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theater, theatre,
theatre [ˈθitər]
n. Theatre.
tee, thee, thie,
thee [θiː, S. θəi, I.Sh. tiː]
n. The thigh.
theesht, theisht,
theesht [ðiʃt]
v. With wi: to cajole.
theedil, theedle, theel, theevil, theevle, theevle, theil, theivil, thiel, thievil, thievil,
theevle [ˈθiːvəl, ˈθidəl, SW. ˈθəivəl]
also span class = "var">NEC. theel [θil]
n. A short tapering stick for stirring food.
$egither, a$_thegither, a$thegither, a$thgither, aa$thegither, aa_thegither, aataegidder, aathegaither, aathegither, althegither, athagither, athegeether, athegidder, athegither, aw_thegither, aw_thegither, awragither, awtagither, awthegither, egither, gither, hing-thegither, igither, igithir, taegedder, taegither, tagedder, tageeder, tagidder, th$gither, thagither, the_gather, the_gither, thegaither, thegidder, thegither, thegithir, thi_githir, thigither, thigithir, togither,
thegither [ðə ˈgɪðər, I.Sh. də ˈgɪdər]
also arch. MN. thegidder [ðəˈgɪdər]
adv. Together.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
awthegither [ɑː-, ɔː-, N. I. aː-]: adv. adj. Altogether.
gae thegither, gang thegither: Come together, unite, close, get married, court.
hing-thegither: Akwardly knit, clumsily built, dressed without care or taste.
taek, taek, taek-gaet, taekit, theaker, theek, theekeet, theeker, theekit, theekkit, theik, theiker, theik-gate, theikit, thetch, thetched, thicker,
theik [θik, θek]
n. Thatch. Any thick covering of foliage or hair etc.
v. To roof a building, to cover a roof with any appropriate material, often a thatch of straw, heather or rushes. To cover as with thatch, to protect with any thick covering, as hair or clothes etc., to cover.
pt. pp. theikit
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
theiker: A thatcher, a roofer of houses.
theik-gate: The part of the house wall-head where the theiker stood while thatching the roof.
theasury, thesaarer, thesaarie, thesaary, thesaurer, thesaurie, thesaury, thesurie, thrasurie, thresaurer, thresaury, thresury,
thesaurer [ˈθɛsɑːrər]
n. A treasurer.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
thesaury: A treasury, treasure house.
thaveless, thaveless, thawless, theavless, theeveless, theevless, theiveless, thew, thewless, thews, thieveless, thieveless, thievless, thiveless, thouless, thoweless, thowless, thows, thraveless,
thew [ˈθʌju]
n. arch. Custom, manner of behaving.
pl. thews arch. Muscles, sinews.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
thewless [ˈθʌjuləs], thowless [S. C. U. N. ˈθʌuləs]: adj. Of people: Lacking energy or spirit, inactive, lethargic, feeble, listless, without force. Having little initiative or capability, ineffectual.
theiveless [θiːvləs, NEC. U. θeːvləs]: adj. With the above meanings and U. Of a speaker: lacking in punch, ineffective. S. C. Of actions: not to the purpose, ineffective, serving as a pretext, unconvincing. U. SW. S. Cold, frigid in manner, dry, forbidding. Of the weather: bleak, uncertain.
threiveless [U. ˈθriːvləs, WC. ˈθreːvləs]: adj. Thriftless, careless, negligent.
Bowelin, Bowland, Bowlin, The_Bowlin,
The Bowlin [ðə ˈbʌulɪn]
pn. Bowling (Dunbartonshire).
Broch, brocher, Bruch, Burgheid, Faithlie, Puddle_Stink, The_Broch,
The Broch [brɔx]
pn. Fraserburgh (Aberdeenshire) or Burghead. (Moray).
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
Brocher [ˈbrɔxər]: A native of Fraserburgh.
Faithlie: Another name for Fraserburgh.
Puddle Stink: A deprecatory nickname for Fraserburgh used in Peterhead.

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