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Tartar, tarter,
Tartar [ˈtartər]
n. A native of Tartary. NN.b. A disturbance, noise, hubbub.
v. NN.b. To move about restlessly and noisily, to blunder about, to toss, fidget, wriggle.
 
tartaran
adj. NN.b. Restless, always on the move.
tartelt, tartle, tartled, tattle, tertle, tertled, tirtle, tirtled, turdle,
tartle [S. SW. U. tartl]
n. A soiled tuft of hair or wool on an animals tail.
v. To reduce clothing to ribbons or tatters.
pt. pp. tartelt adj. Tattered.
tartelt, tartle, tartled, tattle, tertle, tertled, tirtle, tirtled,
tartle [SW. S. SEC. tartl]
n. A hesitation when recognising of a person or thing.
v. To hesitate or be uncertain when recognizing something.
pt. pp. tartelt
tache, tache$t, tached, tachey, tachie, tacht, tash, tash$t, tashed, tashie, tasht, tashy, tatch, tatched, tatcht, tatsh, tatshed, tatshie, tatsht, tatshy,
tash [taʃ, S. ˈtatʃ]
n. A stain, spot, smudge, damage or a blemish. A blot on one's character. Impudence.
v. To stain, soil, tarnish, deface. To upbraid. To weary.
pt. pp. tashed adj. Stained, spotted, smudged, damaged or blemished, frayed or worn.
 
tashie
adj. Dressed in a slovenly manner, unkempt.
task, tasked, tasker, taskit, tasks, tesk,
task [task]
n. A fixed quantity of work, piece-work. A lesson.
pl. tasks Tasks, homework, chores.
v. To impose a task on someone. To work hard.
pt. pp. taskit adj. Fatigued by hard work, exhausted, stressed, harassed. Of cloth: hard-worn, shabby.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
tasker [-ər]: A worker paid for a specific task.
tas, tass, tassie, tassy,
tass [ˈtas]
n. A cup, bowl, goblet, drinking vessel.
dim. tassie A winner's cup, a trophy.
auld-tastit, tase, taste, tastet, tastit, test, tist, tyest,
taste [test]
n. The taste. A small quantity of alcoholic drink, a small quantity of anything, a dab, lick, spot.
v. To taste, have a tipple of liquor. To cause a pleasant taste in the mouth, to affect the palate agreeably, to stimulate the appetite. To relish, enjoy, appreciate.
pt. pp. tastit
 
tasty
adj. Tasty.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
auld-tastit: Musty.
distaste: To dislike, have an aversion to.
tastefu: Tasteful.
tastin: Tasting.
tasteless: Tasteless.
taid, taith, tath, tathe, tathins, tauth, teath, teathins, ted, teethin, teth, thaithin, toath, toth, tothe,
tathe [n. teθ, v. teːð, NEC. ted, taθ, MN. toθ, toːð]
n. The dung of cattle or sheep left for manure on their grazing land. The coarse, rank grass on such land.
v. Of grazing cattle etc.: to drop dung upon land so as to manure it.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 

tathins: Tufts of luxuriant grass where dung has fallen.
tather, tatter, tatterie, tattery, tatthery, tattrel, tether, tetter, tother, totter, totterie, tottery,
tatter [ˈtatər]
n. A tatter.
dim. tattrel [ˈtatrəl] A rag, a tatter.
pl. tatters
v. To talk idly, prate, chatter. To scold.
 
tatterie
adj. Ragged, hanging loose. Very windy.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
in a tatter: In ragged or dishevelled clothes.
taach, talla, talla, tallae, tallie, tallow, tally, tauch, tauchersome, tauchie, tauchy, tiachersum, tilly, tyauch, tyauchie,
tauch [tɔːx, MN. tjaːx]
also tallae [ˈtalə]
n. Tallow. Tauch usually refers to the substance in its natural state and tallae is the substance when it has been melted down for use in candles etc. MN. A short fit of bad health.
v. MN. To besmear with any greasy or viscid substance. To masticate much and swallow with reluctance through disgust. To be in weak health.
 
tauchy
adj. MN. Weak in health.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
tallae lamp: A miner's lamp.
tauchersome [ˈtjaːxərsəm]: NN.b.: Ill-disposed.

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