An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 860

An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 860

Teut. _tier-en_, vociferare.


_To_ TAIS, _v. a._ To poise.


_Douglas._


O. Fr. _tes-er_, to bend a bow.


TAIS, TAS, Ta.s.sE, _s._ A cup, S. Alem.


Fr. _ta.s.se_, id.


_Douglas._


~Ta.s.sie~, _s._ A cup, S. O.


_Burns._


TAISSLE, TEASLE, _s._


1. The fatigue and derangement of dress, produced by walking against a boisterous wind, S.


_Ross._


2. A severe brush, S.


A. S. _taes-an_, to tease, whence _taesl_, fullers thistle, used in raising a nap.


_To_ TAIST, _v. n._ To grope.


_Barbour._


Belg. _tast-en_, Su. G. _tast-a_, id.


TAISTE, _s._ The black guillemot.


V. ~Tyste~.


TAIT, TYTE, _adj._ Gay.


_Douglas._


Isl. _teit-r_, hilaris, exultans.


TAIT, _s._ A small portion.


V. ~Tate~.


_To_ TAIVER, _v. n._


1. To wander.


V. ~Dauren~.


2. To rave as mad, S.


Teut. _toover-en_, incantare.


~Taiversum~, _adj._ Tiresome, S.


~Taivert~, _part. adj._ Fatigued, S.


TAIVERS, _s. pl._ Tatters; as, boiled to _taivers_, Fife.


_To_ TAK, _v. a._ To take, S.


_To_ ~Tak~ _upon_, _v. a._ To conduct ones self.


_To_ ~Tak~ _in hand, v. a._ To make prisoner.


_Barbour._


_To_ ~Tak~ _on, v. a._ To buy on credit, S.


_To_ ~Tak~ _on, v. n._ To enlist, S.


_Spalding._


_To_ ~Tak~ _on hand, v. n._


1. To affect state.


_Wallace._


2. To undertake.


_Barbour._


_To_ ~Tak~ _the fute, v. n._ To begin to walk as a child, S.