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Tintock,
Tintock [ˈtɪntək]
pn. A hill in South Lanarkshire.
pn. A hill in South Lanarkshire.
tibbet, tip, tipp, tippad, tippen, tipper, tipperteen, tippertin, tippet, tippet, tippie, tippie, tippin, tippit, tippit, tippy, tippy, tuppeen,
tip [tɪp]
n. An extremity, apex, summit. The height or best of anything. An equal, a match. A light touch.
dim. tippie The very height of fashion.
dim. tippet A length of twisted horse hair to which the hook is attached on a fishing-line.
v. To put a tip or end-piece on anything. To cut off the tip. To surpass, excell, overcome, to match, to equal. To disappoint, disconcert. With up: to dress up, to smarten oneself, deck oneself out, titivate. To walk or dance on tiptoe, to trip with a light delicate step. To tap or touch lightly. I.Sh. To press the last drops of milk from a cow's udder, to strip.
pt. pp. tippit adj. Tipped. Choked to over-flowing, topped up with waste.
n. An extremity, apex, summit. The height or best of anything. An equal, a match. A light touch.
dim. tippie The very height of fashion.
dim. tippet A length of twisted horse hair to which the hook is attached on a fishing-line.
v. To put a tip or end-piece on anything. To cut off the tip. To surpass, excell, overcome, to match, to equal. To disappoint, disconcert. With up: to dress up, to smarten oneself, deck oneself out, titivate. To walk or dance on tiptoe, to trip with a light delicate step. To tap or touch lightly. I.Sh. To press the last drops of milk from a cow's udder, to strip.
pt. pp. tippit adj. Tipped. Choked to over-flowing, topped up with waste.
tippy
adj. Modish, fashionable, stylish, tip-top, first-class, superlatively good.
adj. Modish, fashionable, stylish, tip-top, first-class, superlatively good.
tipper
n. A beau or belle, a grandly-dressed person, a smasher.
adj. Well dressed.
v. To walk on tiptoes.
n. A beau or belle, a grandly-dressed person, a smasher.
adj. Well dressed.
v. To walk on tiptoes.
Compounds and phrases etc.
tippertin: A piece of card etc. Pierced in the middle by a pointed stick on which it is spun like a teetotum.
tippin: The act of putting a tip or end-piece on anything. A hair that binds a hook to a fishing line. Putting a tip or end-piece on anything.
tippin: The act of putting a tip or end-piece on anything. A hair that binds a hook to a fishing line. Putting a tip or end-piece on anything.
tipple [ˈtɪpəl]
v. To drink alcohol, chiefly habitually.
v. To drink alcohol, chiefly habitually.
Compounds and phrases etc.
tippler: A habitual drinker of alcohol.
tehr, tehre, tire, tire$t, tire$ties, tired, tiret, tireteese, tireties, tirit, tirt, tyre,
tire [ˈtəi(ə)r, ˈtae(ə)r]
n. A state of being or becoming tired, fatigue, weariness.
v. To tire, exaust, be or become weary or sick. To grow weary of waiting for, to long for or to.
pt. pp. tire't, tired
n. A state of being or becoming tired, fatigue, weariness.
v. To tire, exaust, be or become weary or sick. To grow weary of waiting for, to long for or to.
pt. pp. tire't, tired
Compounds and phrases etc.
tirin: Tiring.
tiresome: Tiresome.
tire'ties: Of a child: tired.
untirin: Untiring.
tiresome: Tiresome.
tire'ties: Of a child: tired.
untirin: Untiring.
tier, tire, tyer, tyre,
tire [təiər]
n. A tier. A row or course of stones or turf on a wall.
n. A tier. A row or course of stones or turf on a wall.
thirl, tirl, tirl$t, tirlag, tirle, tirled, tirler, tirlick, tirlie, tirlie-whirlie, tirlit, tirlo, tirlock, tirlt, tirrl, torl, turl, turlie,
tirl [tɪrl]
n. The act of rotating. A turn, twirl, a swing round. A knock, rattle, or tap on a door etc. I. A short spell of bad weather.
dim. tirlie Anything that curls, twirls or spins round. The latch or sneck of a door, a small wooden catch. A spinning top made out of a bobbin.
v. To cause to rotate or spin, to turn, twirl. To turn, twist, twiddle or move a fitting such as a door latch to and fro.
pt. pp. tirlt, tirled
n. The act of rotating. A turn, twirl, a swing round. A knock, rattle, or tap on a door etc. I. A short spell of bad weather.
dim. tirlie Anything that curls, twirls or spins round. The latch or sneck of a door, a small wooden catch. A spinning top made out of a bobbin.
v. To cause to rotate or spin, to turn, twirl. To turn, twist, twiddle or move a fitting such as a door latch to and fro.
pt. pp. tirlt, tirled
tirlie
adj. Full of whirls or curls, intricate, convoluted.
adj. Full of whirls or curls, intricate, convoluted.
Compounds and phrases etc.
tirler: The latch or sneck of a door.
tirlie-whirlie: An ornament or gewgaw, a nicknack, any intricate device or mechanism, a contrivance, gadget, a wheel or pinion etc. A spinning toy, a whirligig. An intricate or involved statement, argument or idea. A fuss.
tirlo: I.Ork. A small toy propellor driven by the wind.
tirlock: An ornament or gewgaw, a nicknack, any intricate device or mechanism, a contrivance, gadget, a wheel or pinion etc. A spinning toy, a whirligig, an intricate or involved statement, argument or idea. A fuss, to-do, hullabaloo.
tirlie-whirlie: An ornament or gewgaw, a nicknack, any intricate device or mechanism, a contrivance, gadget, a wheel or pinion etc. A spinning toy, a whirligig. An intricate or involved statement, argument or idea. A fuss.
tirlo: I.Ork. A small toy propellor driven by the wind.
tirlock: An ornament or gewgaw, a nicknack, any intricate device or mechanism, a contrivance, gadget, a wheel or pinion etc. A spinning toy, a whirligig, an intricate or involved statement, argument or idea. A fuss, to-do, hullabaloo.
thirl, tirl, tirl$t, tirle, tirled, tirlit, tirlt, tirrl, torl, turl,
tirl [tɪrl]
n. A vibration, the act of vibrating, a tremor, quaver.
v. To quiver, vibrate, thrill. To cause to vibrate or tremble. To twang a stringed instrument.
pt. pp. tirlt, tirled
n. A vibration, the act of vibrating, a tremor, quaver.
v. To quiver, vibrate, thrill. To cause to vibrate or tremble. To twang a stringed instrument.
pt. pp. tirlt, tirled
terlys, tirlas, tirless, tirless, tirlie, tirlies, tirlis,
tirlis [ˈtɪrlɪs, ˈtɪrle]
n. A trellis. A lattice grill, grating. A turnstile. A drying rack.
dim. tirlie
n. A trellis. A lattice grill, grating. A turnstile. A drying rack.
dim. tirlie
stirrivee, terran, terravee, tiravee, tirivee, tirl, tirle, tirlt, tirn, tirr, tirran, tirravee, tirred, tirren, tirri, tirrie, tirriemirr, tirrie-mirrie, tirri-mirri, tirrit, tirrivee, tirrivees, tirrivie, tirrivies, tirrivy, tirrn, tirrt, tirr-wirr, tirry, tirry-mirrie, tirrymirry, turavee, turravee, turrie-murrie, turrimurri, turry-murry,
tirr [tɪr]
n. A passion, a fit of bad temper or rage, an excited angry condition.
v. To snarl. To speak in an irritable, bad-tempered way.
pt. pp. tirrt, tirred
n. A passion, a fit of bad temper or rage, an excited angry condition.
v. To snarl. To speak in an irritable, bad-tempered way.
pt. pp. tirrt, tirred
tirry
adj. Bad-tempered, quarrelsome. Of a passionate, irritable nature.
adj. Bad-tempered, quarrelsome. Of a passionate, irritable nature.
Compounds and phrases etc.
tirren [I. tɪr(ə)n]: adj. Of an irritable, cantankerous, irascible disposition Cross, bad-tempered, angry. Headstrong. Outrageous. Of weather: threatening, gloomy.
tirrivee [tɪrɪˈvi]: A fit of rage or bad temper, a tantrum, a wild, extravagant mood, a strange turn. An odd notion or fancy. A state of excitement or bustle. A stir, commotion, disturbance, fight.
tirry-mirrie: I.Sh. A noisy commotion, a state of agitation.
tirr-wirr: A quarrel, a wrangle.
tirrivee [tɪrɪˈvi]: A fit of rage or bad temper, a tantrum, a wild, extravagant mood, a strange turn. An odd notion or fancy. A state of excitement or bustle. A stir, commotion, disturbance, fight.
tirry-mirrie: I.Sh. A noisy commotion, a state of agitation.
tirr-wirr: A quarrel, a wrangle.
tird, tirded, tirdit, tirf, tirled, tirr, tirred, tirrin, tirrit, tirrt, tirve,
tirr [tɪr, tʌr]
also NN.b. I.Ork. tirve. [tɪrv]
n. The layer of topsoil, clay, gravel or turf etc. removed from the rock of a quarry.
v. To take the top layer of sward or earth off a piece of ground, to remove surface turf or soil in order to commence digging for peat or quarrying for stone. To uncover or tear the covering off, to strip a covering from. To pull off, denude, dismantle.
pt. pp. tirrt, tirred
also NN.b. I.Ork. tirve. [tɪrv]
n. The layer of topsoil, clay, gravel or turf etc. removed from the rock of a quarry.
v. To take the top layer of sward or earth off a piece of ground, to remove surface turf or soil in order to commence digging for peat or quarrying for stone. To uncover or tear the covering off, to strip a covering from. To pull off, denude, dismantle.
pt. pp. tirrt, tirred
tirl [tɪl]
v. To pull or strip off clothes, bedding or thatch etc. To take the surface off a piece of ground.
pt. pp. tirlt, tirled
v. To pull or strip off clothes, bedding or thatch etc. To take the surface off a piece of ground.
pt. pp. tirlt, tirled
tird I.Sh.
n. A state of excitement or rage, a commotion.
v. To strip, take or tear the covering off. To throw off clothes in haste or roughly. To work with speed and vigour.
pt. pp. tirdit adj. Unloosed.
n. A state of excitement or rage, a commotion.
v. To strip, take or tear the covering off. To throw off clothes in haste or roughly. To work with speed and vigour.
pt. pp. tirdit adj. Unloosed.
Compounds and phrases etc.
tirrin: The act of removing surface soil or vegetation. The layer of such overlying peat or stone.