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_Wyntown._
THWAYNG, _s._ A thong, S. _whang_.
_Wyntown._
A. S. _thw.a.n.g_, Isl. _thweing_, id.
THWARTER-ILL.
V. ~Thorter-ill~.
TYAL, _s._ Any thing used for tying a latchet. S. B.
Isl. _tigill_, ligula.
TYBER, _s._ Perh. warrior.
_Sir Gawan._
Isl. _tifar_, viri alacres.
TIBRIC, TIBRICK, _s._ The young of the coal-fish, Orkn.
_Stat. Acc._
TICHT, _pret._ Tied.
V. ~Tight~.
_To_ TICK, _v. n._ To click, as a watch, S.
Belg. _tikk-en_, id.
TICK, TICKER, _s._
1. A dot of any kind, S.
Teut. _tick_, punctus.
2. A very small spot on the skin, S. B.
V. ~Teicher~.
TICKET, _s._ A pat, a slight stroke, S.
Belg. _tik_, a pat, _tikk-en_, to pat.
TID, _s._
1. Proper time, season, S.
2. Humour, S. as, _I'm just in the tid_.
_Ferguson._
A. S. Su. G. _tid_, time, season.
_To_ ~Tid~, _v. a._ To choose the proper season, S.
TID, TYD, _v. impers._ Happened.
_Doug._
A. S. _tid-an_, Su. G. _tid-a_, contingere.
TYDY, TYDIE, _adj._
1. Neat, S.
2. Plump, fat, S.
_Douglas._
3. Lucky, favourable.
_Ramsay._
Su. G. _tidig_, decorus; Teut. _tydigh_, in season, ripe.
TIFT, _s._ Condition, plight, S.
_Wodrow._
Isl. _tif-a, tyf-a_, ma.n.u.s celeriter movere.
_To_ ~Tift~, _v. a._ To put in order, S. B.
