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TIMMER, _s._
1. Timber, S.
Sw. _timmer_, id.
2. A legal quant.i.ty of forty skins packed up within two boards of _timber_.
_Skene._
~Timmertuned~, _adj._ Having a harsh unmusical voice, S.
TIMMING, TEMMING, _s._ A kind of coa.r.s.e thin woollen cloth, S.
_Stat. Acc._
Fr. _etamine_, id.
TYMPANE, _s._ The sistrum.
_Douglas._
Lat. _tympanum_.
TIN, _s._ Loss.
_Sir Tristrem._
TINCh.e.l.l, TINCHEL, _s._ A circle of sportsmen, who, by surrounding a great s.p.a.ce, and gradually narrowing, brought great quant.i.ties of deer together.
_Pittscotie._
Ir. Gael. _tinchioll_, circuit, compa.s.s.
_To_ TYND, _v. n._ To kindle.
V. ~Teind~.
~Tynd~, _s._ A spark.
TYND, _s._
1. A harrow-tooth, S.
Isl. _tindr_, Su. G. _tinne_, id.
2. One course of the harrow over a field, S.
3. _Tyndis_, _s. pl._ The horns of a hart.
_Douglas._
Su. G. _tinne_, any thing sharp like a tooth.
TINDE, _s. On tinde_, in a collected state.
Isl. _tynt_, collectum.
_Sir Tristrem._
_To_ TINE, TYNE, _v. a._
1. To lose.
_Wallace._
2. To forfeit.
_Acts Ja. I._
3. To kill or destroy.
_Wyntown._
4. _To tine the saddle_, to lose all, S.
Isl. _tyn-ast_, perdere.
_Baillie._
~Tineman~, _s._ An appellation given to one of the Lords of Douglas, from his being unfortunate in losing almost all his _men_ in battle.
_G.o.dscroft._
~Tynar~, ~Tiner~, _s._ A loser, S.
_Acts Ja. V._
~Tynsaill~, ~Tinsall~, ~Tynsell~, _s._
