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toiseach, toisech, toisich, toschach, toshach, toshich, toshoch,
toiseach [Gael. ˈtɔːʃəx]
n. A Celtic official with civil and military authority over a tribal district, similar to a thane. A clan chieftain.
tamata, temata, timah$i, timaitae, timaitie, timata, timatae, timatie, timautae, timmatta, tomaitae, tomatae, tomatay, tomati, tomatie, tomautae,
tomatae [ˈtəmate, -i, ˈtəmete, -i]
n. The tomato Solanum lycopersicum.
tawm, toam, tom, tomb, tombe, tome, tomekins, tömi-keys, tomikins, tömikins, toom, toum, towm, tuimi-keys, tuimikins,
tome [NN.b. tʌum, I. toːm]
n. A cord of twisted horse-hair used as a fishing-line. The short cord to which the hook is attached in floating-lines.
v. To draw out any viscous substance into a line, thread or filament.
Compounds and phrases etc.
tomikins: A three-strand rope-twister.
ton,
ton [tʌn]
n. Ton. A measure of weight.
caird-tonguit, gleg-tongit, gleg-tongued, gleg-tonguit, gleg-tungit, ill-tongue, ill-tonguit, ill-tung, ill-tung$d, ill-tungit, kyaard-tonguet, taing, tong, tongue, tongue$t, tongued, tongue-raik, tongue-rake, tonguet, tongue-tack, tongue-tack, tongue-tacked, tongue-tacket, tongue-tackit, tonguie, tonguin, tonguit, tounge, towng, tung, tunge, tungie, tungin, tungit, tung-raik, tung-rake, tung-tack, tung-tackit, tungue,
tongue [tʌŋ]
n. Tongue, Impudence, abuse, violent language.
v. To scold, vituperate, revile.
pt. pp. tongue't, tongued adj. tonguit Tongued.
tonguie [ˈtʌŋe]
adj. Glib, loquacious, fluent.
Compounds and phrases etc.
bity-tongue: S. The water pepper Persicaria hydropiper.
gleg-tonguit: Smooth-tongued, glib, voluble.
ill-tongue: A malevolant or abusive tongue. Bad language, abuse, slander.
ill-tonguit: Of speech: abusive.
caird-tonguit: Given to loose or unwholesome talk.
mither tongue [-tʌŋ]: Mother tongue, native language.
tonguin: (A) telling off.
tongue-raik: Volubility, flow of languge.
tongue-tackit: Tongue-tied, having an impediment in speech, dumb, mute.
tamteen, tontine,
tontine [ˈtɔntin]
n. A tontine. A kind of insurance or annuity scheme investing in the building of houses or hotels etc.
Compounds and phrases etc.
tontine face: A wry face, a grimace.
toin, tointy, tonyie, tonyo, tunyie, twinyie,
tonyie [I.Ork. ˈtɔnjɪ, ˈtwɪnjɪ, ˈtʌnjɪ, tɔin]
v. To shrivel or shrink.
toohoo, too-hoo, tou-hou, tui-hui,
too-hoo [ˈtu ˈhu]
n. A fuss, to-do, hullabaloo.
toosh, toosht, tooshtie, toost, toostie, toosty, toush, tousht,
toosht [MN. tuʃt]
n. A loose untidy bundle. A small heap or cock of hay. A small quantity of anything. A bunch, tuft, wisp, truss, pinch.
dim. tooshtie A small quantity.
v. To rumple, handle carelessly, bundle or roll up in a careless hurried manner. To toss, roll or blow about, to be strewn about in a careless untidy manner. To dash hither and thither.
tooter, touter,
tooter [MN. ˈtutər]
v. To work in an ineffectual fumbling manner, to potter.
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