An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 894

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An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language



An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 894


Belg. _toe_, id. _De duur is toe._


TOCHER, TOUCHQUHARE, TOCHER-GOOD, _s._ The dowry brought by a wife, S.


_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._


Ir. _tochar_, a dowry.


_To_ ~Tocher~, _v. a._ To give a dowry to, S.


_Pitscottie._


~Tocherless~, _adj._ Having no portion, S.


_Shirrefs._


_To_ TO-c.u.m, _v. n._ To approach.


_Doug._


A. S. _to-c.u.m-an_, advenire.


~Toc.u.m~, ~To-c.u.mming~, _s._


1. Approach.


_Douglas._


2. Encounter.


_Douglas._


A. S. _to-cyme_, an approaching.


TOD, _s._ The fox, S.


_Acts Ja. I._


Isl. _toa_, _tove_, vulpes.


~Tods birds~, an evil brood; sometimes _Tods Bairns_.


_R. Bruce._


~Tod and lambs~, a game played on a perforated board, with wooden pins, S.


~Tods tails~, _s. pl._ Alpine club-moss, an herb, S.


_To_ TODLE, TODDLE, _v. n._


1. To walk with short steps, in a tottering way, S.


_Burel._


2. To purl, to move with a gentle noise, S.


_Ferguson._


3. It denotes the murmuring noise caused by meat boiling gently in a pot, Fife; more generally _tottle_, S.


_A. Douglas._


Isl. _dudd-a_, segnipes esse; Su. G. _tult-a_, minutis gressibus ire.


TOFALL, TOOFALL, _s._


1. A building annexed to the wall of a larger one.


_Wyntown._


2. It now properly denotes one, the roof of which rests on the wall of the princ.i.p.al building, S.


_Spalding._


Teut. _toe-vall-en_, adjungere se, adjungi.


TO-FALL, TOO-FALL, _s._ The close.


_To-fall o the day_, the evening, S.


Teut. _toe-val_, eventus; _toe-vall-en_, cadendo claudi.


_Pop. Ball._


TOFORE, _prep._ Before.


_Douglas._


A. S. _to-for_, ante, coram.


~Tofore~, _adv._ Before.


_Douglas._







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