10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TOUSTIE»
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toustie in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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The English Dialect Dictionary: T-Z. Supplement. ...
Sc. He was a wee toustie when you rubbed him again' the hair — but a kind, weel
-meaning man, Scott Canongate (18271 iii. Frf. The maid knew the maister was a
thochtie toustie, Mackenzie Northern Pine (1897) 371. Lth. (Jam.) TOUSY, adj.
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The English dialect dictionary
Sc. He was a wee toustie when you rubbed him again' the hair—but a kind, weel-
meaning man, ScoTr Canongate (1827) iii. Frt'. The maid knew the maistcr was a
thochtie toustie, MACKENZIE Northern Pl'ne (1897) 271. Lth. (Jar-1.) TOUSY ...
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The English Dialect Dictionary, Being the Complete ...
... [tfi'stL] Testy, irascible. Sc. He was a wee toustie when you rubbed him again'
the hair—but a kind, weel-meaning man, Sco'rr Canongale (1827', iii. Frf. The
maid knew the maister was a thochtie toustie, MAcItI-zuzle Northern Pine (1897)
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A dictionary of Lowland Scotch: with an introductory chapter ...
Toustie, quarrelsome, irascible, contentious, twisty. From the Gaelic tua.i. and
tuasaid, a quarrel ; tuasaideach, quarrelsome. Mr. Treddles was a wee toustie,
when you rubbed him against the hair, but a kind, weel-meaning man. — Scott ...
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Waverley Novels: Redgauntlet
... Alan, that Peter's cause was to have been opened by young Dumtoustie — ye
may ken the lad, a son of Dum- toustie of that ilk, member of Parliament for the
county of , and a nephew of the Laird's younger brother, worthy Lord
Bladderskate, ...
Toustie, testy, irascible. Tout, a blast ; a fit of ill-humour or ill- health ; sound (of a
horn). Touzle, to disorder. " TouzLed out," ransacked. Tow, a rope. " Tow on their
rock," business on hand. Tower, tour. Towmond, towmont, a twelvemonth, a year.
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Chronicles of the Canongate: First series
Ony way, I wadna ha' liked to have offended Mr. Treddles ; he was a wee toustie
when you rubbed him again the hair — but a kind, weel-meaning man." I wanted
to get rid of this species of chat, and finding myself near the entrance of a ...
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Notes, Historical And Illustrative, By The Author, Glossary, Etc
Toustie, testy. Tout, pout; pet; hufi'; also sound of a horn. Toutie, haughty.
Touzlecl out, ransacked. Touzled, in disorder; such a: the hair uncombed;
rumpled. Tow, bards; also a rope. Towmont, a twelvemonth. Town, any inhabited
place; ...
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Waverley Novels: The highland widow. The two drovers. My ...
Ony way, I wadna ha' liked to have offended Mr. Treddles ; he was a wee toustie
when you rubbed him again the hair — but a kind, weel- meaning man.' I wanted
to get rid of this species of chat, and finding myself near the entrance of a ...
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Every-day pronunciation
Toussaint l'Ouverture, too- san' loovertur'. toustie (Scot.), toost'l. tousy (Scot.), touz
'I, tooz'l. tout (scout or watchman), tout, tout (Scot.), toot, tout a fait, tootafe'. tout
bien ou rien, too byan noo ryan'. tout court, too koor'. tout de suite, too de swet'.
Robert Palfrey Utter, 1918
