An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 896

An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 896

TONE, _part. pa._ Taken.


_Dunbar._


TONGUE-FERDY, _adj._ Loquacious, glib of the tongue, Ang.


Su. G. _tung_, lingua, and _faerdig_, paratus.


TONGUE-RAKE, _s._ Elocution, S.


Su. G. _tung_, and _rek-a_, vagari.


_To_ TOOBER, _v. a._ To beat, to strike, S. O. _tabour_, E. and Loth.


Fr. _tabour-er_, to strike or b.u.mp on the posteriors, q. as on a drum.


~Toober~, _s._ A quarrel, S. O.


TOOFALL, _s._


V. ~To-fall~.


TOOLYE, _s._ A broil.


_To_ ~Toolye~, _v. n._ To quarrel.


V. ~Tuilyie~.


TOOM, _adj._ Empty.


V. ~Tume~.


_To_ TOOT, TOUT, _v. a._ To blow or sound a horn, S.


_Fountainhall._


Su. G. _tut-a_, Isl. _taut-a_, ululare; Su. G. _tuta i horn_, to blow a horn.


_To_ ~Toot~, _v. n._


1. To cry by prolonging the voice, S.


_Urquhart._


2. To make a plaintive noise, as when a child cries loud and mournfully, S.


~Toot~, ~Tout~, _s._ The blast of a horn or trumpet, S.


_Ramsay._


~Touting horn~, a horn for blowing, S.


_J. Nicol_


_To_ TOOT, _v. n._ To express dissatisfaction or contempt.


Isl. _taut-a_, murmurare.


TOOTHFU, _s. To tak a toothfu_, to take a moderate quant.i.ty of strong liquor, S.


_J. Nicol._


TOOT-NET, _s._ A large fishing-net anch.o.r.ed, Ang.


_Law Case._


Belg. _tootebel_, a certain square net.


~Tootsman~, _s._ One who gives warning, by a cry, to haul the _toot-net_, S.


TOP OUR TAILL, _adv._ Topsyturvy.


_Lyndsay._


TOP ANNUEL, a certain annuity paid from lands or houses.


_Acts Marie._


_To_ TOPE, _v. a._ To oppose.


_Baillie._


TOPFAW, _s._ Soil that has _fallen_ in, or sunk from the _surface_, Fife.


TO-PUTTER, _s._ Taskmaster.