10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TAWTIE»
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tawtie in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Scottish Dictionary and Supplement: In Four Volumes. Suppl. ...
For C.B. tar-o, lar-aw, signifies ferire, percutere, Boxhorn ; to strike, to hit, turawd
impulsion. TAWTIE, adj. Shaggy. He had an ill-faur't lawtie face.— » Totvser,
TannahiWs Poems, p. 124. V. Tatty. TAWTIE, Tatie, s. The vulgar name for a
potatoe, ...
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A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: ...
For C.R. lar-o, tar-am, signifies ferire, percutere, Boxhorn ; to strike, to hit, taratvd
impulsion. TAWTIE, adj. Shaggy. He had an ill-faur't tatvtie face.— Totvser,
TannahilCs Poems, p. 124. V. Tatty. TAWTIE, Tatie, s. The vulgar name for a
potatoe, ...
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Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the ...
TAWTIE-BOGLE, ». A scarecrow, 8. TAWTIE-KRO, ». A corner of the house
boarded off f от the preservation of potatoes, Shetl. TAXATIVA, adj. Having the
power of deduction from the force of an argument or plea, as enfeebling it.
Fountainhall.
John Jamieson, John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.), John Longmuir, 1867
"Whaur can he hae gotten the siller, is what I say," observed Tawtie Pate, stirring
his fourth tumbler of toddy, looking round as if he had expressed the wisdom
which he knew was expected from him by his cronies. Pate was a contraction of ...
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Spaleens and Tattie Hokers: History and Folklore of the ...
The remaining three verses are equally evocative and descriptive: To the spirit-
broken, quiet-spoken, tawtie hokin' men Telling stories o' the Rosses in the
whiles, An' the Erris girls stoopin' to the soakin clay again An' they dreamin' o' the
...
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Good words, ed. by N. Macleod
The wonderment, indeed, was not unmingled with something like dissatisfaction
in the minds of some honest bodies when his identity became established. "
Whaur can he hae gotten the siller, is what I say," observed Tawtie Pate, stirring
his ...
7
The Poetical Works of Robert Tannahill: With a Sketch of His ...
... o'er-veils a noble, gen'rous soul, With Towser this was just thecase, He had an
ill-faurlt tawtie face, His mak' was something like a. messin, But big, and quite
unpreposessin', His master caft him frae some fallows, ' Wha had him doom'd
unto ...
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The Works: In Four Volumes
To this towmond I'se indent.” - - Ramsay. Tennis. Rough, shaggy. “ He's an auld
tawtie touzie beast.” - Sears so“; Toy. A very old fashion of female head-dress. a “
My grannie's joy is her grannie's toy.” Scots Saying. Toyte. To totter like old age.
Robert Burns, Allan Cunningham, 1835
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The Works with His Lift by Allan Cunningham. -London, James ...
Tou-mond. Atwelvemonth. “ To this towmond I'se indent.” . . Ramsay. Toivzie. "
Rough, shaggy. “ He's an auld tawtie touzie beast.” . Scots Song. Toy. A very old
fashion of female head-dress. “ My grannie's joy is her grannie's toy.” Scots
Saying.
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Miscellaneous Poems, Songs, Etc: Partly in the Scottish ...
TAWTIE, ye'll creep into the hole That's in the nehk, ye ken the hole, The maid ay
in't sets by her leavins, There ye may satisfy 'your cravins ; For, to the House's sair
mishap, , She's a rank theef, as ever lap. CURLIE, wee, sairie thing, ye'll neist ...
