An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 903
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 903
_Barbour._
_To_ TRANSE, _v. n._ To determine, to resolve.
_Burel._
Fr. _tranch-er_, decider, parler franchement.
TRANSS, _s._ A species of dance anciently in use.
_Chr. Kirk._
To TRANSMUGRIFY, _v. a._ To transform, to trans.m.u.te, S.
_Burns._
* _To_ TRANSPORT, _v. a._ To translate a minister from one charge to another, S.
_Pardovan._
~Transportation~, _s._ The act of translating a minister, S.
_Acts a.s.sembly._
TRANTLE, _s._ The rut made by a cartwheel, when it is deep, Ang.
TRANTLES, TRITLE-TRANTLES, TRANTLIMS, _s. pl._
1. Trifling or superst.i.tious ceremonies.
_Cleland._
2. Moveables of little value, petty articles of furniture, S.
_Ross._
3. Toys used by children, S. Loth. _trantles_.
V. ~Trentalis~.
TRAP, _s._ A sort of ladder, S.
Sw. _trappa_, Teut. _trap_, gradus.
TRAPPYS, _s. pl._ Trappings.
_Douglas._
L. B. _trap-us_, Hisp. _trop-o_, cloth.
TRAPPOURIS, TRAPOURIS, _s. pl._ Trappings.
_Douglas._
L. B. _trappatura_, ornatus e _trapo_ seu panno.
TRAS, _s._ The tract of game.
_Sir Gawan._
Fr. _trace_, id. _tra.s.ses_, the footing of a deer.
TRAST, TREST, _s._ A beam.
_Wallace._
O. Fr. _traste_, a cross-beam.
TRAT, TRATTES, _s._ An old woman; a term generally used in contempt, S.
_Douglas._
Isl. _draett-ur_, Su. G. _drott_, a servant; Germ. _trot_, an old woman, a witch.
_To_ TRATTIL, TRATLE, _v. n._
1. To prattle, to tattle.
_Dunbar._
2. To repeat in a rapid and careless manner.
_Lyndsay._
C. B. _tryd-ar_, to prattle.
~Trittell trattell~, pshaw.