An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 900

An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 900

_To_ TOWEN, _v. a._ To tire, to weary out, Fife.


Isl. _thion-a_, laborare.


_To_ TOWIN, TOWN, _v. a._ To tame, Loth. Berwicks.


_Ramsay._


Teut. _touw-en_, premere, subigere.


TOWMONT, TOWMON, TOWMOND, _s._ A year; corr. of _twelve-month_, used in the same sense, S.


~Towmontell~, _s._ A cow of a year old, Ayrs.


TOWNNYS, _pl._ Tuns, large casks.


_Barbour._


TRACED, _adj._ Laced; as _a traced hat_, S.


O. Fr. _tress-ir_, faire un tissu.


_To_ TRACHLE, TRAUCHLE, _v. a._


1. To draggle, to trail, S.


_Mellvills MS._


Alem. _dregel-en_, per incuriam aliquid perdere.


2. To dishevel.


_Complaynt S._


Gael. _trachladh_, to loosen.


3. To drudge, to overtoil, S. B.


Sw. _traal-a_, duro labore exerceri.


TRACK, _s._ Feature, lineament, S.


Belg. _trek_, id. from _trekk-en_, to dilineate.


TRACK-BOAT, _s._ A boat used on a ca.n.a.l, S.


Belg. _trek-schuyt_, id. from _trekk-en_, to draw.


TRACK-POT, _s._ A tea-pot, S.


From Belg. _trekk-en_, to draw.


TRACTIUE, _s._ A treatise.


_Crosraguel._


Fr. _traite_, id.


TRAD, _s._ Track, course in travelling or sailing.


_Wyntown._


Isl. _troeda_, terra, quod teratur et calcetur.


TRAGET, TRIGGET, _s._ A trick, a deceit, S. _triget_.


_Douglas._


O. Fr. _trigaud-ier_, to embroil.


TRAY, _s._ Trouble, vexation.


_Barbour._


A. S. _treg_, Su. G. _traege_, Alem. _trege_, dolor.


_To_ TRAIK, _v. n._ To go idly from place to place, S.


~Trackit~, _part. adj._ Much fatigued, S.


_Dunbar._


~Traikit-like~, _adj._ Having the appearance of great fatigue from ranging about.


Belg. _treck-en_, to travel; Sw. _traek-a_, niti.