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THIRLWALL, _s._ the name given to the wall between England and Scotland thrown up by Severus.
THO, _adv._ at that time.
_To_ THOLE, _v. n._ to bear; to endure; to suffer.
THON, _adv._ yonder; yon.
THOUELL, _s._ the nitch in which the oars of a boat work.
THOUGHT, THOUGHTY, _s._ a moment.
_To_ THOW, _v. n._ to thaw.
THOWLESS, _adj._ inactive.
_To_ THRAPPLE, _v. a._ to throttle.
THRAW, _s._ a pang; an agony.
THRAW-CRUK, _s._ an instrument for twisting straw or hair ropes.
THRAWIN, _part. adj_. distorted.
_To_ THREPE, _v. n._ to aver pertinaciously; to argue; to persist.
THRESUM, _adj._ three together.
THRETTY, _adj._ thirty.
THRIFTY, _adj._ industrious and economical.
THROPILL, THRAPILL, _s._ the windpipe.
THUD, _s._ a dull noise.
THUMBIKINS, _s._ an instrument of torture applied as a screw to the thumbs to force the sufferer to confess or divulge a secret, etc.
THUMBLICKING, _s._ an ancient mode of confirming a bargain by the parties licking their thumbs and then placing them against each other.
TIBBIE, _s._ Elizabeth.
TICK, TICKER, _s._ a dot.
_To_ TICK, _v. n._ to click as a clock or watch.
TID, _s._ humour.
_To_ TID, _v. n._ To choose the proper time.
TIFT, _s._ the act of quarrelling; a hasty fit of ill humour.
_To_ TIG, _v. n._ to touch lightly; a game played by children.
TIKE, TYKE, _s._ a cur; a dog; a rough bad-tempered fellow.
TIL, TIYL, _prep._ to.
TILL, _adv._ while; during the time that.
TIME-ABOUT, _adj._ alternately.
TIMMER, _s._ timber.
TIMMER-TUNED, _adj._ unmusical; dest.i.tute of ear.
TINCh.e.l.l, TINCHEL, _s._ a circle of sportsmen, who, by surrounding an extensive s.p.a.ce, gradually closing, bring a number of deer and game within a narrow compa.s.s.
_To_ TINE, TYNE, _v. a._ to lose.
TINT, _pret_. of To lose.
_To_ TIRL, _s._ to give a stroke.
TIRLESS, TIRLa.s.s, _s._ a lattice; a wicket.
TIRLIEWIRLIE, _s._ a whirligig.
_To_ TIRR, TIRLE, _v. a._ to tear; to uncover.
TIRRIVEE, _s._ a fit of pa.s.sion.
TIRWIRR, TIRRWIRRING, _adj._ habitually growling.
t.i.tTY, _s._ a sister.
TO, _adv._ shut. The door is _to_, i.e. shut.
TOCHER, _s._ the dowry brought by a wife.
TOCHERLESS, _adj._ dest.i.tute of portion.
TOD, _s._ a fox.
TODLE, TODDLE, _v. n._ to walk in a tottering manner, or with short unsteady steps.
TODDY, _s._ whisky, sugar, and hot water.
TODDY-LADLE, _s._ a small ladle of wood or silver used in filling a gla.s.s from a tumbler in which toddy is made.
