An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 890
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 890
1. Loss, S.
_Barbour._
2. Forfeiture.
_Acts Ja. I._
_To_ ~Tinsall~, _v. a._ To injure, from the _s._
_Baron Courts._
_To_ TING, _v. a._ To ring, S.
_Henrysone._
~Ting-tang~, _s._ Sound of a bell, S.
Teut. _tinghe-tangh-en_, tintinare.
_To_ ~Tinkle~ _on_, _v. n._ To ring chimes about.
_Baillie._
TINT NOR TRIAL.
V. ~Taint~.
TIP, _s._ A ram. Galloway.
_Davidson._
_To_ ~Tip~, _v. n._ To take the ram, S.
_Kelly._
Used also actively.
_To_ TIP, _v. a._ To nettle from disappointment. S.
A metaph. use of E. _tip_, to strike slightly.
_To_ TIPPENIZE, _v. n._ To tipple small beer, S. from _two-penny_.
_Ramsay._
TIPPERTY, _adj._
1. Unstable, S. B.
2. _To gang tipperty-like_, to walk in a flighty, ridiculous manner, S.
B.
V. ~Tippertin~.
TIPPERTIN, _s._ A bit of card, with a pin pa.s.sed through it, resembling a _te-totum_, Loth.
Hence, _to loup like a tippertin_.
TYRANE, _s._ A tyrant.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
Fr. _tyran_, id.
Hence,
~Tyrane~, _adj._ Tyrannical.
_Lyndsay._
~Tyrandry~, _s._ Tyranny.
_Wallace._
~Tyranlie~, _adv._ Tyrannically.
_Douglas._
TYRE, _s. A hat of tyre_, part of the dress of Bruce at Bannockburn.
_Barbour._
A. S. _tyr_, tiara.
TYREMENT, _s._ Interment.
_Douglas._
Abbrev. from _entyrement_, id., used by the same writer.