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Jennings, James

"The Dialect of the West of England; Particularly Somersetshire"


The'rence. _adv._ From that place.
ThereawAc, Thereaway. _adv._ Thereabout.
Therevor-i-sayt! _interj._ Therefore I say it!
Thic. _pron._ That. (Thilk, _Chaucer_.) [West of the
Parret, _thecky_.]
Tho. _adv._ Then.
Thornen. _adj._ Made of thorn; having the quality or nature
of thorn.
Thorough. _prep._ Through.
Thread the Needle, Dird the Needle. _s._ A play.
"Throwing batches," cutting up and destroying ant-hills.
Tiff. _s._ A small draught of liquor.
To tile. _v. a._ To set a thing in such a situation that it
may easily fall.
Til'ty. _adj._ Testy, soon offended.
Tim'mer. _s._ Timber; wood.
Tim'mern. _adj._ Wooden; as a timmern bowl; a wooden bowl.
Tim'mersom. _adj._ Fearful; needlessly uneasy.
To Tine. _v. a._ To shut, to close; as, _tine the door_;
shut the door. To inclose; to _tine in the moor_, is to
divide it into several allotments. To light, to kindle; as, to
_tine the candle_, is to light the candle.
QUARLES uses this verb:
"What is my soul the better to be _tin'd_
With holy fire?"
_Emblem_ XII.


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