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taip, taiper, tape, tapeless, taper, teep,
tape [tep]
v. To tape. Measure exactly. Deal out, use sparingly.
 
taper [-ər]
v. To use food sparingly, eke out.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
tapeless: Foolish.
tape recorder: tape recorder
tapsalteerie, taps-alteerie, tapsalteery, tapsalteirie, tapsalteiry, tapsalterie, tapselteerie, tapselteery, tapsie-teerie, tapsil-teerie, tapsle-teerie, tapsowerteerie, topsalteery, topsy-teerie,
tapsalteerie [ˈtapsəlˈtiːri, S. ˈtapseltiːri]
adv. Upside down, topsy-turvy, into utter confusion or disorder, higgledy-piggledy.
adj. Chaotic, muddled, disorderly.
tamto, taptee, taptoo, tiptoo,
taptoo [ˈtaptu, tapti, I.Sh. ˈtamto]
n. A state of excitement, eagerness, desire or rage etc.
tara, tarra, turra,
tara [ˈtara, ˈtʌra, ˈtərə]
int. col. Goodbye.
Tabowton, Tarbouton, Tarbowton, Turbou$n, Turbowton,
Tarbowton [tərˈbʌutən]
pn. Tarbolton (Ayrshire).
targ, targe,
targe [tardʒ]
n. A circular highland shield.
tairg, tairge, tairgin, targ, targe, targin, terge, tergin,
targe [tardʒ, teːrdʒ, tadʒ]
n. A violent, scolding woman. A shrew, a virago. A scathing or cutting rebuke.
v. To deal in a strict or severe manner, to question closely, cross-examine in a thorough rigorous way. To keep under strict discipline, to stand over, supervise closely. To urge on. To scold, reprehend severely, to enjoin, to give strict instructions to. To beat, drub. To bustle about, to hustle, to go at a task in an active, vigorous manner, to push one's way forcefully through a crowd.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
targin [ˈtardʒɪn, ˈteːrdʒɪn, ˈtadʒɪn]: A beating, a scolding, a cross-examination.
tairget, tairglet, targat, target, targit, terget,
target [ˈtargət, S. ˈteːrgət]
n. A light round shield, disc or medallion. A shred of cloth or flesh.
tarlach, tarlich, tarloch, tarlogh, terlyach,
tarlach [ˈtarləx, MN. ˈterljəx]
n. Of people or animals: a small weak or worthless creature. A contemptible person.
adj. Weak, peevish. Slow to eat food, squeamish. Of weather: unpleasant, stormy.
v. To go about in a lazy manner. To show symptoms of sickness.
piccatarrie, piccatarry, pickie, pickietarno, pickie-tarno, pickieterno, pickie-terno, picktarnie, pickternie, picktornie, pictarnie, pictarny, pikkatari, pikki, pikternie, tairn, tarick, tarik, tarmney, tarn, tarnie, tarno, tarny, tarrack, tarret, tarroch, tarrock, tarty, tern, ternie, terno, tirik, tirrack, tirracke, tirrick, tirrik, tirrook, torn, tornie,
tarn [tarn]
n. A tern, usually the common tern Sterna hirundo.
dim. tarnie, I.Ork. tarno [ˈtarno]
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
picktarnie [pɪk(ɪ)ˈtarne]: The common tern Sterna hirundo or arctic tern Sterna paradisaea. S. N. The black-headed gull Larus ridibundus. A thin wretched looking person, a bad tempered person. dim. pickie, I.Ork. pickie-tarno.
little pickie: MN. The little tern Sterna albifrons.
tarrock: [ˈtarək, ˈtɪrɪk]: U. I.Sh. The common tern Sterna hirundo.

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