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Tackets, a kind of nails for driving into the heels of shoes Tae, a toe; three tae'd, having three prongs Tairge, a target

Tak, to take: takin, taking Tamtallan, the name of a mountain

Tangle, a sea-weed
Tap, the top

Tapetless, heedless; foolish Tarrow, to murmur at one's allowance

Tarrow't, murmured
Tarry-breeks, a sailor
Tanld, or Tald, told
Taupie, a foolish, thoughtless
young person

Tauted, or Tautie, matted together; spoken of hair or wool

Tawie, that allows itself peaceably to be handled; spoken of a horse, cow, &c. Teat, a small quantity Teen, to provoke; provocation Tedding, spreading after the

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Throuther, pell-mell; confusedly

Thud, to make a loud, intermit-
tent noise
Thumpit, thumped
Thysel, thyself
Till't, to it

Timmer, timber

Tine, to loose; tint, lost
Tinkler, a tinker

Tint the gate, lost the way
Tip, a ram

Tippence, twopence

Tirl, to make a slight noise; to uncover

Tirlin, uncovering
Tither, the other
Tittle, to whisper
Tittlin, whispering
Tocher, marriage portion
Tod, a fox

Toddle, to totter; like the walk of a child

Toddlin, tottering
Toom, empty; to empty
Toop, a ram

Toun, a hamlet; a farm-house
Tout, the blast of a horn or
trumpet; to blow a horn, &c.
Tow, a rope
Towmond, a twelvemonth
Towzie, rough and shaggy
Toy, a very old fashion of female
head-dress

Toyte, to totter like old age
Transmugrified, transmigrated,
matamorphosed
Trashtrie, trash
Trews, trousers
Trickie, full of tricks
Trig, spruce; neat
Trimly, excellently
Trow, to believe
Trowth, truth; a petty oath
Tryste, an appointment; a fair
Trysted, appointed; to tryste;
to make an appointment

Thack, thatch; thack an' rape, Try't, tried clothing necessaries

Thae, these

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Thieveless, cold; dry; spited: spoken of a person's

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Thirled, thrilled; vibrated
Thole, to suffer; to endure
Thowe, a thaw; to thaw
Thowless, slack; lazy
Thrang, throng; a crowd
Thrapple, throat; windpipe
Thrave, twenty-four sheaves or
two shocks of corn; a con-
siderable number

Thraw, to sprain; to twist; to contradict

Thrawin, twisting, &c. Thrawn, sprained; twisted; contradicted

Tug, raw hide, of which in old times plough-traces were frequently made Tulzie, a quarrel; to quarrel; to fight Twa, two Twa-three, a few Twad, it would "Twal, twelve

worth, a small pennie worth. penny English is Twin, to part Tyke, a dog

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twal-penniequantity, a N. B. One 12d. Scotch

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Vap'rin, vapouring Vera, very

Virl, a ring round a column, &c. Vittle, corn of all kinds; food

W.

Wa', wall; wa's; walls
Wabster, a weaver
Wad, would; to bet; a pledge
Wadna, would not

Wae, wo; sorrowful
Waefu', woful;

wailing

sorrowful;

Waesucks! or waes me! alas! O the pity

Waft, the cross thread that goes from the shuttlethrough the web; woof

Wair, to lay out; to expend
Wale, choice; to choose
Waled, chose; chosen

Walie, ample: large; jolly;
also an interjection of distress
Wame, the belly
Wamefu', a belly full
Wanchancie, unlucky
Wanrestfu', restless
Wark, work

Wark-lume, a tool to work with

Warl, or warld: world
Warlock, a wizard
Warly, worldly;

amassing wealth

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Wee things, little ones Wee bit, a small matter Weel, well

Weelfare, welfare

Weet, rain; wetness
Weird, fate

We'se, we shall

Wha, who

Whaizle, to wheeze
Whalpit, whelped

See

Whang, a leathern string: a piece of cheese, bread, &c., to give the strappado

Whare, where

Whare'er, wherever

Wheep, to fly nimbly; jerk; penny-wheep; small beer Whase, whose

Whatreek, nevertheless

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ments; trifling appendages Whissle, a whistle; to whistle Whisht, silence; to hold one's whist; to be silent

Whisk, to sweep; to lash
Whiskit, lashed

Wimpl't, meandered
Wimplin, waving; meandering
Win, to win: to winnow
Win't, winded as a bottom of
yarn
Win', wind
Win's, winds
Winna, will not
Winnock, a widow
Winsome, hearty: vaunted;
Wintle, a staggering motion;
to stagger; to reel
Winze, an oath
Wiss, to wish
Withoutten, without

Whitter, a hearty draught of Wizen'd, hide-bound; dried;

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Wonner, a wonder; a contemp-
tuous appellation
Wons, dwells
Woo', wool

Woodie, a rope, more properly
one made of withes or willows
Wooer-bab, the garter knotted
below the knee with a couple
of loops
Wordy, worthy
Worset, worsted

Wrang, wrong; to wrong
Wreeth, a drifted heap of snow
Wud, mad; distracted
Wumble, a wimble
Wyle, to beguile
Wyliecoat, a flannel vest
Wyte, blame; to blame

Y.

Yad, an old mare; a worn-out horse

Ye, this pronoun is frequently used for thou

Yearns, longs much

Yearlings, born in the same year; coevals

Year is used both for singular and plural years

Yearn, earn; an eagle; an ospray

Yell, barren; that gives no milk Yerk, to lash: to jerk Yerkit, jerked; lashed Yestreen, yesternight Yett, a gate, such as is usually at the entrance into a farmyard or field

Wow, an exclamation of plea- Yill, alert sure or wonder

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Yird, earth

Yokin; yokin; a bout
Yont, beyond

Yoursel, yourself
Yowe, an ewe

Yowie, diminutive of yowe
Yule, Christmas

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