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_To_ TAK THE GATE, _v. n._ to go off on a journey.
_To_ TAK-ON, _v. a._ to buy on credit.
TALE-PIET, _s._ a tale-bearer: a tattler.
TAM, TAMMIE, TAMMAS, _s._ Thomas.
TANGLE, _s._ an icicle; the large _fuci_ or sea plant.
TANGS, TAINGS, _s._ tongs.
TANTRUMS, _s._ high airs; exhibiting a proud and dignified aspect.
_To_ TAPE, _v. a._ to use sparingly.
TAPPIE-TOORIE, _s._ anything erected on a slight, tottering foundation.
TAPPIT-HEN, _s._ a crested hen; a quart measure of ale or beer with a top of foam.
TARRY, _s._ delay.
TARRY-FINGERED, _adj._ light-fingered; a thief.
TARTAN, _s._ cloth chequered of various colours, and originally worn only in the Highlands, every clan adopting its own peculiar tartan.
_To_ TASH, _v. a._ to tuffle; to soil.
TATE, TAIT, _s._ a very small portion of any dry substance.
TATTER-WALLOPS, TAUTER-WALLOPS, _s. pl._ rags fluttering in the wind.
TATTIES, _s. pl_, potatoes.
TAULD, _adj._ told.
TAUPIE, TAWPIE, _s._ an inactive, silly, and slovenly woman.
TAWIS, TAWES, _s._ a whip; a lash; the ferula used by a schoolmaster.
TEAZLE, _s._ a severe brush; an onset.
_To_ TEET, _v. n._ to peer; to look with the eyes half shut.
TEHEE, _s._ a loud laugh.
TEINDS, _s. pl._ t.i.thes.
_To_ TEND, _v_. to guard.
TENEMENT, _s._ a house, sometimes applied to one containing several separate dwellings under one roof.
TENT, _s._ care; attention.
_To_ TENT, _v. n._ to attend.
_To_ TENT, _v. a._ to observe; to remark; to put a value upon.
TENTLESS, _adj._ inattentive.
TERCER, _s._ a widow living upon a terce.
TEUCH, TEUGH, _adj._ tough.
_To_ TEYME, TEME, TUME, _v. a._ to empty.
THACK, THEIK, _s._ thatch.
THAFTS, _s. pl._ the benches of a boat.
THAIRANENT, _adv._ concerning that.
THAIRATTOUR, _adv._ concerning.
THAIRBEN, _adv._ in an inner apartment of a house.
THAIRM, _s._ the belly.
THAN, _adv._ then; at that time.
THANE, THAYNE, _s._ an ancient Scottish t.i.tle of honour, denoting presidency in a county or province.
THEE, THEY, _s._ thigh.
THEGITHER, _adv._ together.
_To_ THEIK, _v. a._ to cover with straw; to thatch.
THEIVIL, _s._ a porridge-stick, or stick for stirring broth while boiling.
THEN, _conj_. than.
THEWLESS, THOULESS, THIEVLESS, _adj._ unprofitable; useless; feeble.
THICK, _adj._ intimate; familiar.
THIR, _p.r.o.n. pl_. these.
THIRL, _s._ to bind; to enslave.
