glossary
tack, possession, lease.
tacket, shoe-nail.
tae, to.
tae, toe.
tae'd, toed.
taed, toad.
taen, taken.
taet, small quantity.
tairge, to target.
tak, take.
tald, told.
tane, one in contrast to other.
tangs, tongs.
tap, top.
tapetless, senseless.
tapmost, topmost.
tappet-hen, a crested hen-shaped bottle holding three quarts of
claret.
tap-pickle, the grain at the top of the stalk.
topsalteerie, topsy-turvy.
targe, to examine.
tarrow, to tarry; to be reluctant, to murmur; to weary.
tassie, a goblet.
tauk, talk.
tauld, told.
tawie, tractable.
tawpie, a foolish woman.
tawted, matted.
teats, small quantities.
teen, vexation.
tell'd, told.
temper-pin, a fiddle-peg; the regulating pin of the spinning-wheel.
tent, heed.
tent, to tend; to heed; to observe.
tentie, watchful, careful, heedful.
tentier, more watchful.
tentless, careless.
tester, an old silver coin about sixpence in value.
teugh, tough.
teuk, took.
thack, thatch; thack and rape = the covering of a house, and so, home
necessities.
thae, those.
thairm, small guts; catgut (a fiddle-string).
theckit, thatched.
thegither, together.
thick, v. pack an' thick.