An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 871
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 871
~Tercer~, _s._ A widow who enjoys a _terce_, S.
_Balfour._
TERE, _s._ Perhaps, expense.
Teut. _teer_, sumptus.
_Douglas._
TERE, _adj._ Tender, delicate.
_Pal. Hon._
Teut. _tere_, tener, delicatus.
TERLYST, TIRLLYST, _part. pa._ Grated.
O. Fr. _trellicie_, id.
_Wallace._
TERNE, TERNED, _adj._ Fierce, choleric.
_Dunbar._
Belg. _toornig_, wrathful, _toorn_, anger.
TERNYTE, _s._ Corr. of _Trinity_.
_Wynt._
TERSE, _s._ A debate, a dispute, S. B.
_To_ ~Terse~, _v. n._ To debate, to contend, S. B.
Teut. _trots-en_, irritare, instigare.
TERSEL, _s._ Table companion.
_Montgomerie._
Teut. _teer-ghe-selle_, id., from _teer_, sumptus, and _selle_, _ghe-selle_, socius.
TESTOON, TESTONE, _s._ A Scottish silver coin, varying in value.
_Cardonnel._
O. Fr. _teston_, capitatus nummus.
_To_ TETE, TEET, _v. n._
1. To peep out, to look in a sly or prying way, S. _teet_.
_Ruddiman._
2. _v. a._ To cause to peep out.
_Douglas._
Su. G. _t.i.tt-a_, inspicere, per transennam veluti videre.
~Teet-bo~, _s._
1. Bo-peep, S.
_Ferguson._
2. Used metaph. to denote inconstancy, or infidelity.
_Morison._
TETH, _s._ Temper, disposition.
_Ill-tethd_, ill-humoured, Fife.
A. S. _tyht_, instructio, _teting_, disciplina.
TETHERFACED, _adj._ Having an ill-natured aspect, S.
Isl. _teit-a_, rostrum beluinum.
TEUCH, TEUGH, TEWCH, _adj._
1. Tough, S.
_Douglas._