An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 873

~Thair-but~, _adv._ In an outer apartment; also, _the-but_, S.

_Many._

Teut. _daer-binnen_, intro, intus. Belg. _daar-buyten_, without that place.

~Thairby~, ~Thare-by~, _adv._

1. Thereabout, as to place.

_Barbour._

2. Thereabout, regarding time, S.

_Wynt._

3. Denoting number or quality, S.

Belg. _daerbey_, ad hoc, penes, prope.

~Thair-doun~, ~Ther doun~, _adv._ Downwards, S.

_Dunbar._

~Thair-east~, _adv._ In the east, towards the east, S.

_Baillie._

~Thairfurth~, _adv._ In the open air, S.

_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._

~Thairintill~, _ad._ Therein.

_Acts Sed._

~Thairour~, ~Thar our~, _adv._ On the other side, in relation to a river,

_Wallace._

~Thairowt~, ~Tharout~, _adv._ Without; denoting exclusion from a place, S.

_Wall._

_To lie thairout_, to lie in the open air during night, S.

~Thairtill~, ~Thertyll~, _adv._ Thereto.

_Douglas._

~Thair up~, _adv._ Out of bed.

_G. Buchanan._

THAK, _s._

1. Thatch, a covering of straw, rushes, &c., _thack_, S.

_Douglas._

_Thack and rape_, the covering of a stack, S.

_Burns._

_In thack an' rape_, in order.

_Burns._

_Out of aw thack and raip_, applied to one who acts quite in a disorderly way, S.

2. The covering of a roof, whatever be the materials.

_Acts Ja. V._

A. S. _thac_, _thaec_, Isl. _thak_, Lat. _tectum_.

_To_ ~Thak~, ~Thack~, _v. a._ To thatch, S.

~Thakburd~, _s._ The thatch-board, the roof.

_Barbour._

THAN, _adv._ Then, at that time, S.

_Barbour._

_Be than_, by that time; _Or than_, before that time.

V. ~Be than~.

THANE, THAYNE, _s._

1. A t.i.tle of honour, used among the ancient Scots, which seems to have been at first equivalent to Lat. _comes_, as denoting presidency in a county, and sometimes in a province; as well as the command of the forces, and collection of the royal revenues raised in the district.

_Wyntown._