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._ tithes.
_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.
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