An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 863

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An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language



An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 863


Lat. _tapetes_.


TAPISHT, _part. pa._ In a lurking state.


Fr. _tapp.i.s.s-ant_, lurking.


_A. Hume._


TAPONE-STAFF, _s._ The stave in which the bung-hole is.


_Acts C. II._


Q. _tapping-staff_.


TAPOUN, _s._ A long fibre at a root, S. B.


Belg. _tappen_, to draw out.


_Baillie._


TAPPIE-TOUSIE, _s._ A play among children, S., exhibiting a memorial of the ancient feudal mode of receiving a person as a bondman, by taking hold of the hair of his forehead.


From _tap_, and _tousie_ dishevelled.


TAPPILOORIE, _s._ Any thing raised high on a slight tottering foundation, S.


Teut. _tap_, extremitas rotunda et acuta, and _loer-en_, speculari.


TAPPIN, _s._ A crest, S. O.


_Falls of Clyde._


Dimin. from _tap_, top.


TAPPIT HEN, _s._


1. A crested hen, S.


2. A measure containing a quart, S. A.


_Ritson._


TAPSALTEERIE, _adv._ Topsyturvy, S.


_Burns._


TAPTHRAWN, _adj._ Perverse, S.


Q. having the _tap_, or top _thrawn_, or distorted.


_To_ TAR, _v. n._


_Balnevis_.


Perhaps allied to Isl. _taera_, donare; Su. G. nutrire.


TARANS, _s. pl._ Souls of unbaptized children.


_Pennant._


Gael. _taran_, id.


_To_ TARGAT, _v. a._ To border with ta.s.sels.


Su. G. _targ-a_, lacerare.


_Knox._


~Targat~, _s._


1. A tatter, S.


_Ferguson._


2. A ta.s.sel.


_Minstrelsy Border._


3. A long thin slice of dried fish, Ang.


Su. G. _targ-a_, to split by light strokes.


TARY, _s._ Delay.


_Douglas._


~Tarysum~, _adj._ Lingering.







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