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Tangwick, Tanook, Tanouk,
Tangwick [I.Sh. ˈtanuk]
pn. Tangwick (Shetland).
tanker, tankert,
tanker [ˈtaŋkər]
n. A tankard or tanker.
tangersome, tankersome, tyangersome,
tankersome [NN.b. ˈt(j)aŋkərsəm]
adj. Quarrelsome, ready to cause trouble.
 
Perhaps from cantankerous.
tanner, tanners,
tanners [ˈtankərz]
n. pl. The fibres, small or fibrous roots of a tree or plant.
tannek, tannjek, tannjik, tanshik, tanshock, tantjek, tanyik,
tanshock [I.Sh. ˈtanʃɪk, ˈtaŋ(t)jək]
n. A tooth, in particular a newly-grown tooth in a child's mouth.
tansie, tansies, tansy, tanzie, trancy,
tansie [tanzi]
n. The tansy Tanacetum vulgare also often the ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris or Tansy Tanacetum vulgare.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
dug's tansie: The hoary cinquefoil Potentilla argentea.
gowk's tansie: WC. The common silverweed Argentina anserina.
tant,
tant [tant]
adj. I.Sh. Of a roof: Very steep.
tantaleese, tantaleeze, tantersome,
tantaleese [ˈtantəliːz]
v. To tantalise.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
tantersome [-səm]: Exasperating, annoying, vexatious.
Tantallan, Tantallon, Tauntaulan, Tawntawlan,
Tantallon [ˈtantalən, ˈtɑntɑlən]
pn. Tantallon (East Lothian).
cantrum, dandrum, tantrum,
tantrum [ˈtantrəm]
n. A tantrum. Affected airs, palavers.

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