Ta'ëty. _s._ A potato.
Taf'fety. _adj._ Dainty, nice: used chiefly in regard to
food.
Tal'let. _s._ The upper room next the roof; used chiefly of
out-houses, as a hay-_tallet_.
Tan. _adv._ Then, _now an Tan_; now and then.
To Tang. _v. a._ To tie.
Tap and Cannel. _s._ A spigot and faucet.
Tay'ty. _s._ _See_ A hayty-tayty.
Tees'ty-totsy. _s._ The blossoms of cowslips, tied into a
ball and tossed to and fro for an amusement called _teesty-
tosty_. It is sometimes called simply a _tosty_.
Tee'ry. _adj._ Faint weak.
[proofer's note: missing comma?]
Tem'tious. _adj._ Tempting; inviting. [Used also in
Wiltshire].
Thâ. _pron._ They.
Than. _adv._ Then.
Thauf. _conj._ Though, although.
Theäze. _pron._ This.
Theeäzam,Theeäzamy. _pron._ These.
Them, Them'my. _pron._ Those.
The'rence. _adv._ From that place.
Thereawâ, Thereaway. _adv._ Thereabout.
Therevor-i-sayt! _interj._ Therefore I say it!
Thic. _pron._ That. (Thilk, _Chaucer_.) [West of the
Parret, _thecky_.]
Tho. _adv._ Then.
Thornen. _adj._ Made of thorn; having the quality or nature
of thorn.
Thorough. _prep._ Through.
Thread the Needle, Dird the Needle. _s._ A play.
"Throwing batches," cutting up and destroying ant-hills.
Tiff. _s._ A small draught of liquor.
To tile. _v. a._ To set a thing in such a situation that it
may easily fall.
Til'ty. _adj._ Testy, soon offended.
Tim'mer. _s._ Timber; wood.
Tim'mern. _adj._ Wooden; as a timmern bowl; a wooden bowl.
Tim'mersom. _adj._ Fearful; needlessly uneasy.
To Tine. _v. a._ To shut, to close; as, _tine the door_;
shut the door. To inclose; to _tine in the moor_, is to
divide it into several allotments. To light, to kindle; as, to
_tine the candle_, is to light the candle.
QUARLES uses this verb:
"What is my soul the better to be _tin'd_
With holy fire?"
_Emblem_ XII.
To Tip. _v. a._ To turn or raise on one side.
Tip. _s._ A draught of liquor. Hence the word _tipple_,
because the cup must be _tipped_ when you drink.
To Tite. _v. a._ To weigh.
Tite. _s._ Weight. _The tite of a pin_, the weight of a
pin.
Todo'. _s._ A bustle; a confusion.
To Toll. _v. a._ To entice; to allure.
Toor. _s._ The toe.
Tosty. _s._ See TEESTY-TOSTY.
Tote. _s._ The whole. This word is commonly used for
intensity, as the _whol tote_, from _totus_, Latin.
To Tot'tle. _v. n._ To walk in a tottering manner, like a
child.
Touse. _s._ A blow on some part of the head.
Towards. _prep._, is, in Somersetshire, invariably pronounced
as a dissyllable, with the accent on the last: _to-ward's_.
Our polite pronunciation, _tordz_, is clearly a corruption.
Tramp. _s._ A walk; a journey. _To Tramp. v. n._ and
_Tramper. s._ will be found in _Johnson_, where also
this word ought to be.
To Trapes, _v. n._ To go to and fro in the dirt.
Trapes, _s._ A slattern.
Trim. _v. a._ To beat.
Trub'agully. _s._ A short dirty, ragged fellow, accustomed to
perform the most menial offices.
To Truckle, _v. a._ and _v. n._ To roll.
Truckle. _s._ A globular or circular piece of wood or iron,
placed under another body, in order to move it readily from place.
A _Truckle-bed_, is a small bed placed upon truckles, so that
it may be readily moved about.
These are the primary and the common meanings in the West, of To
_truckle, v. Truckle, s._ and _Truckle-bed._
Tun. _s._ A chimney.
Tun'negar. _s._ A Funnel.
Turf. _s. pl._ Turves. Peat cut into pieces and dried for
fuel.
Tur'mit. _s._ A turnip.
Tur'ney. _s._ An attorney. Turn-string, _s._ A string
made of twisted gut, much used in spinning. _See_ WORRA.
To Tus'sle. _v. n._ To straggle with; to contend.
Tut. _s._ A hassock.
Tut-work. _s._ Work done by the piece or contract; not work
by the clay.
Tuth'er. _pron._ The other.
Tuth'eram. \
} _pron._ The others
Tuth ermy. /
Tut'ty. _s._ A flower; a nosegay.
'Tword'n. It was not.
To Twick. _v. a._ To twist or jerk suddenly.
Twick. _s._ A sudden twist or jerk.
Twi'ly. _adj._ Restless; wearisome.
Twi'ripe. _adj._ Imperfectly ripe.