An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 875
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 875
_To_ THEIK, THEK, _v. a._
1. To give a roof, of whatever kind, S.
_Wyntown._
2. To cover with straw, &c. to thatch, S.
A. S. _thecc-an_, Alem. _thek-en_, Isl. _thaeck-a_, id.
THEIVIL, THIVEL, _s._ A stick for stirring a pot; as, in making porridge, broth, &c. S. B. _thivel_, Ayrs. Fife, A. Bor. _theil_.
_Ross._
A. S. _thyfel_, stirps, a stem or stalk.
THEME, THAME, _s._
1. A serf, one attached to the soil.
_Wyntown._
2. The right of holding servants in such a state of bondage, that their children and goods might be sold.
_Skene._
A. S. _team_, offspring; or from Isl. _thi-a_, in servitutem reducere.
THEN, _conj._ Than, S.
THERE-BEN, _adv._
V. ~Thairben~.
THETIS, THETES, _s. pl._
1. The ropes or traces, by which horses draw in a carriage, plow or harrow, S.
_Douglas._
2. _To be quite out of thetes_, to be quite disorderly in ones conduct, S.
_Rudd._
Isl. _thatt-r_, a thread, cord, or small rope.
THEW, _s._ Custom, manner, quality.
A. S. _theaw_, mos, modus.
_Wyntown._
~Thewit~, _part. pa._ Disciplined, regulated.
A. S. _theaw_, inst.i.tutum.
_Pal. Hon._
~Thewless~, ~Thowless~, ~Thieveless~, _adj._
1. Unprofitable.
_Douglas._
A. S. _theow_, a servant, or _theow-ian_, to serve, and the privative particle _les_, less.
2. Inactive, remiss, S.
_Ramsay._
3. Not serving the purpose; as, _a thieveless excuse_, S.
4. Cold, forbidding, S.
_Burns._
_To look thieveless_ to one, to give one a cold reception, S. O.
5. Shy, reserved, Renfrews.
6. Applied to weather in an intermediate or uncertain, state, Renfrews.
7. Feeble.
_J. Nicol._
8. Insipid, dest.i.tute of taste, S.
_Ramsay._
THEWTILL, THEWITTEL, _s._ A large knife.
_Wallace._