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G, _adj._ habitually growling. TITTY, _s._ a sister. TO, _adv._ shut. The door is _to_, i.e. shut. TOCHER, _s._ the dowry brought by a wife. TOCHERLESS, _adj._ destitute of portion. TOD, _s._ a fox. TODLE, TODDLE, _v. n._ to walk in a tottering manner, or with short unsteady steps. TODDY, _s._ whisky, sugar, and hot water. TODDY-LADLE, _s._ a small ladle of wood or silver used in filling a glass from a tumbler in which toddy is made. TOFALL, _s._ a building annexed to the wall of a larger one. TOIT, TOUT, _s._ a fit of illness; a fit of bad humour. TOKIE, _s._ the head-dress of an old woman, resembling a monk's cowl. TO-NAME, _s._ a surname. TOOM, TUME, _adj._ empty. TOOT, TOUT, _s._ the blast of a horn or bugle. TOOTHFU', _s._ a moderate quantity of strong drink. TOSCH, TOSH, TOSHE, _adj._ neat; trim. TOT, _s._ a term of endearment used to a child. TOUSIE, TOWSIE, _adj._ disordered; shaggy; rough. _To_ TOUSLE, _v. a._ to pull at; to put in disorder, as tearing at a girl in sport or rough dalliance. TOUT, _s._ a copious draught. TOW, _s._ a rope of any kind. TOWMONT, TOWMOND, _s._ a year. TOY, _s._ a woollen or linen headdress worn by women of the lower orders, with the lower part hanging down to the shoulders. _To_ TOYTE, TOT, _v. n._ to totter as in childhood or old age. TRAIST, TRYSTE, _s._ an appointed meeting. TRAM, _s._ the shaft of a cart or carriage. _To_ TRAMP, _v. a._ to tread with vigour; to walk, as opposed to riding. TRANCE, _s._ a passage within a house leading from one part to another. _To_ TRANSMUGRIFY, _v. a._ to transform; to transmute; to change in appearance. TRAWART, _adj._ perverse. TREWS, _s. pl._ trowsers. TRIG, _adj._ neat. _To_ TRIM, _v. a._ to drub. _To_ TROKE, _v. a._ to bargain in the way of exchange; to barter. TROTTERS, _s. pl._ sheep's feet. _To_ TROW, TREW, _v. a._ to believe. TROWTH, _s._ truth; belief. TRUE-BLUE, _s._ an epithet applied to rigid Presbyterians, in allusion to the colour of the cockad worn by the Covenanters. TRUMPH, _s._ the trump at cards. TRUNSCHEOUN, _s._ a plate; a trencher. TRYSTING-PLACE, _s._ a place of meeting previously agreed on. TUCK, _s. tuck of drum_, beat of drum. TUILYIE, TOOLYIE, _s._ a quarrel; a broil. _To_ TUME, _v. a._ to empty. TUP, _s._ a ram; a foolish, stupid fellow. TUTTIE-TUTTIE, _interj_. pshaw! TWAL, _adj._ twelve. TWA-TII
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