Delphi Complete Works of Robert Burns (Illustrated) (Delphi Poets Series) (104 page)
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Authors: Robert Burns
Tack,
possession, lease.
Tacket,
shoe-nail.
Tae,
to.
Tae,
toe.
Tae’d,
toed.
Taed,
toad.
Taen,
taken.
Taet,
small quantity.
Tairge,
to target.
Tak,
take.
Tald,
told.
Tane,
one in contrast to other.
Tangs,
tongs.
Tap,
top.
Tapetless,
senseless.
Tapmost,
topmost.
Tappet-hen,
a crested hen-shaped bottle holding three quarts of claret.
Tap-pickle,
the grain at the top of the stalk.
Topsalteerie,
topsy-turvy.
Targe,
to examine.
Tarrow,
to tarry; to be reluctant, to murmur; to weary.
Tassie,
a goblet.
Tauk,
talk.
Tauld,
told.
Tawie,
tractable.
Tawpie,
a foolish woman.
Tawted,
matted.
Teats,
small quantities.
Teen,
vexation.
Tell’d,
told.
Temper-pin,
a fiddle-peg; the regulating pin of the spinning-wheel.
Tent,
heed.
Tent,
to tend; to heed; to observe.
Tentie,
watchful, careful, heedful.
Tentier,
more watchful.
Tentless,
careless.
Tester,
an old silver coin about sixpence in value.
Teugh,
tough.
Teuk,
took.
Thack,
thatch;
thack and rape
= the covering of a house, and so, home necessities.
Thae,
those.
Thairm,
small guts; catgut (a fiddle-string).
Theckit,
thatched.
Thegither,
together.
Thick,
v.
pack an’ thick.
Thieveless,
forbidding, spiteful.
Thiggin,
begging.
Thir,
these.
Thirl’d,
thrilled.
Thole,
to endure; to suffer.
Thou’se,
thou shalt.
Thowe,
thaw.
Thowless,
lazy, useless.
Thrang,
busy; thronging in crowds.
Thrang,
a throng.
Thrapple,
the windpipe.
Thrave,
twenty-four sheaves of corn.
Thraw,
a twist.
Thraw,
to twist; to turn; to thwart.
Thraws,
throes.
Threap,
maintain, argue.
Threesome,
trio.
Thretteen,
thirteen.
Thretty,
thirty.
Thrissle,
thistle.
Thristed,
thirsted.
Through, mak to through
= make good.
Throu’ther
(through other), pell-mell.
Thummart,
polecat.
Thy lane,
alone.
Tight,
girt, prepared.
Till,
to.
Till’t,
to it.
Timmer,
timber, material.
Tine,
to lose; to be lost.
Tinkler,
tinker.
Tint,
lost
Tippence,
twopence.
Tip,
v.
toop.
Tirl,
to strip.
Tirl,
to knock for entrance.
Tither,
the other.
Tittlin,
whispering.
Tocher,
dowry.
Tocher,
to give a dowry.
Tocher-gude,
marriage portion.
Tod,
the fox.
To-fa’,
the fall.
Toom,
empty.
Toop,
tup, ram.
Toss,
the toast.
Toun,
town; farm steading.
Tousie,
shaggy.
Tout,
blast.
Tow,
flax, a rope.
Towmond, towmont,
a twelvemonth.
Towsing,
rumpling (equivocal).
Toyte,
to totter.
Tozie,
flushed with drink.
Trams,
shafts.
Transmogrify,
change.
Trashtrie,
small trash.
Trews,
trousers.
Trig,
neat, trim.
Trinklin,
flowing.
Trin’le,
the wheel of a barrow.
Trogger,
packman.
Troggin,
wares.
Troke,
to barter.
Trouse,
trousers.
Trowth,
in truth.
Trump,
a jew’s harp.
Tryste,
a fair; a cattle-market.
Trysted,
appointed.
Trysting,
meeting.
Tulyie, tulzie,
a squabble; a tussle.
Twa,
two.
Twafauld,
twofold, double.
Twal,
twelve;
the twal
= twelve at night.
Twalpennie worth,
a penny worth (English money).
Twang,
twinge.
Twa-three,
two or three.
Tway,
two.
Twin, twine,
to rob; to deprive; bereave.
Twistle,
a twist; a sprain.
Tyke,
a dog.
Tyne,
v.
tine.
Tysday,
Tuesday.
Ulzie,
oil.
Unchancy,
dangerous.
Unco,
remarkably, uncommonly, excessively.
Unco,
remarkable, uncommon, terrible (sarcastic).
Uncos,
news, strange things, wonders.
Unkend,
unknown.
Unsicker,
uncertain.
Unskaithed,
unhurt.
Usquabae, usquebae,
whisky.
Vauntie,
proud.
Vera,
very.
Virls,
rings.
Vittle,
victual, grain, food.
Vogie,
vain.
Wa’, waw,
a wall.
Wab,
a web.
Wabster,
a weaver.
Wad,
to wager.
Wad,
to wed.
Wad,
would, would have.
Wad’a,
would have.
Wadna,
would not.
Wadset,
a mortgage.
Wae,
woful, sorrowful.
Wae,
wo;
wae’s me
= wo is to me.
Waesucks,
alas!
Wae worth,
wo befall.
Wair,
v.
ware.
Wale,
to choose.
Wale,
choice.
Walie, wawlie,
choice, ample, large.
Wallop,
to kick; to dangle; to gallop; to dance.
Waly fa’,
ill befall!
Wame,
the belly.
Wamefou,
bellyful.
Wan,
won.
Wanchancie,
dangerous.
Wanrestfu’,
restless.
Ware, wair,
to spend; bestow.
Ware,
worn.
Wark,
work.
Wark-lume,
tool.
Warl’, warld,
world.
Warlock,
a wizard
Warl’y, warldly,
worldly.
Warran,
warrant.
Warse,
worse.
Warsle, warstle,
wrestle.
Wast,
west.
Wastrie,
waste.
Wat,
wet.
Wat, wot,
know.
Water-fit,
water-foot (the river’s mouth).
Water-kelpies,
v.
kelpies.
Wauble,
to wobble.
Waught,
a draft.
Wauk,
to awake.
Wauken,
to awaken.
Waukin,
awake.
Waukit
(with toil), horny.
Waukrife,
wakeful.
Waulie,
jolly.
Waur,
worse.
Waur,
to worst.
Waur’t,
worsted, beat.
Wean
(wee one), a child.
Weanies,
babies.
Weason,
weasand.
Wecht,
a measure for corn.
Wee,
a little;
a wee
= a short space or time.
Wee things,
children.
Weel,
well.
Weel-faured,
well-favored.
Weel-gaun,
well-going.
Weel-hain’d,
well-saved.
Weepers,
mournings (on the steeve or hat).
Werena,
were not.
We’se,
we shall.
Westlin,
western.
Wha,
who.
Whaizle,
wheeze.
Whalpet,
whelped.
Wham,
whom.
Whan,
when.
Whang,
a shive.
Whang,
flog.
Whar, whare,
where.
Wha’s,
whose.
Wha’s,
who is.
Whase,
whose.
What for, whatfore,
wherefore.
Whatna,
what.
What reck,
what matter; nevertheless.
Whatt,
whittled.
Whaup,
the curlew.
Whaur,
where.
Wheep,
v.
penny-wheep.
Wheep,
jerk.
Whid,
a fib.
Whiddin,
scudding.
Whids,
gambols.
Whigmeleeries,
crotches.
Whingin,
whining.
Whins,
furze.
Whirlygigums,
flourishes.
Whist,
silence.
Whissle,
whistle.
Whitter,
a draft.
Whittle,
a knife.
Wi’,
with.
Wick a bore,
hit a curling-stone obliquely and send it through an opening.
Wi’s,
with his.
Wi’t,
with it.
Widdifu’,
gallows-worthy.
Widdle,
wriggle.
Wiel,
eddy.
Wight,
strong, stout.
Wighter,
more influential.
Willcat,
wildcat.
Willyart,
disordered.
Wimple,
to meander.
Win,
won.
Winn,
to winnow.
Winna,
will not.
Winnin,
winding.
Winnock,
window.
Winnock-bunker,
v.
bunker.
Win’t,
did wind.
Wintle,
a somersault.
Wintle,
to stagger; to swing; to wriggle.
Winze,
a curse.
Wiss,
wish.
Won,
to dwell.
Wonner,
a wonder.
Woo’,
wool.
Woodie, woody,
a rope (originally of withes); a gallows rope.
Woodies,
twigs, withes.
Wooer-babs,
love-knots.
Wordy,
worthy.
Worset,
worsted.
Worth,
v.
wae worth.
Wraith,
ghost.
Wrang,
wrong.
Wud,
wild, mad.
Wumble,
wimble.
Wyliecoat,
undervest.
Wyte
(weight), blame.
Wyte,
to blame; to reproach.
Yard,
a garden; a stackyard.
Yaud,
an old mare.
Yealings,
coevals.
Yell,
dry (milkless).
Yerd,
earth.
Yerkit,
jerked.
Yerl,
earl.
Ye’se,
ye shall.
Yestreen,
last night.
Yett,
a gate.
Yeuk,
to itch.
Yill,
ale.
Yill-Caup,
ale-stoup.
Yird,
yearth, earth.
Yokin,
yoking; a spell; a day’s work.
Yon,
yonder.
Yont,
beyond.
Yowe,
ewe.
Yowie,
dim. of ewe; a pet ewe.
Yule,
Christmas.
Ellisland Farm, northwest of Dumfries in village of Auldgirth, was built by Burns, who lived and farmed there from 1788 to 1791.
