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Jennings, James

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


Trim. _v. a._ To beat.
Trub'agully. _s._ A short dirty, ragged fellow, accustomed to
perform the most menial offices.
To Truckle, _v. a._ and _v. n._ To roll.
Truckle. _s._ A globular or circular piece of wood or iron,
placed under another body, in order to move it readily from place.
A _Truckle-bed_, is a small bed placed upon truckles, so that
it may be readily moved about.
These are the primary and the common meanings in the West, of To
_truckle, v. Truckle, s._ and _Truckle-bed._
Tun. _s._ A chimney.
Tun'negar. _s._ A Funnel.
Turf. _s. pl._ Turves. Peat cut into pieces and dried for
fuel.
Tur'mit. _s._ A turnip.
Tur'ney. _s._ An attorney. Turn-string, _s._ A string
made of twisted gut, much used in spinning. _See_ WORRA.
To Tus'sle. _v. n._ To straggle with; to contend.
Tut. _s._ A hassock.
Tut-work. _s._ Work done by the piece or contract; not work
by the clay.
Tuth'er. _pron._ The other.
Tuth'eram. \
} _pron._ The others
Tuth ermy.


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