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teet, teetin, teit,
teet [tit]
n. A shy peep, a sly, secretive glance.
v. To peep, peer, cast a sly, surreptitious or inquisitive look, to steal a glance.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
teetin: Peeping.
Teetan, teetanium,
Teetan [ˈtitən]
n. Titan.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
teetanium: Titanium.
teeter, teetersome, titter, tittersome,
teeter [ˈtitər]
v. To totter or walk with short tripping or uncertain steps. To hesitate or hover in an indecisive manner. To shiver, tremble.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
tittersome [-səm]: Of weather: unsettled. Of a horse: restless.
enteetelt, enteetle, enteitle, entitlet, teetelt, teetle, teetllt, teetlt, teitle,
teetle [titl]
n. A title. The title-deeds to land or property. A nickname used to distinguish families in a small locality having the same surname.
pt. pp. teetelt
 
enteetle
v. To entitle.
pt. pp. enteetelt
teetotam, teetotum, tee-totum, totem,
teetotum [ˈtitotəm]
n. A teetotum. A very small insignificant person.
taeg, teg, tig,
teg [I.Sh. tɛg]
n. In placenames: a strip of land.
teen$, teend, tein$, teind, tiend,
teind [tin(d)]
n. A tenth part of anything. A toll, tax, levy, tribute.
hie-taer, hie-tear, hie-teir, high-tear, rare_tear, rare_teir, rerr_terr, taer, tair, tare, tear, tearer, tearin, teer, teer, teerin, teir, teirer, teirin, terr, teur, teyr, tirr, toarn, tör, tør, tore, torn, tuir, tuirn, ture,
teir [tiːr, teːr]
n. A rent, tatter. A large quantity. A jolly person, a comic.
v. To tear, rend, rip, strip. Of wind: to blow hard, to sweep along in violent gusts, to rage. To rage, get into a passion. To work strenuously or with great energy and unrelaxing speed.
pt. tuir [tøːr] Tore.
pp. torn [toːrn] Torn.
 
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hie-teir: At full speed.
rare teir: col. An excellent undertaking.
teirer [-ər]: A passionate, irascible person.
teirin [-ɪn]: Tearing. An angry reproof or denunciation, a thorough dressing-down. Bustling, energetic, active.
teir intae: To set at, attack.
fone, phain, phoan, phoane, phoàne, phóane, phone, tele, telegram, telegraph, telephone, telescope, tellygraaf, tellygraph, tellyphone, tellyscope, tilly, tillygraph, tillyphone, tullay, tully,
tele [ˈtɛlə-, ˈtɛlɪ]
pref. Far or far off. Also [ˈtɛlɪ, DD. ˈtɪlɪ, ˈtʌlɪ] A nickname for the Dundee Evening Telegraph.
 
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telegram [ˈtɛləgram]: Telegram.
telegraph [ˈtɛləgraf]: Telegraph.
telephone [ˈtɛləfon]: Telephone. Contracted phone.
telescope: A telescope. See also prospect.
 
From Greek tele-.
foretall, foretauld, foretell, foretellt, foretelt, mistell, tail, tald, talt, tau$d, tau$d, taud, taul, taul$, tauld, taule, teel, tel$t, tell, tell$d, tell$t, telled, tellin, tellt, telt, tilt, tol, tole, tolt, toul, toul$, tould, towel, towl, towt, tul, tul, untellin,
tell [tɛl]
n. Word, report, account.
v. To tell. To repeat, say by heart, recite. Of verse: to scan correctly, to fit the metre, to rhyme, to keep time in music.
pt. pp. telt, telled, tauld [tɑːl(d), tɔːl(d), N. I. taːl(d), U. tʌul(d)] Told.
 
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foretell: [ˈfoːr-] To foretell. pt. pp. foretelt, foretauld.
mistell: To misinform.
tellin [-ɪn]: A telling, a reprimand.
untellin: Past reckoning, impossible to tell, beyond words.

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