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choob, tube, tuib,
tube [tub, tʃub]
n. A tube. sl. A football.
tackie, tacky, tuck, tuckie, tucky,
tuck [tʌk]
n. A tuck.
v. To tuck.
 
tucky [MN. ˈtʌki]
adj. Awkward at handling, lacking deftness or dexterity, clumsy. Of a limb etc.: disabled, deformed, out of action from injury etc. Of a dress etc.: tight, constricted.
tift, tiftit, tuft, tuftit,
tuft [tʌft]
n. A tuft (of hair or grass etc.)
 
tuftit
adj. Tufted. A carpet with a tuft-like pile.
teud, töd, tød, tüd, tuid,
tuid [I.Sh. tød]
v. To talk incessantly.
teel, teul, töl, tool, tuil, tule,
tuil [tøl, tyl, SW. tjul, C. tɪl, SN. tel, MN. til, I. tju(ə)l]
n. A tool. An implement, piece of equipment. sl. A term of contempt for a person.
pl. tuils.
teelyie, tölley, tölli, töllie, töllyin, tooly, toolzie, toulzie, tuilie, tuillie, tuilyie, tuilyiesome, tuilzie, tullye, tullyie, tulyie, tulzie, tweelie, tweely, twelly, twilley,
tuilyie [ˈtuli, tulji, S. twili, I. ˈtøl(j)i]
n. A quarrel, fight, scuffle, broil, skirmish, struggle, turmoil. A verbal quarrel, a wrangle or dispute, an altercation. Toil, labour, trouble, exertion.
v. To quarrel, contend, come to blows, fight. To quarrel verbally, to argue, wrangle, squabble. To toil, trudge laboriously.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
fecht and tuilyie [-ˈtøl(j)i, -ˈtuli, -tulji]: An argument or quarrel, to argue, contend.
tuilyiesome [-səm]: Quarrelsome.
doontöm, doontuim, doontume, dountuim, taem, taemin, teem, teemed, teemin, teemt, teum, teumin, tim, timmed, timmin, timt, töm, tøm, tömald, tømald, tømed, tömin, tømin, tømmin, tømt, toom, toomin, tuim, tuimald, tuimed, tuimin, tuimt, tumald, tume, tumin,
tuim [tøm, tym, C. U. tɪm, øː tem, N. tim]
n. A place where rubbish is emptied, a dump.
adj. Empty, unoccupied, vacant. Of people or their limbs etc.: thin, lean, lank, empty-headed, foolish, witless, deficient in sense. Empty of food, fasting, hungry. Of a cough or frost-hardened ground etc.: hollow, echoing. Of the moon: in its dark phase, not visible. Of machinery: idling, not actually processing material. Of a locomotive: running light, without a train.
v. To empty a vessel etc. by drinking, pouring or tipping out the contents, to evacuate. To pour the contents out of a vessel, to empty out. To hollow out. To empty, to be or become empty, to discharge. Of rain: to pour down, to fall in torrents.
pt. pp. tuimt, tuimed
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
dountuim: I.Sh. A heavy fall of rain.
tuimald: I.Sh. A downpour of rain.
tuimin: Emptying, raining heavily.
 
See teem also.
choon, chooned, choonie, chune, teen, teenie, teun, timmer-tuint, tin, tön, tuin, tuin$t, tuine, tuined, tuinie, tuinie, tuinit, tuinless, tuint, tuiny, tune, tüne, tunie,
tuin [tøn, tyn, C. tɪn, MN. tin]
n. A tune. The intonation, pitch and cadence of speech. A mood, humour, disposition, temper.
dim. tuinie
v. To tune. To put to order, scold.
pt. pp. tuint
 
tuinie
adj. Moody.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
ill tuin: A bad mood.
timmer-tuint: Tone deaf.
tuinless adj. Tuneless.
puink, teunk, tuink,
tuink [I.Ork. tøŋk]
n. A thump, crack, blow.
teep, teup, tip, tiup, toop, tuip, tup, tupp,
tuip [tøp, C. U. tɪp, MN. tip, NN. I. tup]
n. A ram (male sheep).

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