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tame, temm,
tame [tem]
adj. Tame.
v. To tame.
Tamintoul, Tamintowl,
Tamintowl [ˈtamɪntʌul]
pn. Tomintoul (Moray).
bletherin_Tam, blue_tam, blue_tom, gabblin_Tam, knottie-tams, knotty-tams, swearin_Tam, sweirin_Tam, taamie, Tam, tam, Tam_tit, Tamas, tamboy, Tammas, Tammasmas, Tammasmas_e$en, Tammasmass, Tammasmass_e$en, tammi, tammi, tammie, Tammie, tammy, Tammy, tam-o-shanter, Tam-tit, Thamas, Thammas, Tin, Tinnie, Tomshie, tremmlin_Tam, trimmlin_Tam, trummlin_Tam, tummlin-tam,
Tammas [ˈtaməs]
n. The peronal name Thomas.
dim. Tam, Tammie, Tin, Tinnie
 
tammie
n. A beret.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
bletherin Tam: SW. WC. The whitethroat Sylvia communis.
blue Tam: The blue tit Cyanistes caeruleus.
babblin Tam, gabblin Tam: WC. The willow warbler Phylloscopus trochilus.
knottie-tams: A dish of boiled milk with meal.
tamboy: A tomboy.
Tammasmas: St. Thomas's day, 21st. December.
Tammasmas e'en: The evening before St. Thomas's day.
tam-o-shanter: A cap with broad, flat top and pompom.
Tam-tit: S. The Wood warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix or willow warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
tremmlin Tam: Potted head, potted meat.
souple tam: A jointed wooden toy figure manipulated by string.
stinkin Tam: The tansy Tanacetum vulgare or S. wild chamomile Matricaria discoidea.
sweirin Tam: WC. The sedge warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus.
tummlin-tam: A hay-gatherer.
tamper,
tamper [ˈtampər]
v. To tamper.
taany, tan, tann$t, tannage, tanner, tannie, tannit, tanny, tant, taun, taunt, tawn, tawnt, tawny,
tan [tan]
n. A tan.
v. To tan.
pt. pp. tant adj. tannit Tanned.
 
tannie [ˈtaːni]
n. A dark complexioned person.
adj. Tawny. Sombre, gloomy.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
tannage: A tannery, leather-works.
tanner: One who tans leather.
mowdie-tannock, mowdy-tannock, tan, tannock,
tan [tan]
n. SW. A makeshift tent, hut or cabin.
dim. tannock
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
mowdie-tannock: SW. A molehill.
carlers, ice-tangle, ice-tankle, taingle, tang, tang$l, tangel, tangels, tangi, tangie, tangie, tangle, tangles, tangy, tankle, tanyick, tanyie, teng, tong, tongie,
tang [taŋ]
n. A large, coarse seaweed growing above the low-water mark.
 
tangie
n. NN.b. I.Ork. The harbour seal Phoca vitulina. A sea spirit, in the form of a horse or an old man.
 
tangle [taŋl, S. teŋl, taŋkl]
n. Seaweed such as Laminaria digitata , Laminaria saccharina or Laminaria hyperborea. The long stalk and strap-like fronds of such seaweeds. A tall, lanky person.
pl. tangles
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
black tang: The bladderwrack Fucus vesiculosus.
carle-tangle, carlers: MN. The seaweed oarweed Laminaria digitata.
ice-tangle: An icicle.
prickly tang: The serrated wrack Fucus serratus.
yellae tang: The knotted wrack Ascophyllum nodosum.
fiery-tangs, taings, tang, tangs, teengs, teings, tengs, tings, tongs, tyangs,
tangs [taŋz, MN. tjaŋz, S. t(ə)ɪŋz]
n. pl. Tongs.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
fiery tangs: SN. A crab or the lobster Homarus gammarus.
Tangwick, Tanook, Tanouk,
Tangwick [I.Sh. ˈtanuk]
pn. Tangwick (Shetland).
tanker, tankert,
tanker [ˈtaŋkər]
n. A tankard or tanker.

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