An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 886

An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 886

_Wyntown._


THWAYNG, _s._ A thong, S. _whang_.


_Wyntown._


A. S. _thw.a.n.g_, Isl. _thweing_, id.


THWARTER-ILL.


V. ~Thorter-ill~.


TYAL, _s._ Any thing used for tying a latchet. S. B.


Isl. _tigill_, ligula.


TYBER, _s._ Perh. warrior.


_Sir Gawan._


Isl. _tifar_, viri alacres.


TIBRIC, TIBRICK, _s._ The young of the coal-fish, Orkn.


_Stat. Acc._


TICHT, _pret._ Tied.


V. ~Tight~.


_To_ TICK, _v. n._ To click, as a watch, S.


Belg. _tikk-en_, id.


TICK, TICKER, _s._


1. A dot of any kind, S.


Teut. _tick_, punctus.


2. A very small spot on the skin, S. B.


V. ~Teicher~.


TICKET, _s._ A pat, a slight stroke, S.


Belg. _tik_, a pat, _tikk-en_, to pat.


TID, _s._


1. Proper time, season, S.


2. Humour, S. as, _Im just in the tid_.


_Ferguson._


A. S. Su. G. _tid_, time, season.


_To_ ~Tid~, _v. a._ To choose the proper season, S.


TID, TYD, _v. impers._ Happened.


_Doug._


A. S. _tid-an_, Su. G. _tid-a_, contingere.


TYDY, TYDIE, _adj._


1. Neat, S.


2. Plump, fat, S.


_Douglas._


3. Lucky, favourable.


_Ramsay._


Su. G. _tidig_, decorus; Teut. _tydigh_, in season, ripe.


TIFT, _s._ Condition, plight, S.


_Wodrow._


Isl. _tif-a, tyf-a_, ma.n.u.s celeriter movere.


_To_ ~Tift~, _v. a._ To put in order, S. B.