An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language - LightNovelsOnl.com
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TURCHIE, _adj._ Short and thick, squat, Perths.
Gael. _dorcha_, gross; or radically the same with ~Durgy~.
TURc.u.mE, _s._ Clotted filth.
_Lyndsay._
C. B. _tywarchen_, a covering, a stratum, Owen; clotty, Richards.
t.u.r.dION, _s._ A species of galliard or gay dance; Fr. _tordion_.
_Compl. S._
TURKAS, TURKES, TURKESSE, _s._ Pincers, nippers, S.
_Dunbar._
Arm. _turcques_, _turkes_, id.
TURN, _s._ _To do the turn_.
1. To perform any piece of work or business, S.
_Reg. Maj._
2. To be sufficient for any purpose; to give satisfaction, S.
_Ross._
TURNER, _s._ A copper coin, formerly current in S., in value two pennies Scots money, and equivalent to a _Bodle_.
_Spalding._
Fr. _tournois_, the _tenth_ part of a penny Sterling.
TURNGREYS, _s._ A winding stair.
_Wallace._
Fr. _tourn-er_, to turn, and _gre_, a step.
TURN-TAIL, _s._ A fugitive.
_Spalding._
TURNE-PYK, TURNEPECK, TURNPIKE, _s._
1. The winding stair of a castle.
_Wyntown._
2. Any stair of a spiral form, built without a house, S.
_Cant._
Teut. _torn_, a tower; _baecke_, a place for observation.
_To_ TURS, TURSS, _v. a._
1. To pack up in a bale or bundle, S.
2. To carry off hastily.
_Wallace._
3. To take one's self off quickly.
_Doug._
4. _To turss furth_, to bring out what has been kept in store.
_Wallace._
~Tursable~, _adj._ What may be carried away.
_Spalding._
TURTOUR, TURTURE, _s._ The turtle-dove.
Lat. _turtur_.
_King's Quair._
TUSCHe, _s._ A girdle.
V. ~Tische~.
