQuillan, 9. (5) Ken. (G.B.'', Ken.' s.Dev. I thoft ee'd be home
hours agone, Longman's Mag. (1901) 47. Cor.' I thoft it was
j'ou. (6) Yks. I thort of you all the journey, Dyke Craiklrecs
(1897) 156. n. Dev. Why es thort you coudent a vort zo, E.vm.
Crislip. (1746) 1. 333. (Amer. I sorter thort that nothin a'most
would tempt me, Sam Slick Clockinnker (1836) 3rd S. iii.] (7)
Cor. I thot you'd be reckoning I waddun comin' no more, Phill-
poTTS Prophets (1897) 79. [Amer. I thot it wasn't safe to go
niailin' letters, Lloyd Chronic Loafer (1901) 13.] (8) Abd.
Williams Fairiner's Tint Laddie (1900) st. 2. (9) Shr.' /x/rorf.
55. (10) Nhb.i Wm. I thout tae sell it, Wheeler Dial. (1791)
112, ed. 1821. n Lin. (E.P.) (11) Sc. Murray Dial. (1873I 208.
(12) Nhb. I thowt he looked a bit uncanny mysel', Rhvs Fiddler
of Came (,1896) 27. Dur. We thowt, as he'd distinguished hissel,
GuTHRJz Kitty Pagan (.19°°) 26. Cum. I thowt I'd bidden you
good bye, Gwordie Greenup Antiddcr Batch (1873") 3. Wm. He
thowt ye were goin' for to bang the lad, Ollivant Owd Bob
(1898) 19. n.Yks. He thowt 'at he knew, Tweddell Clcvel.
Rhymes (1875) 60 ; n.Yks.", e.Yks.' w.Yks. Th' doctor thowt he
war shamming, Sutcliffe Moor and Fell (1899) 12. Lan. We'n
thowt o' scndin' him t' th' cotton fact'ry. Banks Manch. Man
(1876) viii. s.Lan.i, Chs.', s.Clis.' 85. Der. Hoo thowt more on
him nor most women think o' their husbands, Gilchrist Willow-
brake (1898) 74. Lin. I thowt to mysen, Tennyson Spinster's
Sweet-arts {1885) St. 18. Nrf. Cozens-Hardy Broad Nrf. (1893)
35. s.Hnip. I thowt as it weren't for nowt as I heerd the old ash-
tree a-groaning, Verney L. Lisle (1870) HI. 37. (13') Cuni.^ I
niver thowte he wad finnd owte on t'fclls, 2. w.Yks.' I hie thowte
at thou . . . wad ha' been sike a daft fonlin, ii. 302. (14) ni.Yks.'
Introd. 43.
2. Pp.: (i)Thart,(2)Thinken,('3)Thocht,(4)Thochten,
(S) Thoft, (6) Thoughted, (7) Thoughten, (8) Thout, (9)
fhouten, (10) Thowcht, (11) Thowt, (12) Thowten, (13)
Thunk.
(i) w.Cy. Who ever'd ha' thart o' doin' sich a thing? Longman's
Mag. (Nov. 1897) 10. (2) e.Yks.' (3) Sc. (Jam. Suppl.), Cai.'
Abd. Fa cud 'a thocht it? Alexander yo/i);»_y G/i6 (187 1) ii. Rxb.
Ye should hae thocht o' sic things afore, Dibdin Border Life
(1897) 163. n.Ir. You'd have thocht 'twas the devil gone mad,
Lays and Leg. (1884) 7. (4) Kcb. Ye wud 'a' thochten it wus
craws. Trotter Gall. Gossip (1901) 377. (5) Cor. I wur thoft to
be pretty 'cute, J. Trenoodle Spec. Dial. (1846) 13. (6) Cai,
If ye're mindit tae pit afl" j'er coat, for am thoughtit the day will
be het, e'en throw it in there, M'Lennan Peas. Life (1871) II. 30.
Dor. It was thoughted worthy of being recorded in history, Hardy
Laodicean (i88i)bk. i. iv. Dev. 'Twas never thoughted that the
stuff would work so bad, Reports Provinc. (1882"). (7) Slir.i
[ntrod. 55. (8) s.Chs.' 85, n.Lin. (E.P.) (9) Nhb.' (10) Sc.
Murray Dial. (1873) 208. (11) Nhb. They've aye thowt they
were a kind o' uncanny folk, Jones Nlib. (1871) 123. Wm. Yis,
mum, . . ya might a thowt it, Ward R. Elsmere (1888) bk. i. ii.
w.Yks. I may be thowt a brazzened hahnd, Cudworth Dial.
Sketches {188^) 13. e.Dev. Ifai mit thee out o' deur ai ked kiss
ee an' nit be thowt laight o', Pulman Sng. Sol, (i860) viii. i.
(12) e.Yks.' Ah'd thowten thoo wadn't deean owt si feealish.
(13) m.Yks.' Introd. 43.
3. Coiilraclions: (i) Ah 'ink. n.Yks. (I.W.), e.Yks.' ; (2)
I'nk, I think. e.Lan.'
11. Dial. uses. 1. v. In comb. Think-so, a passing
thought, a vague suspicion.
I.Ma, All the dread that I had hitherto felt was no more than a
think-so, Caine Deemster (1887) 253, ed. 1889.
2. Phr. (i) iiowt particular to think on, nothing of any
importance ; (2) thought on, esteemed, respected ; (3) to
think back on, to recall to mind ; (4) — bad, to be unwilling ;
(5) — bad on a person, to think him likely to do wrong ;
(6) — black, or black burning, shame, lo be greatly ashamed ;
(7) — ill, see (4) ; (8) — long of or on, to weary for ; to be
long expectant of; see Long, adj.Z (7); (9) — niore, to
remember; (10) — much, (a) to care, mind; to bear a
grudge ; to be envious ; see Much, adj. 3 (8) ; (b) to be
ashamed or bashful : (11) ^ — no other, to feel sure ; (12) —
on a ivife, to think of marrying ; (13) — one on, to remind
one; (14) — one zvill. to like, choose; to make up one's
mind ; esp. after jvhcn ; (15) ^on of, sec (9) ; (16) — pity
of, to pity ; see Pity, sb.^ (2) ; (17) —scorn, obs., to scorn ;
(18) — shame, to feel ashamed ; see Shame, 1 (7) ; (19) —
*■;■«, to feel vexed; (20) — small 0/ oneself, to consider
oneself of little importance; (21) ~ sumniat, to think
something is wrong ; to feel offended ; (22) — to (with
THINK
L93]
THINLY
»;/), ob$ol., to think of (with prp.)\ (23) — zvrary, to feel
weary or bored ; (24) — we//, to approve, agree.
^I) se.Lin. (J.T.Ii.i (2> Ab<l. She's a muckle thocht o' 'omaii,
Jinsc, Alexander Joltimy Gibb iSii) xv. Cum.' He's Rinly
thought on about hcamm ; Cum.*, w.Yks. (J.W.) Dev. My old
man was always so much thought on, O'Neill /(/)'/s (iBga) 12.
(3") n.Dev. I tliought back on the days us had been together,
Zack Dunstable /{'(•;>■ (1901) 231. (4) Ir. Would himself think bad
ofjoanin' me the boat for half an hour may be? Barlow Miti/iii's
Coi)//i. (1896)86. (51 Sc. (A.W.) n.Yks.Thcywadn't think bad on
him I.W.). w.Yks. (J.W.) (6) Bnff.'.Cld. (Jam.) (7)Lnk. Some
wha had skill, an' a wheen wha had nanc, Thocht ill to let Janet
be lyin' her lane, Watson Poems 11853) 3^. (8) n.Yks.' Aye, Ah
had begun t think long o' you. ne.Yks.' Ah thowt lang o' ya
comin'. e.Yks.' Noo, bayns, did ya think lang o' ma coming
whom'? n.Lin.' '^'ou'll think long on Mr. Jewlian letters cumin'
fra Amcricaay. You've gotten here at last ; bud oh, muthcr, I did
think long on yer cumin'. 19 e.Dev. Bowring Lang. (1866 I. 21.
f 10, a . Stf.' s.Not A let 'cm goo cheap ; but a didn't think much,
fot a'd made such a good price o' the tothers (J.P.K/. sw Lin.'
They think much with me for my work. If they gi'c you owt,
they think much with you. (6 Nhb.' Aa tlicut nuich_ iii)n.Lin.'
I think no uther then 'at all Paapists is damned whativer tlic'r
works maay be. sw.Lin.* I thought no other but what I'd come
to my end. We thought no other but what she would ha' died.
The horse was slape shod, and I thought no olher than I should
have had him down. (12} Rnf. Be na shj', an' trowth ! ye'se get
me. For I'm thinkin" on a wife, Picken Poems (1813) I. 104. (13)
n.Cy. Grose (ngo) Sul^pl. ; N Cy.' Nhb. Mind think me on when
at the toun Te get the drop black-beer, Wilso.n Pitman's Pay
(18431 16. Dur.', Cum.'" Wm. I'll pay the' o' Sctlherda if thoo'jl
think me on (J.M.). n.Yks.^ e.Yks.' Think me on tl get sum
taties, MS. adtl. (,T.H.) w.Yks.' ; w.Yks. ^ Think me on abaht it.
Lan.' Tha mun think-me-on to morn. e.Lan.', s.Lan.' Chs.' Yo
mun think me on, or I shai! be sure to forget ; Chs. '3, Stf.'
n Lin.' Mind j'ou think me on aboot it, and doan't let me forget till
you are gone. (14) n.Yks. They deea as they think they will
(I.W.). Not. He'll pay when hethinkshe will L.C.M.X n.Lin.'
It's to noa ewse botherin', he'll nobbud do it when he thinks he
will. sw.Lin.' He can do it relet enough when he thinks he will.
She'd do it when she thought she would. She waan't if she thinks
shewaant. Oxf. (G.O.) '(i5)Sc.(A.W.) n.Yks. Think on o' that
(I.W.). (16) N.I.' I thought pity o' the chile he was that cowl. (17)
Fif. 1 houp thou'lt think na scorn to take Some fashery to do richt,
Tennant Papiiliy (1827) 20 (18) Sc. (Jam.) Abd. Think sh.ime
o' ycrsel', min ! Alexander Ain Flk. (1882) 174. se.Sc. Think
nae shame the truth to fell, Donaldson Poems (1809) 164. Ayr.
She, honest woman, may think shame That ye're connected with
her. Burns --i»i',(rr /o l'f/5. 5^787, st. 4. Lnk. Ye micht think
shame. Thomson Musings (1881) 118. Rxb. For this they dinna
think nae shame, W. Wilson Poems (1824) 13. Kcb. I thought
perfect shame to be thinking of such things so soon, MuiR Mun-
craig (1900) 53. N.L' Think shame o' yerse!', child ! N.Cy.'
Nhb.' Wey, man, ye should think shycm ! n.Yks. *^, w.Yks.', Nhp.',
Oxf. G.O.) Nrf. You ought to think shame o' yourself a-screcchin'
and a- moan in' there like a Methody, Forues Odd Fisit (1901 1 121.
Suf.' I should thinkshame to 'a done so. w.Som. ' I should think
shame of anybody belonging to me if they'd a-bin there. (19)
Sh.I. Berry fled inunderda restin' shair yalkin, till I touglit sin ta
hear him, 5/1. A'fits : May 7, 1898 . ao i Abd. Na. he thouchtTia
sma' o' himsel'I Macdonald IKnf/oci (1882) vii. (21) s.Not. Yer
mun speak tim, or 'e'll Ihink summat (J.P.K. 1. (22) Abd. He
cudna think to see the knighf, Till he sud mak' himsell mair snod
and tight, Shirrees Poems (1790) 163. Ayr. O Jean fair, I lo'e
thee dear; O canst thou think to fancy me, Burns T/ierc was
a Lass, st. 10. ^23) Abd. We will mairry at Whitsunday, And
syne we 11 ne'er think weary, Greig Logie 0' Buclian (1899) 1 18.
(24) Not.' Lei.' A's sent wan, an' if you think well all send
another. Nhp.' I'll do it, if you think well. War.3,Hnt. (T.P.F.)
3. DA.w/. To feci, experience.
Gall. Uinna think . . . Tho' now I wipe my face, And drop the
heartfelt friendly tear, I think the least disgrace, Lauderdale
Poems (1796) 8.
4. To expect ; also with on.
Frf. Ta same stirks wuU putt fin she's no Miinkin', I.OWSON
Guidfotlow (1890) 187. w.Yks. Theaze not sa menny things here
az yod think on, Tom Treddleiioyle Trip la Lunnan 1851 i 28:
(J.W.)
5. To think something is wrong; to feel hurt or offended.
s.Not. She would think if yer corned to the town wi'out seein'
on 'er (J.P.K.).
6. At the end of a clatise : to wonder.
n.Sc. Fat's that, I think? Jam.^
7. Used clliptically for 'to think so.'
Guern. ' Will you be able to go ? ' '1 think ' (OH G.).
8. With on: to recollect ; to bear in mind.
Sc. It's wcel laid by ; but I canna think on wlicre I put it Jam.
Snppl.K N.Cy.' Nhb.' Aa didn't think-on. Dur.', Cum.*, Win.
(J.M.J n.Yks. !l.W.) ; n.Yks.' Noo mind and think on and coom
an' see us next lime. ne.Yks.' Ah lay I'lad's clean forgot, he can
nivvcr think on. e.Yks.' Ah didn't Ihink on tl get it. w.Yks.'
I . . . bcnsil'd her purely, to mack her think on, ii. 28O ; w. Yks.'^
Lan.' Mi head's noan worth a rap; aw connnt think-on beawt
[Unless] aw put it deawn. ne.Lan.' I'se be sewer ta think on.
m.Lan.' s.Lan ' Think-on an' get mi bacca. Chs.'^ Der.' Ihink
of it. I will if I think on. nw.Der.', n.Lin.', w.Wor.', s.Wor.'
Shr.l I'll buy some more yarn o' Saturd'y. if I can think on (s v.
Onl. Hrf.=, Glo.', Oxf. (G.O.) Dev. I think on the past with a
smile and a sigh, O'Neill Idyls (1892) 102.
9. With/o/*: to intend. n.Yks.* Ah thowt for ti cum, 230
10. With itp : to arrange, plan, originate.
n.Yks." It II 'a'e ta'en a lot o' thinking up, will a do Icyke yon.
11. sb. Thought, opinion ; esp. in phr. oiie'^ o:vii l/iiiil;.
Abd. He cudna but 'a bed's ain think, Alexandcr Am Fit
(■1882 209. Per. Culzic, who had always his ain think, Monteath
Dunblane 1835) 31, ed. 1887. Edb. He his think to nanc wad
tell, Tua Cuckolds (17961 4. w.Yks. Av me awn think after all.
Tom Treddleiioyle 7Vio»/s (1845) 11.
THINKING, />;•/•. and sb. Sc. Irel. Nhb. Wm. Yks. Chs.
Der. Cor. [||3ir)kin.] 1. prp. In phr. /'/« lliiit/;iiig, I
think or expect; I feel certain.
Sc. He is not at home, I'm thinking, Mitchell Scollicisms
(17991 79. Cai. The waddin' canna gang on wi'oot ye, I'm
thinkin'. M''I.ennan l\as. Life (1871) I. 107. Dmb. Thae wee
anes mak' it a hantle easier for daith an* me, I'm thinkin*, Strang
Lass of Lenno.x I i8(jg) 7. Ayr. He's owrc often in his gig, I'm
thinking, Douglas Gicfit Shutters (igoi"! 5. Rxb. I'm thinking
Mary Samson '11 be in a fine fluster when she hears't, Dibdin
Border Life '1897) 171. Kcb. But I've tell'd yc a' this before, I'm
thinkin', MuiR Muncraig 1900) 45. Ir. Francy's went oflT some-
wheres wid his gun, after the rabbits, I'm thinkin'. Barlow
Martin's Comp. (1896) 83. Nhb. Hoots noo. Master Josh, ah'm
thinkin' you're laflin', Cornh. Mag. (June 1902) 762. w.Yks.
There's waste somewliecr, I'm thinking, Sutcliffe Sliameless
IVayne {1^00) 121. Cor. 'Tis you'm most like to be leavin* me to
live a widderman, I'm thinkin*, Quiller-Couch Spanish Maid
(1898) 29.
2. Comp. Thinking-work, thought.
Cor. There*s more thinking-work in a picksher than you'd think
for, I.ee Cynthia. 71.
3. sb. An opinion.
s.Chs.' Yo wunna aiiter my thinkins. nw.Der.^
4. Phr. lo oik's //linking; in one's opinion.
Fif. He's ower lassie like a sodger, to my thinkin', Meldruh
Margrcdel {iB<j^) 178. Rxb. To my thinking there's nevcrastyme
to choose betwixt him and James Hepburn, Hamilton Outlaws
(1897) 102. Gall. Porridge . . . that is mair like hen-meat Ihan
decent biose for Scots thrnpples, to my thinkin', Crockett Z-or/mirnr
(1897) 71. Nhb. The chestnut at the Mains is better by at least
ten pund to my thinkin', Graham Red Scaur i8g6 261. Wm.
Thoo's niver bin the same man to ma thinkin' since thoo'd that
there newmoanin, Ollivant Oarf/JiiA (1898) 72. w.Yks. I was
reared on hard words an' haverbread, an' thc^' both of *em stilTeii
a chap, to my thinking, Sutcliffe Shameless ll'ayne (1900) 55.
Der. An ounce o* good temper, lass, 'II match the best baccy
as ever were growed, even to a man's thinking, Good IVds.
(1881 844.
THINKINGLY, adv. Wor. [I^iijkinli.] Probably,
seemingly.
' Well, Tom, you've dug up some nice potatoes there 1 Going
to have them fried for supper to-night ? ' ' Thinkingly, Sir'(R.L. .
THINKLE, iA. .Shr.' [f)i'r)kl.] A dial.form of'thing-
ful' ; a glass- or cupful.
''Ave a drop more drink, Dick.' 'No, thank yo", I'm gweVn.'
' Whad 'urry ? Jest 'avc another thinkle.'
THINL'V', adj. and adv. Sc. Cum. 1. adj. Rather
thin. Cum." 2. a</i'. Sparsely.
Gall. John's groun' was thinly dyket, Nicholson Poet. If'/is.
(1814) 48, ed. 1897.
THINNINGS
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THIRL
THINNINGS, sb. pi. Sc. n.Cy. Yks. [Jjininz.] Trees
felled to prevent overcrowding in a wood.
Sc. ^A.W.) n.Cy. Hunter Geotgkal Essays (1803) II. 23. I
w.Yks. (J.W.) ;
THINNISH.flf^'. n.Yks.= [f>inij.] Inco;«/.Thinnish-
deed, a salesman's expression : very little to do.
THINNY, V. Dev. [Not known to our correspon-
dents.] To whine. (Hall.)
THINTER, see Thrinter.
THIR, V. Ohs. Dev. Also in form thear. 1. To
frighten out of the senses ; to hurt ; to strike dead. Cf.
dare, v.^
n.Dev. And vath, nifs do vall over the desk, twont thir ma,
Exiii. Crtslip. (1716) 1. 475: Grose i'i79o\
2. To hurry a person. n.Dev. Horac Siibsecii'ae (1777) 430.
THIR, dcin. proii. and ikiii. adj. Sc. Irel. Nhb. Dur.
Cum. \Vm. Yks. Lan. Also written ther Wm. n.Yks.^ ;
thirr w.Yks.; thur n.Cy. Nhb.' Lakel.' Cum.'" Wm.
n.Yks. w.Yks.'; thurr Cum.^ ; and in forms thaur Nhb. ;
theer e.Lan.' ; thoer ne.Lan.'; thooar Lan.; thoor
e.Lan.' ; thoore w.Dur.'; thor Nhb.' Wm. n.YI;s.' =
m.Yks.' w.Yks.; there ne.Lan.' ; thour Nhb. [oir, cSsr,
Siir.] 1. (iein. proit. Tlicse ; those.
Sc. Thir was the Days of ihe Persecution, Stevenson Cairiona
(1893) XV. se.Sc. Thir they'll roar out midst bacco-smoke,
Donaldson Pofms (1809^ 18. Ayr. I'll make a patch-work quilt
o'thir! Douglas Greeit Shiilteis (1901) 312. Edb. Waefu' times
thir. Beatty Seci elay {t8g-j) 81. Rxb. Quhat dui-ye thynk o' thyr '
Murray £>i<7/. (1873) 185. n.Cy. J. L. 1783"). Nhb. 'Weel pleased
tae hear sic things as thour said aboot him, Jones A'/ib. (1871} 66 ;
Nhb.' 'What's a' thor? Cum.^ Creunin' away at sec bits of rhymes
as thurr, 23. Wm. He isn't fit et be draan e thor, Briggs Rciiiaiiis
(1825 167. n.Yks.'^^, m.Yks.' w.Yks. Sic trash as thor, yaif.s
Olifi/ian/ (1870) bk. III. iii.
2. drill, adj. These, those.
Sc. In thir present days, Scott Ajttiijitniy (1816) xxiv ; ' Thir'
[has] curiously enough not penetrated beyond the Grampians,
MuRRAvZ)/)?/. (1873', 184. Abd. And by thir presents condescended
That he shall put in execution, Meston IVoiks 1723 25. Abd., Per.
Almost never now used in Aberdeenshire, although still in use in
Perthshire (G.W.). Per. Here's to the health Of thir new-married
couple, NicorPofHis (1766) 50. s.Sc. Hilton's at the bottom o' a'
thir stories, Wilson 7o/«(i836) II. i. Ayr. I've been lost amang
thir houses for hours, Galt5iV^. IVylic (1822) xii. Feb. Thir
people (A.C.). SIk. Humbled wi' a' thir trials, Hogg Tate (1838)
293, ed. 1866. Rxb. Yt's noa easie geattin send-ways i' thyr daerk
days, Murray ZJ/o/. (1873I 185. Draf. I write that a' thir three
may ken, Quinn Heathey (1863) 32. Gall. You an' him may bailli
lauch at thir news o' mine (J.M.). Uls. Hoo afen dae thir letters
come? M'Ilroy Ov7f^/»i;;/> (1900) 125. n.Cy. (Co//. L.L.B.) Nhb.
As she spak thaur words, Jones Nhb. (1871) 115; Come here,
Mary, an' kill thur yetts, Dixon IV/ii/tingliain Kn/c ( 1 895) 36 ; Nhb.',
Dur.', w.Dur.', Lakel.' Cum. Thur taxes ! thur taxes ! Lord help
us I Amen, Anderson Ballads (ed. 18081 184 ; Thurrans at ah bed
afooar meh noo, Sargisson yoc Scort;> (1881) 59; Cum.'* Wm.
He war yan o thor fowk war Dixon, Robison^o/i/ Tales (1882 5;
In thur days nea idle hours Cud there be spar'd at 0', Whitehead
J-'g. ('^59) 14; Will ta put ther shun on? (B.K.) n.Yks. Thur
cael tasts Strang of reeke, Mfriton Praise Ale (1684) 1. 55.
m.Yks.' w.Yks. Lucas Sli«l. NidrierdaU (c. 1882) 285; w.Yks.'
I' thur hard times, ii. 289. Lan. Just wring thooar bits o' hippins
through. Standing Echoes (1885 20. n.Lan. Sucked up by thore
sands, A'. Lonsdale Mag. (July 1866) I. 8. ne.Lan.', e,Lan.'
[2. Lord forgif me f>ir angers all ! Leg. Holy Rood, ed.
Morris, 64.]
THIR, see Their.
THIRA-W, sb. Irel. A hubbub.
Don. When he was coming near home he finds the thiraw coming
behind him, Macmanus Cliim. Corners (1899) 202.
THIRD, iiiiin. adj., sb. and i'. 'Van dial, uses in Sc. and
Eng. Also in forms thrid Sc. ; tril Sh.L 1. iiiiiii. adj.
In comb. Third-foot-land, obsol., grass land in which the
ownership of the soil is vested in one person, and the
right to the hay grown thereon in another. n.Lin.'
2. sb. In comb, (i) Thirds-man, obs., an arbiter between
two; (2) of kin, a relative in the third degree.
I) Sc. MacCallummore's blood wadna sit down wi' that ; there
was rcsk of Andre Ferrara coming in thirdsman, Sco-n Midlothian
(18181 xxiv ; Magopico (ed. 1836) 29. s.Sc. Ye'Il never gree, Tho'
fienthaet ye'U make o't I see ; Let me be thirds-man and I'll gie
My mind at ance, T. Scott Poems (1793) 333. (2) Sh.I. Auld
Ibbie Bartley dat wis trids o' kin ta my wife's foster midder and
her oey, Stewart Talcs (1892) 71.
3. Phr. Iivo part and thridd, obs., see below.
Gall. Anciently the quarter-staff was held ' twa-part and thridd,'
one-third part of it beneath the hand, the other Iwo-thirds above,
Mactaggart Eiicycl. (1824).
4. A golf-term : a handicap of a stroke deducted every
third hole. Sc. (Jam. Suppl.) 5. pi. Coarse flour or
grain ; seconds with a larger proportion of bran.
Sc. A very common name given by cowfecders to grain got
from brewers and maltsters after having been used by them,
Montgomerie-Fleming Notes on Jam. (1899). w.Yks.^ Sharps
are sometimes called ' thirds' is. v. Sharps!. Lei.', Nhp.'
6. V. Obs. To do a thing for the third time ; esp. used
of hoeing turnips.
Suf. 'Ar them there tahnups done woth?' ' No, we are thirding
'cm ' (Hall.:.
THIRDER, sb. Yks. Stf Coarse flour or grain. See
Third, 5.
s.Yks. A chaff-cutter suffering from the persistent efforts of
seconder or thirder to push more straw through the revolving
wheels than even their fortitude could bear, Fletcher Harvesters
(ed. 1900) 100. Stf. Thirder refers to the quality of oats produced
by the threshing-machine. There conies first good corn. Then
a second quality known as ' seconder,' then — almost valueless —
' thirder '(T.C.W.).
THIRDLE, see Thirl, adj.
THIRD-Y, adj. Yks. Also in form thoddy n.Yks.* ;
thudy. [)?3di.] A term used by children at play: third
in order of playing ; also used siibst.
n.Yks. (R.H.H.) ; n.Yks,* Bags ah fuggy, bags ah seggy,
thoddy, thoddy. 258. w.Yks.3 (s.v. Furry).
THIRL, I'.' and s6.' Sc. Irel. Nhb. Dur. Cum. Yks.
Lan. Chs. Stf Lin. Shr. Also written thirle Sc. Dur.
Lin.; thurl Cum.'* Stf Yks. [Jjarl, \>U.] 1. v. To
pierce, drill, perforate ; to thrill ; to vibrate, or cause to
vibrate ; to shudder ; to tingle. Cf. dirl, tirl. •
Sc. Their valiant hearts were thirlit through Athir wi' uthir's
spear, Jamieson Pop. Ballads ,1806) I. 245. Bch. Where now
thy groans in dowy dens The yerd-fast stanes do thirle, Forbes
.,4;i7.v (1742) 6. Dmb. Yon roof-tree, which had sae often dirled
As Willie's gladsome voice around it thirled, Salmon Gowodean
(1868) 27. Ayr. It thirl'd the heart-strings thro' the brcr.st.
Burns Ep. to Lapraik (Apr. i, 1785) st. 3. N.Cy.', Nhb.i, Dur.
(K.) Cum. Her e'en just thirl yen thro' and thro", Anderson
Ballads (ed. 1808) 153; Cum.'^*, n.Yks.', w.Yks.', ne.Lan.'
Chs. Much used amongst the colliers. . . When a man has bored,
pierced, or otherwise made an opening or connection between a
new and old working, he is said to have thirled, 5/!fn/'( 1878) I. 22;
Chs.' Lin. Ray (1691) ; Lin.' Shr.' Gaffer, we'n thirled out o'
our Top-end into Smith's Level to-day; Shr.'
Hence (i) Thirler,5A. a man whose business it is to cut
a passage in a mine ; (2) Thirling, (a) sb. a passage-way
in a coal-mine; an opening for air; (b) ppl. adj. of the
weather : piercingly cold.
(i) n.Stf. (J.T.) 1,2, a) Nhb.i, Stf.', n.Stf. (J.T.) _ (A) n.Sc.
(Jam.) Abd. I admire Fat comes o' fok 'at's scant o' fire; For
really this night's thirlin', I never inaist fan sic a frost, Beattie
Parings (1801) 28, ed, 1873.
2. Phr. thirl the pill, obs., slide the bolt. e.Yks. (W.H.)
3. Obs. To pass swiftly through a passage or door; ffen.
with along. Dur., Yks. (K.) 4. To turn up, as the
thatch of a roof by the violence of the wind.
N.I.' The wun thirled the thatch las' nicht.
5. sb. A hole ; an opening, esp. a sheep-hole in a fence ;
a boring.
Cai.' Cnm. Hutchinson Hist. Cum. (1794) I. 64; Cum.*
Openings made between a pair of exploring places or drifts, for
the purpose of ventilation. n.Yks. 'E saw a lot o' sheep, an'
wantin' to go threw a thirl at yance, an' they got the'r 'eads stuck
(F.P.T.). Lin.' Fetch a nail- passer, and make a thirl through this
board.
6. Comp. (i) Thirl-hole, (a) a sheep-hole in a wall or
fence; (6) the hole into which the coulter of a plough is
inserted ; (2) -pin, the pivot on which a door or gate turns.
(i, o) n.Yks. Generally between moors and allotments (W.H.).
THIRL
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THIS
(b) Lnk. (Jam.) {a) Cal.' In the old cottages the doors had no
hinges, but at the- 'hanging side' had a bit of hard wood afiixcd
which 'played' in hollows cut in the stone sill and lintel. The
jamb at this side was merely to prevent draught, and at the
'meeting' side for the same purposes as now. The name comes
from the hollow, not from the pin or projection.
7. A nostril. w.Yks.' See Nose-thyrl. 8. A thrill.
Ayr. Yer sang . . . gied me a thirl. White Joltings (1879) 226.
Edb. ' I kend that,' she said, with a thirl of gladness in her words,
liEATiy Secrtlar (1897) 343.
[1. OY.. Jiyrlian, to bore through, perforate, pierce, drill.
5. pyrel, a hole, opening, aperture (Hall).]
THIRL, i-.^ and sA.* Sc. Irel. n.Cy. N'hb. Cum. [fjsrl.]
1. V. To attach by soine legal tie, esp. to bind by the
terms of a lease to grind at a certain mill ; to subject to ;
to be dependent on ; also used Jig. A dial, form of
' thrall.'
Sc. I'll no thirl myself to ony tradesman [I will not confine my
custom to him, as if I were bound to do ilj (Jam.). Cat.' Abd.
A kin' o' thirled to the vera rigs, Alexander yo/»;>ry Gibb (1871)
xliv. Per. The inhabitants were not, of course, thirled to any
particular tailor, as they used to be to a district mill, HAimuRToN
Fteltis (1890) 125. e.Lth. Ye've been thirled to them a gey while
noo. Hunter J. Inwick (1895) 78. Gall. This brother of mine,
whom for love I served forty years as a thirled labourer serves fur
his meat, Crockett S/«<i(/rt»rfBe(i«»- (1898) 36. Nhb. Richardson
Boitlerei's Tabli-bk. (1846) VI. 240.
Hence (i) Heart-thirled, arf/'. bound by the affections;
(2) Thirlage, sb., obs., (a) thraldom, bondage ; the oblig.i-
tion to grind corn at a particular mill ; the ' multure ' paid
to the miller ; (b) obs., a mortgage; (3) Thirlageman, sb.,
obs., a man bound to grind his corn at a certain mill ; (4)
Thirling-mill, .-.A. the mill to which the tenants of a certain
district were bound to bring their corn.
(i) Per. I've loved auld Scotland farowre lang. Heart thirled till
her, Halibl-rton Horace (1886) 93. (2, a) Sc. (Jam.) Abd. The
service of the miller was paid by ' thirlage,' or multure, the miller
having the right to fix the quantity, which was generally about
five percent, of the product milled, Ab</. ll'kh: Frte Press (Aug.
18, 1900. s.Sc. 1 had a bit guid properly wi' a yearly rental o'
forty merks guid siller, forby the thirlage o' the mill o' Meldrum,
Wilson Tales (1839) V. 123. Gall. Mactaiu.art Eiicycl. (1824).
N.I.' Thirlage [sir]. N.Cy.' Nhb.' Thirlage to this d.iy means
that ser\ice of certain lands, the tenants of which arc bound to
take their corn to grind at the lord's mill, Hodgson KJ'b. pt. ii. III.
1 49. (6) Sc. The counsel are of opinion tliat you shouUi now beg i n
to stir in the thirlage cause, Scott lieilg. (1824) ii. (3) Gall.
While the thirlage men waited for their grist, Crockett Grey Man
y 1896) XX. (4) Edb. How big a birn maun lie on bassie's back For
meal and multure to the thirling mill, Fergusson Pocioi' (1773)
164. ed. 1785. Gall. When mills in this country were rare . . .
a few lairds subscribed to build and uphold a mill. . . All erected
by such compactions are thirling mills, MACTAGGARTfi/yr/. (1824).
Cum. Williamson Etymology (1849) 113.
2. sb. Obs. The obligation to grind corn at a certain
mill; the land the tenants of which were bound by such
obligation ; a tenant bound in that manner.
Sc. Plaguing themselves about baron's mills and thirls, Scott
Pirate (1821) xi. Per. Malt and meal from the mill to which he
was 'bound thirl,' Sarah Tvtler ll'ilch-.vi/e (1897J 82.
[1 (2, a). That he put to swylk thrillage, Barbour .BrKrt
(:375l '• 101.]
THIRL, tuij. Som. Dev. Cor. Also written therl
w.Cy. ; therle Dev.' nw.Dev.' ; thirle Dev. ; thurl
w.Soni.' Cor.'^* ; and in forms thirdle w.Som.' Dev. ;
thorl Cor.; thorle, thurdle, thurrall Dev. [))3l ; }>3dl.J
Ofpersons and animals: gaunt, lank, thin, hungry-looking;
hungry ; of grain in the car: empty, shrivelled.
w.Cy. Grose (1790). w.Som.' Dev. (Hall.v He was as thurrall
as a greyhound. Reports Provinc. (1885) ; He's looking as thurdle
as possible, ib. , 1887) ; Dev.' No wonder a look'th so therle. Wan
a was bound out, a was a perty strugg'd boy, 15. n.Dev. Thy
buzzom chucks were pretty vitty avorc tha mad'st tliyzel therle,
E.\iii. ScolJ. (1746 1. 73; Grose (1790). nw.Dev.' Tlierle's a
greyhound. Cor. Applied to a man or animal, and means that they
are so thin that the belly and back are almost brought together,
N. (j" Q. (1854) ist S. X. 440-1 ; Cor.' Our horse is very thirl ;
Cor.^ He's looking quite thirl. I'm feeling very thirl ; Cor.^
Hence Thurdled, ppl. adj. meagre.
Dev. Aw, poor blid ! 'e's a poor thurdled-stommickod thcng.
Ldke's 'z'of 'e wuz 'a'f-starved, Hewett Peas. Sfi. '189a;.
THIRL, THIRN, see ThorKe, They.
THIRS, i/ii)i. pron. Sc. Nhb. Also in form thor's
Nhb. These. Sec Thir, (/t//;. /ro/i.
Sc. When ' thir' is used absolutely without a noun following,
it generally becomes 'thirs': 'Thirs is meyne.' Murray Dial.
(1873) 185. Nhb. Thor's is the fcm'lies o' Pharcz. KuusoN Bk.
Ruth i860' iv. 18.
THIRST, THIRSTLE, see Thurst, Thristle, sA.'
THIRSTY, ixdj. Sc. Yks. Dor. Dev. t)>3rsti, J>asti.]
Causing thirst.
Fif. Slices of the thirsty ham, Tennant ./1mj/«- (1813; 8a, cd.
1871. Dmf. It's a verra thirsty thing, that saut broth, Paton
Castlebraes (1898) 15. w.Ylcs. (J.W.) Dor. Thirsty wark, thik
there fun'ral, \\f.»^ Broken Arcs (1898I 33. e.Dev. A thirsty walk
up and down terrible bad roads, Jane Lordship 1897' 2.
THIRT, THIRTAUVER, see Thwart, Thwartover.
THIRTEEN, sb. Obs. Irel. Also in form thirteener.
An English shilling which was worth thirteen Irish pence
at the time when the two currencies were dilVerent.
If. With a bold thirteen in the treasury. Lover tlandy Andy
'i842)xiv. N.I.' Uls. 67s. y™. yl»<r/j. (1853 6a) VI. 361. s.Ir.
Golden guineas and lily-white thirteens, Croker Leg. (1862)
308. Wxf. Each pupil to pay a thirteen to himself and a tester to
the fiddler. Ke.snedv Banks Boro (1867; 133.
THIRTINGILL, adj. Dor. Perverse, wrong-headed.
See Thwart.
If so be 1 hadn't been as scatter-brained and thirtingill as a chici,
Hardy Greenwd. Tree (1872) I. 32.
THIRTOVER, THIRZA, see Thwartover, Thursa.
THIS, (/(/;;. pioii., dnii. adj. and adv. Var. dial, forms
and uses in Sc. Irel. Eng. and Amer. [tSis.] I. Dial,
forms. I. (i) Dis, (2) Is, (3) 'S, (4) Tis. (5) Thus, (61
Thush, (7) Uz. (81 Z.
(ij Slul. Dis aft occurs, Ollason Mareel (1901) 19 ; S. & Ork.'
Ker. They go dis way an' dat loike the wind, Bartram While-
beaded Boy (1898) 131. Ken.^ /nirod. 6. (2) Cai. Horne Country-
side {i8g6) 13. (3) I.W. PoorEIn was terble bad's morning, Gray
Annesley (1889) I. 29. Dor.* Al 's dae. w.Som.' Dev. Reports
Piovinc. (1886) 100. (4") Cum. What'n manishmcnt's 'tis, Gilpin
Ballads (1874) 10. e.Lan.' Let tis be a warning. s.Laa.* (5)
n.Cy. (Halu) n.Wil. Thus yer height uz like to a palm-tree. Kite
Siig. Sol. (i860) vii. 7. (6, 7, 8) w.Som.'
2. Genitive : Thises, Thisis, or This's.
w.'Vks. Whoses thises? (/!■;. H.) Lei.' Henry's cat roon off wi'
her an' took to her, but shay's thisis kitlin : ib. I loike this's head
best. 27. War.'' I like this's book best, liitrod. 15,
II. Dial. uses. 1. dent. pron. V\\t. [i] by this and thai,
an expletive; (2) — here, (3I --here here, this one, this;
(4) lo this and to that, to and fro, hither and thither; (5)
what's this of it ? what's the meaning of this? what's the
matter ?
(i) Ir. By this and that, he's a whopper ! Lover Handy Andy
(1842) xi. (2) Sc. (A.W.) w Yks. ' Which on 'em are to bahn to
use ? ' ' This here 'at Ah hev ho'd on,' Leeds Aferc. Siippl. (Jan. 28,
1899). e.Lan.', Not.' n. Lin.' Put this here i'to th' pantry, an' fling
that theare i'to th' swill-bucket. Lei.', War. '3, Shr.' 50. Brks.
This year be on'y filthy lucre, Hayden Round our yUl. t^igoi^ 29.
e.An.2 Nrf. This here be my beloved, Gillett Sng. Sol. (1S60) v.
16. n.Wil. Dcst about some ripping good ale, this yer, Jeeferies
Amaryllis (1887) 179. Som. They'll lift their eyes to look up to a
wold mill like this-here, Rav.mond Smoke, 148. [Amer. This
hjeh's the bigges" meal I ever straddled, Fox yendelta { 1900' 81.]
(3) w.Som.' What'sall this here here about ! (4) n.Dev. Swinpy to
this and to that till 'twas giddy work keeping count o' they, Zack
Dunstable IVeir (1901) 193. (5) Sc. What's this o't now, Mr.
Sampson? this is waur than ever! Scott Guy M. (1815) xlvii.
Per. ' What's this of it, Sibbic !' he called out wralhfully, Sarah
Tvtler IVitch-wi/e {i&gf) ^8. Arg. Mercy on us! what's this of
it \ MuNRO Shoes 0/ Fort. (1901) 279.
2. Coinp. This-ward, in this direction, this way.
Som. God's good angels coom this-ward in a many different
forms ' Leith Lemon Verbena (1895) 179.
3. This person, he.
s Lan.' His feyther would no' ha' stood sighin' an' yammerin'
as this does.
THISAN
[96]
THITHER
4. This time.
Sh.I. Whaar's du been aa dis? Spence Flk-Loie (1899) 23.
5. dein. adj. Thesa.
n Sc. Tliis things, Scoluisms {i-jif) 93; Murray i)m/. (1873) 184.
6. Used with sing, or //. nouns denoting time : for, for
the space of.
Per. Ye'se no wag yer pow in a poopit this mony a day,
Cleland Iiiclibracken (1883) 107, ed. 1887. n.Cy., w.Yks. (J.W.)
e.Lan.^ It has rained every day this three weeks. s.Lan.^ Aw
hannot yerd owt oil Iiim this four yer. Glo.' 1 haven't seen him
tiiis years. w.Som.' Aay bae'un kau'meen au"m-z wik- [1 be not
coming home this week— i.e. for a week]. Aay aant uzee-d-n-z
tue* ur dree' daiz [I have not seen him these two or three days].
Dev. He've a-worked to Woodgate in and out 's ten year, Reports
Proviiic. (1886) 100.
7. Phr. (i) this-a-road or ihissa road, (2) — a-voayis,
away(s, or ihissa-ivay, this way, this direction ; this
manner ; gen. used advb. ; (3) — gale'yS, thus, in this way ;
(4 1 — here, this ; (5) — here away or here nmy, this way, in
this direction ; (6) — how, see (3) ; (7) — now, just now ;
(8) — side, less than; (9) —time, at present; see befow ;
(10) — wlule (back, some time ago, for some time.
(i) s.Chs.' 70. (2) Ir. He went on thissa way for em ever so
long (A.S.-P. ). s.Ir. Don't ruinate me this-a-way. Lover Leg.
(1848) II. 322. w.Yks.' s.Chs.' Thissa way, 70. Not.' s.Not.
He jubt touched the boss with the whip on th' off side agen the
collar to mek 'im tunn this-away (J.P.K.). n.Lin.' Tlioo should
do it e' this-a-ways, sitha, not e' that how. sw.Lin.' It's a mucky
trick to serve a man this-a-way. Rut.' Lei.' Sane ivver a little
doog this-au'ee ? War.''^ Wor. It be a lot nigher tliis away
(H.K.). (3) Cum.'* Cum., Wm. Nicolson (1677) Tnms. R.
Soc. Lit. (1868) IX. ne.Lan.i (4) w.Yks. I'll tell yo' a stooary
abaat him an' this here church, Hartlev Clock Ahii. (18871 g, in
Leeds Merc. Siifipl. 'Jan. 28. 1899) ; t)is iar as wonts a lot a tlianin,
Wright Grant. M'liillill. (1892) 124. Lan. This here 'titus is awful
when it gets a real hold on ye, Francis Yeoman Fleelwood (ed. 1900)
214. s.Lan.'This-here ale's noan wo'th bally-reawm. s.Chs.' This
here cai dunna doe upo' th' same meat as that theer, 70. Der.
He'll niver stir out o' this here beast o'a wood a' his da3's,OuiDA
Puck I ed. 1901) V. nw.Der.',Lin.',se.Lin. (J.T.B.) War.' Iiihoc/.
15. Brks.' 7. Lon. This here thing, Horae Stibsecivae (1777) 4.
Cmb.'This-here bread's as sad as lead. Nrf. (E.M.) Suf. There's
r.o other thief in this here company that 1 knows on, Betham-
EuwARDS Lord (if Harvest (1899) 250. Ken.' That there man was
a sittin' on this-'ere wery chair. Sur. It'll never drain so dip as
that through this here clay, Hoskyns Talpa (1852) 18, ed. 1857;
Sur.' Dor. Us never seed un leave this here kitchen, Hare As
IVe Sow (1897) 154. Som. You don't hold wi' thishere putten
all the power into the ban's o' Popery, do ee ? Raymond Love and
Quiet Life (1894) 46. w.Som.' ' Dhiish* yuur.' This — indefinite.
Dliiish" 3'uur uyur oa'n due* ; ee miis bee u-au'lturd [This iron
will not do ; he must be altered]. The use of this phrase, not as
an actual demonstrative, is quite common, and implies something
new, as 'They tell me this here perforated sine is better'n lattin.'
' This here mowing o' wheat idn a quarter so good's the old-
farshin reapin.' Dev. Now this j-er chap all smart was dressed,
PuLMAN Sketches (1842) 12, ed. 1853. Cor. Werry too, Weth
ritin' this here noat to you, Daniel Budget. 20. [Amer. This 3'er
mountain's too good for such as us, Buaulev I'lrginia 1^1897; 149.]
(5) n.Lin.' I can't saay wheare he is, bud he's sumwheare this
here awaay. [Amer. Z>m/. A'oto (1896) I. 237.] (6) w.Yks. (J. W.)
Not. You see he war standing a this-how iL.C.M.l. s.Not. How
ever did yer dirty yersen this 'ow? (J.P.K.) sw.Lin' When I
put my leg this how. (7) Ir. Where I'm resting this now. Barlow
Ghost-bereft (,1901) 55. (8; Ess.' A mile this side. (91 w.Yks.
( J.W.) Chs.' 'Not this time, thank you,' the usual way of declining
to take any more food at meal limes. (10) s.Sc. I hae been
thinkin o' something very particular concerning you and me
this while back, Wilson Tales (1839) V. 84. Ayr. This while ye
hae been mony a gate. Burns Deatli and Dr. Hornbook, st. 11 ;
Ye've heard this while how I've been licket, ib. Poem to Mr,
Mitchell [Dec. 1795) St. 5.
8. adv. So.
Ir. Whatever brought you this far? Barlow Shamrock (1901)
57. n.Yks. About this hJKh (l.W.i. w.Yks. O-W.l, War.=
THISAN, THISELN, see Thisn, Thy'sen.
THISEN, THISENEY, see This, Thisneys.
THISHNEYS, THISM, sec Thisneys, Thissum.
THISN, deni. prun. n.Cy. Cum. Wm. Yks. Lan. Der.
Not. War. Wor. Ilrf. Sur. Also written thisan n.Cy.
Cum.*; thisen ne.Lan.' ; thissan n.Lan.; thissen n.Ylcs.''
w.Yl<s. Der. se.Wor.' ; thissun Wm. Hrf. ; this un Cum. ;
thisun Sur.; and in form tis'n Cum.' [Si'san.] This,
tliis one. Cr. thatn.
n.Cy. (Hall. I, Lakel.^ Cum. Send me a tail for thisan,
Dickinson CuniOr. (ed. 1876J 60; This un t'lads uset to caw
t'lang walloper, JV. C. T. X. (1894) 18; Cum.'; Cum." Pref. 28.
Wm. In a neeak sic ez thissun, Spec. Dial. (1880) pt. ii. 29.
n.Yks.2 w.Yks. Wheea's thissen 'at cums eouet o' 't wilderness'
Littledale Crav. Sug. Sol. (1859) iii. 6. n.Lan. We sud put off
thissan, Lonsdale Mag. (July 1866) i8. ne.Lan.' Der. I'd niver
heard tell o' thissen, Vernev Stone Edge (1868) xxv; Az fur az
this'n, Robinson Sammy Twitcher (1870) 8. Not. Thisn's a nice-
actioned pretty little mouse, Vk\o\i. Forest Flk. (1901) 94. s.Not.
'E wanted this'n (J.P.K.). War.=,se.Wor.' Hrf. Bou.nd Provinc.
(1876); Hrf.' Sur. I'd give it j-e for being late loike thisun,
BicKLEY Sur. Hills (1890) Li.
THISNA, (/(';;;. pron. and adv. Yks. Also written
thisne w.Yks.' [Si-sna.] 1. dem. pron. This, this one.
n.Yks." 2. adv. After this manner. w.Yks.'
THISNESS, sb. e.An.' [Sisnss.] This way, this
manner; also used firft^A. SeeAthisn(s; cf. thatntss.
THISNEYS, adv. e.An. Also in forms Ihiseney
e.An.' ; thishneys e.An.'^ [tSi'ssni.] Thus, so, in this way.
e.An.'^ Suf. Raven //«/. S«/ (1895) 266. Cf. thatn a.
THISN(S, adv. n.Cy. Lan. Chs. Der. Not. Lei. Nhp.
War. Shr. e.An. Also written thissen Lan.' nw.Der.' ;
Ihissens Lan.' nw.Der.'; and in form i'this'ns s.Lan.'
[t)is3n(z.] In this waj', in this manner, so. See Athisn(s ;
cf. thatn(s, thusns.
n.Cy. Grose (1790J MS. add. (M.) Lan.', s.Lan.', Chs.'^, Der.
(L.W.), nw.Der.', Not.', Lei.', Nhp.', War.= 3, Shr.i = , e.An.'
THISSEN, see Thisn, Thisn(s. Thysen.
THISSUM, dem. pron. GIo. Ilnip. w.Cy. WiL Also
written thism Glo.^ [Si'sani.] 1. This.
GI0.12 Hmp. Wise Niw Forest (1883) 190; Hmp.' w.Cy.
(Hall.) Wil. Britton Beauties 1 1825); Wil.' .s.v. Pronouns).
2. These. Glo." 15.
THISTERDAY, adv. s.Chs." In form thisterdee.
[Si'stsdI.] Yesterday.
22 ; We won o' the randy thisterdee (s.v. Randy).
THISTLE, sb. Var. dial, uses in Sc. and Eng. Also
in form thizzel I.W.' [}>i'sl.] 1. In conip. (i) Thistle-
burr, a tliistle-liead; (2) -cock, the corn-bunting, Eniberiza
nuliaria; (3) -finch, the goldfinch, Cardiielis elegans; (4)
•hemp, obs., a var. of hemp which was early ripe; (5)
-liook, a hook for cutting down thistles; (6) -puke, a
donkey ; (7) -spitter, an instrument with which to root
up thistles ; (8) take, obs., a duty paid to the Lord of the
Manor; see below; (9) -top, thistledown.
(i) w.Yks. Th' name, je'll mark, stuck to him like a thistle-burr,
SuTCLiFFE Moor and Fell (1899) 13. (2) Or.I. Swainson Bitds
(1885) 69 ; S. & Ork.' (3)Slg. From its fondness for thistle seeds,
Swainson lA. 58. vr.Wor. Berroiv's Jrn. (Mar. 3, 1888). Nrf.CozENS-
Hardy Broad Nrf. (1803) 51. (4) n.Cy. Grose (1790) MS. add.
(P.) Der.' (5) Nlib. Wielding such elegant tools as a fork, thistle-
hook, or a hoe, Graham Red Scaur (1896) 173. (6) Sur. You do
not catch the asinus harmonious, grass-organ, thistle puke, or
besweet — all these names are given to that animal in our rural
district — eating thistles when he can get better food, Son of
.Marshes On Sur. Hills (1891) 24. {7) I.W.' (8) Chs. A duty of
D half-penny, antiently paid to the Lord of the Manour of Halton
. . . for every beast driven over the common, suffered to graze or
eat but a thistle, Bailey (1721); Chs.' In 1375 there was an
officer called the taxator, who was to take an account of the swine
feeding in the lord's woods, and to receive the pannage due for
them. This year the sums received for pannage, thistle-take,
and the perquisites of the halmote were twenty-two pence for
the pannage and thistle-take, and thirteen shillings and three
pence for the Court perquisites ; Chs.^^ (9) Dmf. The saft thistle-
tap lines the gowdspinks 'ha', Cromek Remains (1810) 113.
2. The burdock, Arctium Lappa. Dev.*
THISTRILL, THITE, see Taistrel, Theat, adj.
THITER, .s/a' Lin. A manure-cart. (Hall.), Lin.'
THITER, sb.^ n.Cy. [Not known to our correspon-
dents.) A foolish fellow ; an idiot. (Hall.)
THITHER, adv. Obs. n.Yks'^ Further off. Hence
Thitherest, adv. furthest of}'.
THITTING
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THOLE
THITTING, s/>. Lin. [jji'tin.] An unpleasant story
concerning a person, not told but lieUI over hiin as
a threat. n.Lin. It was a tliitting I ahis held ower him (.M.P.\
THIVEL, sA. So. Nhb. Dur. I.akel. Yks. Lan. Also
written theivil .Sc. (J.x.m.) ; thivle Dur.'; thyvel Dur.
Lake!.' Cum."'' Wm. w.Yks. ; thyvil W'ni. ; and in forms
theevil Sc. ; thevil, thieval Frf. ; thivvle m.Yks.'
Ifjaivl ; Jjivl, {>ivl.] 1. A smooth stick or spatula, used
to stir porridge, &c. See Thible.
Sc, n.Sc. (Jam.') Abd. Soup ladles and thecvils, Ogg ffi/Af
/Fn/y(i873) 60; The thivel on the pottape pan, Ross Heleiiore
(1768) Sng. 29a. ed. Nimmo. Frf. The stall' was very short, nearly
a foot having been cut. . . from the original, of which to make a
porridge thieval, Barrie Thrums (1895) vi ; Her ladle was a
ikull, . . A shank her thevil too, Lowson Giiul/ollou' (1890- 332.
e.Fif. Ye'U may be get a blenter i' the side o' the head wi' the
theevil, Latto Tani Bcilkin (1864) x.vviii. Ayr. (Jam.), n.Cy.
(J.L. 1783), (K.), N.Cy.'=, Ntib.» Dur. A little wee winky-spinky
pipe thing nee bigger than a thyvel, Ecglestone Belly Poifkiiis'
I'isil (1877) 10. Dur.', Lakel.'^ Cum.'; Cuni.^ Her man —
a durty tike — Wad bray her wid a besom-sticI<, a thyvel or sec
like, 69; Cum.* Wm. Tak t'thyvil an' stir t'gruel (B.K.).
e.'Wm. (J.M.), n.Yks.23, n.Vks.* (s.v. Thauvel;, m.Yks.' w.Yks.
Lucas 5/«(/. NiMerc/ale (c' 1882) 26. ne.Lan.'
2. Cowp. (i) Theivil-pain, (2) -shot, a pain in the side ;
see below.
(i) Sc. It most prob. received its name from the idea that it is
owing to the stomach being overcharged with that food which is
prepared by means of the theivil. I have heard that it is thus
denominated, because confined to a particular spot, as if one had
received a stroke on it by a theivil, or some similar instrument
(Jah.I. (3) Ags. (i'4.)
3. Phr. (i) rt queer stick to make a thivel of, said of an
awkward person ; (2) to lick a thivel, to suffer poverty, to
verge on starvation.
(i) N.Cy.', Dur.', ne.Lan.' (3) Cum.3 She'll lick a thyvel 'at
weds you, 203.
4. A cudgel.
Sc. For a tliivel they did use A sturdy stump o' knotty spruce,
John o' Ariiha in Mackay.
[1. Thyuil, ni/iiciila, Levins Maitip. (1570).]
THIVELESS, see Thieveless.
THIXLE, sb. n.Cy. Yks. Der. Also written thicksell
w.Yks.^ ; and in forms thizle Der.' nw.Den' ; thyzle
n.Cy. nw.Der.' [)>i'ksl.J A cooper's adze.
n.Cy. Gkose .17901 MS. add. i P. ) w.Yks.*, Der.'*, nw.Der.'
[Thyxyl, instrument, ascia (Prompt.). OHG. dehsala,
ascia./erriim coitferloriiim (Graff).]
THIZLE, THIZZEL, see Thixle, Thistle.
THO, adv. Dor. Som. Dev. Cor. Also written thoa
Dev. [tJo.] Then, at that time.
Dor. Havnes Voc. (c. 17301 in A^. & Q. (1883) 6th S. viii. 45.
Som. Jennings Obs. Dial. w.Eng. (1825). e.Som. I couldn't go
Iho, but I went afterwards, 'W. & J. Gl. (1873I. w.Som.' We
bide tcllin' ever so long, and tho I looked to my watch, and zced
we 'adn a-got nit a minute to lost, vor to catch the train. Her
told'n he should have his money, but her 'adn a got it tho. Dev.
Her comed tho', vur I zeed 'er, Hewett P^ni. Sp. (1892); He
went on a little way and tho he turned round. Reports Froviiic.
('885). n.Dev. Gar, a was woundy mad thoa, E.xiti. Crishp.
('746)1.35'- nw.D«v.' Cor. A', tr O. (1854) ist S. x. 440 ; Cor.'
[ To doon obsequies, as was tho the gyse, Chaucer C T.
A. 993. OE./'(i, then.]
THOAL, THOAN, see Thole, v., Thone.
THOBTHRUSH,THOClK, see Throbthrush, Thic(k.
THOCK, v. Nhb. [)jok.] To breathe heavily or pant
with exertion.
Here cums little Andra Karr, . . thockin and blowin, Bewick
Tynebide Tales (1850) 10 ; Nhb.'
THOCK, THOCT, THOD, see Thack, v.', Thought,
Thud, v.^
THODDEN, adj. n.Cy. Lan. Chs. Der. [fodan.]
Sodden; iieavj', solid, close; tough; not sufficiently baked.
n.Cy. ^Hall.) Lan. Twur as thodd'n as a tharcakc, Tim
Bobbin yiew Dial. (ed. 1740'' 31 ; Lan.' Childer, drinkin' nowt
strunger than churn-milk, till their bones are gradcly set an' their
flesh as thoddcn as leather, Brierley Abo'-lh'- Yale Lond. (1869)
VOL. VI.
64. s.Lan.' Chs.' Heavy bread is described as thodden. A
waxy, watery potato is also thodden. nw.Der.'
THOER, THOF(E, see Thir, dem. pron.. Though.
THOFF, <o/;7. Lin.' [«of.] Than if.
It's better tliotl he came.
THOFF, see Though.
THOFFER, adv. and conj. Nrf. Suf. Also in form
thaffer Suf. Therefore, because. (E.G.P.), (Hall.)
THOFT, sb. Sc. Nhb. Yks. Lin. Also in form thaft
Sc. (Jam.) Cai.' N.Cy.' [|)oft ; faft.] The cross-bench in
a boat ; the seat for the rowers. Cf taft.
Sc. (Jam.) Sh.I. In a boat the thoft where the mast stands is
called the sailing thoft (J. S.). Cai.', N.Cy.', Nbb.', n.Yk«.« Lin.
Streatfeild Liu. and Danes (1884) 371. n.Lin.'
[Oli. /o//, a rower's bench (Sweet).]
THOFT, THOFTIN, see Think, Though, Toft. Toftin.
THOIGHT, THOIL, see Thwite, Thole, v.
THOKISH, adj. Obs. e.An. Slothful, sluggish, idle,
slow, dull.
e.An.' Nrf. Browne IVks. (c. 1682) III. 233, ed. Bohn ; Ray
(169.): (K.)
THOKY.arf/ Obs. Lin. Slothful, sluggish. (Hall.,
s.v. Thokish.)
THOLE, V. and si.' Sc. Irel. Nhb. Dur. Lakel. Yks.
Lan. Stf. Der. Also written thoal w.Yks.' ; and in Ibrms
thoil Lakel.» m.Yks.' w.Yks.' Lan.; thooal n.Yks.*
s.Lan.'; thool Lakel.*; thoyl w.Yks.*; thwole Cum.'*
s.Lan.'; thwooal Lan.; tola Sh.I. [^51, \>os\. w.Yks.
Jjoil.] 1. V. To bear, sufl'er, endure, tolerate. Cf taal.
Sc. Weel may yon boatie row or my craig'll have to thole a
raxing. Stevenson Caln'ona 1893) xiii. Sh.L Stewart Tales
(1892 24. Cai.' Kcd. He had aften to thole for ithers' fauts
The dominie's sairest raps. Grant Lays (1884I 117. Per. Nae
mair I'll thole Tib's haughty pride and scorn, Spence Poems
(1898) 38. s.Sc. (A.C.) Ayr. How they maun thole a factor's
snash. Burns Twa Dogs (1786) 1. 96. e.Ltli. Dree oot the inch
whan ye've tholed the span. Hunter J. Jnicici (1895) 221. Edb.
This was a sore joke against me . . . but I tholed it patiently,
MoiR Mamie IVatich (1828) xii. Slk. The warst has some
rcdeemin quality that enables me to thole it without yaumcrin,
Chr. North Nodes (ed. 1856) III. 55. Dnif. The landlord of the
Boar Submits to thole their wicked roar A little time, for sake o'
gain, Shennan Talcs (1831) 44. Kcb. He had a perfect horror o'
saip an' water, an' couldna thole to cheingc his claes, Trotter
Gall. Gossip (1901) 41. N.L' UIs. Me, that can't thole the taste
of whisky, Hamilton Bog (1896) 36. Ant. A can hardly thole
the pain o' my finger, Ballyniena Obs. (^1892). Dwn. A cannae
thole ye! Savage-Armstrong Ballads (1901) 71; (C.H.W.)
S.Don. Simmons Gl. ;i89o\ N.Cy." Nhb.' Aa canna thole nee
langer. Lakel.', Cum.'*^* Wm. Nicolson (1677) 7"r<j«j. /?. Sor.
Lit. (1868) IX. n.Yks.'; n.Yks.* Bad usage is ill to thole.
m.Yks.' w.Yks.' I cud not thoal him at onny sike figure;
w.Yks. 3 Lan. I cannot thooal th' seet on 'ein, Francis Daughter
0/50/7(1895)299; Lan.', s.Lan.', Stf.' Der. (K.) ; Grose(I79o";
Der.'=, nw.Der.'
Hence (i) Tholeable, adj. bearable, tolerable; (2)
Tholeless, adj. soft, wanting energy; not adaptable,
nearly useless ; (3) Tholemoody, adj. patient ; (4) Thole-
sum, adj., see (i) ; (5) Tholeweel, sb. in phr. a haporlh o'
thole-weel, an' a peiiitorth o' niver-let-ou-yc-hae-it, used as
a recommendation for the cure of a trifling ailment.
(i) Sc. (Jam.1 Lnk. A tholable calamity. Murdoch Headings
(1895 II. 96. (21 Cnm.* (3) n.Sc. Ruddiman Introd. (1773)
(Jam.). Bwk., Rxb. (<».) (4) Fif. (Jam.) ; A', i- Q. (1871) 4th S.
viii. 156. (5^/ N.L'
2. To allow, permit, admit of ; to require, stand in need of,
Sc. He wad thole a mends, he would require to be reformed, or
require a change to the better (Jam.). e.Fif. This was a thing they
cudna an' wadna thole upon ony accoont, Latto 7am Bodkin
(1864) i. s.Sc. ' It'll thole a drap mair waiter,' it will bear to be
farther diluted [of punch]. 'Od woman, yer goun's owr side.'
' I daursay it is ; it wad thole to hac a piece taen afl" the boddura,'
A'. & Q. (1871) 4th S. viii. 156. Nhb.' Used also in rallying one
whose person or character requires improvement. ' We can aa
thole amends.' 'Wm. (B.K.)
3. To wait, stay, hold out ; to defer or deny oneself of
a requirement ; often in phr. to thole a ivee, or a while.
Sc. (Jam. Frf. You had better cross, dominie, and thole out the
o
THOLE
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THONDER
nicht wi' us, Babrie Minisler (1891) xxxv. Per. I do bid them
thole a while Till ance the spring come in again, Nicol Poems
(i;66 58. s.Sc. Ye'll juist hae to thole a wee till I get my breeks
on, Wilson Tales (18391 V. 95. Dmb. I ken this is nae pleasant
tune, But thole a wee, I'se soon hae done, Taylor Poems (1827)
105. Hdg. Great is our drouth — but thole a wee, Lumsden Poems
(18961 7. N.Cy.' Nhb.i 'No, thank ye; aa think aa can thole.'
Stf.' Der. Thole a while, Ray (1691) ; Der.'^
4. To spare willingly ; to aftord ; to bestow cheerfully
and ungrudgingly ; gounen.
Lakel.'^ m.Yks.' Thoil us a shilling. An old miser, he can
thole nobody nought. w.Yks.' I cannot thole t'horse at onny sike
price. I could thole him t'meat out o' my mouth; w.Yks.' He's
thoiled to pay me at last ; w.Yks.^ She can't thoil her to you ;
w.Yki.'' ; w.Yks.* He'll thoil thee nowt depend on't, when he
couldn't thoil his awan nevvy's barn t'whoal apple when he went
to ax him for a fairing, bud baat on't afoar he gav t'poor barn it.
Lan. Aw conno thwooal hur . . . under a ginney, TiM Bobbin
View Dial. (ed. 1760) 30. s.Lan.i
Hence Tholer, sb. a liberal giver.
m.Yks.i He's a rare tholer.
5. Phr. (i) to thole an assise or a trial, to stand a trial ;
(2) — o^ (nl to admit of a part being taken oft"; (b) to be
sufficiently warm without some particular article of dress;
(3) —on, (a) to sufler or wait patiently; (61 to admit of
anything being laid or put on; (4) — through, to 'pull
through ' an illness, &c. ; (5) — /o, («) to admit the addition
of; (A) to admit of anything being shut.
(i)Sc. (Jam.); Putin surefirmanceuntillhehavetholedan assize,
Skene Difficill IVds. (1681) 12 ; (A.W.) Dmb. The wretched man
had 'tholed his assize 'and could not have been tried again, Strang
Lass of Lennox (1899) 302. (2 a, b) Abd. (Jam.) (3, a) Cai.i
(6) Abd. (Jam.) (4) Frf. She is 'on the mend,' she may ' thole
thro,' if they take great care of her, Barrie M. Ogilvie (1896) 35.
(5 a, b) Abd. (Jam.)
6. To advantage, benefit ; to be to one's gain.
Sh.I. At wan time, in fack, ye wir compell'd ta bluid your fish,
an' hit wid be tolin da fish curers if dey wid pit dat law in forse
noo, Sh. A^ews (Nov. 12, 1898); We say to a person 'it wid be
tolin de ' if a certain thing happened or a certain course were
adopted (J.S.).
7. sb. A disposition, esp. a generous one; a free wish
to give ; liberality, generosity.
m.Yks.l He's no thoil in 'im. I know his thoil. w.Yks. He hes
a poor thoil. Banks Wkjld. Wds. (1865) ; w.Yks. ^ ' He gave it with
a thoil,' i.e. willingly ; w.Yks. ' Noa thoil in him. e.Lan. Buniley
Express (June i, 1901).
[1. OE. poliatt, to suff'er, hold out, endure (Sweet).]
THOLE, s6.« Sc. Ess. I.W. 1. One of the two short
handles of a scythe. Ess. (E.L.), Ess.' 2. Co«;/i. Thole-
pin, (i) a peg to fasten a double door ; (2) the pin that goes
into the shafts of the roller by which the horse draws.
(i) Frf. He reached up to the thole-pin which kept the loft
folding-door in position, Inglis Ain Flk. (1895^ 115. (2) I.W.'
[Cp. OE./o/,/o//, an oar-peg, rowlock (Sweet).]
THOLTER, s6. Irel. Cross-ploughing. Uls. (M.B.-S.)
Cf. thwarter, 6.
THOLTHAN, THOM, see Thalthan, Thumb.
THOMAS, sb. Sc. Lakel. Yks. Lan. Chs. War. Also
in forms Tammas Sc. ; Tummus s.Lan.' Chs.'; Tummuz
Chs.* [to'mas ; talmas, tu'mas.] 1. In comb, (i)
Thomas's gifts, gifts given on St. Thomas's Day (Dec. 21) ;
see below ; (2) -tit, the blue tit, Pariis caenileus ; (3)
Tummus-an'-Meary, broad Lan. dialect ; also used atlrib.
(0 n.Yks. They had gone out ' St. Thomasing,' that is, visiting
the farmhouses on St. Thomas's Day and asking ' Thomas's gifts.'
These were usually pieces of ' pepper-cake ' (or the customary thick
ginger bread), with perhaps a modicum of cheese or a bite of cake,
or maybe a few halfpence, Atkinson Moorl. Parish (1891) 379.
(2) War.^ (3) s. Lan. • The name of the famous comic idyl written
by John Collier (Tim Bobbin), died 1786. 'Tummus an' Meary
mak' o' talk'; the persons who speak it are said to be ' talkin'
Tummus-an'-Meary.'
2. The puffin, Fralercula ardica. Nai. Zoologist (1850)
VIII. 2908. 3. A toad. Chs.'a 4:. pi. Heavy clogs.
Lakel.^
THOMASER.si. w.Yks.* [to-masa(r).] A gift given
on St. Thomas's Day (Dec. 21).
When the children solicit coppers they ask, perhaps, ' if yo
serve Thomasers ' (s.v. Thommasin').
THOMASING, vbl. sb. Yks. Stf Der. Not. Lin. Rut.
Lei. Nhp. War.Wor. Shr. Brks. Also written Thomassing
Not. sw.Lin.'; and in form Tummasin Shr.' [tomasin.]
1. Going from house to house begging on St. Thomas's
Day (Dec. 21) ; see below; also in comp. St. Thomasing.
Gen. in phr. going a Thomasing. Cf gooding.
n.Yks. They had gone out ' St. Thomasing,' that is, visiting the
farmhouses on St. Thomas's Day and asking ' Thomas's gifts,'
Atkinson Moorl. Parish (1891) 379. w.Yks. The widows ask and
commonly receive at the farmers' house a small measure of wheat,
and they call it 'going a Thomasing,' Henderson /^//t-Z.oir (1879)
66-7 ; w. Yks.^ It is still the custom for children to go about on that
day. In Mr. Scott's days, at Woodsome Hall, a sack of wheat stood
at the door, with a pint measure. All comers who chose to take it
were served witha pint of wheat, supposed to be for frumenty. The
same custom, in a different form, was followed at the Wood
afterwards. There they gave pennies to Almondbury people,
a halfpenny each to children, but Farnley folk had twopence.
Wheat also was given away. Stf. The old women went a
Thomassing. Wrapped up in their poor old shawls or cloaks they
went to the houses of the better to do, to get a dole on December
2ist. Their old rhyme delivered, often with toothless elocution,
was this : ' Well-a-day, well-a-day, St. Thomas goes too soon
away. Then your gooding we do pray. For the good time will not
stay. St. Thomas grey, St. Thomas grey, The longest night and
the shortest day, Please toremember St. Thomas Day,' The Chronicle
(Feb. 22, igoi). Der. (L.W.), nw.Der.' Not. It's a many year sin'
I first come here aThomassin'(L.C. M.). n.Lin.', sw.Lin. (R.E.C.),
sw. Lin.', Rut.' Lei.' Old women are the usual performers. Nhp.'
War.°; War.* To go a Thomasing was one of the customs of the
widows and old unprovided for women in the village in which they
were born. Alms and food were given to them by the well-to-do
inhabitants. Wor. ' We be come a Thomasin.' Village children
at my house ai Dec. 1901. They sang hymns, but did not know
the old Thomasing begging rhyme (E.S.I. s.Wor.' Shr. Borne
Flk- Lore {i&n^) xxix ; Shr.', Brks. (W.H.Y.)
2. St. Thomas's Day, Dec. 21.
War.3 Next Thomasin' 'uU be time enough, B'ham IVtly. Post
(Apr. 29, 1899).
THOMASMAS, sb. Sh.L In form Tammasmas. The
least of St. Thomas, Dec. 21 ; also used altrib.
This is Tammasmas E'en, and the day following is Tammasmas
Day, in which no manner of work can be done. ' Da bairn i' da
midder's wime '111 mak' woeful dol. If wark be wrought on
Tammasmas night. Five nights afore Yule,' Spence Flk-Lore
(1899) 197.
THOMELLETOE, THOMSON, see Thummel-toe,
Tamson.
THON, dent. pron. and dem. adj. Sc. Irel. Nhb. Dur.
[Son.] That, 'yon'; yonder.
Sc. Ca' thon a leddy ? Stevenson CatHona (1893) i ; ' Thon' is
used to identify an object remote from both [speakers]. . . ' Thon'
isalike in both numbers, Murray /)/Vi/. (1873) 179; Thys is meyne,
that's yoors, but quhae's auwcht thon? ib. 186. Abd. (A.W.)
Ayr. A farmer's wife going for to buy an article like thon, John-
ston Congallon (1896) 114. Edb. Was thon the best you can do?
Campbell Dcilie Jock (1897) 27. N.L' Uls. There's aye good
reason when a girl stays away from a bit o' sport like thon,
Hamilton Bog (1896) 13. Dwn. Tae watch thon birdies' crests
o' green And red throats glisten, Savage-Armstrong Ballads
(1901)14. S.Don. Simmons G/. (1890). Nhb.' Whe's thon ? Do
ye see thon hoose ower there ? Nhb., Dur. About Shields and as
far south as Teesdalc, Murray Dial. (1873) 186.
THON, see Then, adv.
THONDER, adv. Sc. Irel. Nhb. Chs. Fit. Nhp. War.
Shr. Hrf. e.An. Also in forms thander Chs.'^ War. Shr.'
Hrf; thender Fit. Nhp.'; thinder e.An.'; thonner Ir.
[tSo'nd3(r; Sanda(r).] Yonder. Also used as (7(^'. and //o;;.
Hdg. Two beautiful girl winches standing down thonder in the
passage, Lumsden Sheep-head (1892) 295. N.I.' Dwn. A hae a
wee terrier dug thonner at hame, Lvttle Baltycuddy (1892) 62.
S.Don. Simmons Gl. (1890). Nhb. Haldane Geordy's Last (1878)
15; Nhb.' Chs.'; Chs.^ ' Wheere's our Dick?' ' Crewdling in
thander corner ; ' hiding away in yon corner. s.Chs.' Dhondur)z
li priti gild ky'aay. Fit. (T.K.J.; Nhp.' He lives over thender.
War. (Hall.) Shr.' hilrod. 50. Hrf. Thander one is the man,
Bound Provinc. (1876). e An '
THONDILL
[99]
THORNY
THONDILL, sb. Obs. ne.Yks.' A measure of land ;
see below.
Plots of ploughing land on unenclosed commons seem to have
formerly been of three sizes, 'broads/ ' narrows,' and 'thondills.*
the last-named being intermediate to the other two, and about
tlirec roods in extent.
THONE, adj. n.Cy. Diir. Yks. Lan. Der. Lin. Lei.
Nhp. War. Shr. Gio. Nrf. Ken. Also written thoan
s.Lan.' ; and in forms thooan s.Lan.'; thwooan Lan.
Damp, moist, wet ; soft from dampness. Cf thane, adj.
n.Cy. Grose (1790) ; P. R.) Dur. (K.) w.Yks.= ' It's thooan
land, 'used to express the quality of land. s.Lan.' Midi. Makshall
Riir. Ecoii. (1796) II. Der.' Obs., Der.*, nw.Der.' Lin. Ray
(i69i);Lin.' Lei. (K.); Lei.' Applied to corn, soil, &c. 'Some
on it's a good bit thone.' 'It's a'most to' thone to groind.* Nhp.'
Corn is said to be ' thone,' whether in the rick or after it is threshed,
if it be too moist for grinding ; Nhp.^, War.» Shr.' Said of corn,
and of heavy, clammy bread. GIo. (E.M W.) e.Nrf. Marshall
Riir. Ecoii. (1787). Ken. Ray (1691) MS. add. (J.C.)
Hence (i) Thone-wheat, sb. wheat not dry enough for
grinding; (2) Thonish, adj. damp, wettish ; (3) Thony,
adj. damp, moist, soft.
(i) Wor. (J.R.W."! (a) Lan. As awr donnin meh tliwoanish
clooas, Tim Bobbin Viav Dial. 'ed. 1740) 28. s.Lan.' (3) n.Cy.
Grose (1790). w.Yks.^ Lin. Ray (1691). Lei.' It's but a thony
haa'vest. Nhp.'* e.Nrf. Marshall Riir. Econ. (1787).
[OE. /('(;;, moist ; irrigated (Sweet).]
THONG, .-6. and v. Sc. Irel. Shr. Brks. Som. Dev.
Cor. Sc.I. Also in form thung Shr.' nw.Dev.' [|'or|.]
1. sb. A leathern boot- or shoe-lace.
Arg. ' My thong's loose,' said he. stooping to fumble with a
brogue that needed no such attention, Munro y. S//«/(/;i/ (1898)
336. Shr.'
Hence Close-thonged, adj. tightly laced.
Arg. His close-thonged brogues that clung to the feet like a dry
glove. MuNKo/. 5/i/<-(irfirf (1898) 193.
2. An instrument of punishment formerly used in schools;
see below.
Cor. A leathern strap, about 15 in. by 2i in., with a hole in one
end to hang it up by, formerly used in schools to strike the palm
of the hand with. 'The end with the hole in it was brought down
sharply upon the palm, and thus raised a blister (M.A.C.) ; Like-
wise a thong to thock [thwack] thee, ef Thee d'st ever go askew,
Forfar Poems 1 1885) 7.
3. pt. Sea-thongs, Himanthalia lorea. Sc.L (B. & H.)
4. V. To beat, thrash.
N.I.' n.Dev. Chell thong tha, E.vm. Scold. (1746) I. 77.
5. Obs. To fling or swing round the skirts or tail.
n.Dev. Yagurt thonging, banging muxy drawbreech, Exnt. Scold.
(17461 I- 6.
6. To twine ; to twist together. Brks.' 7. To become
stringy or viscous ; to become heavy and sodden.
Som. (Hall.) e.Soni. 'W. & J. Gl. (1873). w.Som.' Cider is
very often said ■ to thongy ' when it gets into a peculiar oily or
treacly state called 'reamed,' or 'ropy.' Dev, It [a rusk] baint
very nice, sur, it thungeth. Reports Pioviiic. (1885).
I lence Thongy, adj. stringy, viscous, tough ; like dough
or putty.
Som. (Hall.) e.Som. 'W. & J. Gl. (1873). w.Som.' Dev. In
bread, or like substances, it means the opposite of crisp or crumbly.
Cider is often said ' to be thongy,' when it gets into the peculiar
state known as 'reamed' or 'ropy,' Reports Provinc. (1885).
nw.Dev.'
THONGY, adj. e.An. [fio'rjgi.l Oppressivelj' hot, as
between summer showers. e.An.' Nrf Cozens-Hardy
Broad Nrf. (1893) 2.
THONK, see Thunk.
THONKY, adj. Cum. [Not known tn our other corre-
spondents.] Dank, misty, rainy. (M.P.), Cum.'*
THONNER, THOOAL, see Thonder, Thole, v.
THOOAR, THOOL. see Thir, driii. pron., Thole, v.
THOOM, THOOMACK, THOOR(E, see Thumb,
Ihunimack, Thir, detjt. pron.
tnOO'S. po^s. adj. Sc. [tSi'iz.j Thy. Cf. thee's.
Ayr. In Tlioo's ain name, Johnston Gltiibuciit (1889) no.
THOOTHISTLE, see Thowthistle.
THOOTLE, j>. Nhb.' Ilnltl.] To endure ; to wait.
' Aa canna thootle na langer ' — cannot be put off any longer.
THOR, s6.' n.Yks.* [{'or.] A thundering noise.
It cum doon with a desperate thor.
THOR, .si.* Obs. Sc. Durance, confinement. Sibbald
G/. (1802) (Jam.).
THOR, see Their, They, Thir, dein. pron.
THORBLE, THORE. sec Thible, Thir. dent. pron.
THORL(E, sb. Sc. Yks. Also in form thirl n.Yks.»
The fly of a spindle or spinning-rock ; the pivot on which
a wheel revolves. Cf whorle.
Slg. The lass is frugal, eident turns the thorlc, Galloway Poems
(1804) 15. Edb. Three of the buttons have sprung the thorls,
MoiR Mansic IVaiicli (i8a8; vi. Rxb. (Jam.), n.Yks.*
Hence (i) Thirled, ppl. adj. pinned or pivoted, as a
wheel. n.Yks.* ; (2) Thorle-pippin, sb. a species of apple
in form resembling the fly-wheel of a spindle. Rxb.(jAM.)
THORL(E, see Thirl, adj
THOR MANTLE,. -A. Dev. Also in form thors-mantle.
1. Prob. a corruption of 'tormentil,'/'ci/f«i'///(i Toniieidd/a.
We have. .. the thor-manlle, excellent as a medicine in fevers
Bray Desc. Taiiiar and 7"(i;^(i836) I. Lett, xviii. 318; Dev.*
2. The foxglove. Digitalis purpurea.
The Devonshire children make us think of the Thunderer, as
they gather the foxglove, and call it rhors-manlle, Monthly Pkt.
VOct. 1864I443.
THORN, sb. Sc. Irel. Yks. Lan. Chs. Lin. War. 'Won
Nrf Dor. Also in forms tharn VVor. ; thoorn n.Yks.* ;
thurn Lan. Chs.' Wor. ; torn Sh.L [|'orn, fi93n.] 1. In
phr. like licking honey off a thorn, see below.
n.Yks.* 'It's bare wark an poor pay, like licking honey off a
thoorn,' said of an employment yielding but small and uncertain
profit.
2. Comb, (i) Thorn-back, («) a small river-fish ; (6) a
bed of good stone in Swanage quarries; (2) -(s bull, the
thick part of a thorn, the branches being cut off; (3)
-drain, (4) -draining, sec below ; (5) -grey, {a) the lesser
redpole, Linoia rufescens ; {b) the grey linnet, Linota
cannabina; (6) -hurdling, putting up hurdles of thorns ;
(7) peckled, freckled ; 18) -speckles, freckles.
(i, rt) War.^ A small fish with a strong back fin. It abounds in
the Avon, but it is not the stickleback. (6) Dor. (C.W.) (a)
e.Cy. (Hall.) Nrf. Throw the old dcke down and use the thorn-
bulls for firing, Cozens-Hardy Broad Nrf. (1893) 6a. (3, 4)
n.Lin.' Before drain tiles became common it was the custom among
farmers to drain their land by digging trenches and burying sticks,
commonly thorns, in them ; these were called ' thorn-drains,' and
the process 'thorn-draining.' (5, a n.Ir. (J.S.) (6) N.I.' (6)
Wor. This be just the weather for thorn-hurdling the meadow
(H.K.). (7) e.Lan.' (8) Lan. Lotions, drinks, &c. to restore her
yure, remove thorn-speckles, Standing Echoes (1885) '5-
3. The hawthorn, Crataegus O.xyacantha.
Sc. Garden IVk. (1896) No. cxiii. 100. Yk«. (B. & H.) Lan.
Tim Bobbin Vinu Dial. (ed. 1806^1 16.
Hence (i) Thorn-berries, sb. pi. the fruit of the \\dL\v-
{.horn,Crataegiis O.xyacantha ; (2) Thorn-bush,s6.a hawthorn
tree, Crataegus O.xyacantha.
(i) Chs.' Nrf. I go and get him some berries, 'thorn-berries,'
Emerson Son of Fens (189a) 369. (a) Chs.'
4. A sharp prickly spine found on certain fish.
Sh.I. I laid me haands open wi' da torns of da last ane [skate]
'at 1 pcel'd, Sh. News (Mar. 9, 1901).
THORN, V. Obs. Sc. To eat heartily; to satisfy
one's appetite ; used of bodily wants.
When they had eaten and well drunken. And a' had thorn'd
fine, Sc. Ballads vi8o8) II. 335 (Jam. Siippl.).
THORNEN, adj Brks. Wil. Dor. Som. Also in forms
tharnen Wil. Som.; tharnin Brks. [f>anin, f>a'nin.]
Made of thorn ; having the nature or quality of thorn.
Brks. The tharnin tree you med plainly zee As is called King
Alferd's tharn, Hughes Scour. White Horse (1859) iv. Wil.
(Hall.) Dor. I pass'd the maid avore the Spring, An' shepherd
by the thornen tree, Barnes Poems (ed. 1869) 29. e.Som. W. & J.
C/. (18731. w.Som.'
THORNY, (7(//. and si. Sc. Nhb. Cum. Glo. Som. Also
written thorney Nhb. I. adj. In co;;;/i. (i) Thorny-back,
(a) the stickleback, Gasterostetis Irachurus; (b) a small
perch, Pcrca Jlui'iatilis; (c) the thornback, ./?<i»rt c/avata;
(2) pyett, the magpie. Pica rustica.
{i a, b) Nht). Here may be fund the thorney-back, the Poheed
o 2
THORO
[loo]
THOU
an Tommy Lodjor, Chater Tyiieside Aim. (1869) 13. (c) Fif.,
Edb. (Jam.) (2) Cum. (J.D.)
2. sb. The stickleback, Gasterosteus irachurus. Glo., Som.
N. &- O. (1884) 6th S. ix. 448.
THORO, see Through.
THOROUGH, adj., adv. and sb. Sc. Irel. Yks. Not.
Shr. Glo. e.An. Wil. Dor. Also in forms tharra Suf.' ;
thorra N.I.' ; thorow Sc. (Jam.) [jjara.] 1. adj. and
adit. In comb, (ij Thorough-cleaning, a spring-cleaning ;
(2) -go, diarrhoea ; (3) -gone, thoroughly good or bad ; (4)
•go-nimble, (a) see (3); (b) small beer; (5) -grown, of
corn, &c. : sprouted ; (6) -pin, (7) -pole, parts of a wagon ;
see below; 18) -stitch, thoroughly, completely.
(i) n.Yks.' Thorough-cleaning (s.v. Row). w.Yks. (J.W.)
(2) Shr. 2 (3I e.Yks.i He's a thorough-geean rasldll, MS. add.
(T.H.) (4, n1 Sc. (Jam.), w.Yks.i, Shr.», Suf.i (6) Sc. The small
beer of the college, termed thorough-go-nimble, furnished a poor
substitute, Scott Pirate (1821) iv. w.Yks.' (5) s.Not. If the wet
keeps on we shall hae the barley thorough-grown (J.P.K.). (6)
Wil.' The pin which fastens the waggon-bed to the carriage.
(7) Dor, The piece of timber which connects the fore-axle of a
waggon with the hinder one, Barnes Poems (1863) G/. (s.v.
Waggon). (8) s.Not. I shall have to go thorough-stitch through
the house; it's filthy from top to bottom. She's means to do the
place up thorough-stitch (J.P.K.).
2. Wise, sane.
Rxb. (Jam.) N.I.' The poor fellow's not thorough.
3. sb. A spavin which shows itself on both sides of a
horse's hough or hock. e.An.'
THOROUGH, see Through, Thurrow.
THOROW, THORP, see Through, Throp.
THORP(E, sb. n.Cy. Yks. Lan. Der. Not. Lin. Nhp.
Oxf. Brks. Also in forms throp e.Yks.' ; thrup n.Yks.'
Not.n.Lin.'Nhp.'^Oxf.Brks. [poTp,\>qp ; prup.] Ahamlet;
a village ; ^en. in place-names.
n.Cy. (B.K.) n.Yks.' Ainthorpe is Aintrup or Ainthrup, Nun-
thorpe, Nunthrup,&c. ; n.Yks.^ ne.Yks.' Tholthrup, Helperthrup,
Lovvtthrup. e.Yks.', m.Yks.' w.Yks. Leeds Merc. Suppt. (May
'5> 1897) ; w.Yks.^ s.Lan. BamfordZ)/Vi/. (1854). Der.' ' In this
thorp.' [06s. as 'village'; only usedinplace-names.] Not. (L. CM.)
Lin.' Keep on the trod, and you'll reach the tliorpe in time. n.Lin.'
Obs. as a separate word, but used in the termination of many village
names. Nlip.' Thrup Malsor, Thrup Mandeville, Althrup, Kings-
thrup, Rolhersthrup. Ranstrup, for Ravensthorpe ; Nhp.^ Oxf.,
n.Brks. G.O.)
Hence Thorpsmen, sb. pi., obs., villagers. n.Yks. ^
\0Y.. porp,prop. a farm, estate ; a village (Sweet).]
THOR'S, THORSELS, see Thirs, Theirselves.
THOR'S-MANTLE, see Thor-mantle.
THORT, THORTER, see Thwart, Thwarter.
THORTY,arfy. Dev. [(59'ti.] Thoughtless, half-witted,
stupid.
They'll have a lopping old 'oss, and a thorty driver. Reports
Proviiic. (1895).
THOSE, dent. pron. and dem. adj. Yks. Lan. Som.
[5oz,'5o3z.] I. Dial, forms. 1. (i)Thoase, (2)Thooas,
(3) Thooase, (4) Thoose, (5) Toose.
(i", m.Yks.' A semi-refined form restricted to a corresponding
habit of speech, Introd. 22. Lan. Babby clooas laid by i' lavender
i' thoase drawers, Banks Manch. Man (1876) ii. (2) Lan. Oi'll
noan trust thooas chaps, Kav-Shuttleworth Scarsdale (i860)
'''■ 73- (3 n.Yks. Thooase 'at follow his perswashin, Castillo
Pof»Hs (1878,22. (4) Lan. Look after thoose broth, Sam, Brierley
Marlocks (1867) 86, ed. 1884. e.Lan.', s.Lan,' (5) Lan. Tim
BoiiUiN View Dial. (ed. 1806) Reader, 14. s.Lan.'
2. Contractions: (i) Thoose'n, (2) Thoosn, those will.
(i) s.Lan.' (2) Lan. Thoosn naw doo, Tim Bobbin View Dial.
(ed. 1806) 40.
II. Dial. use. In phr. those here here, those.
w.Som.' I baint no ways a-tookt up way those here here
[dheo-zh yuur yuur'l taytotal fullers (s.v. This here).
THOSKS, see Thusks.
THOST, sb. Obs. Glo. Dung. Horae Subsecivae
(1777) 430 ; Grose (1790) MS. add. (M.)
[OE. /ox/, dung (Sweet).]
THOT, see Think.
THOU, pers. pron. and v. Sc. Nhb. Dur. Cum. Wm.
Yks. Lan. Chs. Stf. Der. Not. Lin. Nhp. Glo. Nrf. Sur.
Hmp. Wil. Som. Cor. I. Dial, forms. 1. (i) A, (2)
Aw, (3) Doo, (41 Dou, (5) Du, (6) T', (7) Ta, (8) Ta, (9)
Ta. (10) Taa, (11) Tae, (12) Tau, (13) Taw, (14) Tay, (15)
Te, (16) Tea, (17) Teau, (18) Teaw, (19) Teh, (20) Ter,
(21) Teu, (22) Th', (23) Tha, (24) Tha, (25) Tha, (26)
Thaa, (27) Tliaaw, (28) Thae, (29) Thah, (30) Thai, (31)
Thau, (32) Thaw, (33) Thaww, (34) Thea, (35) Theau,
(36) Theaw, (37) Theow, (38) They, (39) Tho, (40) Thoo,
(41) Thow, (42) Thu, (43) To, (44) Too, (45) Tou, (46)
Tow, (47) Tu.
(i) s.Sc. Dear Willielad, how hast a'been? T. Scott Poems (1793)
315. Yks. Wiltabesacgudeastoexchangecivilitics? ^SKKCraiklrees
','897) 53. (2) Cor. What art aw knacken for? Forfar Cousin
Jan (1839) St. 2; Cor.2 (3) Sh.I. Dat doo sood, Sh. News (July
30, 189B). (4) S. & Ork.' (5) Sh.I. Believe du me du's gaeiu' ta
hae trouble, Spence Flk-Lore (1899) 242; S. & Ork.' (6i Dur.
Gibson Up-lVeardale Gl. (i87o\ Lan. Iff does avv'U shake thi
shoon, Brierley Layrock (1864) xi. n.Lin. Why doant t' set
sheaves up ? Peacock Tales and Rhymes (1886) 64. (7, 8) w.Yks.
The strong form ' ta ' and the weak form ' ta ' can onlv be used
interrogatively and in subordinate sentences, as : ' Wil ta wes it V
[wilt thou wash it?] Wright Gram. IVndhll. (1892") 117. (9)
Nhb.' Cum. Employed when there is no empliasison the pronoun
(E.W.P.) ; Dis ta think yon was dun for a lark? Farrall Belly
IVilson (1876) 30; Cum.' Wm. What was ta doin in theer ?
Ollivant Ou'd Bob {ed. 1900) 19. n.Yks.* ne.Yks.' 'Ta' is used
after an auxiliary verb in ordinary familiar conversation ; as ' Wilt
tacumwi ma ?' and in all questions in the 2nd person, 'ta' is closely
connected with the verb so as to form part of it, as 'sa'ntta?'
'harks-ta?' 23. m.Yks.' With the and pers. sg. most verbs,
including the auxiliary, coalesce, and in this form are a marked
feature of conversation as interrogative forms. ' Wilt-thou
[wihtu], munut-thou [muon'Ut-tu], Introd. 26. w.Yks. Kan t3 diut
bi Sisen ! Wright Gram. JVndlill. (1892) 117 ; w.Yks.* When ta's
said all ta can ; w.Yks.^ Lan. Would it befor us, thinksta ? Clegg
Sketches (18951 74. n.Lan.' Will ta ga ta U'ston fair? ne.Lan.',
s.Lan.' Not. Does ta say tha prayers? Prior Forest Flk. (1901)
113. s.Not. The enclitic ' thou ' in inverted construction. Chiefly
in speaking to little children (J.P.K.). n.Lin.' Are ta gooin' to
be wed soon, William ? (10) w.Yks.^ What didst taa hit me for?
e.Lan.' (11) Lsin. Wilt tae have afeyght? Kav-Siiuttleworth
Scarsdale (i860) II. 283. (121 Wm. Nor hes tau followed on,
HuTTON Bran New IVark (1785) 1. 126. (13) s.Wm. Taw's varra
scan, man, ib. Dial. Storth and Arnsidc (1760) 1. i. (14) w.Yks.
Nut tay, mun (B.K.). (15) Nhb. Stop! where was aw, thinks te,
Jack? Wilson FiVHinii's P(y(i843) 26; Nhb.' Cum. Employed
when there is no emphasis on the pronoun. The sound is that
of the French ' te ' and may be written indiscriminately ta, te
(E.W.P.) ; Cum.3 Hes t'e any foat to finnd ? 62. n.Yks.^, w.Yks.
(J.W.) n.Lin. What art tS doin' on ? Peacock Tales and Rhymes
(1886) 64. (16) Lan. Where has tea been roaming. Kilty? Kay-
Shuttleworth Scn/irfn/f (i860) H. 236. (17) e.Lan.' (18; s.Lan.'
(19) w.Yks. Can teh read writin ? Banks IVkJld. IVds. (1865). Lan.
Whear didst teh flee to, Kitty? Harland Lyrics (1866) 76. (20I
s.Yks. Doster know? Fletcher God's Failures (1897) 73. Not.'^
(21) w.Yks. ' Wheer at teu for to-neet ? ' Out of use (D.L.). (22)
s.Lan. Bamford Dial. (1854). (23, 24) w.Yks. Wright Gram.
IVndhll. (1892) 1 16. s.Chs.i 63. (25) s.Wm. HurroN Dial. Storth
andArnside{i-]6o)\.2. n.Yks.* ne.Yks." Tha' is also used instead
of ' ta,' but no rule can be laid down with regard to the interchange
of these forms, 23. e.Yks.' m.Yks.' Neither ' dhu ' nor ' tu ' are
employed emphatically, Introd. 24. w.Yks.^, ne.Lan.', s.Lan.',
Chs.', s.Chs.' 63. Lin. Tha joompt in thysen, Tennyson Spinster's
Sweet-arts (1885). Shr.' Gram. Outlines, 47. (26) w.Yks.^, e.Lan.',
s.Lan.' Der. Thaa'lt Stan' i' a press full o' Crown Derby, Gilchrist
Peakland (1897) 94. (27) Cum. Thaaw fooal ! thaaw, Dickinson
Ciimbr. (ed. 1876J 92. (28) Lan. Thae sent it, Saunders Abel
Drake (1862) i. s.Lan.' (29) w.Yks. Emphatic, Banks IVkJId.
IVds. (1865); w.Yks.* Lan. Thah mun give it summat better
than cowd wayter. Banks Manch. Man. (1876) i. Chs. Thah gurt
cawf, Clough B. Bresskittle (1879) 3; Chs.' (30) s.Chs.' 63.
(31) Wm. Trust than then, Maggy, in the great Father of mercies,
HvTiOK Bran New Wark{iqS$) I. 393. (32) w.Yks.* (33) Cum.'
(34) s.Lan.' (35) Lan. Theau'sgather'd flesh, Doherty N. Barlow
(1884) 1. 17. s.Lan.' (36) Lan. Theaw knows, Harland Lyrics
(1866) 95. m.Lan.', s.Lan.' 6. Chs. Theaw dondcrs abeawt,
Croston Enoch Crump (1887) 10. (37) Som. Theow beast vair,
Baynes S/J^-. 5o/.( i860) i. 16. (38I s.Chs.' 64. (39) n.Yks.* Lan.
Winnot tlio taste wi' mo' Waugh Ileat/ier led. Milner) II. 14.
e.Lan.', s.Lan.' (40) Ayr. Hunter 5/Hrf(cs (1870) 91. Nhb.' Dur.
THOU
[lOl]
THOU
All the time llioo was away, Guthrie Kilty Fagaii (igoo) ii8.
Cam.'* Wm. Thoo nivvcr sail sic a bit a pink cii white i' thi life,
KoBisoN Aaltl 7Vifl/«; 1883)3. w.Yks. Weel thoo knaws, Castillo
Poems (1878) 30. ne.Yks.' ' Thoo ' is always used when it is the
first word in the sentence or elsewhere when special emphasis
is required, as : ' Thoo knaws,' ' Uust thoo think at thoo can
skclp mah bairn 1 ' 33. e.Yks.' ni.Yks.' In emphasis, /ii/>orf. 32.
w.Yks. Thoo knaws, Lucas Sliid. NidileidaU {c. 1883) 285. (41)
Fif. Melvill Aiilobiog. (i6ioi 65, cd. 18.(2. n.Lan.' I kni thow
can du it, thow's-like. (42) ra.Yks.' In sharp utterance there is a
distinct change of vowel [from oo) to [uw], Inlrod, 22. (43) n.Cy.
(Hall.) w.Yks.' Mind to dunnot clap thy hand to papper. Lan.'
Wilto.hasto, conto? e.Lan.' Arlo ? s.Lan.' Used as a termination
to ' has,' 'will,' 'con,' etc., when asking a question. 'Hasto finish't
thi job yet?' (44^ Cuoi.' (451 Cum. For she, tou kens, can always
feel, Anderson Ballads (1805) 3 ; Cum.' Yks. Tou may go back
as tou came, Howitt Ho/'e on (1840) viii. (46) Cum. Things 'at
tow nivcr saw, Lonsdale Mag. (Feb. 1867") 311. Shr.' Astow !
[hast thou?] 47) Nhb. Where has tu John? Rn:ii MiDSon Borderer's
Tablel)k.(\B^6)Vl. 106 ; Nlib.'
2. Coiilraclioiis: (i) Iftle, (2) Ivtle, if thou wilt; (3)
Teaw'd, thou hadst ; (4I Teavv'll, thou wilt ; (5) Teaw'st,
thou Shalt ; (6) Tha'd, thou hadst ; (7) Thae'st, thou shall ;
(8) Thah'U, see (4); (g) Thahm'd, thou niightcst ; (10)
Thah'st, thoushouldest; (11) Tha'll,see (4); (12) Tham'd,
see (9) ; (i3)Tha's, thou liast ; (14) Thaww'l,see (4) ; (15)
Theaw'd, (a) thou wouldst ; (b) see (6); (16) TheawU,
see (4); (171 Theaws, see (15); (18) Theawst, see (5);
(r9)Thoo'd, see (15,(7); (20) Thoo'U, see (4) ; (2i)Thoo's
(a) see (13) ; (b) thou art ; (c) see (5) ; (22) Thoul, see (4) ;
(231 Thou's, (a) see (13) ; (A) thou art ; (c) see (5) ; (24)
Thou'se, see (5) ; (25) Thou'st, (a) thou art ; (b) see (5) ;
(26) Thul(l, (27) Too'l, see (4); (28) Tou's, thou art; (29)
Tou'st, see (5) ; (30 1 Tusdoon, thou hast done.
(i) w.Yks.', s.Lan. (J. A. P.) (2) s.Lan. Basiford Dial. (1854).
(3, 4) s.Lan.' (5) Lan. Tlm Bobbin Vietv Dial. (ed. 1806) 34.
s.Lan.' (6) Yks. Tha'd never seen such a lass, Taylor Miss
Miles (1890) xix. (7) Lan. Thae'st tay thi' dinner wi' me, Kav-
Shuttleworth ScarsdaU (i860) 11. 301. (81 w.Yks. Yks. Factory
Times (Aug. 2, i88g) 8, col. 6. (9) w.Yks. Thahm'd as weel stop
wi' me (>E.B.). (10) w.Yks. Thah'st tak his black colt, Bvwater
Gossips, 15. (11 Lan. Tha'll never get vally, Clegg David'sLoom
(1894)132. (12) w.Yks. Tliam'd as weel go an' all (iE.B.). (13)
w.Yks. Tha's thi eenoppen, Binns Originals (iBSg^i No.i. 2. (14)
Cum. (E.W.P.) (15, a) Lan. Aw little thowt whatn a blessin'
theaw'd be to us. Banks Mancli. Man (1876) xliv. s.Lan.' {!>)
s.Lan.' (16) Lan. Theaw'l noa put me in, Brierley Layrock
(1864) X. (17) s.Lan.' (18) Lan. Tiieawst yer ! Tim Bobbin
Vieiu Dial. (ed. 1740) 14. (19I n.Yks. (T.S.) (20) Nhb. Ef
thoo'il oiiey sit canny, Robson Evangeline (1870) 335. (21, a)
Nhb. Thoo's done me a right good turn. Pease Mark o' Deil ( 1894
36. Wra. If thoo's got owt to say. Ward Ildbcck '1898) 336.
(6^ Nhb. Thoo's a gran' hand at compliment, Clare Love of Lass
(1890) I. 30. (c) Cum.' (22) Nhb. Aw warn't thoul Icuk as weel
as the best, Bewick Tyneside Tales (1850) 13. Cum. ^E.W.P.)
(23, a) Sc. (Jam. Snppl.) n.Yks. Ah's pleeas'd thou's cum'd,
TwEDDELL Clevel. Rhymes (1875) 3'- (*) Sc. (Jam. 5;(/>/'/.) Nhb.
Thou's neahn deef, Bewick T^'^fiiV/i! 7Vi/f5 (1850) 12. Dur.' Sur.
Thou's a selfish lout, Bickley Siir. Hills (1890) I.i. (c) Sc. (Jam.
Snppl.) Nhb. Thou's drink thy tea, N. Minstrel {i%o6--j) pt. iv. 73.
Dur.' n.Yks. Thou's stop wi' me, Tweddell Clevel. lihynies
('8751 15. (34) Cum. Thou'se neither wcsli dishes, norsarraii the
swine, Halliwell Nursery Rhymes (1843) 246, ed. 1886. (25,0)
B.Yks. Thou'st bahn to scald me to death ! Fletcher Pallis of
Prudent {i8gg) 49. (A) w.Yks. Thou'st have grass. Peel Luddites
(1870) 20. (36) Cum.* Th'u'll be scun ancuf at htani, 61. Wm.
Thul varra scan hev plenty o' work, Taylor Billy Tvsnn (1879
14. (37) Cum. (E.W.P.) (a8) Cum. Tou's owth'er fuil or font,
Anderson /J(i//(i(/s (1805) "■ (29) w.Yks. Nay, tou'st niver hae
it, Howitt Jiur. Lift (1838) I. 313. (30) w.Yks.'
11. Dial. uses. 1. pers. proit., iiont. siiiff. You.
Sc. The 2nd pers. sg. pron. has quite disappeared from the spoken
dialect, Murray Dial. (1873) 188. S. & Ork.' Generally ustd in
addressing a person. Abd., Per. Almost never used (G.W.).
Ayr. Thoo forgets that thoo'il be a culprit that day. Hunter
Studies { 1 8qo) 91. Nhb.' ' Thoo ' is only used by intimates, or by
a superior or senior to an inferior. Used in any other way it
expresses the greatest possible contempt for the person addressed.
Dur.' Cum. 'Tou' in pl.ice of the 'you' when contempt or
familiarity are to be indicated (E.W.P.); Cum.< The second person
singular in all its forms betokens familiarity or contempt. Wm.
Thoo 'earse-'orse, thoo ! thoo wormy villain ! thoo melancholy
maggot! Ollivant Oud Bub (1898; 15. n.Yk8.* ne.Yks.' In
familiar speech between equals it is invariably used rather than
the ' j'ou ' of modern English. 33. e.Yks.' Used by parents when
addressing children, and superiors their inferiors ; never vice
versa. m.Yks.' 'Thou,' though naturally the expression of
familiar feeling, is yet associated with contemptuous treatment on
the part of a speaker. .. Towards superiors, the objective case of
the second person plural is as a matter of course employed, but
under circumstances of strong feeling it is apt to be changed for
'thou,' and without that sense of unpardonable vulgarity which
would attach to the form if used in a like manner in ordinary con-
versation, Introd. 24. w.Yks. Still extensively used, but it is not
so general now as it was twenty years ago. When I was a lad
the following was the rule : ' ffa' was used in every case except
that ' ji' was used (i) in addressing strangers, especially grown-
up people, or as a mark of respect to masters and old people ; (a)
children in addressing their parents ; (3) people who had m.idc
each other's acquaintance after they had grown up usually
emploj'ed 'ji' in speaking to each other, Wright Cram. H'ndhll.
(1892) 118. Lan. He used the homely 'tliou,' which with him
betokened tenderness or emotion, Francis Yeoman Fleetwood i cd.
1900) 14. s.Lan.' Used by a superior to an inferior person ; by
persons of equal degree to one another ; as abuse or insult ; as a
term of endearment. Chs.' In constant use. sChs." As generally
used implies familiarity, or at least absence of constraint. It is
thus employed by parents to their children (less frequently used
to the daughters than to the sons], and a fortiori by grandparents
to their grandchildren ; by a husband to his wife and vice versa ;
by the children among themselves, by schoolboys, less commonly
by schoolgirls to one another ; by a master to his Kibourers, though
scarcely ever to his foreman or baililT; by the labourers to one
another; by a master or mistress to the maidservants, but this not
so frequently; by sweethearts to each other, &c., &c. Oulside
this general use, the 2nd person singular is also adopted to
express anger, contempt, or strong emotion ; in each of these
cases it may be used by persons other than those mentioned.
Towards superiors the 2nd person plural is by rule employed,
and in fact could not, except with intentional impertinence, be
exchanged for the 2nd person sing., 65. 66. Stf. One thing that
strikes a stranger is the use of ' thou ' for 'you,' the true Black
Country man keeping like the Quaker to the older use, The Chronicle
(Aug. 33, 1901). Not. Still used in addressing an equal or inferior
(L C.M.). Lin. Thou'll be good, won't thou ? Gilbert Rugge 1 1866)
I. 37. sw.Lin.' Eh, lad, thou'st not fun the gainest road across
that field. Nhp.* Shr.' About Newport, Gram. Outlines, 47.
Glo. The laws that govern the use of ■ thee ' and ' thou ' amongst
agricultural workers, are not to be violated. . . On no account must
'thou' be used to a superior; a co-mate, or inferior, is to be so
addressed; but when they quarrel the * thou ' and ' thee ' should
not be dropped, since that would be an admission of the adversary's
superiority, Buckman Darke's Sojourn (1890) iii. Nrf. Almost
entirely disused, being only retained in some salutations, Gili.ett
Sng. Sol. (i860) Notes, 3. Hmp. 'Thee' and 'thou' are olten
used here between near relations or old friends (H.W.E.). s.Wil.
Monthly Mag. (i8i4)ll. 114.
2. Used eitipli. for the ace. or dal. sing.
Nhb. Aa can dec nowt mair for thoo. Pease Mark o' Deil (1894'i
22. Cum.* ne.Yks.' ' He's com for thoo ' and ' he's com for tha '
would have a well understood distinction of meaning, the former
implying that the person sought was one of many, the latter
without regard to others, 33. m.Yks.' The use of the nominative
' thou ■ for the objective ' thee ' is restricted and general to rural
dialect. ' He shall not go.' ' He will for thoo,' Introd. an.
3. Used with an iiiiper.
Nhb. Gan thoo back. RoBSON Bk. Ruth (i860) i. 15.
4. Phr. (i) Hum had 'iiit, thou .' a term of reproach ; (2)
— br far, get away with you ; (3) —did, 'at did thou, an
e.xpression of certainty on the part of the speaker; (4)
didn't, did thou ? a method of questioning expressive of
surprise and doubt ; (5) — never says, an exclamation of
surprise.
1 1 Cum.'* In frequent use. (3) Lan. Never crooks their backs
lur t'meauw gress or t'm.iy a doike. Thae be far, Kay-Shuttle-
wortii Scarsdale (i860) II. 313. (3, 4) Cum.'* (5) s.Lan.'
5. V. To address in the 2nd pers. sing. ; to speak fami-
liarly to ; also in phr. to thou and thee. See Thee, pers.
proii. 7.
S. & Ork.' Nhb. Geordy, thou'd Jen Collin— O, N. Mmstrel
THOUGH
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THOUSAND
(1806-7) P'- 'V. 79. Cum.* Ah'll thoo theli, if theli thoo's meh.
'SpitefulthouglUs that prompted him tothou John,'DALBY7l/«viO)'rf
(1888) I. 77. e.Yks.i Farmers in general ' thou ' their servants ;
the inferior class (and the lower class of men in general) frequently
their wives, and always their children ; and the children as
invariably ' thou ' each other. Superiors in general 'thou' their
inferiors; while inferiors 'you' their betters. Equals and iiiti-
mates of the lower class generally ' thou ' one another. These
distinctions are sometimes the cause of aukwardness : to ' you ' a
man may be making too familiar with him ; while to 'thou' him
might alfront him, Marshall Rid: Ecou. (1788) ; I did thou her,
and sorry I is to Ihou my wife mother, Simmons Lay Flks. Mass-
bk. 399. w.Yks. They say 'at it's vulgar to thee an' tha onii3'bod3',
but Yorksher fowk dooan't think soa, nur willn't as long as ther's
a bit ov t'ovvd dialect left, an' that uU be awlus, Yks. IVkly. Post
(July ID, 1897). Lan. In the district about Goosnargh, rear
Preston, prior to 1850, ' the husband and father " thou'd " his wife
and children, but the wife always addressed the husband in the
second person plural ; children did the same to both parents and
all seniors. Persons equal in years and circumstances, and on
familiar terms, always "thou'd " each other. For a young man to
"thou " an old one was an unpardonable offence. A young man
"thouing" his sweetheart served in some sense the part of the
"engaged" ring,' Mancli. Lit. Club (1877) III. 104, in N. tf Q.
(1877I 5th S. viii. 259. Chs.' Equals ' thou and thee' each other,
and superiors ' thou ' inferiors ; but inferiors alwaj's address their
superiors as 'you.' nw.Der. ' Glo.' ' He thou'd and thee'd me.'
As a matter of fact the nominative is never heard.
THOUGH, coiij. Var. dial, forms and uses in Sc. and
Eng. [Sou; tSo, (Soa ; tSof(t.] I. Dial, forms : (i) Dough,
(2) Thaf, (3) Thauf, (4) Tha-w, (5) Theaf, (6) Thofe, (7)
Thofif, (8) Thoft, (9) Thuf.
II) Ken.' Iiitiod. 6. (2) m.Yks.i (3) m.Yks.', 'Wil.' Som.
Jennings Obs. Dial. tu.Eiig. (1825). (4) w.Yks. Nah, thaw ye
knaw he's nowt bud stoan, Preston Poems (1866)3. (s) m.Yks.'
(6) sw.Lin.' It's not as thofe I'd a heap of bairns. (7) ne.Sc. A
wark ye will in nae wise believe thof a man dcclair't intil yc,
Green Gon/oii/iaven (1887 1 79. Abd. But thof there was nae
greitin', na but sic a hullybaloo as rase upo' the corp ! Macdonald
IVarlock ^1882) vii. Lth. (Jam.) Edb. Thof to the weet my
ripened aits had fawn, Fergusson Poems (,1773) iii, ed. 1785.
n.Cy. (HALL.),Cum. (J.Ar.^.n.Yks.i^" ne.Yks.' It leeaks as thoff
it wer boun to raan. e.Yks.', m.Yks.', w.Yks. (C.F.), w.Yks.'
n.Lin.' Thoo wraps thy sen up, as thoff it was snaw time. Glo.'
w.Som.' Do show as thoff we was in vor a hard winter. Dev. It
sim'd as thof 'twas a dream, Pulman Sketches (1842 58, ed. 1853;
Dev.' Cor. One arterthe ither as thof they thoft we was going to
part, Blackiu. Mag. fjan. 1862) 7. (8) n.Cy. Grose (1790) MS.
add. (P.) Dev. Thoft 'tis a serious matter, Peter Pindar Rojal
Visit ( T795; pt. i. St. 7 ; Dev.' (g) m.Yks.'
II. Dial. uses. 1. Although if.
■Wil.' A never vound un, thauf he'd gone dree lug vurder on, a
cudden a bin off seein' on un.
2. Nevertheless, after all ; used to qualify a sentence.
Sc.(A.\V.) I.Ma. A peculiarity [of the Manx dialect] is the word
' though,' qualifying a sentence. This expresses the caution so
characteristically Manx. 'It's a foine day though'™ a fine day
after all (S.M.).
3. Used as an intensitive : see below.
e.An.^ ' How it do rain ! ' indicates a heavy shower; but, ' How
it do rain, though ! ' marks a much heavier.
THOUGHT, sb. Sc. Irel. Nhb. Cum. Yks. Lan. Chs.
Der. e. An. I )ev. Cor. Also in forms thoch Bnff.' ; thocht
Sc. (Jam.) Bnft".'; thoct Der. ; thout N.Cy.' Nhb.' ; thowt
n.Yks.2 w.Yks. s.Lan.' Chs.' ; tought Sh.I. [y^t. J^out ;
Sc. |3oxt.] I. In coiiip. (I) Thought-bone, the breast-
bone or merrythought of a bird ; (2) -rife, having a ready
memory ; (3) -sure, clear or sure in point of recollection.
U) Bnff.», Abd. (Jam.) (2) n,Yks.= (3) I'm about thowt-seear
on't, ib.
2. Phr. (1) its my thouglit(s, it is my opinion, I think ;
{2) next thouf;ht, on second thoughts ; (3) to have a thought,
to intend ; (4) — a thought to, to provide for, take steps
for; (5) - thoughl.i on, to recollect, to think of; (6) to
need a thought, to need to think ; {^) to take {a) thought, to
think, imagine, intend.
(I ) n.Cy. GuosE (1790) MS. add. (P.) Lan. An' it's moi thowt
ut he'd goo spark cawt in no toimc,KAV-SiiuTTi.EwoRTH5rfl»sfl'(T/<'
(i860) II. 30a. e.An.' (a) Chs.' A very common expression to
indicate that you have suddenly remembered something that you
had almost forgotten. 'Aw'II go buey some baccy; bu' next
thowt aw have na brass cnoo.' (^3) n.Sc. It'll be a cuittle queistion
that for the Iyer chiels to say whether or no the man had a thocht
tae shoot, Gordon Caig/eii (1891) 140. (4) Per. We maun hae a
thocht to the services o' the Sanctuary the morn. Cleland Inch-
bracken (1883) 149, ed. 1887. (5) n.Yks. He hez thowts on't
(I.'W.). (6) Abd. I'll need a thought, ere ony thing I say,
Shirrefs Poems (1790) 109. (7) Per. I took nae thought that
was siccan a by-ordinar' supper, Sandy Scott (1897) 13. Kcb. Till
even an ej'n he took thocht o' a wife To help wi' the warl' an'
the fecht o't, Armstrong Itigleside (1890) 216.
3. Care, grief, sorrow ; a burden ; a cause of trouble.
Sc. That wild son has been a sair thocht and a heavy burden to
his mother (Jam. Siippl.). Sh.I. Fader kens da muck kishie is a
tought lat alaene da spaede, Sh. News (Mar. 11, 1899). w.Yks.
It was thought that did for her (C.C.R.). ne.Lan.'
Hence Thochted, ppl. adj. anxious, concerned.
Cai. She can see ne'er a door at a' for hirin', and she's sair
thochted for it, Mi^Lennan Peas. Life (1871) I. 19. Ayr. I was
geyan thochted 'estreen, when I heard the win risin' the way it
did, Service Dr. Dugttid {ed. 1887) 209.
4. One who is wise or careful beyond his years.
w.Yks. 'An old thought.' Usually employed with reference to
children and youthful people (C.C.R.).
5. A small quantity of anything ; a short distance ; a
short time ; somewhat.
Sc. But ye were a thought doucer than Valentine, Scott St.
Roiian (18241 ii ; 'A wee thought,' in a small degree (Jam.).
Bnff.' Abd. .Sawney was a wee thochtie sprung, Alexander Ain
Flk. (1882) 150. Frf. They gat weddit, fouk said, just a thoctie
ower sune. Watt Poet. Sketclies (i88o) 52. w.Sc. I hae been a
thocht later than usual, Carrick Laird of Logan (1835) 92;
Maybe I'm a thocht pithless, Snaith Firrceheart (,1897) 52. Ayr.
I'm a wee thocht tired, Service Notaiidnms (i8go) 118. Edb. It
aften kam ower me that she was a thocht oot o' her time, Beatty
Secrctar I l8g^) 213. Dmf. Nature's been a wee thocht spairin' In
giein' them wit, Quinn Heather (1863) 58. N.I.', N.Cy.', Nhb.'
Cum.' Skift on a thought, will ta ? Cum." w.Yks. He war a
thowt likelier nor th' rest o' th' men-folk, Sutcliffe Shameless
Il'aync (igoo I 2. s.Lan.' Aw could eyt a thowt mooar o' that beef.
Der. Tak a thoct o' brid and cheese, Guida Piirk (ed, 1901) v,
e.An.' A thing is said to be a thought too wide, too long, too
heavy, &c. Dev. A little mouth . . . always a thought open,
Phillpotts Striking Hours (1901) 90. Cor.^
6. A nicety.
Twd. Sheep's held, singit to a thocht, BuCHANZ?H™f/(i898'i 271.
THOUGHTY, adj. Sc. Also written thochty (Jam.).
[I'o'xti.] Thoughtful, given to reflection ; attentive ; in-
telligent.
Sc. (G.W.) ; Fanny is two years j'ounger than I am, and not
so thoughty, Petticoat Tales (1823) 11. no (Jam.). Gall. Just at a
glance he mair wad ken Thau half a hunner thoughty men,
Mactaggart Encycl. (1824) 189, ed. 1876.
THOULESS, THOUM, see Thowless, Thumb.
THOUMART, see Thummart.
THOUSAND, num. adj. and sb. Sc. Nhb. Yks. Lan.
Chs. Stf. Oxf. Ess. Cor. Also in forms theawsun,
theawsunt s.Lan.' ; thoosan S. & Ork.' [Sc. Nhb.
|iu'z3n(d, Lan. [■■e'zenft.] 1. num. adj. In comb, (i)
Thousand-flower, the ivy-leaved toad-flax, Linaria Cym-
halaria ; (2) -holes, the hairy St. John's wort, Hypericunt
hirsutum ; (3) -leaf, {a) the coinnion yarrow, Achillea
Millefolium ; ib) the sncezcwort, Achillea Ptarmica ; (4)
-leaf grass, (5) -leaved clover, see (3, a) ; (6) -legs, (7)
■taes, the centipede ; (8) — to one, a kind of pasty ; see
below.
(i) Chs.is (2) n.Yks. (R.H.H.) (3, a') Lan. Nature Notes, No.
ix. s.Lan.', Chs.' (i) Chs.3 (4) s.Stf. A hontle o' thousand le'f
grass '11 improve yo'r herb tay, Pinnock Blk. Cy. Ann. (1895).
(5) Bwk., Rxb. (B. & H.) Nhb.' (s.v. Hundred-leaved grass).
1, 6) Oxf.' ^1/5. add. Ess. The thousand-legs eats and makes them
scabby, Marshall Review 1 1817) 'V. 179. (7) S. & Ork.' MS. add.
(8) Cor. Iheir pasties called 'A thousand to one,' for folks say
you find a thousand bits of taty to one bit of meat in them,
Shari.and Ways tillage {188^) 119.
2. .sb.pl. Plenty.
s.Lan.' No mooar for me, thank-yo', aw've getten theawsuns.
THOUSE
[io3l
THRAM
THOUSE, prep, and coiij. Dev. Cor. Also in form
th'outs Dev. I. p'ep. Witliout, except. See Athout.
Cor. I ain't had nawthin tiiuiisc bad speed never sencc, Hen-
BERTHY IVarf) and H'oof, lo ; I'd come away Thouse my under-
groun' clothes, Thomas Flooding of Whtal Oivles (1893) ; i^T.C.P )
2. coiij. Except, unless.
Dev. I bant .igvvaine vur IQ dQ't th'outs yO'll g\e mc zommat vur
my trubbiil, Hewett Peas. Sp. (189a). Cor.^ I shent go tbouse
you go too.
THOUT, I', and 56. Obs. Sc. Also written thaut Abd.
(Jam.) \. v. To sob. Abd. Shirrefs Powms (1790) 67.
2. sb. A sob.
n.Sc. (Jam.) Abd. Her heart— Out at her mou' it just was like
to bout Infill her lap at ilka ither thout [thaut, cd. 1768], Ross
Heletiori 1^1768^, aa, ed. iBia.
THOUT, THOUTS, sec Think, Thought, Thouse.
THOVE, V. Ken.' The pret. of ' thieve.'
THOW, sb. Sc. Perspiration, a profuse sweat ; a Jig.
use of 'thaw.'
SIk. The night is that muth an' breathless, I'm maist like to
swairf. . . An' for you, ye are joost a' in ae thow, I see ; an' hae
muckle mair need that I suld dash a sowp cauld water on you
than steek the door, Hogg 7"ii/ts (1838) an, ed. 1866.
THOWGHTS, sb. pi. Lin. Pieces of wool matted
together, and hanging down in lengths of about four inches.
Not in common use (J. C.W.I; (Hall.)
THOWL, sb. Obs. n.Yks.« In phr. lo slarve like a
thoivl, see below.
He'll spend all his money and then starve like a thowl.
THOWLESS, adj. Sc. Nhb. Cum. Yks. Also written
thouless Sc. [f'au'lss.] Wanting in energy, inactive,
weak, spiritless, lazy ; useless; insipid. Cf. thewless.
Sc. I will not wait upon the thowless, thriftless, fissenless
ministry of that carnal man, John Halftext the curate, Scott Uld
Morlalily (1816) v. Elg. Thy weak hues, thy thowless pow'r,
Hang, languid, cure the town, Couper Poetry ( i8o| ) I. 73. Abd.
A blate thouless kind o' a cralur, Abd. iVHy. Free Press (Sept. 15,
1900I. Per. The thowless wratch, Ian Maclaken Bn'er Biisli
(1895) 190. w.Sc. Ither sic thowless rascals that wouldnae dae
a hand's turn for their native place, Henderson Our Jeaines
(1898) ia6. Ayr. Ye thowless jad ! Bvrns 2iid £fi. lo J. Lapraik
(Apr. ai, 1785) St. 4. Lnk. Them that deal in tongue-repentance,
A thowless flame, Coghill Poems (1890) 61. e.Ltli. I peety ony
man wha gets ane o' the thowless, han'less tawpies. Hunter
J. /mvick{ iSg^) 148. Dmf. Yon great thowless slotch, Hamilton
Mmvkiit (1898) 22. Gall. A useless, thowless buddy (J.M.).
Nhb.', Cum. 2 n.Yks.^ A poor thowless creature.
Hence Thowlessness, sb. want of energy, sluggishness.
Lth. She did not quite like some of Bell's remarks about
* wasterfu'ness ' and ' thowlessness,' possibly because they were
only too true, Strathesk More Bits (ed. 1885) ao6.
[Prob. a deriv. oi OE.peaw, custom, manner, behaviour
(B.T.).)
THOWLIE, adj. Obs. Sc. Listless, sluggish. Cf.
thowless.
Edb. Some said he kept trj'st wi' the witches, . . Because at
morn he was sae thowlie, An' j'okit to his darg but dowlie,
Learmont PoetHS (1791) 57.
THO'W-THISTLE, sb. Yks. Not. Also in form thoo-
thistle w.Yks.^ ?A mispronunciation of 'sow-thistle,'
Soitchus oleraceus. w.Yks.* (s.v. Sowthistle), Not.*, s.Not.
(J.P.K.)
THOYL, see Thole, v.
THRA(A, THRAAME, THRACE, see Throw, Tram,
si.', Trace, v.'
THRACK, V. Nhp.' [{>rak.] To pack full ; to stow
with care. Cf. frack, v., thrag. ' It was thrackcd full.'
THRACK, THRAE, see Track, sb.'', Thraw, adj.,
Thro, prep.
THRAG, V. Bdf. [)>raeg.] To throng, crowd. Cf.
frag, r.', thrack.
The streets were Ihragged with people (J.W.B.) ; As full as it
could thrag, Batchelor Anal. Eiig. Lang. (1809) 145.
THRAIF, see Thrave, sb.
THRAIL, sb. and i'. Nhb. Yks. Der. Lei. Nhp. War.
Bdf. Hnt. [\>tI\, jjreal.] 1. sb. A flail.
Nlib.', w.Yks.s, Der. 2, nw.Der.', Lei.', Nhp.", War.3 Bdf.
Batchelor .<-Ihii/. Eiig. Lang. (1809) '45' H"'- (T.P.F.)
2. Cotiip. Thrail-band, the portion ot a flail which con-
nects the two ' cappings.' Bdf. (J.W.B.) 3. v. To
thresh with a flail. War.'
THRAIL, THRAILIN, see Trail, Trailinfg.
THRAIN, V. and sb. Sc. [f)ren.] 1. v. To harp
constantly on one subject. Cf. thren(e.
Sc. (Jam.) e.Fif. Juist ane o' Tibbie's raven ringlets ! The very
treasure I'd been thrainin' aboot for lang an" had never been able
to procure ! I.atto 7am Bodtin (i864'> xiv.
2. sb. A refrain, constant repetition.
Edb. Ill do sic wanton thrains become the Holy Name ; O sound
His praise in the grand auld strains that fill the kirks at hame,
Edwards Mod. Po/ls, 6th S. iia.
THRAIF, see Threap.
THRAIVELESS, adj Irel. Nhb. Also written
thraveless Ant.; and in form threeveless N.Cy.' Nhb.'
[Jjre'vlas ; }>rTvl3s.] Useless, bootless ; of a person :
careless; disinclined to do anything; silly; silly-looking.
Cf. thieveless.
N.I.' Applied to a person disinclined to do anything, the dis-
inclination arising from weakness. 'I was thraiveless after that
long illness.' Ant. A wus jest thraveless at him [meaning he
(the listener') who did not believe the story some one told, and
was in the nature of a simpleton from astonishment], Ballymma
Obs. (189a). N.Cy.' (s.v. Sleeveless). Nhb.' 'A threeveless
errand,' one where the messenger is sent with ' his fingers in his
mouth '^with insullicient information, and consequently bootless.
THRALAGE, sb. Obs. n.Cy. Nhb. Lin. Also written
thrallage Lin.' Bondage ; pecuniary difficulty ; per-
plexity. See Thirl, d.' 1 (2).
N.Cy.', Nhb.' Lin. (Hall.) ; Lin.' He was in such a thrallage.
THRALDOM, sb. Sc. Also in form traldom Sh.L
Servitude ; oppression ; trouble.
Sh.I. Tinks I, "dis maun be sumtin serious. A'll wager Girzzie
'ill be gaein ta yall apo' me tacome ta me eftermn, bit dat's did
stramp, fil I hear da end o' Bawby's traldom,' Sh. Netvs (Nov. 9,
1901). Edb. Eild and thraldom never stays, Fergusson Poems
('773) 235. ed. 1785.
THRALE, sb. Hmp. [Srel ; drel.] The flower of
the oak. (H.E.) Cf. drale.
THRALL, sb.' and v. Obs. or 0650/. Sc. Lan. Also in
forms thraw Sc. ; traayll Sh.I. 1. sb. Oppression;
restraint ; trouble, worry. See Thirl, v.'
Edb. She wha keeps this heart o' mine Deep in her een's be-
witching thraw, Maci agan Pu<-»is(i85i) 17a. Lan. In my trouble
and thrall, Roby Trad. ,1829) II. 26, ed. 1872.
2. Coiiip. Traayll-fangin, a thrall-captive ; used of an
odd, small, and square-built person.
Sh.I. It may be seen from the use of this word, that the thralls
(war-captives) of the ancient Shetland vikings have been generally
of smaller size than their conquerors and masters, Jakobsen £)iii/.
(1897) 48.
3. V. To oppress.
Edb. I'm wi' sic a grievance thrall'd, Fergusson Poems (1773)
174, ed. 1785.
THRALL, sb.' Midi. Der. Not. Lin. Lei. Nhp. War.
Glo. Also written thrawl Lin.' sw.Lin.' War.' [|""9l.]
A stand or frame for barrels, milk-pans, &c. ; occas. a
hand-barrow.
Midi. The dairy thralls, I might ha' wrote my name on 'em, Geo.
Eliot A. Bede (1859) I. 109. Der.*, nw.Der.', Not. (L.C.M.), Lin.',
sw Lin.', Lei.' Nhp.' Beer-barrels and thralls are advertised for
sale in the Northampton Mercury. War.'*' Glo. Northall
a I. (1896).
THRALLAGE, see Thralage.
THRALLING, .si. Obs. Nhb. A wall which formed
a barrier. Cf. thwartner.
The Roman thralling or barrier wall, Richardson Borderers
Tahle-ht. (18461 VI. 240.
THRALLOP, see Trollop, v.'
THRALLOPS, THRALY, see Trollops, Traily.
THRAM, V. Sc. 1. Oi.s. To thrive.
Mry. (Jam.) Abd. While we honest means pursue, We yet
may chance to thram, Shirrefs Poems (1790) 360 ; As yon braw
laird, well mat he thram, fand me, Ross Htlenore (1768 43, ed.
i8ia ; Ye'll no thram well, as lang's ye lie your lane, ih. 105.
2. In phr. ill I h ram ye, a malediction. Cai.'
THRAM
[104]
THRAVE
THRAM, adj. War. [J)ram.] Of grain : in a raw,
damp condition. Morton Cyclo. Agric. (1863).
THRAM, see Throin.
THRAMLE, v. Obs. Sc. Also written thramnile.
To wind ; to reel ; also with off. Cf. thrumble.
Bch. Fu' fast she's ca'd the rim about, An' thraml't aflf \vi' awfu'
rowt, Tarras Poems (1804) 112 (Jam.).
THRAMMEL, sb.^ Sc. Also written thrammle Abd.
[fira'inl.] A rope to fasten cattle in the stall.
Cai.i Mry., Bnff. Fastened at one end to the bakie, or slake, at
the other to the sele, or yoke, which goes round the neck, having
a swivel at the end which joins the sele (Jam.). Abd. Sells an'
thrammles, Alexander yo/i>i)i)' Gibb (1871) xxvii. Rnf. 1 Jam.1
THRAMMEL, sb.^ Bnft". (Jam.) A little meal put into
the mouth of a sack at a mill, having a small quantity of
water or ale poured in, and stirred about. Gen. in comb.
Meal and thrammel (q.v.).
THRAMMON, THRAMP, see Trammon, Tramp, v.'-
THRAMP-WITH, sb. Obs. Chs. Also in form
thrump-. A sliding noose of withy or rope to fasten
cows in their stalls. (K., s.v. Sahl) ; Chs.' Cf. franipot.
THRANEEN, THRANG, see Traneen. Throng.
THRANGERIE, sb. Obs. Sc. A bustle ; a busy time.
See Throng, 3.
Ayr. (Jam.) ; She has such a heart for thrangerie, Galt Entail
(1823) 1.
THRANGITY, sb. Sc. Also written thrangatie,
thrangetty. [J>ra'r)giti, -sti.] Press of work ; the state
of being busy. See Throng, 3.
Sc. Ye'll no ha'e been muckle frae hame yoursell, either, wi'
the thrangatie, Ochiltree Redbtirn (1895) ix. Fif. (Jam.) Ayr.
Now I am near to the gloaming of a lang lifetime of thrangetty.
Service Dr. Dugtiid (ed. 1887"! 185. Lnk. In siccan times, baith
air an' late. The thrangity wi' horse was great, Murdoch Doric
Lyre (1873) 25.
THRANK, THRANSMOGNIFY, see Throng, Trans-
mogrify.
THRAP, V. and s6.' Ess. [Jraep.] 1. v. To crowd.
Monthly Mag. (1814) I. 498 ; Ess.' Hence Thraptfull,
adj. excessively crowded, ib. 2. sb. A crowd. Gi.
(1851) ; Ess.'
THRAP, sb.' N.I.' [Jirap.] The windpipe; the
throat. See Thropple, sb. 1.
THRAP, see Threap, Throp, Trap, sb.^'
THRAPE, sb. VVor. A mark, stripe.
He knew the marrow produced because of the black thrape
round it, Evesham Jrn. (Sept. 28, 1901); A knaowed the mallah
alung o' the thrape as thur wuz ov 'im (H.K.) ; (R.M.E.)
THRAPE, V. Hrf.= To kill small birds.
Of an absent Sunday scholar ' He's gone thraping.'
THRAPE, THRAPES. see Threap, Trapes.
THRAPPLE, see Thropple, sb.
THRAPPLE-PLOUGH, sb. Obs. Sc. Also written
thraple-. The old wooden plough with one stilt.
The old Thraple plough is now seldom to be seen except in the
remote Highlands, or in the Orkneys. It was also called the
Rotheram plough, and was entirely composed of wood, witli the
exception of the culter and sock, and had but one stilt. It was
drawn by four garrons or oxen yoked abreast to a cross-bar,
which was fastened to the beam by thongs of raw hide or ropes of
hair; and he who managed the stilt held it close and firm to his
right thigh, to protect which he had the skin ... of an animal
wrapt around it. To keep the plough sufficiently deep in the
earth a person was required to press it down, while another
performed the office of driver by placing himself between the two
central animals, where he walked backwards, protecting himself
from falling by placing both arms over their necks. The mould-
board was ribbed or furrowed, in order to break the land, Logal
Gael red. 1876) II. 95-6 in ^Jam. SuMl.).
THRAPSE, see Trapes.
THRAPSING, sb. Stf.' [bra'psin.] A thrashing.
Cf threap, 9.
THRASH, see Thresh, sb.^, v., Trash, s6."
THRASHAL, THRASH AT, see Threshel, sb.'',
Threshet.
THRASHEL,THRASKAT,sceThreshel,s/;.>,Threshet.
THRASSEL, THRAST, see Threshel, sb.', Thrust.
THRATCH, z/.i and s6.» Obs. Sc. 1. v. To gasp
convulsively, as in the death-agony.
Sc. Graenin in mortal agony Their steeds were thratchin near,
Jamieson Pop. Ballads (1806) I. 245 ; She fainted, thratched and
groaned, Meston PocI. ll'ks. 84. n.Sc. (Jam.) Frf. Thratch an'
thraw fur want of breath, Beattie Aruha' (c. 182OJ 28, ed. 1882.
2. sb. The oppressed and violent respiration of one in
the last agonj'. n.Sc. (Jam.)
THRATCH, V.' and sb.' Yks. [})ratj.] 1. v. To
quarrel. See Fratch.
w.Yks.^ Thuh lead a sore life ; — thratch, thratch, thratch, awlus
thratching !
2. sb. A quarrel.
w.Yks. A liltle lass in a thratch wi' 'ursel'n, Ellis Prominc.
(1889^ V. 404 ; w.Yks.5 Ah'll goa hev a good thratch wi' t'doUy !
THRATH, THRATTLE,see Troth, Throttle, Trattle.
THRAVALLY, see Trevelly.
THRAVE, sb. and v.' Sc. Irel. Nhb. Dur. Cum. Wm.
Yks. Lam. Chs. Midi. Stf. Der. Not. Lin. Lei. Nhp. War.
Won Shr. Hrf. Glo. Hrt. e.An. Also in forms thraif Sc.
(Jam.); threave Sc. (Jam.) N.I.' Nhb.' Dur.' n.Yks.^
e.Yks. m.Yks.' w.Yks.' s.Lan.' Midi. Stf.' s.Wor.' Glo.' ;
threeav Cum.'* n.Yks.* ; threeave Cum. n. Yks.' ; threefe
n.Yks.°; threave Wm. ne.Yks.'; threve Cum.'*; thrieve
Sc. (Jam.); thriv- Bnff.'; traeve Sh.L ; trave Sh.L
n.Yks.* e.An. [firev, |jriv, Jiriav.] 1. sb. A measure of
corn, straw, &c., gen. consisting of two ' stocks' of twelve
sheaves each. Also used fig. Cf. drave, sb.'
Sc. I have thrashed a few thrieves in the minister's barn, prime
oats they were, Lights and Shadows (1822) 214 (Jam.). Sh.I.
What mak's doo o' da twartree traeve o' bare, Sh. News (Sept. 22,
1900). Abd. Coont the sheaves I've stookit, by the tlirave,
Murray Haniewilh (1900) 26. Kcd. He had thrashed a threave,
Jamie Mtise (1844) 92. Per. The Threave was a fixed unit of
measurement, and for oats and barley consisted of two stooks
of twelve sheaves each. Fourteen sheaves composed a stook of
wheat. The sheaf was of course of determinate size. A sheaf
of oats or barley required to be ten inches in diameter measured
at the band, and a sheaf of wheat twelve inches. When reapers
were paid by the piece — that is directly in proportion to the amount
of their work and not by the time for which they promised their
services — their wages were calculated at so much per threave.
Threepence was the ordinary allowance for harvesting a threave
of oats or barley, and fourpence for one of wheat, HALiBuiiTON
PitirAtild Scot. (1887) 144-5. ^'f' CoLviLLE Vernacular {iSgci) 14 ;
Twenty sheaves of wheat, Morton Cyclo. Agric. (1863). s.Sc.
(Jam.) Ayr. A daimen-icker in a thrave, Burns To a Mojtse
(1785) St. 3. w.Lth. Fourteen sheaves of wheat is a threave,
Morton Cyclo. Agn'c. (1863). Dmf. Their corn's put up in
'stampcoles' and in ' thrieves,' Wallace 5r//oo/»;rt5^fr (1899) 339.
N.I.' N.Cy.' A quantity of straw, consisting of twelve fads or
fauds ; N.Cy.^, Nhb.i Dur.' A bundle of straw equal to twelve
battens. Cum.'* Wm. },ioRTOti Cyclo. Agric. (1863I. n.Yks.';
n.Yks. 2 Twelve sheaves of corn, or twelve trusses of straw ;
n.Yks.3* ne.Yks.' Twelve loggins or battens of drawn straw for
thatching, each tied with two bands. Sixpence perthreeve is the
usual payment for drawing straw, and wlien similarly paid men
are said to work * by threeave.' e.Yks. Marshall Pur. Econ.
(1788). m.Yks.' A large pile of sheaves; of wheat, twelve; of
'ling,' or broom-heath, twenty-four; of str.iw, twelve 'bats,' or
sheaves. w.Yks.'^^ Lan. Produce was fourteen threave to the
acre, and four bushels in the threave. Young Annals Agric.
(1784-1815) XLIV. 17. ne.Lan.1, s.Lan.', Chs.>=s s.Chs.' A
farmer will speak of having so many thrave to the acre. Midi.
Marshall y?Hr. £'coH. (1796) II. Stf.', Der.'= s.Not. He paid
his thrashers alius by the thrave (J.P.K.V Lin. Streatfeild Lin.
and Da>ies {i88^) ^-ji. n. Lin.', Lei.' Nhp. Ten sheaves of corn
(W.W.S.'). War. 3 Three shocks, or 24 sheaves of wheat. The
custom was to put 8 sheaves in the shock, but when 'hackling'
was introduced, 12 would be sometimes used, but the thrave was
always 24. w.Wor.' Bundle of straw of twenty-four boltings.
se.Wor.', s.Wor.' Shr.' A term always used in the singular
number, — 'The Maister's sen' to know if yo' can lend 'im five or
six thrave o' straw'; Shr. 2 Twenty thrave to the .ncre. Hrf.",
Glo.' Hrt. If every thrave [of wheat] contained four shocks, and
every shock six sheaves, you had at the rate of thirty thrave to
the acre, Ellis Mod. Husb. (17501 IV. iv. 96. Suf. (S.P.H.)
Ess. A double row of sheaves of corn placed facing each other
i.C.D.).
THRAVE
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THRAWN
2. A portion of tillage ground. Nhb.' 3. A consider-
able number or quantity ; a crowd, throng.
Sc. (Jam.) Sli.I. A pound 0' butter is no muckle among a (rave
o' dogs, S/i. News (Oct 23, 1897). SIg. Our drunken gallows-
slaves, When o'er Iheir gills they meet in thravcs, Galloway
Poems (1792) 31. Lnk. In came visitants a threave, Ramsay
Poems (ed. 1800^ II. 463 (Jam.\ Rxb. Wi' commentators at his
lug. Which he from shelves in thiaves did rug, RuiCKniE IVaysii/e
Colleger 180-]) 130. Cum. They [thieves] wad come i' threeaves,
DiKon Bonmcc/nfe i86g 6. s.Lan.', Stf.', Nhp.' War.HoLLOWAY.
4. V. To put corn into shocks. Ess. (J.W.) Hence (i)
Threaver or Thrivver, sb. a man who is paid according
to the number of thraves' lie cuts down ; (2) Threaving:,
sb. the method of payment according to the number of
' thraves' cut.
(1) n.Sc. Jam.), Bnff.i Kcd. While a reaper cuts, in the usual
hasty manner of a feed shearer, at the rate of nine tlueaves a day,
a threaver will, with less labour to himself, cut ten threaves in
the same time, Agric. Siiiv. 264 (Jam.). (2) n.Sc. (Jam.) Kcd.
Threaving. This consists of paying each reaper individually
according to his daily work, ascertained by the number of threaves,
of two stooks each, and every stook twelve sheaves, and each sheaf
at the band to fill a fork ten inches wide between the prongs.
The price commonly given is four-pence the threave, Agric. Siirv.
264 (<'A.).
5. To throng, crowd.
Nhp.' How they go thraving along to church ! War.'
[1. Ac 1 have thoujtes a threve of this thre piles, P.
Ptoumtan (b.) xvi. 55. ON. J'refi, a number of sheaves
(Vigfusson).]
THRAVE, v.- Obs. Lin. To urge, importune.
Vox agro Line, usitatissima, Skinner (1671) ; Kay(i69i); Lin.'
[OE.J>ra/iaii, to urge ( Sweet 1.]
THRAVE, THRAVEL, see Thrive, v., Travel.
THRAVELESS, see Thraiveless.
THRAViT, sb. and f.' Sc. n.Cy. Also written thra Sc.
[jjra.] 1. sb. A dial, form of throe.' See Dead-thraw,
s.v. Dead, sb.'' 2 (29, a).
Sc. I Jam.) ; To die with a thrawis reckoned an obvious indication
of a bad conscience, Bkand Po/>. Aiiliq. (18131 "'• 234, cd. 1848.
Ayr. If she winna ease the thraws, Burns Blilhe hae I been, st. i.
N.Cy.l
2. V. To sufTer pain.
Frf. Oor flowrie thraw'd wi' pain, Reid Heal/ierland (i8g^) 18.
Ag». (Jam.) Lnk. Altho' wi' pains lie girn and greet, And thraw,
and twist like any sweevel, M'Indoe Poems (1805) 39. Dmf. I
thought his heart begude to thraw, I thought the tears began to
faa, Shennan Tales (1831) 37.
THRA-W, V.'' Obs. Lth. (Jam.) To make rapid
growth ; esp. used of j'oung people.
THRA"W, adj. Sc. Irel. Yks. Lan. Also in forms
thrae Sc. (Jam.) ; threa Yks. ; throw Lan. ; thry Abd. ;
trae Gall. ; tray S. & Ork.' 1. Awry. Uls. (M.B.-S.)
See Throw, II. 16, Thrawn. 2. Stift, stubborn ; cross ;
reluctant or unwilling to do anything.
S. & Ork.' Abd. He continu'd obstinate and thry, Ross Helenore
(1768 105, ed. i8ia. Per. Jam.) Ayr. Oor present Duke's nae
thraw man, Lang Poems (1894) 41. Gall. Mactaggart Encycl.
(1824). w.Yks. HuTTON Tour to Caves {ii8i). Lan. Thorneeu
Hht. Btad'pool {183-1) no.
3. Obs. Of fortune : adverse.
Abd.Ourfortune'sbeenbutthry, Ross//f/«ior<(i768)5i,ed. 18 12.
4. Coiup. (1) Thraw-gabbit, peevish ; (2) -mule, a per-
verse and obstinate person; (3) -neckit, having the neck
twisted (by hanging) ; (4) -sitten, lazy, stupefied.
(i; Cld. My wife . . . cb's me a niggardly thraw-gabbit carlie,
Nimho Siigs. (i88a) 117. (a) N.I.' (31 Dmf. Buccleuch would
sooner git his forty score hogs than a pair of poor thraw-neckit
corpses, HAniLTOtiAfawkin(i8g8) 275. 4 Or.I.(,S.A.S.),S.&Ork.'
THRAW, see Thrall, sb.\ Throw.
THRAW ART, adj. and sb. Sc. Also in forms
thrawort Sc. ; traaward S. & Ork.' ; trawird Sh.L
[f>rawart, -ward.] I. adj. Twisted, crooked. Cf. throw,
II. 16.
Frf. His chin an' his nosie . . . Wcrcna sae rosie, Sae hookit,
and thrawart,in days langawa', Reit> Heal/ierland {i8g.\) 7a. Ink.
Man's life's ... A chain o' mony thrawart links, Watt Poems
(1827) 15. Edb. Nature is like a flighty jade, . . and gangs at
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times a thrawart gate, BEATTYS*a-</(Tr(i897)aii. Gall. Nicholson
Poe/. H'is. (1814) 125, ed. 1897.
2. Perverse, stubborn, ill-tempered, peevish ; unwilling,
reluctant.
Sc. If you get impatient it [a lamp] '11 turn thrawart, and do
nothing but smoke and smell, Keith /"/Kf 11895 '5'- Sh.I. Dat
trawird auld deevil. Sli. News May ao, 1899"! ; S. & Ork.' e.Sc.
His thrawart granny, Strain Elms/ie's Diagiiel 1900) 168. Frf.
He didna care though the warld tumilt ovcrbuird a' thegither,
just because his sweetheart is thrawart, Willock Roselly Ends
(1886) 58, ed. 1889. s.Sc. The wicked thrawart loon, Allan Poems
(1887) 77. Edb. This sam' lucky Was e'en a dour an' thrawart
bucky. Till! Qiiey (1796) 14. Bwk. When thrawart hearts wad
frae the richt, On illrades gang, Calder Poems 1897) aSi.
Hence Thrawartlike, adj. having the appearance of
ill-temper or reluctance.
Sc. (Jam.) Abd. Very thrawart like I yeed in by, Ross Helenore
(1768 37, ed. 1813.
3. Of fate, &c.: adverse, unfavourable.
Sc. Since it's sae I'sc no repent, Nor at my thrawart fate relent,
Shepherds Wedding (1789) v. e.Sc. In the face o' his granny's
opposection an' his ain thrawart circumstances, Strain Elms/ie's
Drag-net (igoo' 165. Per. Let's tak' occasion fra the day To
triumph owre a thrawart fate, Halibi;rton Horace (1886) 63.
Edb. Our thrawart lot we bure thegither, FERGussoN/'ofms(i773)
174, ed. 1785. Bwk. Henderson Pop. Rhymes (1856 169.
4. sb. In phr. /ifad and //iran'ar/, with the head of one
person against the feet of another ; /ig. in confusion ;
pell-mell. See Head, II. 2 (13).
Dmf. The rest of you can streik yourselves doun on the floor,
heads and thrawarts, or just any how you will, Hamilton Maiikin
(1898) 254. Per. Head an' thrawart, back an' face, We sat
proroiscouslie, Ford //rtr/i (1893) 156.
THRAWIN, sec Thrawn.
THRAWL, V. Lan. To argue hotly and loudly. Cf.
threap, 5.
Thrawlin' an' faytin' abeawt whether reds or blues are th'
better liberals, Standing £'f/io« 1885) 9. e. Lan. The word has
nearly died out, ' threapin 'beingsubstituted more frequently (S.W.).
THRAWL, see Thrall, si.'
THRAWN, ppj. adj., adv. and sb. Sc. Irel. Dur. Also
written thraun Sc. ; and in forms thrawen Sc. ; thrawin
Sc. (Jam.) [Sc. })ran.] 1. //>/. adi. Twisted, distorted,
misshapen; uneven; winding; of the brow: knitted. A
dial, form oi pp. ' thrown.'
Sc. A toom purse makes a thrawn face, Kelly Prov. (1721) 53 ;
111 be as thrawn 's you, though you were as thrawn 's the woody,
Donald and Flora, 13 (Jam.). Abd. He was a bit thrawn, too,
and gaylins gyke-neckit, For aft on his shouther his head j'e wad
fin', Cadeniiead Bon-Actord ^1853' 255, Frf. Juist a wee cripple
laddie. A' his backie humped an' thrawn, Reid Hcatherland (1894)
103. e.Ltb. He was as thrawn as the hint leg o' a cuddy, Hunter
J. Inwick (1895) 68. Ant. As thrawin' as a dug's hin' leg,
Ballymena Obs. (1892).
Hence (i) Thrawn-like, adj. distorted ; (2) thrawn in
the fleck, phr. stift-necked.
(I) Frf. Their faces sae lhrawnlikewi'girnin'an'greed,Z.o«^«/o»rs
Mag. (Feb. 1893) 438. (2) Sc. The deil-begotten, cantankerous,
thrawn-in-the-neck, ungrateful pests o' society that would far
raither gang the wrang road than the right ane, Henderson Our
Jcanics (1898) 128,
2. Comb, (i) Thrawn-body, a cross person; (2) -days,
a name for a spoilt, petted child; also in phr. aidd thrazven
days; (3) -faced, having distorted features, surlj'-faccd ;
(4) -gabbit, having a twisted or contorted mouth ; ^g.
peevish, ill-tempered, quarrelsome; contradictory; (5)
-headed, (6) -muggent, obs., (71 -natured, perverse; (8)
-runiplet, twisted ; (9) -stick, a queer, obstinate person.
(i) Per. Domsie's a thrawn body at the best. Ian Maclaren
Brier Bnsh (1895) 32. Uls. (M.B.-S.) (a) Gall. Mactaggart
Encycl. (1834); Transferred perhaps to the child itself from the
circumstance of his being occasionally actuated by a perverse
humour for a whole day, whence it might be said ' This is one o'
his thrawn days' Jam.). (3) s.Sc. Thrawn-fac't politicians, now as
thick r mony spats as paddocks in a pool, T. Scott Poems (1793)
365. GaU. Wad yedaur to counter EppieTamson wi'your ill-talk,
ye wee thiawn-faced atomy ? Crockett Dark o' Moon (1902) 105.
(_4) Sc. Mackay. Lnk. Sic a thrawngabet chuck, Ramsay Poems
(1721) 228. Rxb. His shackle-bane bruk by thrawngabbit auld
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guidwives, Hamilton Ouflaws (1897) 103. (5) S!g. Fortune,
that thrawn-headed slut, Has gaen ye your share o' misluck,
Galloway Poems (1795) 11. 1,6) Ags. (Jam.) (7) Ayr. A set of
thrawn-nalured tenants, Galt Entail (1823) xii. (8) Hdg. This
rare stable Patriarch, Ane-e'e'd, thrawn-riimplet, gaunt, and
stark, LuMSDEN Poems 1,1896) 14. (9^ Gall. Some buiks o' Tamnias
Carlyle, thrawn stick as he was, hae garred anither thrawn stick
o' afarmer body lift his een abune the no wt an' the shairn, Crockett
Stickit Mill. (1893) 23.
3. Perverse, obstinate; cross-grained; rebellious; morally
wrong.
Sc. ;Jam.) ; A thrawin question should have a thrawart answer,
Ramsay Piov. (1737). ne.Sc. For as thrawn as Jock wist' gae t'
the skweel. Green Gordonhavcn (1887) 28. Cai. ' e.Sc. Call to
mind what the thrawn wee cr'ature has cost me first and last,
Strain Ehnslie's Drag-net (igoo~) 97. Arg. A fine spinner and
knitter, but thrawn in the temper, Munro J. Splendid (1898) 225.
Fif. She . . . soon got out of patience with the thrawin, contermas-
tius j'oungster, Colville Vernacular (1899) 17. s.Sc. My ain
opeenion is that the horse is kittle, an' that a thrawn carle sits on
it, Snaith Fiercelieaii (1897 66. n.Ir. The farmer, the sowl, was
as thrawn as a mule, Lays and Leg. 1 1884) 6. Dwn. He's as
thrawin' as a mule, Lyttle Ballycuddy ,1892; 24.
Hence (i) Thrawnly, adv. crosslj' ; (2) Thrawnness,
sb. perverseness, obstinacj', contrariness.
(i) Twd. 'What bird are ye?' he asked thrawnl3', Buchan
Weather (1899) 250. (2) Sc. (Jam.) e.Sc. There's just nae end to
the thrawnness o' a woman that's in the wrang ! Strain Ehnslie's
Drag net (igoo) 186. Frf. How thoroughl3' Scotch the thrawnness!
Inglis .i^iH Flk. (1895) 130. Ayr. The leg will be stiff for mony a
day to come, and like a timmer ane for vera thrawnness when I want
to set it doon. Service Noiandutns (1890) 48. Kcb. For pure
thrawnness they may not. For utter dour devilment commend me
to some of your extra-religious folk, MuiR Mnncraig (1900) 182.
4. Of the weather: disagreeable, bitter.
Sc. Not in a thrawn wind like this. You'll bide at home, Keith
Bonnie Lady (1897) 56.
5. adv. Angrily, crossly.
Frf. He cried it oot fell thrawn, Barrie Thrums (1889) xix.
6. sb. Obs. Ascolding, chiding; a sharp reproof. Dur.(K.)
THRA-WN, THRAWNEEN, THREA, see Throw,
Traneen, Thraw, adj.
THREAD, sb. and v. Van dial, uses in Sc. Irel. and
Eng. Also in forms threead w.Ylcs. ; threed Sc. e.Yks.'
w.Yks.'; thrid Nhb. s.Chs.' ; treed Sh.I. ; prct. thrid
Dwn. [jsred; {)rld, J^riad, fjrid.] \. sb. In phr. (i)/ro;/;
the thread to the needle, Jig. from beginning to end, the
whole, every particular; (2) thread of blue, any little
smutty touch in song-singing, chatting, or piece of
writing ; {3) — 0/ life, the creeping saxifrage, Sa.xifraga
sarmentosa ; (4) to rim up or sew with a not needle and
burning thread, lo sew hastily and carelessly; (5) to sing
three threads and a thrum, of a cat : to purr ; see also
Three, 1 (34).
(i) w.Yks. Micky tell'd him all t'concarn fra t'threead ta t'needle,
Lucas Stud. Nidderdale (c. 1882) 220 ; w.Yks. • (2) Gall. Mac-
tagg ART £■;((:_)'(:/. (1824). (3) Nhp. The threadlike runners giving rise
to new plants having suggested the name (B. & H.). {4) ne.Wor.
(J.W.P.), Sur. (L.J.Y.) w.Cor. This will soon unrip ; it's run up
with a hot needle and burning thread (M.A.C.). (5) Ayr. I took
baudrons in my arms, and she sang three threeds and a thrum all
the way to the window. Hunter Studies (1870) 6.
2. Camp, (i) Thread-dry, quite dry, not the least wet ;
(2) -ends, bits of thread ; (3) -lapper, a thread-spinner;
(4) -pirn, a reel for thread, l^c. ; (5) -thrum, a tangle.
(i Gall. Standing thread-dry on solid ground, Crockett Grey Man
(1896 258. '2') w.Cy. Don't throw them thread-ends on the floor,
Cornh. Mag. (Dec. 1900) 749. (3' Abd. A coterie of weavers,
thread-lappers, and hecklers, Anderson Rhytnes (ed. 1867) 196.
{4) Ayr. Weavers' ' thread-pirns,' which they turn out in large
quantities from the hard birchwood indigenous to the craggy slopes
of their native hills, Ochiltree Out of Shroud (1897) 8. (5)
s.Chs.i Dhis tli5okin z au- in 11 thrid-thriim.
3. Linen thread in contradistinction to cotton. e.Yks.'
4. Fig. The thread of life.
Dev. 'Tis time your wicked thread was cut an' "Veolands did
cease out of the land : Phillpotts Sons of Morning (1900) 39 ;
She'm dead as a nail, an' I'm glad 'twas I as cut her thread, ib. 427.'
5. Fig. A slip, stripling.
Dev. There's many a thread of a boy that 'ud beat'ee at playing
the man, Zack White Cottage (1901) 28.
6. The spiral convexity of a screw.
w.Som.' Here, you must cut some more dread to this here bolt.
7. A mining term : a horizontal parting in a stratum.
Nhb.i Nhb., Dur. ' Sandstone roofs ' are subject to fissures of
various sizes and extent, called threads and gullets by the colliers,
the larger ones being called gullets, Trans. Nat. Hist. Sac. (1830)
I. 186.
Hence (i) Threadings, sb.pl. thin layers or strata ; (2)
Thready, adj. in thin layers or streaks ; filmy.
(i) Nhb., Dur. Red and grey metal threadings, Borings (1881)
H. 150. (2) Nhb.' Nhb., Dur. Strong thready white post with
whin and water, Borings (1881) H. 10.
8. Obs. A thin stream of water issuing from a horizontal
parting in a stratum.
Nhb., Dur. The least thread or leak of water, Compleat Collier
(1708)9.
9. V. Phr. thread the needle, — my grandmother's or the
tailor's needle, or — the needle-eye, a game ; see below.
Frf. Then there was thread the needle-e'e, boys, Inglis AiK
Flk. (1895) 99. N.I.i Thread the needle and sew. Ant. [At
Belfast] Open your gates as wide as I And let King George's
horse by ; For the night is dark and we cannot see, But thread
your long needle and sew, GoMMEGnwfs (1898) 228. Win. It is,
or was, the custom at Kendal for young people to assemble in the
Vicar's fields on Easter Tuesday ; and, after spending the after-
noon there, to return in procession through the streets, 'thread-
ing grandy needles,' N. & Q. (1867) 3rd S. xii. 329. Lan.
Engaged in the games of . . . thread my needle, Harland &
Wilkinson /"/i-£ore (1867) 255. Stf. Gomme lA. 229. Lin. Hop
my needle, burn my thread, Come thread my needle, Jo hey, ib.
Lei. It was formerly the custom on Shrove Tuesday for the lads
and lasses to meet in the gallery of the Women's Ward in Trinity
Hospital to play at ' Thread the Needle ' and similar games,
BiLLSON Lei. Cty. Flk-Lore,ii4, in Gomme ib. 231. War. Northall
Flk-Rliymes (1892) 397; The players after passing under the
clasped hands, all circle or wind round one of their number, who
stands still, Gomme ib. 230. Wor. One custom of the town
[Evesham] is connected with a sport called 'Thread my needle,'
a game played here by the children of the town throughout the
various streets at sunset upon Easter Monday and at no other
period throughout the year. The players cry, while elevating
their arms arch-wise — ' Open the gates as high as the sky. And
let Victoria's troops pass by,' May Hist. Evesham, 319, in Gomme
ib. 231. Shr. [At Ellesmere] the game of ' Thread the needle,'
there formerly called 'Crewduck,' which still survives among the
little girls, though it is not now confined to a special day, Burne
Flk-Lore (18831 522. Hrt. [In the Harpenden version] the two
first [children] hold up a handkerchief, and the children all run
under, beginning with the last couple, Gomme ib. 230. Lon. The
last line 'To thread my grandmother's needle' is called out in
quite dilTerent tones from the rest of the rhyme, ib. Snf.'
Threading the tailor's needle. Ess. Thread the tailor's needle,
The tailor's blind so he can't see ; So open the gates as wide as
wiile, And let King George and his lady pass by, Flk-Lore Rec.
(.1880) III. 170. Ken. 'Kiss in the Ring' and 'Threading my
Grandmother's Needle,' too, are sports which receive their full
share of patronage, Dickens Sketches by Bos (1836) Greemvich Fair.
e.Sus. A number of girls form a ring, holding each other's hands,
then one lets go and passes under the arms of two, who still join
hands, and the others all follow, holding each other's hand orpart
of their dress, Holloway. Hmp. Gomme ib. 229. Wil. A game
known as ' Thread the needle' used to be the favourite sport with
the lads and lasses of Trowbridge on the evening of Shrove
Tuesday, N. & Q. (1879) 5'h S. xi. 226 ; Wil.' A very complicated
form of this children's game is played at Deverill, under the name
of Dred-th'-wold-'ooman's-necdie. Som. Jennings Obs. Dial.
w.Eiig. (1825). s.Som. At South Petherton, 60 or 70 years ago,
it was the practice of the young folks of both sexes to meet in or
near the market-place, and there commence ' threading the needle '
through the streets. . . They proceeded still ' threading the needle '
to the church, which they tried to encircle with joined hands. . .
Old people . . . say that it always commenced in the afternoon or
evening of Shrove Tuesday, ' after having eaten of their pancakes,'
GoHME ib. 231. Cor. To ' thread the needle,' now their skill they
try ; All, joined and rushing, shout ' an eye ! an eye 1 ' The hind-
most stop, the foremost wheel about : ' An eye ! an eye ! ! ' more
loudly still they shout. The eye is formed ; the couple in the
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rear Sland wide apart, their hands clasped liigh in air ; This arch,
or eye, llic foremost swift pass througli, And draw the living
thread as if it Hew, Trenhaii-e Dolly Fcnireath, 6. (The children
stand in two long rows, each holding the hand of the opposite
cliild, the last two forming an arch. They sing the lines, and
while doing so the other children run under the raised arms.
When all have passed under, ihe first two hold up their hands,
and so on again and again, each pair in turn becoming the arch,
GoMME ib. 239]
10. To pass, follow in succession ; to pass through.
Dwn. He thrid the glimmering woodland tall, Savage- Armstrong
Ballads (igoi) 240. Nhb. 1 could not thrid the window-pane,
KicnARDSON Boideier's Table bk. (1846) VII. 197. n.Dev. The
months kept threading themselves one 'pon top t'other, Zack
Dunstable IVeir (igoi) 168.
11. To draw in as upon a thread ; to let out or ' pay out '
a rope slowly and gradually.
Sh.I. Hit's naethin' noo, dae say, fUr dem to treed oot da sa.x
pakies wi' da sail, an' dan hiive der ancher, Sli. Nacs (July 3,
1897). Rnf. Our corruptions, and so our desolation for a season,
arc like to be tlireaded in gradually upon us, Wodrow Cones.
(1709-31) I. 48, ed. 1843; Provided we be not gradually threaded
into greater encroachments on the Church's rights this way, ib. 61.
THREADEN, «()>■. e.An.' [fjreden.] Made of thread.
Within our memory * tlireaden stockings' were an article of
Sunday apparel for village servants and apprentices.
THREADLE, v. Lan. Brks. Ess. Ken. Sur. Sus. Hmp.
I.W. Also written threaddle Sus.' ; threddle Brks.'
Ken.'" ; and in form threedle s.Lan.' [fjre'dl ; Jjridl.j
1. To thread a needle ; to thread, string.
s.Lan.', Brks.' Ess. An Essex woman, who talks about
'Ihreadling' her needle, Contli. Mag. {Dec. 1898)808. Ken.i^,
Sur.' Sus. I can't see to threadlc my needle (,S.P.H.); Sus.'
Hmp. She's threadlin' beads (W.M.E.F.). I.W.'
2. Phr. lo tlnendle the tailor's needle, a game. See
Thread, 9. Sus.'
THREALY, see Traily.
THREAP, V. and sb. In gen. dial, use in Sc. Irel. and
n. and inidl. Eng. Also e.An. and ? s.Cy. Also written
threep Sc. (Jam.) Bnff.' N.I.' Dwn. Nhb.' w.Dur.' Laicel.'"
Cum.'»* Win. n.Yks.3 e.Yks.' Lan.' s.Lan.' Chs.' Der.;
thriep Arg. ; and in forms thraep Cai.' ; thraip Bnff.' ;
thrap s.Lan.' Won; thrape Per. Chs.'« Stf Lin.' War.^^
Wor. Shr. Hrf ; threeap Wm. n.Yks."" e.Yks.' w.Yks.
e.Lan.' s.Lan.' Chs.' s.Chs.' ; threip Sc. ; threp n.Cy.
Lin.' sw.Lin.' ; threpe n.Cy. Nhb.' Lan. Lin. ; thrip Frf.
n.Cy. Suf; traep Sh.I.; traip Or.I. ; trape, treap
S.Don.; trepOr.I. |f)rlp,)>ri3p, {)rep; )5rip.] I. v. Gram,
forms. 1. Preterite: (i) Threp, (2) Thrept, (3) Thrope.
[For further examples see II below.]
(i) Ant. Ballymeua Obs. (189a). e.Yks.' She threp ma doon she
didn't dee it. n.Lin.', sw.Lin.' (a) w.Yks. (J.W.), e.Lan.',
s.Lan.' (3^ Chs. '23
2. P/. : Throppen. w.Yks.', Chs.'=3
II. Dial. uses. 1. v. To assert positively, esp. to persist
in or maintain a false accusation or assertion ; to insist
on ; to swear, repeat or reiterate obstinately.
Sc. Monkbarns had threepit on them to gang in, Scott
Antiquary (i8i6) .\v. Sh.I. Faider is traepid 'at A'm leepid dem,
5/1. News (Apr. 29, 1899). Cai.', Bnff.' Abd. What for sud I
threip 'at 1 owcht to hae her ■ Macdonald Donal Grant (1883) i.
Per. Ye needna thrape that gate. Mistress Tirpie, Cleland Inch-
bracken (1883) 60, ed. 1887. Arg. Annapla thrieps there's a
ghaistly flageolet aboot Doom, Monro Doom Castle (1901) 57.
Ayr. She aye threeps that I lose her time when I foregather wi'
you, Galt Lairds (1826) x.xi. e.Lth. They're aye threepin that
he's a terrible gran' scholard, Hunter J. Inivick (1S95) ao. Slk.
Twa ither shinin characters were in his rettenue as she thrcepcd,
CiiR. North Nodes (ed. 1856) IV. 26. Rxb. I dare threip there's
no a dizjen left, Hamilton Outlaws (1897) 5. Dwn. Knox Hist.
Dtcn. (^S^5). s.Don. Sim.mons G/. (1890). n.Cy. Blount (1681^.
Nhb.' He threaped a lie i' me fyess. Dur.', Lakel.'^ Cum. Will
t'- threep a lee to my feace ? (J.S.O.); Gl. (1851X n.Yks.' ;
n. Yks.^ ' He threeap'd me wi' liquor,' protested that I was drunk ;
n.Yks.* e.Yks. Marshall Riir. Econ. (1788). w.Yks.'^";
w.Yks.* He'll threap black's white an' white's noacolour at avval,
will that fellah ! Lan. Davies /Ortrcs (1856) 273. ne.Lan.',Ch9.'"3,
Der.", nw.Der.' Lin. Vox agro Line, usitatissima, — Redargucre,
Skinner (,1671). n.Lin. (K.R) Nhp.' Not common. Shr.' I
knowed as that plough-bottle wunna brought in, but that impcrcnt
bwoy thrfiped me out as it wuz. Nrf.'
Hence (i) Threaper, sb. one who asserts or insists per-
tinaciously and f;eit. falsely ; (2) Threaping, (a) sh. a
pertinacious reiteration ; {b) ppl. adj. insisting or asserting
pertinaciously.
(I) Sc. Threcpcrs o' lies again me hcis, Waddell P5. (1871')
xxvii. 12. (2, a) ne.Lan.' (4) n.Lin. Now we've had that
threapin' creed to-day again [i.e. the Athannsian Crcedl (M.P.).
2. Phr. (i) to threap down, (2) -down Ihe thrapple or
throat, (3) —one doivn, (4) —one out, (5) —out, lo insist
or assert with pertinacity, esp. to persist in a false
assertion; to protest or argue strongly; (6) — «/, to refer
to bygone mistakes or misunderstandings in an unkind
manner.
( I Nlib.' He threaped doon through. Wm. If Neddy scd craas
wer black, Betty wed threeap doon ct th.ie wer es white cs
dripp, S/Jcc. Dial. (1877) pt. i. 28. (2) Frf. Another member
would 'thrip down the throat' of the auctioneer that he had a
right to his former scat, Barrie Lictit (1893) '•• e.Fif. Mr.
Pilkhim . . . threapit doon oor very throats that he had never seen
Skrudge afore, Latto Tani Bodtin (1864) xx. e.Lth. An' yet yc
wad threep it doun my throat that ye're no fit to be an elder '.
HvnTER J. Inwici (1895) 53. Gall. He wad threep a lee doon
j'er throat (J.M.). Ant. A didna' get speakin' a word, as he
threeped, or threp, it doon my throat, Ballyniena Obs. (189a).
(3) N.Cy.' Nhb. He threapt me down (K.). Cum.' He threeps
me doon 'at aa dud say seali. e.Yks.' She threapt ma doon it
wasn't seeah. w.Yks.' He com back agecan, . . an began to threeap
me down how I'd tell'd him aw wrang, ii. 295 ; w.Yks. '^^s Lan.
' It's nowt o' th'soart.' . . 'An' dunnotyo threep me down as it is,'
BuRNEiT //rtito<//;'i- (1887) xvi. Chs.3 He thraped me down it
were noine, but I knowed it were a dozen. s.Chs.' Stf. Kay
(i6gi) MS. add. (J.C.) 150. Der. I threaped him down as I
fancied yo' a fat lot more nor him, Gilchrist Peakland {i8g-)] 75 :
Der.' n.Lin.' She Ihreiip'd me doon Sam was dead, bud I seed
him last Setterda'. se.Lin. (J.T.B.) sw.Lin.' The bairns threp
her down that it was so. s.Cy. Ray (1691). (4) Wm. If Neddy
sed et breead wossent beeakt anuff, Betty wed threeap un oot et it
wes faer burnt tie a sindre, Spec. Dial. (1877) pt. i. 38. w.Yks.
Shoo tried to threap me aglit on it, Hartley Clock Aim. (1885)
40. s.Lan.' He'd threeap yo' eawt 'at black's whoite. Chs. He
has threeped him out of it (,E.M.G.) ; Chs.^ (5, Nhb. When aw's
threept out o' what's se clear, Wilson /-"/V/Ho/i'i Piy (1843 48.
Cum. T'girt chaps fairly threep't t'laalcns oot ont, at their beucks
war t'reet endup, Sargisson JoeScoap ^ 1881) 3. Wm. Lunnoners
wod threap awt intul cuntry fowk, an think they will be softcnuflf
tae swallow awe their lees, Wheeler Dial. (1790J 93, ed. 1821.
ne.Yks.' He threeap'd oot 'at he hadn't deean it. (6) n.Yks.*
3. Obs. or obsol. To urge, press.
Sc. Though you have destroyed yourself, threep kindness upon
Him, Thomson Cloud of Witnesses (1714) 350, ed. 1871. SIg.
Thou suld threep kindnes of him, Bruce Se-i-H/oMs (1631) iv, ed.
1843. Ayr. If any wilt threap love upon God, they shall not be
disappointed, Dickson H'ritings {1660) I.42, ed. 1843. N.Cy.^To
threap kindness upon one. Cum.^ Sooa frinds o' bcath sides
threep't it sair 'At partit we sud be, 73. Cum., Wm. Nicolson
1677) Trans. R. Lit. Soc. vi868j IX. w.Yks.' 'To threap a thing
upon one,' is to be urgent and importunate with him to accept iL
Der. These arena goods to threap, Ouida Fuck (ed. 1901) xlii.
Lin. ^Hall.)
4. "To beat down in a bargain or argument ; to brow-
beat, talk down ; to haggle over a bargain. Also with
doiun.
Shi. Lat's turn wiz. If we geng hame, an' spaeks o't neist 'at
we come, he'll tracp wiz oot o't, Sh. Netcs (Aug. 26, 1899''. Abd.
Johnny oiTered sax poun', . . after much threepin, as his ultimatum,
Alexander Johnny Gibb (1871) i. s.Wni. (J.A.B.), n.Yks.*
w.Yks. A man will say of a clamorous talker, he did not convince
me, but he threaped me down, Hamilton Niigae Lit. (1841') 340;
w.Yks. ^ Lan. I won't be threeped down, Fothergill Ilealey
(1884) xxviii. n.Lan. (W.S.), Not.^ n.Lin.' I wean't be threp
by a bairn like thoo.
5. To argue, dispute ; to wrangle, quarrel, contend.
Sc. Ye niicht as weel threep wi' a stane dyke. Swan Gales of
Eden (ed. 1895^ xv. Sh.I. Efter da bride an' Lowrie wis traepid
a while wi' da bridegroom, we took da rod agen, Sh. Neivs Dec.
15, 1900). Or.I. vS.A.S.) Abd. They hcd threepit on a lang time,
Alixander Johnny Gibb (1871) xiv. Per. 'There's nac gude
threapin wi' you, Cleland Inchbracken (1883^ 76, ed. 1887. s.Sc.
1'3
THREAP
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THREE
Weel, I'll no' tlireep wi' ye, Abd. U'kly. Free Press (Dec. 8, igoo).
Ayr. I'll threep it wi' ye, gin ye lilie, Ochiltree Out of Shroud
(1897) 162. Feb. To threep hard (A.C.). N.I.i, N.Cy.', Nhb.',
Lakel.- Cum. He threeps about the nation, Anderson Ballads
(ed. 1808) 77. Wm. Naa brawling or threaping is heard, Hutton
Brail A'cw Wark (1785I 1. 471. n.Yks.3 w.Yks. He sed he
should go, an shoo said he shouldn't, an' they started o' threeapiii.
Hartley Clock Aim. (1872) 48. Lan. Noather on um warrit nor
thrapt, Tim Bobbin View Dial. (1740) 26; Lan.i He'd threap
o' neet if yo'd hearken him. n.Lan.', ne.Lan.', e.Lan.' s. Lan '
Him an' her were alius agate o' thrappin'. n.Lin.' He's alus
ihreapin' aboot sum'ats. sw.Lin.' We were just threaping a bit.
Shr.l
Hence (i) Threaper, sb. a contentious, argumentative
person ; (2) Threap-ground, sb. a name given to the
' debateable lands' on the Border ; land the ownership of
which is disputed; (3) Threaping, ^/Z. rt(^'. argumentative,
contentious, quarrelsome ; contradictory ; (4) Threaping-
do, sb. a contention, quarrel, dispute ; (5) -fit, sb. a fit of
arguing or disputing; (61 Threap-lands, sb. pi., see (2).
(i) w.Yks. Ah niver knew sich a threaper as thee, Leeds Merc.
Siippl. (Feb. 18, 1899). (2) N.Cy.i Nhb.i Part of Wooler Common
is still undivided, owing to disputes respecting it. It is called
Threap-ground, Denham 77A-Z.o)'e 11858) 55 ; From Dead Water,
North Tynedale, 'a long tract of land stretches southward, which
was formerly Debateable Land, or Threap Ground,' Mackenzie
Nhb. (18251 11- 257. (3I Wm. Betty, silly body, wes a lile, reedan,
cankert, threeapan paddock, Spec. Dial. (1877) pt. i. 38. e.Yks.i
She's varry threeapin. w.Yks.' Lile, threapen, complin Dannot,
ii. 288. (4) w.Yks. We'd a threapin" do ower mi fatther brass,
an' we all fell aht, an' noane on us 's iver spokken to one
another sin', Leeds Merc. Suppl. : Feb. 18, 1899'. (5^ Lan. Dody's
thrappin fit meltud owey ith warmth oth brandy, Scholes Tim
Gaiiiwattle (1857' 47. (6) Nhb.', Lakel.', Cum.'"
6. To contradict.
w.Dur.i, e.Yks.'. w.Yks. (E.G.) Lan. I never meet thoose two
togetlier but they're certain to be threeapin one another abeawt
summat (R.P.\ Chs.i, Stf.' sw.Lin.' ' I don't want to threap,
but I believe it was.' To a child, ' Don't threap.' Shr.'
7. To complain, call out ; to reproach.
Per. Yc needna threep, I've the feck o' thretty shillin's after
payin' the doctor, Jacque Herd Laddie, 27. Hdg. Longman^s
Mag. (Feb. 1901) 381. e.Yks. (Miss A.) Der. Because my
grandad left his money as he chused . . . and then my feyther
threeps it at me as if it's my fault, Verney Stone Edge (1868) i.
8. To scold, chide, rebuke.
n.Cy. (P.R.); Grose (1790); Blount (1681). Lan. Who
threped an' threped, an' aw to becaw'd me, Shadwell Witches
(1718) V. 103. Chs. Th' owd lass . . . threap'd me foinly,
Clough B. Brcsskittle (1879) '4- s.Cy. Grose (1790).
9. To beat, flog, thrash, punish severely.
n.Cy. Bailey (1721); ^Hall.) s.Stf. The news come as he'd
bin seed to thrapehis wife, Pinnock Blk. Cy.Ami. (1895). 'War.';
War.3 I shall have to thrape this lad before he will attend to me.
Wor. I'll thrape you finely (R.M.E.); Thrape the young un well,
thot's wot 'e do waant (H.K.). Shr.' Hr.'. Bound Provinc. (1876).
Hence Thraping or Threaping, 56. a beating, thrashing.
War.^ I'll give j'ou a good thraping for your impudence. Wor.
Come home and give her a 'thraping' because she was liquor
drinking, Evesham Jrn. (Mar. 25, 1899) ; (H.K.) Shr.2
10. In thatching: to drive down a peg or buckle into the
thatch. Wor. thrap 'im down (H.K.).
11. sb. A pertinacious assertion ; an indictment, charge,
representation of facts.
n.Sc. Let us see what is to be done, and hear patiently all
assertions and threaps, Wodrow Soc. Sel. Biog. (ed. 1845-7) H-
214. Cai.' Bch. At threeps I am na sae perquire, Nor auld-
farren as he, Forbes Aja.'t ('742) 4. Abd. 'Bout onie threap
when he and I fell out, Ross Hetenore {\i(iQ) 35, ed. i8ia. s.Sc.
The threep was fause, an' he gang'd tae the woodie, an' got
n thrawn thrapple for a deed he didna dae, Snaith Fiercehearl
(1897) 67.
Hence Thraip-knot, sb. an assertion made without any
foundation, with the object of finding out the truth of wliat
is suspected or to prevent the doing of a thing dreaded.
Bnff.' 12. Phr. to keep or slick to one's threap, to adhere
to an assertion or purpose.
Sc. Lady Ashlon . . . will, as Scotchmen say, keep her threep,
Scott Bride of Lam. (1819 .x.\vii ; (Jam.) Cai.' Dmf. Walter
shall see I'll keep my threep. Though it should cost me dear,
Johnstone Poems (1820') 82.
13. An argument, discussion ; a dispute ; a quarrel.
Sh.I. Haud your tongue, Magnus, we're no gaun ta git in
a tracp aboot dat da n glit, Sh. News (July 3, 1897I. Abd. I nae
mair sail say this threap about, . . That on my side the bargain
didna fa', Ross Helenore (1768) 136, ed. 1812. Dmf. I had
privately a kind of threap that the brandy should be yours,
Carlyle Lett. (Apr. 1866; IV. 331. Edb. They stop at last, but
still look laith The threap to yield, Har'st Rig (1794) 21, ed. 1801.
Cum. I'll pluck a lock of thy threep, Caine Shad. Crime (1885) 30.
w.Yks. Dyer Dial. (1891) 68 ; w.Yks.', s.Lan.' sw.Lin.' We had
a bit of a threap about it.
14. A contentious or quarrelsome person.
n.Yks." w.Yks. As often applied to a woman as to a man.
' Shoo is a threeap ; shoo's niver done ! ' Leeds Merc. Suppl. (Feb.
18, 1898).
15. A tradition, legend; an oft-repeated saying; a report.
Sc. They'll . . . hae an auld wife when they're dying to rhyme
ower prayers . . . rather than they'll hae a minister ; . . that's an
auld threep o' theirs, Scorr Guy M. (1815) xlv. Rxb. It is a most
senseless and unreasonable thing that our name should be so
yoked with the Armstrongs because of the lilt of a sill3' old threip,
Hamilton Outlaws (1897) 39. Dmf. (Jam.) Lin.' There have
been many thrapes about me.
16. A smart stroke ; a blow causing a mark.
Wor. A gie 'e a smart thrape o' the yed (H.K.) ; I'll give j-ou
a thrape or two across your back in a minute (R.M.E.). Suf.' 'A
gon em a thrip under the short ribs.
[5. Thei tiiaste hyni full thraly, fian was |)er nothrepyng,
York Plays (c. 1400) 430. 8. OE. pri:apiait, to reprove,
correct (Hall).]
THREAPEN, v. Obs. n.Cy. Yks. Lin. 1. To assert
positively; to insist on a thing obstinatelj'.
n.Cy.BAiLEY(i72i) ; Grose(i79o); N.Cy.' Lin. Skinner(i57i).
2. To reprove, rebuke, chide. N.Cy.'', e.Yks. (K.)
THREAST, see Thrist, w.^
THREAT, V. Sc. Irel. Der. Sur. Dev. [firlt, }jret.]
1. To threaten.
Sc. Threating, striking, and burning with matches servants to
cause them reveal their master, Kirkton Ch. Hist. {1817) Append.
404. Per. Thou threats that Smith by the's be paid. Smith Poems
(1714) 24, ed. 1853. I*"f- Faither threats tae use the tawse,
Neilson Poems (1877) 16. Ayr. Does haughty Gaul invasion
threat ? Burns Dili/. Volunteers, st. i. Gall. To threat John
Macmillan with your swords and pistols, as if he were a fearful
bairn, Crockett Dark o' Moon (1902' 457. Dwn. Whun danger
threats, return, Savage-Armstrong Ballads (1901) 64. Sur. 'Ee
threats to chuck pigwash over they, Bickley Sur. Hills (1890) I.
xiii. e.Dev. I, too, can threat, Jane Lordship (1897 . 137.
Hence Threatful,«rf;'. threatening; threatening-looking.
ne.Sc. His eyes more sunk, . . his forehead more wrinkled, his
nose and chin more threatful than I had ever before seen them,
Grant Kcckleton, 7. Kcd. Threatfulest skies become brichter
When Love is the guide o' the way. Grant Lays (1884) aoo.
2. To contend or argue persistently.
Der.' Ke thraett- mi, daay'n [He thret me down] (s.v. Threap).
[per he watj jjreted, & ofte fief called, Gaivayne (c. 1360)
1725. OE.J?ri~aliaii, to threaten (B.T.).]
THREATEN, v. Yks. Chs. [firrtan, Jjriatan.] To
intend, purpose; to promise.
n.Yks. ' Aw threeatened ti bu3'my wife a new gown.' In some
parts 'threaten' is used quite as often as 'promise' (T.K.). w.Yks.
( J.W.) Chs.' I've threatened to go and see him many a time ; but
I have never been.
THREAVE, THREBBLE, see Thrave, sb., Thribble.
THREDEGAL, adj. Obs. Suf Unsettled, applied
only to the weather. ' The weather fare ta look thredegal.'
THREE, Hum. adj. Var. dial, uses in Sc. Irel. Eng.
and Amer. Also in forms dree w.Som.' nw.Dev.' ;
tree Sh.I. Nrf [hri.] 1. In comb, (i) Three-acre land,
see below ; (2) -bob-square, triangular ; (3) -cocked hat,
a cocked hat ; (4) -cord, three-ply, three strand ; also
used advb. ; (5) -cornered, irritable ; (6t -cross-way, the
meeting of two roads without intersecting; (7) -cunning,
intensely knowing, peculiarly sharp or acute ; (8) -day
aguy, a tertian ague ; (9) -fold, the bog-bean, Menyanthes
trifoliata ; (10) footed, having three legs; (11) -four, three
THREE
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or four; (12) -gill bottle, a bottle holding ih pints; (13)
•girded, of a cask, &c. : bound or girded with three hoops ;
(14) -go, a measure contained three times in half a pint ;
(15) -grained fork, a three-pronged fork ; (16) -leaved
grass, the white clover, Tiifoliiim repeiis; (17) leaved
laverocks, the wood-sorrel, t).Vrt//s ^«/os<'//(j ; (18) -legs,
{a) three larch poles fastened together at the top by
means of a slightly-curved iron pivot ; (i) see below; (19)
•man, a cluster containing three nuts ; (20) -neuked or
•nocked, (<?) see (2); (b) see (5); (21) -outs, see below;
(221 -penny, a first reading-book ; (23) -plait or -plet,
three-ply or plaited ; treble, threefold ; (24) -pound-tenner,
see below ; (25) -quarter-bred, not quite full bred ; (26)
■quarter clift, a mischievous fellow; (27) -quarter coal,
a seam of coal about three-quarters of a yard in thickness ;
a stratum of coal in Lightmoor Wimsey Pit ; (28) -quarter
man, (a) a well-grown, strong lad ; see below ; (h) a boy
or man not equal to full work owing to age, infirmitj', &c. ;
(29) -releet, (30) -road end, see (6) ; (31) -shear or -tup, a
sheep that has been thrice shorn ; (32) -square, (a) see
(2); (b) see (5); (c) a triangle; (33) -staand, in three
layers or portions ; (34) -thrums, the purring noise made
by a cat when pleased ; esp. in phr. to sing three-llinans ;
(35) -toed, having three prongs; (36) -to-leet, (37) -want-
way, (38) -way-leet, see (6) ; (39) -year-old, ia) a young
animal, applied esp. to cattle ; also used allrib. ; (b) pL, see
below.
(i) Ess.' In the i6th century . . . tlie owners of Canvey gave
one-third thereof in fee simple to ... a Dutchman ... in con-
sideration of his securing the whole island from the overflowing
of the sea ... at his own costs. . . A third of these lands still goes
to the repairs of the sea-walls ; hence the term three-acre land is
applicable, not only to land held in this way at Canvey, but also
to land held in other parts of Ess., 57. (a) n.Lin.* It was a thing
three-bob-square, like th' end on a roof. (3) Snf.' (4) Sh.I. I
tried da bit o" treecord tidder ower me shooders, Sh. News (Dec.
22, igoo). (5) Ctis.' s.Chs.' Yo mun mind what yo sen to th'
mester ; he's in a very three-cornered wee this mornin'. Shr.'
'Er's in a mighty three-cornered 'umour to-day. (6) w.Som.i
(7) Hmp.> (8j s.Not. (J.P.K.) (9) Gall. (J.M. , n.Yks.2 e.Yks.
Marshall /?»)■. £co)/. (1788). (10) Nhb. , Dur. She next tuke up
a three-footed siu\e, Dmhaiii Tracts (ed. 1895') II. 5. (11) Kcd.
Sometimes a three-four sma' farms to unite As a'e big ane, Kerr
J\emmisceiices (iSgo) lot. (i2)Lin. (J.T.F. ) (13) ne.Sc. A three
girded cog with the girds of wood, Gregor Flk-Lore (1881) 43.
Ayr. (Jam.) (14) s.Don. Simmons Gl. (1890). (15) Oxf,' 71/5.
aiid. (i6jCor. (B. &H.) (17) Yks. (B. & H.) e.Yks. Marshall
Jiiir. Econ. (1796'. (18, a) Clis.' The legs are spread open at the
bottom, and a pulley is fixed under the apex, they then serve for
hoisting timber or other heavy materials. Smaller ones are in use
to hang scales to when potatoes are being weighed in a field. (A)
Shr.' A prop to support the shaft of a loaded cart when the horse
is out ; it is made of a strong oak-branch having three forks, which
serve for feet, the branch being inverted (s.v. Nave). (19)
w.Yks.' (20, n) Sc. The Captain says a three-nookit hankerchcr
is the maist fashionable overlay, Scorr .^^///(//(rtf;)' (1816) xxxvi;
(Jam.), Cat' w.Yks.' A thrce-nooked field. Lan. A three-nooked
crinoline hung on to th' end ov a clooas-prop, Accrington Obs. [Feb.
2, 1895). (A) s.Lan.' Hoo's getten raythera three-nook't soart ov
a temper, 39. (21) w.Som.' Used in the very common rustic sar-
c.-ism, 'A ginlman way dree outs — wit, money, and manners.'
(22) Sc. Learning was no trouble to him ; and he was reading in
the ' threepenny' before Jamie had mastered the alphabet, Swan
Gates of Eden (ed. 1B95) iv. (23) Abd. Afore a fortnicht they
doubled. Three weeks mair found them threeplet, Abd. Wkly.
Fire Press (Mar. 16, 19011. Edb. Their manes how neat, Wi'
three-plait kues, Liddle Poems (1821) 41. Dur.' 'Three plat,' a
threefold plat (s.v. Plet). (24) Wil.' The name given by bird-
catchers about Salisbury to the 'Chevil' variety of Goldfinch, it
being more valuable than the ordinary kind. (25) Ker. The fast
three-quarter-bred mare between the shafts, ISodkin Shillelagh
(1902) 32. (26) Ir. Bob M'Cann, a three quarter clift, Carleton
Trails Peas. fed. 1846) 4. (27) Nhb.' The 3 Quarter Coal about
3 Quarters thick or more, all which are foul or bad Coals, and not
worth much, Compkat Collier (1708). Shr.' 92, Shr.* (28, a
Nhb,' In collieries, the trams were formerly dragged along liy a
boy who held two 'soams' in his hand and pulled, whilst a
stronger lad 'put' from behind. The boy in front was called a
'foal,' 'foaley,' or 'quarter-man,' and if there were disparity
between the two the stronger lad behind was known as a ' three-
quarter-man.' If the two lads were of an equal strength they
were called 'half-marrows.' (6) Saf. (M.B.-E.) Ess. Twelve
men who drew full wages, and four lads about sixteen to seven-
teen years old, who went as ' three-quarter men,' Burmester
yo//H Z.o//( 1 901) 76. (29- e An.', Suf. (,C,G.B.) (30) Lan. A'ch-
boggarts held revel at every ' three-road end,' Harland & Wil-
kinson Flk-Lore (1867) 60, (31 Der.*, nw.Dsr.', Lin,', Suf.'
(32. a) Wm. A three square bit o' wood (B.K.\ n.Yks, A three-
square file (I.W,). w.Yks.', e.Lan.i. Chs.', s.Chs.', n.Lin.', Lei.',
War.s, Shr.', Suf. (C.G.B.>, Suf.', Ess.', w.Som.' [Anier. Dial.
Notes (1896) I. 334. J (b) s.Chs.' Oo^z in Q veri three-skwacT
ybomur. Shr.' The maister seems in a thrce-squar' temper this
mornin'. (c) Wra, (13. K,) Shr,, Hrf. Bound Provinc. (1876).
Ess. A yard it had, in shape A sort ov a three-square, Clark
J. Noakes (1839^ st. 16. (33) Sh,I. Irvine begood ta pit a' da
bread — treestaand, i' da sea box, Sh. Neivs (Dec. 9, 1899). (34)
Nhb.' D'ye hear pussy singin three-thrums' Dur.', Wra. (B.K.\
n.Yks.'* e.Yks,' Ah like ti hear oor cat sing three-thrums,
MS. add. (T.H.) w.Yks.'^s^ n.Lin.' (35) Cai.' Ayr. A three-
taed leister, Burns Z)r. Horn hook {ijSs) st.6. (36 E%s.e.Aii. (Apr.
1863). (37) Hrt. (H.G.) (38) Suf. (Hall.) (39, <j) Sh.L Doo
kens what owertook Tamy's tree-yirl'd — I can say sha wis a koo,
Sh. Neu'S (Aug. 6, 1898). {b; Lioi. 'Two-yearold ' and 'three-
year-old ' are names of two factions in the co. Limerick, that from
their continual fighting give the authorities much trouble, Flk-Lore
Rcc. (i88i, IV. 122.
2. Phr. (i) not to be able to say three zvords of a sort, not to
speak coherently ; (2) l/ie three counties, Norfolk, Suffolk,
and Essex, as distinct from the 'shires'; (3) —sevens,
the year 1777 ; (4) three faces under ov in a hood, the pansy,
Viola tricolor ; (5) — halfpence and Into pence, (6) — halfpence
for two pence, a slow, ambling canter ; (7) — sheets to or in
the ivind, partly intoxicated; (8) — stirs and a iK'allop, see
below ; (9) to count by Ihrceses, to count three at a time.
(i) Not. A'. >!- O. (1868, 4th S. i. 605. (2) e.An.' (s.v, Shercs).
(3) Ayr. He biggit himsel', he says, in the three sevens, Service
A'u/n«rfKms ( 1 890 I 1 6. (4^ Lnk. Patrick P/(Jh/s (1831) 124. Yks.
(B. &. H.), Nhp.', Shr.' (5) w.Som.' Dh-oal au-s au'vees gcos
lau'ngdree aa-pnsn tuup'ns [The old horse always goes along in
a slow ambling canter]. nw.Dev.' (6) Nhb. They can hear the
occasional rattle of a pair of wheels, or the ' three-ha'pence for
tuppence' of a cantering horse, Graham Red Scaur (1896) 35.
(71 e,Lth. An'ra had taen mair nor was guid for him ; he wasna
what ye micht ca' fou, but three sheets in the wind. Hunter
/. Inwick (1895') 235. e.An. He teaches them to swim an' takes
moa.st trouble with their eddication when three sheets in the wind.
Harris East-Ho (1902). Nrf. Arter tea. I was got verry nigh
free sheets to the wind, Emerson Son 0/ Fens (1892) 242. (,8)
Edb. Eighty years ago in Edinburgh it was the custom for a man
to walk through the town every day bearing a large shin bone of
beef. His cry was 'three stirs and a wallop for a bawbee.' All
the housewives had their vegetables stewing for the soup and
gladly paid their bawbees for the privilege of three stirs witli the
bone, which was supposed to flavour the stew, B'hant Dy. Post
(Nov. 26, 1892^ in A'. 6^ Q. (1893) 8th S. iii. 86. (9^ e.An.'
3. Comb, and phr. in names of games: (i) Three-card
laiit, the card game of ' loo ' ; (2) -days' holidays, (3) —
dukes, see below ; (4) -holes, (5) -hole-teazer, a game of
marbles ; (6j — jolly butchers, (7) — jolly IVelshinen, a
children's game; (8) — knights front Spain, see (3); (9)
— little ships, (10) — man's niarriage, (11) — old bachelors,
see below; (12) -penny morris, (13) -pin morris ormerels,
the game of nine men's morris; see Merrils; (14) —
sailors, see below; (15) -stone-ducker, a game of mar-
bles ; (16) — straws, a game at pitchback ; see below ;
(17) — sweeps, see below; (18) — up, a game played by
costermongers.
(ii Cum. Some at three-card lant wad laak, RiciiAnDSON Talk
(1876 1 59; Three-card lant, an lant oa at's on, an beggar me
n.iybor, Sargisson yof Scoap (,1881) 26. Wm. Mricgs Remains
(1825) 237 ; Lonsdale Mag. (1822) III. 378. (a^ Shr. Two players
hold up their joined hands, the rest pass under one by one,
repeating 'Three days holidays!' . . They pass under a second
time, all repeating 'Bumping daj', bumping day!' when the
two leaders strike each player on the back in passing. The third
time they say 'Catch, catch, catch!' and the leaders catch the
last in the train between their arms. He has the choice of
'strawberries and grapes,' and is placed behind one uf the leaders;
THREEAK
[no]
THRESH
according to his answer. When all have been caught, the two
pull against each other, Burne F/t-Loie (1883) 522. (3) [In gen.
dial, use in Sc. Irel. and Eng. ; see below. Three children, gen.
boys, are chosen to represent the three dukes. The rest of the
players represent maidens. The three dukes stand in line facing
the maidens, who hold hands, and also stand in line. Sufficient
space is left between the two lines to admit of each line in turn
advancing and retiring. . . The alternate verses demanding and
answering are thus sung. . . At the 9th or last verse they [dukes]
' name ' one of the girls, who then crosses over and joins hands
with them. The game then continues by all four singing ' Here
come four dukes a-riding,' and goes on until all the maidens are
ranged on the duke's side, Gomme Gai>ies{i8g8) 248-g.] (4) Lon.
GoMME Games (1898) 256. (5) Nhb. Bedstocks — that canny gam's
noo duen. An' three hole teazer tee, Allan Tyncside Siigs. (ed.
1871) 397 ; Nhb.' A game at marbles, played with three holes
scooped in the ground. 1,6) Suf.' (7I Cm. One child is supposed
to be taking care of others, who take hold of her or of each other.
Three children personate the Welshmen. These try to rob the
mother or caretaker of her children. They each try to capture as
many as they can, Gomme I'i. 257. (8) [A game somewhat similar
to Three Dukes ; in gen. use in Sc. Irel. and Eng. See Gomme
ib. 257-79.] (9) Lon. Two lines of children stand, hand in hand,
facing one another. Thej' advance and retire in line, with dancing
steps alternately. The children sing the lines. When the last
verse is sung a girl from the end of each line advances and the
two dance round together. This is continued until all in turn
have danced in the space between the lines, ib, 280-1. (10) Der.
For this game three ' men ' are used, and the board on which the
game is played contains nine holes or points. . . Two played the
game, laying their men alternately on any of the points of the
board. The object of each player was to get his men ' all in a row,'
and the game was won, N.t^ Q. (1877) 5th S. viii.218. (11) Yks.
A game resembling ' Silly old man' i,q.v.), Gomme ib. 282. (12, 13)
n.Yks.' (s.v. Merls). (14) [A game resembling Three Dukes,
&c. ; in^fH. use in Sc. Irel. and Eng. See Gom.me 16. 283-9.] ('5J
Nrf. (P.H.E.) (16) War.2 Three rows of earth, sand, &c., are
placed in parallel lines about a foot and a half apart. Each plaj'er
is careful not to step or descend upon these 'straws' when pitching
over the boy who makes the back, lest he himself should be forced
to take the other's place. . . When the three straws are passed,
and the one ' down ' is told to ' foot it,' he does so by placing one
foot lengthwise against the other resting sideways, and then
biinging the side-long foot, still sideways, in advance, and, lastly,
setting the now rear foot beside, but in front of its fellow ; and
again makes the back. This goes on until the distance is so great
that one leaper, less agile than liis fellows, fails to reach the
'back,' or steps over or on the last straw to do so, when he is
' down.' . . When the one ' down ' has a foot on each side of the
middle straw — a position which is called ' the fly ' — each leaper
must clear his back, and the three straws. (17) Sth. First of all
there is a number of girls that stands in a row. There are other
three girls in front of them. There is another girl at the back of
the row of girls. The three girls sings [5/c] : 'Here's three sweeps,
three by three. And on by the door they bend their knee,' Nicholson
Golspie [i8g']) 169. (i8j Lon. 'Shove-halfpenny' is another game
played by them ; so is ' Three up,' Mayhew Loud. Labour (1851)
I. 12.
THREEAK, THREEDLE, THREEFE, see Traik,
Threadle, Thrave, ib.
THREEK, sb. s.Chs.' [|'nk.] A cluster of thistles
growing in a field.
Eeur, goa- baak- I'ln kiit dhaat' three-k uz yu)n left dheeilr.
THREEN, THREEP, THREEPLE, see Thren(e,
Threap, Thribble.
THREEP-TREE, sb. Sc. Cum. Wm. [|?rIp.trT.] The
wooden bar or beam to which horses are yoked for
ploughing.
Cld. (Jam.) Cum. Morton C)cfo. .<4^;7f. (1863) ; Cum.'* Wm.
When thoo'syoken up ta plew thoo puts t' S-linkon t'swinnglctree
lliroo t'D-link on t'threeptree, than thoo's e' fettle fer owt (B.K.^.
THREESH, sb. Obs. Wxf.' A trace ; the traces of
a car.
THREESOME, adj. and sb. Sc. n.Cy. Nhb. Cum. Yks.
Also written threesum Sc. (Jam.) Cai.' N.Cy.'; and in
forms threesam Cum." ; thresum Sc. (Jam.) ; thrissome,
thrissum n.Yks.*; treesim, treesome Sh.I. [Irrssni ;
l^risani.] 1. ad/. Triple; threefold, esp. in co«i6. Three-
some reel, a reel or dance performed by three persons.
Ayr. There's threesome reels, and foursome reels, Burns Deii's
awa' ; The lintie is a weel-faured bird, Wi' threesome sangs o'
glee. Service Dr. Diigiiid (ed. 1887) 107. Kcb. There wus a
threesome reel, an' Aul' Sandy wus yin o' the set, Trotter Gall.
Gossip (igoi) 252. n.Cy. (Hall.) Nhb. Could bang them a' at
threesome reels, Wilson Pilnian's Pay (1843) 42 ; Nhb.' Cum.
Tou kens we danc'd a threesome reel, Anderson Bd/Znrfs (1805)2.
n.Yks.2
2. sb. Three together ; a party or set of three ; a reel or
game in which only three can take part.
Sc. (Jam.) Sh.I. Dey wir a funny lookin' treesome, Ollason
Afareel [igoi) 17; Da treesim is staandin' ta der bellies i' da watter,
5//. A'«t's (June23, 1900). Cai.' Ags. The threesome were aboot
the laist to leave the tents, Reid Howetooii, 95. e.Sc. You and
Laurie Lugton and Gipsy Johnstone, you were a wild threesome,
Strain Eliiislie's Drag-net (1900) 61. Gall. Mactacgart Eticycl.
(1824) 497, ed. 1876. N.Cy.', Nhb.' Cum. Beneath his strokes
a' threesome fell, Stagg Mise. Poems (ed. 1807) 94 ; A threesome
then caper'd Scotch reels, Anderson Ballads (ed. 1808) 172 ; Cum."
THREEVE,THREEVELESS,seeThrave,s6.,Thraive-
less.
THREE- WEEK, sb. Yks. Lan. Chs. Der. Not. Also
in forms threewick Chs.' ; threewik s.Chs.' nw.Der.' ;
threwik e.Lan.' ; thruick ni.Lan.' s.Lan.' ; treek, trewk-
Lan. [f>rr-wlk, -wik.] 1. A period of three weeks.
Cf fortnight.
w.Yks. Two fond stock-doves that I fund nesting a three- week
late up i' Little John's Wood, Sutcliffe Shameless Wayne (1900)
221. e.Lan.', m.Lan.', s Lan.' Chs.' We speak of a threewick
in the sing, number in the same manner as we speak of a fortnight ;
Chs.^ s.Chs.i Oo)z bin jed gy'efin on fiir u threywik. Der.',
nw.Der.' Not. For full a three-week after what I have bin telling
you, Hooton Bilberry Thurtand (1836).
Hence Treeksin or Trewksin, adv. three weeks since.
Lan. Brockett Gl. (1846). 2. Coiitp. Threeweek-street,
the County Court.
w.Yks. They'n nivver to gooa it threeweek-street — nivver
botherd wit baileys, Bywater Sheffield Dial. (1839) 113; w.Yks.*
THREFF, see Through, prep.
THREFT, adj. } Obs. Lth. (Jam.) Reluctant, un-
willing ; perverse. Cf tharf, 2.
THREHEEN, sA. Irel. The leg of a stocking without
the foot.
Wxf. (P.W.J.) ; A caubeen, threheen, and a sligeen on his
unfortunate head and feet, Kennedy Evenings Duffrey (1869) 306.
[Jr. troighiii, a brogue, slipper, a stocking without a sole
(O'Reilly).]
THREISH, THREKLY, see Treesh, Thereckly.
THREN(E, sb. and v. Sc. Also written threen. [|'rin.]
1. sb. A song or refrain ; 7?^. a story or tradition of a
ghostly and gen. superstitious nature. Cf. thrain.
Per. The thren of the dove, and the owl, and the bat, Which an
old minstrel mason was heard to relate, Spence Pofois (1898) 171;
(Jam.) Edb. With mournful ditties sings the drooping thrush,
And tragickThrenesare heard from every bush, PENNECUiK//f//co«
(1720) 136.
2. V. To tell ghost stories or superstitious tales.
Per. Ae nicht leaning Owre deein' embers, Kate sat threening,
Spence Poems (1898) 184.
THRENG, see Throng.
THRESCOT, sb. Der. Not. Also in forms threscod
s.Not. ; threscold Der.' ; threskut n.Der. [[:>re'sk3t.] A
dial, form of 'threshold.'
Der.i* n.Der. 'Wash that threskut.' Common (S.O.A.). nw.Der.'
s.Not. She shall niver come across ma threscod again (J.P. K.\
THRESH, sb.^ Sc. Also in forms thrash, thrush.
[I'reJ.] A rush.
Sc. Wi' their teeth green threshes chackit, Wilson Poems
(1822) Tuia Mice. e.Fif. It brocht furth plentifu' craps o' nateral
girss, threshies, spretis an' segs, Latto Tarn Bodkin (1864) i.
Slg. Pliant bends like ony thrash, Muir Poems (1818) 73. Rnf.
Owre the burn 'Yont the green, an' thro' the thrashes, Picken
Poems (1788) 155 (Jam.). Ayr., Lth. (Jam.) Twd. The frozen
lock and the dowie threshes, Buchan IFealher (i8gg) 182. Rxb.
Threshes formed the theekin, Riddell Poft. IVks. (1871) II. 127.
Hence Thrush-bush, sb. a rush.
Sc. Their bare preaching now Makes the thrush-bush keep the
cow, Cleland Poems (1697) 30 (Jam.).
THRESH
[III]
THRIFT
THRESH, I', and sb.' Sc. Der. Also in form thrash
Sc. tfrej; f>raj.] 1. v. \n \>\\t. lo thresh other folk's corn,
to meddle in other people's aftairs.
Der. It's niver no good a-threshin' other folk's corn ; j-e allays
gets the flail agin i'yc own eye somehow, Ouida Puck (ed. 1901) vi.
2. sb. A beating, dashing noise, as of rain.
Gall. The thresh ollhe rain upon the lattice casement, Crockett
Black Douglas {1899J 305.
3. In phr. with a thrash, 'at one blow"; immediately.
Ayr, 1 appeared in the court in Edinburgh wi' a thrash, and had
the case settled in a jifly, Hunter Studies (1870) 235.
THRESH, see Thrush, sb}
THRESHEL, sb.' Lan. War. Won Shr. Hrf Glo.
Hmp. Wil. Som. Cor. Also written threshal Hrf.';
threshell Lan. ; threshle Wil.' ; and in forms thrashal
Shr.'; thrashel(l Shr.» Hrf.'^ Hmp.' Cor.*; thrashle Som.;
throstle War. [jjre'/l.] A flail ; also in phr. a pair of
ilireshels. Cf. drashel, sb}
Lan. (S.W.), (K.), War. (J.R.W.). w.Wor.', Shr.' 2, Hrf.'2
C\o. Home Subsecivae (till) 430; Glo.', Hmp. (J.R.W. , Hmp.'
Wil. Davis y<^w.^I8I3); Wil.' Som. W. & J. G/. (1873). Cor.^s
\0E. perscet. priscel, a flail (Sweet).]
THRESHEL, s*.^ Sc. Irel. Yks. Lan. Der. Not. Lin.
e.An. Also in forms thrashel Abd. ; thrassel Suf. ;
thressel n.Lin.' ; thressle vv.Yks.' Not.' ; throshel Suf. ;
troshel e.An.' ; trestle Nrf [jjre'Jl.] 1. A dial, form
of ' threshold.' See Drashel. sb!^
Sc. Luckie out o'er the threshal goes, Pennecuik Coll. (1787)
13. Abd. To cross the thrashel o' oor hoose, Williams Fairmer's
Tint Laddies (1900) st. 4. N.I.' Don. The house crammed,
kitchen an' room, all the time, from the threshel to the backstone,
Macmanus Bend of Road (18981 90. w.Yks. Ah see yo've gotten
a new thressle on t'door-hoile, Leeds Merc. Suppl. (Feb. 25, 1899).
Not.' Lin. Vox agro Line, frequens. — Tritorium, Skinner (1671).
n.Lin.', e.An.' Nrf. Polly she tumbled over the trostle, CozENS-
Hardy Broad Nrf. (1893) 15. Suf. (C.T.) ; (M.E.R.)
2. A wooden bar fixed against the bottom of a door to
keep out rain. e.Lan.'
THRESHER, 56. Yks. [)jre-j3(r).] In x>hr. to pull like
a thresher, to pull strongly. w.Yks. Hallam Wadsley Jack
(1866) viii.
THRESHER, see Thrusher.
THRESHET, sb. Chs.'^ s.Chs.' Shr.' Also written
threshat Chs.'; and in form thrashat Shr.' [Misprinted
thrasket Chs.'^] A flail ; occas. in pi.
THRESH-FOD, sb. Obs. Yks. A dial, form of
'threshold.' w.Yks. (Hall.), w.Yks.'
THRESHIE-COAT, sb. Sc. An old working coat.
Sc. My ain auld brown threshie-coat of a short gown, Scott
Midlothian (1818) xvi. Rxb. The seams of the old threshycoat
I wore, Hamilton Outlaws (1897) 172,
THRESHING, ppl. adf Sc. Irel. Also written
thrashing Sc. [{)ra'Jin.] In co;;//i. (i) Threshing-board,
the board on which grain is threshed with the flail ; (2)
•tree, a flail.
(,1) n.Ir. They had the Ihreshin' boards prappit up on fower
barrels, Lyttle Paddy McQuillan, 88. (2) Edb. Rest your weary
shanks awhile, Come, rest your thrashin'-tree, Maclagan Poems
(1851)236.
THRESHWOOD,sZ>. Sc. Cum.Wm. Lan. Also in forms
threshurt Cum.' ; threshut m.Lan.' ; threshwart Fif.
(JAM.) ; threshwort Fif (ib.) Cum. ; threshwurt Cum.'
|{)rejwud, -wad, -wat.] A dial, form of ' threshold ' ; the
sill or wooden beam in front of the door.
Fif. The threshwart is distinguished from the 'dore-stane,' the
former denoting the sill or piece of wood above the ' dore-stane,'
in old houses, on which the door shut, as it was also meant for
throwing off the rain (Jam.). Cum. The threshwort's worn
quite hollow down, Dickinson Lit. Rem. (1888) 234 ; Cum.'
Wm. Upon this thresh-wood . . . cross straws were laid, Briggs
7?;»«fli«s( 1825) 315. e.Yks. As long as there's a threshwood to
the door, or a tile on the roof, Wray Neslleton (1876) 148;
(C.E.F.) Lan. Mind thou doesno' tumble o'er that threshut,
Brierley Out o/lVork, X. m.Lan.'
THRESKLE, sl>. Not. [breskl.] A dial, form of
' threshold.' Cf threshel, si.-'
s.Not. She werestanning on the threskle ; she wouldn't coom
in(J.P.K.).
THRESKUT,THRESSLE. see Threscot, Threshel, sb.^
THRESTLE, sb. Yks. Der. Not. Lin. Also written
thressel n.Lin.' ; and in form tbrussle e.Yks. [)>re'sl.J
A corruption of ' trestle.' Also used altrib.
e.Yks. The things fullockt abool bahn flccar, undher teeable an
atwixt thrussle legs, Nicholson /V*. 5^. (1889^ 34. Der.' •.Not
For tables they hed boards on threstles (J. P.K.I. n.Lin.'
THREUCH, THREVE, see Through, s6.«, Thrave, sb.
THREWIK, sec Three-week.
THRIBBLE, adj. Sc. Nhb. Cum. Yks. Lan. Der. Not.
Lei. War. Wor. Ess. Ken. Also written thrible Ken.';
and in forms threbble Nhb.' nw.Der.'; threble s.Not.
Ess.; threeple Abd. (Jam.) [j>ribl; jjrebl.] A corrup-
tion of treble' from association witli 'three' ; threefold.
Abd. (Jam.) Nhb. Ye've paid just thribblc as much for'd as ye
owt. Cum. (E.W.P.), Cum.', n.Yks." w.Yks. ' Double handed
and thribble throated.' Said of a person who, although he may
have a good income, spends a large proportion of it in drink
S.K.C.) ; w.Yks.'*, s.Lan.', nw.Der.', Not.' s.Not. I'd give
threble the value before I'd loase it (J.P.K.% Lei.' Yo'll pee
dooble or thribble, an' not so good nayther. War.* w.Wor.'
The b'ys nowadaays is that fast, thaay'll sahce [sauce] a man
thribble thar age. se.Wor.', Ken.'
Hence Threbled, pp., obs., taking or skimming the
cream oft' milk for the third time. Cf. fleet, v.- H. 1.
Ess. It is then threbled or put into tubs, or still deeper vessels,
where it is occasionally sliimmed and kept as long as any appear-
ance of cream or richer milk is found to form upon the suifacc,
Marshall Review (1817") \'. 164.
THRIBBLE, see Thible.
THRIB'LOUS, adf m.Yks.' A mispronunciation of
' frivolous.'
THRIBS. sb. pi. Lin. Suf Amer. Also in form tribs
Suf [bribz.] Three, used esp. in playing marbles.
Cf dubs.
Lin.' se.Lin. Makeitthribs(j.T.B.). Suf.' [Amer.Z)i<i/. A^o/«
(1896) I. 24-]
THRICE-COCK, sb. Midi. Lei. War. Shr. Also in
form throice- Lei.' [Irais-, {)rois-kok.] The missel-
thrush, Tiirdiis viscivorus. A corruption of ' thrush-cock '
(q.v.).
Midi. SwAiNSONB/rrfi(i885) a. Lei.', War.'* Shr. Swainson
ib. ; Shr.'
THRICE-THRUMS, sb. Stf ' The purring of a cat.
See Three-thrums, s.v. Three, 1 (34).
THRICHE, THRICKER, see Thrutch, Tricker.
THRID, see Thread, Third.
THRIDDLE, sb. I. Ma. A shiver, a convulsive move-
ment.
The thriddle of thrimblin that shivered the back of this Harrj',
Brown IVilch (1889^ 65.
THRIEP, THRIEVE, see Threap, Thrave, sb.
THRIF, see Through, preb.. Thrift, sb}
THRIFT, sb} Sc. Nhb. Dur. Wm. Yks. Der. Also in
forms thrif e.Yks.' ; trift S. & Ork.' [)>rift.] \. In
coiiip. (i) Thrift-box, a money or savings box ; (2) -hod,
the profitable part of a business; (3) -pot, see (i).
(i) Nhb.' Nhb., Dur. A thrift box, as it is vulgarly called, is put
up against the wall and every customer puts in something.
Brand Pop. Antiq. (ed. 1777) 164. Dur.', Wm.', n.Yks.",
e.Yks.', Der.', nw.Der.' (2) n.Yks.' He's gitten thrift-hod on't.
(3I w.Yks. Vol find all that i' t'thrift-pot at yod a spent, Tom
Treddi ehoyle Baiinsia Ann. (1862) 54 ; w.Yks.'"*
2. Prosperity, success ; luck. Also in co»ib. Ill thrift.
Sh.I. Ill trift be ta her fuil face dat put dee aff o't, Stewart
7"n/«(i892) 86. Bch. Then to his thrift he bid adieu. Forbes
Dominie (1785) 29. Lth. Beauty's e'en a doubtfu' gift, Wi'miekle
shew, but little thrift, Ballantine Poems (1856) 71.
Hence (i) Thriftless, adf unprofitable, useless; un-
prosperous, unsuccessful ; (2) "Triftin, sb. in coinb. 111
triftin, bad luck, ill success ; see below.
(O Ayr. Learmont . . . did much to temper and turn aside the
thriftless ordinances of his superior, Galt Cilhaiae (1823) xviii.
Dmf. Dinna grieve for me Nor wi' a thriftless sorrow mum, Thom
Jock o' Knowe (1878) 90. (a) S. & Ork.' ' I'll triftin' on dat face,'
may your face (fig. for the whole person) not thrive.
3. Work, occupation, employment, business.
Sh.I. HUve by your trift ane of you, an' help aunty ta scraep.
THRIFT
[112]
THRIPPLE
S/i. News (Oct. 8, 1898) ; S. & Ork.i Work of any kind, but
particularly knitting. Frf. The darger left his thrift, Lowson
Giiidfollow (1890I 239. Edb. When night comes on . . . lassessit
down to their thrift, Crawford Poems (1798) 43.
THRIFT, sb?- Yks. Lan. Chs. Vpriit.] Growing pains
experienced by young people.
w.Yks.^" Lan. Grose {1790) MS. add. (P.) e.Lan.', m.Lan.i
s.Lan.' That lad's getten th' thrift. Chs.i What ails the, pooin
llii face ? It's nowt bu" th' thrift that tha's getten. s.Chs.'
THRIFT, sb? Obs. Suf.' Loose scurf on the skin of
an ill-groomed horse.
THRIFT, see Through, prep.
THRIFTY, adj. Sh.I. Lin. Won Glo. Cmb. Suf. Hmp.
Also in form trifty Sh.L [J>ri'fti.] 1. Thriving,
flourishing, in good condition or health. Also used advb.
Lin. Geese are the only animals which are at any time thrifty,
Marshall Review (181 1) III. 22. s.Wor.i, Glo.' Cmb. Plant
looks thrifty (J.D.R.). Suf. (C.T.), Hmp.>
2. Thoughtful, considerate, saving of time or trouble.
Sh.I. Doo might a been trifty- aneugh til a' come ower wir lent,
an" sav'd me dis vaige, Sh. Neivs (^Oct. 14, 1899).
THRILL, sb. Chs. [f)ril.] The shaft of a cart or
wagon. Gen. in pi. See Thill, s6.'
(K.) ; CUs.' Obsol. (s.v. Cart). s.Chs.' Less commonly used
than formerly (s.v. Cart).
Hence (i) Thrill-bars, sb. pi. two longitudinal pieces,
which are mortised into the 'binders' or end pieces of
the body of a cart and which support the boards forming
the bottom of a cart. Chs.'; (2) Thriller, sb. the shaft-
horse. s.Chs.' ; (3) Thrill gears, sb. pi. the harness of
a shaft-horse, z'6. ; (4) Thrill-horse, s6., see (2). ib.
THRILLY, rtf/y. Obs. n.Cy. Thrilling. (Hall.)
THRIMBLE, v.' Sc. n.Cy. Nhb. Cum. Wm. Yks. Lan.
Also in forms thrimle Sc. (Jam.) Nhb.' ; thrimmel Nhb.'
Lakel.° Cum.* Wm. & Cum.'; thrimmle Sc. (Jam.) w. Yks.
ne.Lan.' ; thrimple n.Cy. [|3rim(b)l.] 1. To finger or
handle anything as if reluctant to part with it, esp. to dole
or pay out money grudgingly and reluctantly. Also with
out. See Thrumble.
Slk., Dmf., Gall. (Jam.) Kcb. Taylors, fain the gear to thrimmle
Of coward coofs, Davidson Seasons (1789) 36 {ib.). n.Cy. (Hall.)
Nhb. He thrimmeld out what he'd to pay, Wilson Pitman's Pay
(1843) la; Nhb.', LakeL^, Cum.« Wm. & Cum.' Upstairs an'
down fwoke thrimmelt out Ther sixpenzes, 204. Wm. He
thrimmel't it ower in his hand many a time afoor he gev me't
(B.K.). w.Yks.' He thrimbld out his sixpence wi a deal to do,
ii. 203. ne.Lan.'
2. To fumble ; to hesitate, trifle.
n.Cy. Grose (1790). Cum. He seemed to 'thrimble' about it,
though, as if he was in no hurry to light up, Dalby Mayio\d
(1888) 135. w.Yks. HuTTON Tour to Caves (1781). Lan.'
s.Lan. Whot dusto ston thrimblin' theer for ? Bamford Dial. (i854\
3. To crumble bread between the fingers. Lan. (K.),
Lan.' s.Lan. Bamford Dial. (1854) ; s.Lan.' 4. To
twist or twiddle the thumbs round each other with the
fingers clasped. e.Lan.', s.Lan.' 5. To catch fish by
clutching them in the hand. Nhb.^ Cf guddle.j^.' 6. To
crowd, throng, press ; to wrestle. See Thrumble, 5.
Sc. With kind embracements did we thrust and thrimble, Adam-
son Muse Threnodie (1774) 23 TJam.). n.Sc. Applied both to a
crowd collectively and to an individual pressing into a crowd
(Jam.). Abd. Wi' great hamstram they thriml'd thro' the thrang,
Ross Helenore (1768) 94, ed. 1813.
THRIMBLE, v? and sb. Irel. Cuin. Yks. Lan. Also
in forms thrimle Cum.^ e.Yks. ; thrimmel n.Ir. Cum.";
thrimmle e.Yks.' [)jri-m(b)l.] 1. v. To tremble, shake,
quiver. Also used^^. Cf thrummle.
Ir. Dear, dear, how she thrimbles. Lover Handy Andy (1842)
xxxiv. n.Ir. Thrimmeld with fear. Lays and Leg. (1884) 57.
Don. Jack thrimbled from head to foot, Macmanus Chim. Corners
(1899) 45. w.Ir. He thrimbled like a dog in a wet sack, Lover
^<'g- (•848) I. 42. Cuni.3 She's thrimlin' for her butter brass, but
willn't thrimle lang, 25 ; Cam." e.Yks. Wi fear an thrimlin he
was quiet oot o' breeath, Nicholson Flk. Sp. (1889) 43; e.Yks.',
Lan.', s.Lan.'
Hence Thrimlin-jockies, si. />/. the ciuaking or trembling
grass, Briza media. e.Yks.' 2. sb. A tremor, fit of
trembling.
Ir. She the craythure woke up all av a thrimble, Spectator (Oct.
26, 1889% Don. There's a thrimble in me han' — see! a mighty
thrimble, Cent. Mag. (Oct. 1899) 959. e.Yks.'
THRIME, sb. Sc. A triplet in verse. Mackay (s.v.
Twinie).
THRIMMER, v. and sb. Lan. Also in form thrinimo
s.Lan.' [)jri'ma(r).] 1. v. To finger or handle anything
constantly and as if reluctant to part with it. Grose
{i'!go)MS.add.(P.) s.Lan.' Cf thrimble, t;.' 2. 56.
Ill-spun yarn. s.Lan. Bamford Dial. (1854) ; s.Lan.'
THRIMP, V. and sb. Sc. Nhb. Also in form thrump
Sc. (Jam.) [Jirimp.] 1. v. To press, squeeze ; to press
as in a crowd.
Sc. Mackay. Cld. I was thrumpit up (Jam.). Nhb. His hands
in his kwoat pockets, beayth thrimpt owr his thees, Bewick
Tyneside Talcs (i8=iO) 10; NUb.'
2. To push ; see below.
Cld., Rxb. Esp. applied to schoolboys when they push all before
them from the one end of a form to another (Jam.).
3. sb. The act of pushing by schoolboys, ib.
THRIMPLE, see Thrimble, v.^
THRING, V. Sc. n.Cy. Yks. [})rit).] 1. To press,
push, squeeze ; to press forward, push one's way in.
Sc. Ye sal thring them a' wi a gad o' aim, Waddell Ps. (1871)
ii. 9. Dmf. I shall just thring on here till I get desperate, Carlyle
Lett. (1823). Kcb. That we may thring in, stooping low, Ruther-
ford Z,f//. (1660) No. 282. n.Cy. Grose(i79o). w.Yks. ^R.H.H.);
Willan List IVds. (181 1).
2. With down : to throw down.
w.Yks.^ He'd thring it down as though it didn't belong to him.
[OE. />ringan, to press on, crowd (Sweet).]
THRINKUMS, see Trinkums.
THRINNEL, sb. Lan. Also in forms trinel, trinnel
s.Lan.' ff)rinl ; tri'nl.] A boys' outdoor game resem-
bling' hide-and-seek ' ; a word of recall used in the game ;
see below.
Used as a recall to boys playing ' Hide and seek,' when they
could not be found by the players. At the close of a game it was
shouted loudly and rapidly 'Thrinnel, Thrinnel, Thrinnel,' to
assemble the players together (S.W.) ; A good reaund at thrinnel
or duckstone, Clegg Sketches (1895) 7a. s.Lan.'
THRINS, sb. Cum.'* [jjrinz.] Three at a birth.
[O^ . pri)inr, prennr, triple, threefold (Vigfusson).]
THRINTER, sb. Sc. Cum. Yks. Lan. Also in forms
thinter Dmf; thrunter Rxb. (Jam.) Cum."*; trinter
Lakel.'^ [)3rint3(r.] A sheep of three years or winters.
See Twinter.
Lnk., Rxb. (Jam.) Dmf. 'Twinters' and ' thinters,' sic like
names for sheep! Wallace Schoolmaster (1899) 339. LakeL'^
Cum. One of our thrunters, or three-winter-old ewes, sold for
'hutching,' Cornh. Mag. (Oct. 1890) 38a; Cum.*, n.Yks.', Lan.',
ne.Lan.', s.Lan.'
[OY.. pri-winkr, a period of three years (Sweet).]
THRIP, see Threap.
THRIPBOX, sb. Yks. [}>rip-boks.] A money-box
for saving ; a ' thrift-box ' (q.v.).
w.Yks. Banks Wkfid. iVds. (1865); Yts. Wkly. Post (May i,
1897'); w.Yks.5
THRIPPA, see Thripple, sb.\ v.
THRIPPLE, sb.' Chs. Stf Uer. War. Wor. Shr. Hrf
Fern. Glo. Som. Also written thriple Chs.; and in forms
thrippa Chs.' s.Chs.' nw.Der.' ; thrippoe, thrippoo Chs. ;
thrippow Chs.'^*; thrypow Chs. ; tripple Rem. [)jripl ;
}>ri'p3.] A movable or rail framework attached to a cart
or wagon, to extend its surface when carrying hay, corn,
&c. Gen. in pi. See Dripple, Ripple, sb.*
Chs. A carte and thriples, Local Gleanings (Feb. 1880) VIII.
303; Morton Cyclo. Agric. (1863I; (K.) ; Chs.' Two thrippas,
one at each end of the cart, constitute the harvest gearing; they
are movable, and are only put on when hay or corn are to be
carried; Chs.= 3, s.Chs.', Stf. (K.), nw.Der.', War. 3, s.Wor.',
se.Wor.', Shr.', Hrf.* s.Pem. Laws Little Eng. (1888) 421.
Glo.' Som. For sale, a spring wagon with thripples (W. F.R.).
Hence Thrippa-slotes, sb. pi. the bars or rails of a
'thrippa.' Chs.', s.Chs.'
[Cp. perrepyllis, epredia, Metr. Voc. (c. 1450), in Wright's
Foe. (1884) L628.]
THRIPPLE
["3]
THRO
THRIPPLE, V. and
133
6.* Chs. Also in fornis thiippa,
tlirippow Chs."' 1. v. To beat, cudgel.
I'll thrippa thee, Ray (i6gi) ; Chs.'»»
2. To labour hard. GfH. in prp.
Cbs.' ; Chs.* A thrippowing pungowing life is a hard laborious
life; Cbs.3
3. sb. The beating part of a flail. Chs."
[Cp. OE./;;/)f/, an instrument of punishment (B.T.).]
THRIPPOO,THRIPPOW, seeThtipple,ii!i.',Thripple,
ii.', 21.
THRISHELL, THRISSEL, see Thristle, sb.', Thristle,
sb.'"
THRIST, -vi.' and v.' So. n.Cy. Nhb. Lan. Shr. Hrf.
Also in forms thrust Sc. N.Cy.' ne.Lan.' Shr.' Hrf ; trist
Sh.I. (|)rist; jjrust, {jr^st.] I. sb. A dial, form of
'thirst.'
Sc. Heir learne to suffer thrist with those, sail torlur him for
ay, Maidment Fnsqw'h (i868) 23. Sh.I. Mind a keg o' blaand Tu
slock my trist, Stewart 7'aUs (1893) 92. Elg. Cramond Scss.
Jiec. (1897) 203. Nhb. After slockenin' his thrist, Graham Jicil
Scaur (1896") 334.
Hence Thristy or Thrusty, adj. thirsty.
Sc. Tlie thristie thistle must no longer stay, Klse might she suck
my sweetness all away, Maidment Spolliswoode Misc. (1844 5) I.
183. Sh.I. Castin' [peats] wis aye tristy wark, S/i. News iMay
22, 1897). Slk. Awmrose, ma man, I'm thrusty— yill. Cur.
North A'of/« led. 1856) III. 199. n.Cy.(HALL.), N.Cy.', ne.Lan.',
Shr.' Hrf. I'm very thrusty, Kound Frovhic. (i876>.
2. Phr. an aiild moon mist never dees o' Ihrist, a mist
round an 'old' moon always foretells rain. Gall. Mac-
TAGGART Encycl. (1824) 212, ed. 1876. 3. v. To cause
thirst.
Sh.I. Yon corne o' saut pork 'ill be tristin' you. Will doo hae
a can o' swatts! Sli. News (Apr. 27, 1901).
THRIST, i^.^ and 56.* Sc. Nhb. Also in form.s threast
Nhb.»; trist S.& Ork.'Or.I. lt>rist.J 1. f. To thrust,
push ; to press, squeeze, hug ; to wring. A dial, form of
'thrust.'
Sh.I. 1 wid trist her i" my bossum, Stewart Tales (1892) 248;
S. & Ork.', Or. I. (S.A.S.) Slk. I heard a kind o' rubbing and
thristing, as a fox or foumart had been drawing himsel through a
hole aneath the ground, Hogg Tales (1838) 663, ed. 1866.
2. sb. A thrust; a push.
Rxb. (Jam.) Nhb.' Esp. applied to the internal sensation of
pain in the bowels felt on pressure. ' Aa feel a thrist.'
3. A squeeze, hug.
Sh.I. I wid trist her i' my bossum ; for I wid gie her a kiss wi'
every trist, .Stewart Tales (1892) 248.
4. The action of the jaws in squeezing the juice from a
quid of tobacco.
Rxb. Whiles as thou dries the tither thrist, A. Scon Poems {ei.
1811 , lor (Jam.).
THRIST, v.^ n.Sc. (Jam.) To spin, esp. in phr. to
lluisi a thread.
THRISTLE, sb} Sc. Irel. Nhb. Dur. Shr. Dev. Cor.
Also written thrissel Sc. (Jam.) Nhb.'; and in forms
thirssle Cai." ; thirstle Shr. Dev. Cor.; thrishell Dev.^
[firi-sl.] 1. The song-thrush, Turdus musicus. See
Throstle, s6.', Thrustle.
Shr. SwAiNSON BiV(/5 (1885) 3. Dev.' Dev., Cor. SwAiNSONii.
2. Comp. (i) Thristle-cock, (a) the song-thrush, Turdus
tuusicus ; (6) the common bunting, Eniberiza miliaria ; (2)
■cock-lairag, see (i, b).
(I) Sc. (Jam.) ; The thristlecock is the bonniest bird Sings on
the evening gale, Scott Minstrelsy (1802) III. 33, ed. 1848. Nhb.'
Dur. The Thristle-cock sings in the glen, Bislioprick Garl. (1834)
57. (A) N.I.' (a) Cai.>
THRISTLE, sb.' Sc. Irel. Nhb. Dur. Yks. Also
written thrisle Sc. (Jam.); thrissel e.Fif Bwk. n.Ir. Nhb.';
thrissill Sc. (Jam.) ; thrissle Sc. Dur.' ; and in forms
thrusle Lnk. ; thrussel Nhb.; thrustle Dmi". m.Yks.'
[}>risl.] A dial, form of ' thistle.'
Sc. He's nae gentleman . . . wad grudge . . . the thristles by the
road-side for a bit cuddy, Scorr Guy M. (1815) iii. Frf. Auld
Scotland's burrie thristle Has never lost ac single bristle. Smart
Rhymes (1834) 166. Per. Haliburton iOioiiar (1895) 63. Fif.
Nae thrisles here your thumbs to prick, Douglas Po^wis (1806)
145. e.Fif. It was mair fruitfu" o' thrissels an' weebos than o'aits
VOL. VI.
an' tawtics, I.atto Tarn Bodkin (1864) i. Ayr. Paint Scotland
Rrcctin owrc her thrissle, livKKS Author's Ciy (1786) St. 7. Lnk.
Dry't the heads o' whins an' thruslcs, Nicholson Kiluuiliiie
(189s) 35. Bwk. Calder Poems (1897 81. Dmf. He knockil aflf
the beds o' twa or three thrusllcs, Ponder Kirkcumdoon (1873)
23. n.Ir. Where good corn was planted Big thrissels grew.
Lays and Leg. (1884) 8. Nhb. B'yckt milk is m'yed be boilin the
paps iv a coo in milky Ihrussels, Chater TynisideAlm. ,1869) 40;
Nhb.', Dur.', ni.Vks.'
Hence Thrissly or Thristly, adj. (i) abounding in
thistles ; bristly ; (3)/iff. testy, crabbed.
(i) Elg. Dapplin' on his camseach chin His thristly honours
grew, CouPER Pot)ns (1804) II. 80. Gall. Reapers who have the
bad luck to reap thrisly corn, Mactaggart Encyct. (1824) 58, ed.
1876. (2) n.Sc. (Jam.)
[Vpune the awfull Thrissill scho beheld, And saw him
kepit with a busche of speiris, Dunbar Poems (c. 1510),
ed. Small, U. 187.)
THRIV-, see Thrave, sb.
THRIVANCE, sb. Obs. Sc. Prosperity, success.
Gall. 'Tis thine the poor man's peace to earn, Wi' thrivance to
each dauted bairn, Nicholson Poet. Wks. (1814) 15a, ed. 1897.
THRIVE, V. and sb.' Var. dial, uses in Sc. Irel. and
Eng. [[Jraiv, Midi. })roiv.] I. v. Gram, forms.
1. Preterite: (i) Thrave, (2) Threave, (3) Threav(v, (4)
Threeve, (5) Throv, (6) Thruv, (7 1 Trave.
(i) Cai.' Abd. Their grandmothers thrave upo' brose. Walker
BardsBoii-Accord^i86T ^zg. Ayr. He had gotten a rest from physick
and thrave, Service Dr. Duguid (ed. 1887) 124. Edb. I thrave
sae ill, Fergusson Poems (1773) 106, ed. 1785. Kcb. They thrave
amain. Trotter Gait. Gossip (1901) 312. n.Yks.* They thrave
badly. ne.Yks.' 34, w.Yks.'''^ (2) Fif. He never threave nor did
guid efter that, Melvill Autobiog. (1610) 127, ed. 1842. (3)
Cum.''* (4) Abd. Threeve in trade, Anderson Poems (ed. 1826)
51. '5) m.Yks.' /h/)0(/. 4a. Nhp.* (6) Ir. No schoolmaster ever
thruv in . . . Findramore, Carleton Traits Peas. (ed. 1843) 204.
Not.', Lei.', W&r.'' lulrod. (7) Sh.I. Simon o' Gott never trave,
Stewart Tales (1892) 32.
