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The_Whifflet, Whifflet, Whifflit, Whufflit,
The Whifflet [ˈʍɪflət, ˈʍʌflət]
pn. Whifflet (Lanarkshire).
The_Wyndfuird, Wyndfuird,
The Wyndfuird [ðə ˈwəindfərrd]
pn. Wyndford (Glasgow).
Locally The Barrracks
Thibet,
Thibet [θɪbət]
pn. Tibet, a country in Central Asia.
n. A kind of fine wool.
thick, thicken, thickenin, thickent, tick, tik,
thick [θɪk, I.Sh. tɪk]
adj. Thick. Of a thick-set build, muscular, burly, very friendly, intimate.
 
thicken
v. To thicken.
pt. pp. thickent
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
thick and threefauld: In rapid succession.
thickenin: An agent which curdles milk, rennet, thickening.
thickness: Thickness.
theives, thief, thiefie, thiefie, thiefie, thiefs, thieftie, thiefy, thiefy, thieves, tief, tieve, tieves,
thief [θif, I.Sh. tif]
n. A thief. A rogue, scoundrel, villain.
dim. thiefie
pl. thiefs [θifs]
v. To steal.
 
thieftie also thiefy
adj. Thieflike, disreputable.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
tibbie thiefie dim. tibbie: SN. MN. The sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos.
theft, theftdom, thieft, thieftdom, thift, thiftdom, tift,
thift [θɪft, I.Sh. tɪft]
n. Theft, larceny.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
thiftdom: Theft, thievery.
thig, thigger, thiggin, thinggin$, tig, tigger,
thig [θɪg, I.Sh. tɪg]
v. To beg, cadge, solicit a free gift, to procure an article at little or no cost. To take or appropriate for one's own use, to borrow with or without leave. To plagiarise.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
thigger: A beggar.
thiggin: Begging.
sheegie, theemle, thimle, thimmels, thimmle, thimmles, thummels, thummle, thummles, timmel, timmle,
thimmle [θɪml, θʌml]
n. A thimble. NEC. The willow warbler Phylloscopus trochilus.
pl. thimmles S. SEC. The foxglove Digitalis purpurea. MN. The raspberry plant Rubus idaeus or cornflower Centaurea cyanus.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
fairies' thimmles: The foxglove Digitalis purpurea.
(gowk's) thimmles: MN. The harebell Campanula rotundifolia.
leddy's thimmles: U. S. SW. WC. NEC. MN. NN.b. The foxglove Digitalis purpurea.
sheegie thimmle, fairy thimmle: U. The foxglove Digitalis purpurea.
witches' thimmles: SEC. SN. The foxglove Digitalis purpurea or S. sea campion Silene uniflora.
thin, thinin, thins, tin, tinin, tinn, tinnin,
thin [θɪn, I.Sh. tɪn]
adj. Thin. Of the wind or weather: cold, bitter, piercing. Piqued, annoyed, bitter, unfriendly.
v. To make thin. I.Sh. Of clouds: to thin or clear.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
the thins: Diarrhoea.
thinin: Thining. I.Sh. Of clouds: to thin or clear.
a$thin, a$thin$, a$thing, aa$hing, aahin, aahing, aathin, aathing, aating, aething, ahhin, ah-hin, ahin, ahing, anyhin, anyhing, athin, athing, ating, aw$hing, awhin, awhing, awhng, awthin, awthing, awthings, ayething, enyhin, everythin, hin, hin$, hin$s, hing, hingma, hingmie, hingmy, hings, hingwi, hingy, hingz, hins, iveriethin, iveryhin, iverythin, iverythin$, ivrythin, ivverythin, ivvriething, laating, laa-ting, lawthing, lawting, law-ting, na$hin, naehin, naetheen, naethin, naethin$, naething, naithin, naithing, nathan, nathen, nathin, nathin, nauthin, nawtheen, neithin, nethin, ni$hing, nihin, nihing, nithen, nithin, nithing, no$hing, nohin, notheen, nothin, nu$hin, nuhin, nuhing, nuhun, nuthin, nuthin, nuthin$, nuttin, oaniethin, oanyhin, oanythin, oniehin, oniethin, oniething, onithin, onithing, onneythein, onnythin, onnything, onyhan, onyhin, onyhing, onythin, onythin$, onything, samhin, simthan, simthin, simthing, sohin, somehin, somehing, somein, sometheen, somethin, somethin$, something, somhing, somthin, suhin, sumhin, sumhin$, sumhing, sumhm, sumin, summin, summyn, sumpn, sumthin, thaing, thaings, thang, thangs, thein, theng, thin, thin$, thing, thingie, thingiment, thingmie, thingmy, things, thingum, thingummy, thingwi, thingwie, thingwy, thingy, thinngey, thins, ting, weethin, weezin,
thing [θɪŋ, hɪŋ, hɪn, I.Sh. tɪŋ]
n. A thing. Kind, sort, stuff. Reason, cause. Amount, quantity, number, extent, cost.
pl.things.
dim. thingie, thingmie, thingum
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
awthing: adj. Everything.
aw ither thing: Everything else.
jennie awthings, johnnie awthings: A general store.
lawthing I.Sh. laːˈtɪŋ]: The old Shetland supreme court.
naething [unstressed ˈnəθɪŋ, ˈnəθɪn, ˈnəhɪn]: Nothing.
onything: Anything.
something: Something.
wee thing: A little amount, rather, a small thing, a child.

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