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Leighton, Revised by Alexander

"Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIV."


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; destitute of ear.
TINCHELL, TINCHEL, _s._ a circle of sportsmen, who, by
surrounding an extensive space, gradually closing, bring a
number of deer and game within a narrow compass.
_To_ TINE, TYNE, _v.


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