An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 858
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 858
Isl. _tek-ia_, captura.
_Monroe._
TACK, TAKKE, TACKE, _s._
1. A lease, S.
_Acts Ja. II._
2. Possession for a time, S.
~Tacksman~, _s._
1. One who holds a lease, S.
_Erskine._
2. In the Highlands, a tenant of the higher cla.s.s.
_Stat. Acc._
TACKET, _s._ A nail for the shoe, S.; E. _tack_, id.
_Morison._
TACKIT. _Tongue-tackit_, _adj._ Having the tip of the tongue fastened by a small film, S.
2. Tongue-tied, S.
TAE, _s._
1. The toe, S. A. Bor.
2. p.r.o.ng of a fork, &c. S.
TAFFIL, TAIFLE, _s._ A table, S. B.
Germ. _tafel_, tabula cujuscunque generis.
_Spalding._
TAFT, TAFTAN, _s._ A messuage, S. B.
Su. G. _tofft_, Isl. _topt-r_, area domus.
TAG, _s._
1. A latchet, S.
2. Any thing used for tying, S.
_Balfour._
3. A long and thin slice, S.
4. In pl. Trumpery.
_Chron. S. P._
TAGGIT, _part. pa._ Confined.
_Priests Peb._
TAGGLIT, _adj._ Hara.s.sed; enc.u.mbered, S. B.
V. ~Taigle~.
TAY, TAE, _s._ A toe, S.
_Douglas._
A. S. _ta_, id.
TAID, _s._ A toad, S.
A. S. _tade_.
TAIDREL, _s._ A puny creature.
_Polwart._
A. S. _tedre_, imbecillis.
TAIGIE, TEAGIE, TYGIE, _s._ A cow with some white hairs in her tail, Fife; also _taigit_.
_A. Douglas._