An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 899

An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 899

_Gl. Sibb._


TOUNDER, _s._ Tinder.


_Lyndsay._


Alem. _tundere_, Isl. _tunthere_, id.


TOUSIE, TOWZIE, _adj._


1. Disordered, dishevelled, S., sometimes _touslie_.


2. Rough, s.h.a.ggy, S.


_Burns._


_To_ ~Tousle~, _v. a._


1. To put into disorder; often, to rumple, S.


2. To handle roughly, as dogs do each other.


_Polwart._


Isl. _tusk-a_, luctari, _tusk_, lucta lenis et jocosa.


~Tousle~, ~Touzle~, _s._ Rough dalliance, S.


_R. Galloway._


_To_ TOUT, _v. a._


V. ~Toot~.


_To_ TOUT, TOOT, _v. n._ To take large draughts, S.


_Ferguson._


~Tout~, _s._


1. A copious draught, S.


2. A drinking match, S. B.


_Gl. Shirr._


Perh. from Teut. _tocht_, a draught.


_To_ TOUT, TOWT, _v. a._


1. To toss, to put in disorder, S.


_Chron. S. P._


2. To throw into disorder by quibbling or litigation.


_Melvills MS._


3. To teaze, to vex, S.


~Tout~, _s._


1. An ailment of a transient kind, S.


Belg. _tocht_, _togt_, wind; _een zwaare togt_, a sore bout.


2. A transient displeasure, a fit of ill-humour, Ang.


_Shirrefs._


~Touttie~, _adj._


1. Throwing into disorder; as, _a touttie wind_, S.


Belg. _togtig_, windy.


2. Irritable, easily put in disorder, S.


TOW, _s._


1. A rope of any kind, S.


_Leg. St Androis._


Su. G. _tog_, Isl. _tog_, _taug_, Belg. _touw_, id.


2. A halter, S.


_Muses Thren._


_To_ TOW, _v. n._ To give way, to fail, to perish, S. B.


Alem. _douu-en_, Su. G. _do_, to die.