THIRLWALL, _s._ the name given to the wall between England and Scotland thrown up by Severus.

THO, _adv._ at that time.

_To_ THOLE, _v. n._ to bear; to endure; to suffer.

THON, _adv._ yonder; yon.

THOUELL, _s._ the nitch in which the oars of a boat work.

THOUGHT, THOUGHTY, _s._ a moment.

_To_ THOW, _v. n._ to thaw.

THOWLESS, _adj._ inactive.

_To_ THRAPPLE, _v. a._ to throttle.

THRAW, _s._ a pang; an agony.

THRAW-CRUK, _s._ an instrument for twisting straw or hair ropes.

THRAWIN, _part. adj_. distorted.

_To_ THREPE, _v. n._ to aver pertinaciously; to argue; to persist.

THRESUM, _adj._ three together.

THRETTY, _adj._ thirty.

THRIFTY, _adj._ industrious and economical.

THROPILL, THRAPILL, _s._ the windpipe.

THUD, _s._ a dull noise.

THUMBIKINS, _s._ an instrument of torture applied as a screw to the thumbs to force the sufferer to confess or divulge a secret, etc.

THUMBLICKING, _s._ an ancient mode of confirming a bargain by the parties licking their thumbs and then placing them against each other.

TIBBIE, _s._ Elizabeth.

TICK, TICKER, _s._ a dot.

_To_ TICK, _v. n._ to click as a clock or watch.

TID, _s._ humour.

_To_ TID, _v. n._ To choose the proper time.

TIFT, _s._ the act of quarrelling; a hasty fit of ill humour.

_To_ TIG, _v. n._ to touch lightly; a game played by children.

TIKE, TYKE, _s._ a cur; a dog; a rough bad-tempered fellow.

TIL, TIYL, _prep._ to.

TILL, _adv._ while; during the time that.

TIME-ABOUT, _adj._ alternately.

TIMMER, _s._ timber.

TIMMER-TUNED, _adj._ unmusical; dest.i.tute of ear.

TINCh.e.l.l, TINCHEL, _s._ a circle of sportsmen, who, by surrounding an extensive s.p.a.ce, gradually closing, bring a number of deer and game within a narrow compa.s.s.

_To_ TINE, TYNE, _v. a._ to lose.

TINT, _pret_. of To lose.

_To_ TIRL, _s._ to give a stroke.

TIRLESS, TIRLa.s.s, _s._ a lattice; a wicket.

TIRLIEWIRLIE, _s._ a whirligig.

_To_ TIRR, TIRLE, _v. a._ to tear; to uncover.

TIRRIVEE, _s._ a fit of pa.s.sion.

TIRWIRR, TIRRWIRRING, _adj._ habitually growling.

t.i.tTY, _s._ a sister.

TO, _adv._ shut. The door is _to_, i.e. shut.

TOCHER, _s._ the dowry brought by a wife.

TOCHERLESS, _adj._ dest.i.tute 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 gla.s.s from a tumbler in which toddy is made.