An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language - LightNovelsOnl.com
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TONE, _part. pa._ Taken.
_Dunbar._
TONGUE-FERDY, _adj._ Loquacious, glib of the tongue, Ang.
Su. G. _tung_, lingua, and _faerdig_, paratus.
TONGUE-RAKE, _s._ Elocution, S.
Su. G. _tung_, and _rek-a_, vagari.
_To_ TOOBER, _v. a._ To beat, to strike, S. O. _tabour_, E. and Loth.
Fr. _tabour-er_, to strike or b.u.mp on the posteriors, q. as on a drum.
~Toober~, _s._ A quarrel, S. O.
TOOFALL, _s._
V. ~To-fall~.
TOOLYE, _s._ A broil.
_To_ ~Toolye~, _v. n._ To quarrel.
V. ~Tuilyie~.
TOOM, _adj._ Empty.
V. ~Tume~.
_To_ TOOT, TOUT, _v. a._ To blow or sound a horn, S.
_Fountainhall._
Su. G. _tut-a_, Isl. _taut-a_, ululare; Su. G. _tuta i horn_, to blow a horn.
_To_ ~Toot~, _v. n._
1. To cry by prolonging the voice, S.
_Urquhart._
2. To make a plaintive noise, as when a child cries loud and mournfully, S.
~Toot~, ~Tout~, _s._ The blast of a horn or trumpet, S.
_Ramsay._
~Touting horn~, a horn for blowing, S.
_J. Nicol_
_To_ TOOT, _v. n._ To express dissatisfaction or contempt.
Isl. _taut-a_, murmurare.
TOOTHFU', _s. To tak a toothfu'_, to take a moderate quant.i.ty of strong liquor, S.
_J. Nicol._
TOOT-NET, _s._ A large fis.h.i.+ng-net anch.o.r.ed, Ang.
_Law Case._
Belg. _tootebel_, a certain square net.
~Tootsman~, _s._ One who gives warning, by a cry, to haul the _toot-net_, S.
TOP OUR TAILL, _adv._ Topsyturvy.
_Lyndsay._
TOP ANNUEL, a certain annuity paid from lands or houses.
_Acts Marie._
_To_ TOPE, _v. a._ To oppose.
_Baillie._
TOPFAW, _s._ Soil that has _fallen_ in, or sunk from the _surface_, Fife.
TO-PUTTER, _s._ Taskmaster.
