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Su. G. _tog-a_, trahere, ducere; q. allowing itself to be led.
TAWIS, TAWES, TAWS,
1. A whip, a lash.
_Douglas._
Isl. _taug_, _tag_, vimen, lorum.
2. The ferula used by a schoolmaster, S. _tawse_.
_Montgomerie._
3. An instrument of correction of whatever kind, S.
_Ramsay._
_To_ ~Taz~, _v. a._ To whip, to scourge, to belabour, S. B.
_Gl. s.h.i.+rr._
TAWM, _s._ A fit of ill-humour, so as to render one unmanageable, S.
Gael. _taom_, a fit of sickness, madness, or pa.s.sion.
TAWNLE, TAANLE, _s._ A large fire, kindled at night about Midsummer, especially at the time of Beltein, S. O.
_Statist. Acc._
C. B. _tanial_, to set on fire, _tannli_, a fire glow, _tanlhuyth_, a burning flame.
TAWPY, _s._ A foolish woman.
V. ~Taupie~.
TAWSY, _s._ A cup or bowl.
V. ~Tais~.
_Evergreen._
TEAGIE, _s._ A designation for a cow.
V. ~Taigie~.
_To_ TEAL, TILL, _v. a._ To wheedle, to inveigle by flattery, Ang.
_Chr. S. P._
Su. G. _tael-ja_, Isl. _tael-a_, pellicere, decipere.
~Tealer~, ~Tealer~ _on_, _s._ One who entices, Ang.
TEASICK, _s._ A consumption; E. _phthysick_, id.
_Montgomerie._
TEAZLE, _s._ A severe brush.
V. ~Taissle~.
TEBBITS, _s. pl._ Sensation.
V. ~Tabbets~.
TEDD, _adj._ Ravelled, entangled, S. B.
Su. G. _tudd-a_, intricare.
TEE, _s._
1. A mark set up in playing at coits, &c. S. B.
Isl. _ti-a_, demonstrare, Teut. _tijgh-en_, indicare.
2. The nodule of earth, from which a ball is struck off at the hole in the play of golf. S.
_Ramsay._
_To_ ~Tee~, _v. a._ _To tee a ball_, to raise it a little on a nodule of earth, giving it the proper direction, S.
_Ramsay._
TEE, _adv._ Too, also. Aberd.
