An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language - LightNovelsOnl.com
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_To_ TUSH, _v. n._ To express displeasure.
_Rutherford._
E. _tush_, Su. G. _tyst_, silens; _tyst-a_, silere.
TUSK, _s._ The _torsk_ of Pennant, S.
Isl. _thosk-r_, asellus.
_Martin._
TUSKER, _s._ An instrument made of iron, with a wooden handle, for casting peats, Orkn.
Perhaps, q. _twaeskaer_, Sw. _twae_, two, and _skaer-a_, to cut.
TUSSOCK (_of wheat_), _s._ A tuft of wheat in a corn-field, generally owing to the vegetating of the nest or granary of a field-mouse, Loth.
C. B. _tusw_, a tuft; _tuswawg_, having a wisp or bundle.
_To_ TUTE, _v. n._ To jut out, to project, S. B.
~Tute~, _s._ A jutting out, a projection, S. B.
Su. G. _tut_, Teut. _tuyte_, rostrum, a beak.
~Tute-mowitt~, _adj._ Having the nether jaw projected.
_Dunbar._
Teut. _tuyte-muyl_, having the nether jaw projecting more than the upper.
TUTIE TATIE, _interj._ Pshaw.
Isl. _taut-a_, murmurare.
TUTIVILLARIS, _s. pl._ Perh. rustics.
Ir. _tuatamhail_, _tuatavail_, rustic.
TUTIWING, _s._ L. _tutilling_, a blast or blowing of a horn.
V. ~Toot~.
_Barbour._
TUT-MUTE, _s._ A muttering or grumbling between parties, that has not yet a.s.sumed the form of a broil, S. B.
Teut. _tuyt-en_, to buzz; _muyt-en_, Su. G. _mutt-a_, to mutter.
TWA, TUAY, TWAY, _adj._ Two, S.
_Wyntown._
Moes. G. _twa_, _twai_, A. S. _twa_, id.
~Twa-faced~, _adj._ Double, deceitful, S.
~Twa-fald~, ~Twa-fawld~, _adj._ Double, twofold, S.
_Wyntown._
A. S. _twe-feald_, Sw. _twefallt_, duplex.
~Twa-handed crack~, a familiar conversation between two persons, S.
~Twa part~, two-thirds.
_Douglas._
_The twa part and third_, i. e. two-thirds, S. B.
~Twasum~, _adj._ Two in company.
V. ~Sum~, _term_.
~Twa-three~, _s._ A few, S. q. _two or three_.
TWAY, _adj._ Two.
V. ~Twa~.
TWAL, _adj._ Twelve, S.
_Barbour._
_To_ TWEDDLE, TWEEL, _v. a._ To work cloth in such a manner, that the woof appears to cross the warp vertically, kersey-wove, S.
