_Pop. Ball._
TOFORE, _prep._ Before.
_Douglas._
A. S. _to-for_, ante, coram.
~Tofore~, _adv._ Before.
_Douglas._
TOHILE. L. _to hile_, to conceal.
Isl. _hyl-ia_, occultare.
_Wyntown._
TOY, _s._ A head-dress of linen or woollen, that hangs down over the
shoulders, worn by old women of the lower classes, S.
_Burns._
Su. G. _natt-tyg_, a night-cap; Belg. _tooij-en_, to tire, to adorn.
_To_ TOIR, _v. a._ To beat, S. _toor_.
Su. G. _torfw-a_, verberare.
_Douglas._
TOIT, _s._ A fit, whether of illness, or of bad humour.
V. ~Tout~.
_Semple._
TOYT, _s. Toyts of Tay_, the fresh water mussels found in Tay.
_Muse's Thren._
Teut. _tote_, _tuyt_, cornu, extremitas instar cornu.
_To_ TOYTE, TOT, _v. n._ To totter like old age, S.
V. ~Todle~.
_Burns._
* TOKEN, _s._ A ticket of lead or tin, which every private Christian
receives as a mark of admission to the Sacrament of the Supper, S.
_Spalding._
TOKIE, _s._ An old women's head-dress, resembling a monk's cowl, S. B.
Fr. _toque_, a bonnet or cap; _tocqué_, coiffed.
TOKIE, _s._ A fondling term applied to a child, S. B.
Germ. _tocke_, a baby, a puppet.
TOLL, _s._ A turnpike, S.
_Sir J. Sinclair._
TO-LOOK, TOLUIK, _s._ A prospect, matter of expectation, S.
_Knox._
A. S. _to-loc-ian_, adspicere.
_To_ TOLTER, _v. n._ To move unequally, to totter.
_King's Quair._
Su. G. _tult-a_, vacillare; Lat. _tolutaris_, ambling.
~Tolter~, ~Toltir~, _adj._ Unstable, in a state of vacillation.
_K. Quair._
TO-LUCK, _s._ Boot, what is given above bargain, S., from the vulgar
idea of giving _luck_ to a bargain.
V. ~Lucks-penny~.
TOME, _s._ A line for a fishingrod, including the whole length, S. O.
TOMMY NODDIE, TOM-NODDY, The puffin, a bird, S., Orkn. The _Tam Norie_
of the Bass.
_Barry._
TO-NAME, _s._ A name added, for the sake of distinction, to one's
surname; or used instead of it.
_Minstr. Bord._
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 bump 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 quantity of strong
liquor, S.
_J. Nicol._
TOOT-NET, _s._ A large fishing-net anchored, 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.
_Ramsay._
TOR (of a chair), _s._ Perhaps the round, or the semicircular arm of a
chair of state.
_Knox._
Fr. _tour_, Teut. _toer_, circulus.
TORE (of a saddle), _s._ The pommel, the forepart of which is somewhat
elevated, S.
_Colvil._
A. S. _tor_, a tower, an eminence.
_To_ TORE, _v. a._ To tear.
_Douglas._
A. S. _teor-an_, rumpere.
TORFEIR, TORFER, _s._ Hardship, difficulty.
_Gawan and Gol._
Isl. _torfaer-a_, iter difficile et impeditum.
_To_ TORFEL, TORCHEL, _v. n._ To pine away, to die.
_Gl. Sibb._
Isl. _torfellde_, _torvellde_, difficilis, arduus.
TORYT. L. _taryt_, tarried.
_Wallace._
_To_ TORN, _v. a._ To turn.
_Douglas._
TORN BUT, retaliation.
_Barbour._
Fr. _tourn-er_, to turn, _but a but_, on equal terms.
TORNE, _s._ A turn, an action done to another.
_Douglas._
TORRIE, _s._ A term applied to peas roasted in the sheaf, Fife.
Lat. _torreo_, q. what is scorched.
TORRY-EATEN, _adj._ _Torry-eaten land_, poor moorish soil, exhausted by
cropping, very bare, and bearing only scattered tufts of sheep's fescue,
S. B.
Isl. _torgiat-r_, aegre reparabilis; or Fris. _torre_ vermis, and
_eet-en_, q. worm-eaten.
TORRIS, _pl._ Towers.
_Gawan and Gol._
TORT, _part. pa._ Tortured; distorted.
O. Fr. _tort_, Lat. _tort-us_.
_Douglas._
TOSCH, TOSCHE, _adj._ Neat, trim, S.
_Douglas._
O. Fr. _touzé_, clipped; Belg. _doss-en_, to clothe.
TOSCHEODERACHE, _s._
1. The deputy of a _Mair of fee_.
_Reg. Maj._
2. The name given to the office itself.
_Skene._
Gael. Ir. _teachdaire_, a messenger; _teachdairacht_, a message.
TOSIE, _adj._
1. Tipsy, intoxicated in some degree, S.
_Meston._
2. Intoxicating.
_Hamilton._
Mod. Sax. _dosig_, giddy; Isl. _dus_, drunken.
TOSTIT, _part. adj._ Tossed with severe affliction, S. B.
TOT, _s._ A fondling designation for a child, S.
V. ~Toyte~.
_Ramsay._
TOTHIR, TOTHYR, _adj._
1. The other, S. pron. _tither_.
_Wallace._
2. The second.
_Wyntown._
3. Indefinitely, in the sense of another, or posterior.
_Barbour._
TOTTIE, _adj._ Warm, snug, Perths.
Gael. _teoth-am_, to warm.
TOTTIS, _s._ Refuse of wool.
_Leg. St Androis._
Su. G. _totte_, a handful of flax or wool.
_To_ TOTTLE, _v. n._
1. A term used to denote the noise made by any substance, when boiling
gently, S.
_A. Nicol._
2. To purl, applied to a stream, Dumfr.
V. ~Todle~.
_Nithsdale Song._
_To_ TOVE, _v. n._ To talk familiarly, prolixly, and cheerfully, S.,
often, _to tove and crack_.
_A. Scott._
Norw. _toeve_, to prattle, to be talkative.
~Tovie~, _adj._ Tipsy, Loth.
TOUK, _s._ A hasty pull, a tug, S.
A. S. _twicc-an_, vellicare.
_Ruddiman._
_To_ TUCK, _v. a._ To beat.
_Spalding._
Teut. _tuck-en_, icero.
_To_ ~Touk~, ~Tuck~, _v. n._ To emit a sound, in consequence of being
beaten.
_Evergr._
~Touk~, _s._
1. A stroke, a blow.
_Douglas._
2. _Touk of drum_, beat of drum, S.
_Gl. Sibb._
TOUNDER, _s._ Tinder.
_Lyndsay._
Alem. _tundere_, Isl. _tunthere_, id.
TOUSIE, TOWZIE, _adj._
1. Disordered, dishevelled, S., sometimes _touslie_.
2. Rough, shaggy, 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.
_Melvill's 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.
_Muse's Thren._
_To_ TOW, _v. n._ To give way, to fail, to perish, S. B.
Alem. _douu-en_, Su. G. _do_, to die.
_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.
_Mellvill's 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 canal, 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. _traité_, 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.
TRAIK, _s._
1. A plague, a mischief.
_Douglas._
2. The flesh of sheep that have died of disease or by accident, S.
_Pennecuik, N._
_To_ TRAIK, _v. n._ To be in a declining state of health.
_Baillie._
Su. G. _trak-a_, cum difficultate progredi.
TRAILSYDE, _adj._ So long as to _trail_ on the ground.
V. ~Side~.
_Douglas._
_To_ TRAYN, _v. a._ To draw, to entice.
Fr. _train-er_, to draw.
_Barbour._
~Train~, _s._ A rope used for _drawing_, Orkn.
_Stat. Acc._
_To_ TRAIST, TREST, TREIST, _v. a._
1. To trust.
_Lyndsay._
2. _v. n._ To pledge faith, by entering into a truce.
_Gawan and Gol._
Isl. _treist-a_, Su. G. _traest-a_, confidere.
~Traist~, ~Trest~, _s._ Trust, faith.
_Complaynt S._
Isl. _traust-r_, Su. G. _troest_, fiducia.
~Traist~, ~Traisty~, _adj._
1. Trusty, faithful.
_Wallace._
Isl. _traust-r_, Su. G. _troest_, fidus, fidelis.
2. Confident.
_Barbour._
Germ. _treist_, Su. G. _troest_, audax.
3. Secure, safe.
_Barbour._
~Traist~, _s._ An appointed meeting.
V. ~Tryst~.
_Barbour._
~Traistis~, _s. pl._ A roll of the accusations brought against those
who, in former times, were to be legally tried.
_Acts Ja. III._
~Traistly~, _adv._ Confidently, securely.
_Barbour._
TRAIST, _s._ Frame of a table.
V. ~Trest~.
TRAYT, _s._ Bread of _trayt_, a superior kind of bread made of fine
wheat.
Panis de _Treyt_, Fleta.
_Chalm. Air._
TRAKIT, _part. pa._ Much fatigued.
V. ~Traik~.
TRAM, _s._
1. The shaft of a cart or carriage of any kind, S.
_Dunbar._
Su. G. _traam_, that part of a tree, which is cut into different
portions.
2. A beam or bar.
_Spalding._
3. In a ludicrous sense, the leg or limb; as, _lang trams_, long limbs,
S.
TRAMALT NET, corr. from E. _trammel_.
_Lyndsay._
TRAMORT, _s._ A corpse.
_Dunbar._
Su. G. _tra_, to consume, _mort_, dead.
_To_ TRAMP, _v. a._
1. To tread with force, S.
_Lyndsay._
Sw. _trampa pa_, conculcare.
2. To tread, in reference to walking, S.
_Ferguson._
_To_ ~Tramp~, _v. n._
1. To tread with a heavy step, S.
Su. G. _tramp-a_, id.
2. To walk; as opposed to any other mode of travelling, S.
_Pop. Ball._
~Tramp~, _s._
1. The act of striking the foot suddenly downwards, S.
2. An excursion, properly a pedestrian one. S.
_Burns._
TRANCE, TRANSE, _s._
1. A passage within a house, S.
_Sir J. Sinclair._
2. Used metaph. in relation to death.
_Rutherford._
_To_ TRANE, _v. n._ To travel.
_Burel._
Su. G. _tren-a_, incedere, gressus facere.
_To_ TRANONT, TRANOYNT, TRANOWNT, TRANENT, TRAWYNT, _v. n._
1. To march suddenly in a clandestine manner.
_Barbour._
2. To march quickly, without including the idea of stratagem or secrecy.
_Wallace._
3. To return, to turn back.
_Pal. Hon._
Fr. _traine_, a snare, an ambush.
~Tranowintyn~, _s._ A stratagem of war.
_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 transmute, 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 Assembly._
TRANTLE, _s._ The rut made by a cartwheel, when it is deep, Ang.
TRANTLES, TRITLE-TRANTLES, TRANTLIMS, _s. pl._
1. Trifling or superstitious 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 è _trapo_ seu panno.
TRAS, _s._ The tract of game.
_Sir Gawan._
Fr. _trace_, id. _trasses_, 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.
_Lyndsay._
~Trattils~, _s. pl._ Trattles, idle talk.
_Pitscottie._
TRAVESSE, _s._
V. ~Treviss~.
TRAWART, _adj._ Perverse.
V. ~Thrawart~.
_Dunbar._
TRAWYNTIT.
V. ~Tranont~.
TRAZILEYS, _s. pl._ The props of vines.
_Douglas._
L. B. _trestell-us_, fulcrum mensae.
_To_ TREADLE, _v. n._ To go frequently and with difficulty, Fife.
TREE, _s._ A barrel, S.
_Acts Ja. V._
Su. G. _trae_, mensura aridorum.
~TREE and TRANTEL~, a piece of wood that goes behind a horse's tail, for
keeping back the _sunks_ or _sods_, used instead of a saddle, Perths.
TREGALLION, _s._ Collection, assortment, Dumfr.
C. B. _treigliant_, a strolling; _treiglian-nu_, to effect a
circulation; O. Fr. _trigalle_, a lodging-house.
TREIN, TRENE, _adj._ Wooden; _treein_, S.
_Bellenden._
A. S. _treowen_, arboreus, ligneus.
~Trein mare~, a barbarous instrument of punishment, formerly used in the
army.
_Spalding._
_To_ TREISSLE, _v. a._ To abuse by treading, Loth.
O. Fr. _tressaill-ir_, to leap or skip.
_To_ TREIT, TRETE, _v. a._ To entreat, Lanerks.; pret. _tret_.
_Dunbar._
O. Fr. _traict-er_, id. Lat. _tract-are_.
~Treyter~, _s._ A messenger for _treating_ of peace.
_Barbour._
TREITCHEOURE, _s._ A traitour; Fr. _trichear_.
_Douglas._
TRELLYEIS, TRELYEIS, _s. pl._ Currycombs.
Fr. _etrille_, Lat. _strigil-is_.
_Doug._
TREMBLING FEVERS, the ague, Ang.
_Trembling aixes_, Loth. from A. S. _ace_, dolor.
TRENSAND, _part. pr._ Cutting.
Fr. _trenchant_, id.
_Wallace._
TRENTAL, _s._ A service of thirty masses, which were usually celebrated
upon as many different days, for the dead.
_Bannatyne P._
Fr. _trentel_, id. from _trente_, thirty.
_To_ TREST, to trust.
V. ~Traist~.
TREST, TRAIST, TRIST, _s._
1. The frame of a table, S. _tress_.
_Pal. Hon._
2. A tripod.
_Douglas._
3. The frames for supporting artillery.
_Acts Ja. V._
Fr. _tresteau_, fulcrum mensae.
TREST, _s._ A beam.
V. ~Trast~.
TRET, _adj._ Long and well proportioned.
_Wallace._
Fr. _traict_, _trait_, drawn out, lengthened.
TRETABYL, _adj._ Tractable, pliable.
_Douglas._
_To_ TRETE, _v. a._ To entreat.
V. ~Treit~.
~Tretie~, _s._ Entreaty.
_Henrysone._
TRETIE, _s._ A treatise.
Fr. _traité_.
_Dunbar._
TREVALLYIE, _s._ A train or retinue, implying the idea of its meanness,
Clydes.
C. B. _trafull-iaw_, to bustle extremely.
TREVISS, TREVESSE, TRAVESSE, _s._
1. Any thing laid across by way of bar, S.
2. A counter or desk in a shop, S. B.
L. B. _travacha_, _travayso_, Fr. _travaison_, intertignium.
3. Hangings, a curtain.
_King's Quair._
_To_ TREW, _v. a._ To trust.
V. ~Trow~.
TREW, _s._ Often in pl. _trewis_, a truce.
O. Fr. _treu_, also _treves_, id.
_Barbour._
~Trewyd~, _part. pa._ Protected by a truce.
_Wyntown._
TREWS, _s. pl._ Trouse, trousers, S.
Ir. _trius_, Gael. _triubhas_, Fr. _trousse_.
TREWAGE, _s._ Tribute.
_Wallace._
O. Fr. _truage_, _treuage_, toll, custom.
TREWANE, _adj._ _Auld trewane_, anciently credited.
V. ~Tronie~.
_Knox._
Su. G. _troen_, fidus.
TREWBUT, _s._ Tribute.
_Wallace._
TRY, _s._ Means of finding any thing that has been lost, S. B.
* TRIAL, _s._ Proof, S.
_Spalding._
TRIAPONE, _s._
_Burel._
TRIG, _adj._ Neat, trim, S.
_Macneill._
_To_ TRIGLE, TRIGIL, _v. n._ To trickle.
Isl. _tregill_, alveolus.
_Douglas._
* _To_ TRIM, _v. a._ To drub, to beat soundly, S.
TRIMMIE, _s._ A disrespectful term applied to a female, S. B.
TRYNE, _s._ Art, stratagem.
_Godly Sangs._
Fr. _traine_, id.
TRYNE, _s._ Train, retinue.
_Burel._
Teut. _treyn_, comitatus.
TRINES, _s. pl._ Drinking matches.
_Polwart._
TRINKETING, _s._ Clandestine correspondence with an opposite party.
_Baillie._
O. Fr. _trigaut_, one who uses shifts and tricks.
_To_ TRINKLE, TRYNKLE, _v. n._ To trickle, S.
_Douglas._
_To_ TRINKLE, _v. n._ To tingle, to thrill.
_Baillie._
_To_ TRINSCH, _v. a._
1. To cut, to hack.
Fr. _trench-er_, id.
_Douglas._
2. To cut off, to kill.
_Douglas._
_To_ TRINTLE, TRINLE, _v. a._ to trundle or roll, S.
Fr. _trondel-er_, id.; A. S. _trendel_, globus.
TRIP, _s._ A flock, a considerable number.
C. B. _tyrfa_, a flock.
_Henrysone._
TRIST, _adj._ Sad, melancholy.
_Douglas._
Fr. _triste_, Lat. _trist-is_.
TRYST, TRIST, TRISTE, TRYIST, _s._
1. An appointment to meet, S.
_Wynt._
_To set tryst_, to make an appointment to meet, S.
_To keep tryst_, to fulfil an engagement to meet, S.
_To break tryst_, to break an engagement, S.
_Spalding._
_To crack tryst_, id.
_Z. Boyd._
2. An appointed meeting, S.
_Minstr. Bord._
3. The appointed time of meeting.
_Wallace._
4. The place appointed, S.
_Houlate._
5. A concurrence of circumstances or events.
V. ~Traist~, _v._
_Fleming._
6. A trial, an affliction.
_K. Hart._
_To_ ~Tryst~, _v. a._
1. To engage a person to meet one at a given time and place, S.
_Fountainhall._
2. To meet with; used in relation to a divine ordination.
_Baillie._
_To_ ~Tryst~, _v. n._
1. To agree to meet at any particular time or place, S.
_Wodrow._
2. To concur with; used metaph. as to circumstances or events.
_Fleming._
3. Often used in a passive sense, in relation to one's meeting with
adverse dispensations, S.
_Fleming._
~Tryster~, _s._ A person who convenes others, fixing the time and place
of meeting.
_Baillie._
~Trysting-place~, _s._ The place of meeting previously appointed, S.
_Minstr. Bord._
~Tristres~, _s. pl._ The stations allotted to different persons in
hunting.
_Sir Gawan._
L. B. _tristra_, id.
_To_ TRODDLE, _v. n._ To walk with short steps, as a little child does,
Ang.
_Morison._
Germ. _trottel-n_, tarde et pigre incedere.
TRODWIDDIE, _s._ The chain that fastens the harrow to what are called
the _Swingle-trees_, S. B.
Isl. _troda_, terra, and _vijd-er_, vimen; q. the _withe_ which
touches the earth.
TROGGERS, _s. pl._ The designation given to one species of Irish
vagrants, q. _trokers_, Wigton.
_Statist. Acc._
TROISTRY, _s._ The entrails of a beast, offals, S. B.
Isl. _tros_, trash, Sw. _trastyg_, trumpery.
TROYT, _s._ An inactive person, S. B.
Su. G. _tryt-a_, pigere, taedere; _troett_, fessus, lassus.
_To_ TROKE, _v. a._
1. To bargain in the way of exchange, to barter, S. _truck_, E.
Fr. _troqu-er_, to exchange.
_Ferguson._
2. To do business on a small scale, S.
3. To be busy about little, in whatever way, S.
~Trock~, ~Troque~, _s._
1. Exchange, barter, S.
Fr. _troc_, id.
2. _Troques_, pl. small wares, S. B.
_Shirrefs._
3. Small pieces of business that require a good deal of stirring, S. B.
4. Familiar intercourse, S. B.
_Morison._
TROLY, TRAWLIE, _s._ A ring through which the _sowme_ passes betwixt the
two horses, or oxen, next the plough, Ang.
V. ~Sowme~.
Isl. _travale_, impedimentum; Teut. _traelie_, clathrus, a bar.
TROLOLLAY, _s._ A term which occurs in a rhyme used by young people, on
the last day of the year, S.
It has been viewed as a corr. of Fr. _trois rois allois_, three kings
are come.
TRONACH, _s._ The crupper used with a pack-saddle; formed of a piece of
wood, connected with the saddle by a cord at each end; Mearns.
TRONE, _s._
1. An instrument, consisting of two horizontal bars crossing each other,
beaked at the extremities, and supported by a wooden pillar; used for
weighing heavy wares, S.
_Stat. Dav. II._
L. B. _trona_, statera publica; Isl. _tra-na_, a crane; rostrum
longiusculum.
2. The pillory, S.
_Acts Sed._
~Trone-weight~, _s._ The standard weight used at the _Trone_, S.
~Tronare~, _s._ The person who had the charge of the _Trone_. L. B.
_tronar-ius_.
_Stat. Dav. II._
~Trone-men~, _s._ Those who carry off the soot sweeped from chimneys;
denominated from their station at the _Trone_, Edinburgh.
_To_ ~Trone~, _v. a._ To subject to the disgraceful punishment of the
pillory.
_Kennedy._
TRONE, _s._ A throne.
Fr. id.
_Douglas._
TRONIE, _s._ A traditionary saw, generally in rhyme; any thing
frequently repeated, S. B. apparently the same with ~Trewane~.
TROOD, _s._ Perh. wood for fences.
_Statist. Acc._
Su. G. _trod-r_, lignum, quod materiam praebet saepibus
construendis.
TROPLYS, _s. pl._ Expl. _troops_.
_Barbour._
Teut. _troppel_, globus, congeries.
_To_ TROSS, _v. a._
1. To pack up, to truss, S.
2. To pack off, to set out, S. B. also _turs, truss_, S. A.
Fr. _trouss-er_, to truss.
TROSSIS, _s. pl._ The small round blocks in which the lines of a ship
run.
_Complaynt S._
Sw. _trissa_, Dan. _tridse_, a pulley.
* TROT, _s._
1. _Schaik a trot_, seems to have been an old phrase for, _Take a
dance_.
_Complaynt S._
2. An expedition by horsemen, synon. _raid_.
_Spalding._
Teut. _trot_, cursus, gressus.
TROTCOSIE, _s._ A piece of woollen cloth, which covers the back part of
the neck and shoulders, with straps across the crown of the head, and
buttoned from the chin downwards on the breast; for defence against the
weather, S. properly _throatcosie_, as keeping the throat warm.
_Waverley._
TROTTERS, _s. pl._ Sheeps' feet, S.
_Ferguson._
TROVE, _s._ A turf, Aberd. _toor_, Ang.
_Stat. Acc._
Su. G. Isl. _torf_, id. _torfa_, effodere.
TROW, _s._ The wooden spout in which water is carried to a mill-wheel,
S.
Su. G. Belg. _trog_, Dan. _trou_, E. _trough_.
_To_ TROW, TREW, _v. a._
1. To believe, S.
_Wallace._
Moes. G. _traw-an_, Isl. _tru-a_, credere.
2. To confide in.
_Barbour._
3. To make believe; often in sport, S.
TROW, _s._
1. The devil, Orkn.
2. In pl. an inferior order of evil spirits, ibid.
O. Goth, _troll_, a spectre, an incarnate goblin.
_To_ ~Trow~, _v. a._ Apparently, to curse.
_Wallace._
_To_ TROW, _v. a._ To season a cask, by rinsing it with a little wort,
before it be used, Ang.
A. S. _ge-treow-ian_, purgare.
TROWENTYN, L. _tranouwintyn_.
V. ~Tranont~.
_Barbour._
TROWIE GLOVES, a name given to sponges, Caithn.
_Stat. Acc._
Q. _make-believe gloves_.
TROWTH, _s._
1. Truth.
_Wyntown._
2. Belief.
_Wyntown._
TRUBLY, _adj._ Dark, lowering.
_Doug._
Fr. _troublé_, overcast, obscure.
TRUCKER, _s._
V. ~Trukier~.
TRUDGE-BAK, a humpback.
_K. Hart._
Su. G. _trutn-a_, to swell.
TRUDGET, _s._ A trick, a mischievous prank, Loth.
Alem. _trug_, fraud; O. Fr. _trick-er_, to deceive.
TRUE-BLUE, _adj._ An epithet given to those accounted rigid
Presbyterians, from the colour of the cockade worn by the Covenanters,
S.
_True Bleu Presb. Loyalty._
TRUFF, _s._ Corr. of E. _turf_, S.
_Ferguson._
TRUFF, _s._ A trick, a deceit.
_Douglas._
Ital. _truffa_, id. _truff-are_, to cheat.
_To_ ~Truff~, _v. a._ To steal.
_Gl. Shirr._
~Truffure~, _s._ A deceiver.
_Douglas._
TRUGS, _adv._ A mode of profane swearing, used among the vulgar, S. B.
Moes. G. _triggua_, Su. G. _trigg_, faithful.
TRUKIER, TRUCKER, _s._
1. A deceitful person.
_Polwart._
O. Fr. _trikeur_, a deceiver.
2. A designation often given to a female in contempt, as equivalent to
"worthless hussy," S.
TRULIE, _adj._ True, not factitious. _A trulie story_, S. B.
Su. G. _trolig_, credibilis.