OSD Banner
 The Online Scots Dictionary

Read the Scots Dictionary

Scots is the Germanic language, related to English, spoken in Lowland Scotland and Ulster, not the Celtic language Gaelic!
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Page 51 of 63 for the letter T

trimsan, trimse, trimso,
trimse [I.Ork. trɪms]
v. To move about uneasily as in pain.
Tringan,
Tringan [ˈtrɪŋən]
pn. Terringzean (East Ayrshire).
rinkle, trenkie, trenky, trink, trinket, trinki, trinkie, trinkit, trinkle, trinky,
trink [trɪŋk]
also n. trinket
n. A narrow open drain or trench. A gutter, ditch, runnel, a street-gutter. The bed or channel of a stream. A narrow channel, inlet or creek between coastal rocks. A rut in a road. The hollow groove between the nostrils and the upper lip.
dim. trinkie
v. To cut into ruts, to become filled with ruts.
pt. pp. trinkit adj. Trench-like, channled, ditch-like, rutted.
 
trinkle [trɪŋkl]
v. To flow in small drops or streams, to drip.
n. A trickle, a tiny stream, a drop.
tringum, trinkim, trinklim, trinkum,
trinkum [ˈtrɪŋkəm]
n. Usually pl. trinkums Trinkets, nicknacks, gewgaws, odds and ends of equipment or finery.
thrinneld, trin$le, trindle, trindlie, trinle, trinley, trinlicks, trinluie, trinnelt, trinnil, trinnle, trinnlin, trintle, trunnil, trunnle,
trinnle [trɪnl]
also trintle [trɪntl, trʌntl]
n. A circular revolving object such as a hub, roller or wheel etc. The intestines of a calf. A slight gentle stream, flow or trickle of a liquid or granulated substance, the sound made by such in falling.
v. To roll, revolve, spin, move on wheels etc. Of people or animals: to walk with a rolling gait, to waddle, straggle. Of water or fine grains etc.: to flow, ripple along, trickle in streamlets. To make such a sound. To cause to trickle, to pour in small quantities.
pt. pp. trinnelt
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
trinnlin: Rolling, revolving, flowing etc.
tintlet, trenelt, trentlet, trinted, trintelt, trintled, trintlet, trintlit, tryntled,
trintelt [I. ˈtrɪntlt, ˈtrɛntlt]
adj. Of clothing: long and narrow, lacking in fullness, close-fitting. Of people: long, lanky, gangling. Of an awkward build or gait.
trip, trippie, trup,
trip [trɪp]
n. A trip. A turn at dancing.
dim. trippie
v. To trip.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
trippin: Tripping. To look glum, displeased.
tripe, tripey, tripie, triple, tripy, trypal, trype, tryple,
tripe [trəip]
n. The stomach cooked for eating. A tall, thin, ungainly person.
adj. Slovenly, gangling.
v. To walk or work in a careless, slovenly manner.
 
tripy adj.
Of a tall thin, gangling nature.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.

triple [ˈtrəipəl]: A tall, thin, ungainly person, a slovenly person.
tribble, triv, trival, trivel, trivel, trivell, trivl, trivl, trivle, trivle, trivv, trivvel, trivvil, trivvle,
triv [I. trɪv]
n. A jerk, tug, twitch. I.Sh. Odds and ends.
v. To jerk, tug, snatch at as a fish at bait.
 
trivle
v. To grope, feel with the fingers, feel one's way in the dark, fumble.
troch, trochie, trochy, trogh, troh, trooh, trouchie, trough, trous, trouse, trow, trowch, trowchie, trowe, trowes, trows,
troch [trox]
also trowe [trʌu]
n. A trough. A narrow, rocky, ravine through which a river flows. A narrow rough part of a river-bed. A channel among sea rocks.
pl. trochs, trowes A channel or wooden conduit for water, especially that leading to a mill-wheel.
dim. trochie, trowie adj. Untidy.

[ Start | Previous | Next ]