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T, tae, tai, tay,
T [teː]
T, tay
n. The twentieth letter of the alphabet.
taand, taander, tand, tander, taund, taunder,
taander [I. taːn(d)ər]
also taand
n. A hereditary tinge, trace, stain, spark, an inherited bad habit. A spark of fire, a piece of burning coal or peat. A firebrand.
taav, taav$d, taave, taaved, taavrins, tauve, tauved, tauvrins, tav, tavrins,
taav [I.Sh. taːv]
n. Rags or tattered pieces of cloth used for stuffing up a hole.
v. To plug timbers with oakum etc., to caulk. To tear, rend.
pt. pp. taaved
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 

taavrins: Fibres, roots of plants, rags.
tab, tabbie, tabnab,
tab [tab]
n. col. A cigarette stub.
dim. tabbie
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
tabnab: I.Sh. A sweet snack accompanying a cup of tea.
bacca, baccie, baccy, bacha, bakkie, tabacca, tabaccae, tabaccie, tabaccy, taebaccy, tibacca, tibaccy, tobacca, tobaccie,
tabaccae [təˈbaka]
n. Tobacco.
dim. baccie
 
Compounds and phrases etc
 
baccie bree: The spittle of a tabacco chewer.
chabbard, tabard, tabbard, toom_tabard, tuim_tabard, tume_tabard,
tabard [ˈtabərd]
n. A tunic or mantle formerly worn for protection against the weather.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
tuim tabard: Someone without substance or conviction.
tabil, table, table-cloot, table-clout, tablin, taible, taiblin, tebble, teble, teblin, teeble,
table [tebl]
n. A table.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
table-cloot: A table-cloth.
tablin: The stone coping of a wall or gable.
the table: Communion.
tabour, tober, toober, touber,
tabour [ˈtabər, ˈtubər, ˈtobər]
n. A beating, thrashing.
v. To beat, belabour, thrash.
tache, tash, tatch, tatsh,
tache [taʃ, tatʃ]
n. A buckle, ribbon or fastening for clothes. A pendant.
tachen, tacht, tachten, taght, taghten, tichen, ticht, tichten,
tacht [taxt]
adj. Taut, tight, tense, close, stretched out, tightened. Of people: strict, severe. Proud or standoffish.
 
tachten [ˈtax(t)ən]
v. To make taut, to tighten.

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