Taggelt, C, a scamp.
“He mud know they wor o’ arrant _taggelts_ an’ taistrels.”
_Rev. T. Clarke._ Johnny Shippard.
Taistrel, C, a good for nothing.
“Yae son proved a _taistrel_ an’ brak up i’ Lunnon.”
_Anderson._ The Twee Auld Men.
Taws, S, a strap of thick leather slit into several tails; an implement
of punishment in Scottish schools.
“Never use the _taws_ when a gloom ’ill do the turn.”
Proverb.
Tawtie, or Tawtit, S, roughly matted (applied to hair or wool).
“Nae _tautit_ tyke, though ne’er sae duddy.”
_Burns._ The Twa Dogs.
Teem, C; Toom, S, empty, pour out.
“About her lank and all o’er-_teemed_ loins.”
Hamlet.
“And there _toom_ thy brock skin bag.”
Ballad—The Fray of Suport.
Teul, C and S, a bad one (probably from devil).
“Let women deu what gud they can,
Thur wicked _teùls_ ’ill lee.”
Jwohnny and Jenny.
Tew, C, harass, fatigue.
“An’ while they skew’t an’ _tew’t_ an’ swet,
Wi’ monie a weary sidle.”
_Mark Lonsdale._ The Upshot.
Theek, S, thatch.
“An’ wi’ a lock o’ his yellow hair,
We’ll _theek_ our nest when it blows bare.”
Ballad—The Twa Corbies.
Thir, S; Thur, C, these.
“An’ sad an’ silent was the nicht
That was atween _thir_ twa.”
Ballad—Clark Saunders.
“_Thur_ taxes! _thur_ taxes! Lord help us, Amen!”
_Ewan Clark._ Ballad.
Thole, S, endure.
“He that has gude crops may _thole_ some thistles.”—Proverb.
Thowless, S and C, soft, inapt.
“Fortune aye favours the active an’ bauld,
But ruins the wooer that’s _thowless_ an’ cauld.”
_Ramsay._ The Widow.
Threep, S and C, to aver, or argue, insistingly.
“An’ fowk wad _threep_ that she did green
For what wad gar her skirl
An’ skreich some day.”
_Ramsay._ Christ’s Kirk on the Green.
“Some _threep_ ’at the times ’ill get better.”
_Anderson._ Carel Fair.
Throssle, C, the thrush.
“The _throssle_, when cauld winter’s geane,
Aye in our worchet welcomes spring.”
_Anderson._ The Lass abeun Thirty.
Throughly, C, corpulent.
“_Throughly?_ ey, a gud yard through an’ mair!”
Said of Hannah Page, who sold toffy in Whitehaven.
Thyvel, C, a porridge stick.
“She’ll lick a lean _thyvel_ ’at weds you.”
Said to a poor Schoolmaster at Workington.
Tine, S, lose; Tint, lost.
“_Tine_ thimble, _tine_ thrift.”—Proverb.
“O have ye _tint_ at tournament
Your sword or yet your spear?”
Ballad—The Gay Goss Hawk.
Tip, S and C, a ram.
“She was nae get o’ muirlan’ _tips_,
Wi’ tawtit ket an’ hairy hips.”
_Burns._ Puir Maillie.
Tipe, C, to drink off.
“_Tipe_ it up an’ hev anudder.”—Common fuddling invitation.
Toozle, S and C, to rub up, to ruffle or make untidy.
“I ance was abused i’ the kirk
For _toozling_ a lass i’ my daffin.”
_Burns._ The Jolly Beggars.
Top-sark, C, an over-shirt, generally made of coarse woollen cloth.
“We cannot bed ye o’, but we can lend ye _top-sarks_.”—Said to a
weather-bound party at Cockley Beck in Seathwaite.
Towp, C, capsize.
“The leevin surs! she _towp’t_ her ower
Or yen cud say, ’Od bliss her.”
_Mark Lonsdale._ The Upshot.
Toytle, C and S, totter.
“Tak care thou doesn’t _toytle_ intil t’ beck.”
Said to a top-heavy neighbour at Branthwaite.
Tryste, S, an appointed meeting, also to appoint a meeting.
“Crack _tryste_, crack credit.”—Proverb.
“I daurna _tryste_ wi’ you, Willie, I daurna _tryste_ ye here,
But I’ll meet wi’ you in heaven Willie, i’ the spring-time o’ the
year.”
_Aytoun._ Annie’s Tryste.
Tyle, C, to distress, as with pain or fatigue.
“I’s _tyled_ to deeth wid this kurn. I’ve been kurning iver sen
mwornin’, an’ I seem as far off butter as iver.”
A farmer’s wife.