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.