An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 876
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 876
A. S. _hwitel_, id.; _thwitan_, cultello resecare.
THICK, _adj._ Intimate, familiar, S.
_Burns._
THIEVELESS, _adj._
V. ~Thewles~.
_To_ THIG, THIGG, _v. a._
1. To ask, to beg.
_Wallace._
Alem. _thig-en_, Su. G. _tigg-a_, petere.
2. To go about, receiving supply, not in the way of common mendicants, but rather as giving others an opportunity of manifesting their liberality, S.
_Rudd._
Isl. _thygg-ia_, gratis accipere, dono auferre.
3. To beg, to act the part of a common mendicant, S.
_Henrysone._
4. To borrow; used improperly.
_Ramsay._
~Thiggar~, _s._ A beggar, a common mendicant.
Su. G. _teggare_, id.
_Acts Ja. I._
THIMBER, _adj._ Gross, heavy.
_Ritson._
Isl. _thungber_, gravis, portatu molestus.
THINARE, _s._ A t.i.tle of honour, apparently equivalent to _Lady_.
_Sir Tristrem._
A. S. _the-on_, vigere, pollere; _theond_, potens; _theonden_, dominus; _theonest_, potentissimus. _Thinare_, q. _theonare_, the comparative.
THINE, THYNE, _adv._ Thence.
A. S. _thanon_, inde, illinc.
_Barbour._
THINE-FURTH, _adv._ Thenceforward.
_Wyntown._
A. S. _thanon furth_, deinceps.
THING, _s._
1. Affairs of state.
_Barbour._
2. It seems to signify a meeting, or convention, concerning public affairs.
_Wallace._
Isl. _thing_, Su. G. _ting_, a meeting of the citizens concerning public affairs.
_To_ THINK SHAME, to feel abashed, to have a sense of shame, S.
_Priests Peblis._
THIR, _p.r.o.n. pl._ These, S.
_Barbour._
Isl. _theyr_, illi; _thaer_, illae.
_To_ THIRL, THYRL, _v. a._
1. To perforate, to drill, S.