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 * Tootn-egg [3-syll.], a peculiar-shaped brass or white-metal button, having the stem fastened by a conical-shaped bit of metal. I have seen it explained as tooth-and-egg; but I believe this to be a guess. (Limerick.)


 * Tory-top; the seed cone of a fir-tree. (South.)


 * Towards; in comparison with:—'That's a fine horse towards the one you had before.'


 * Tradesman; an artisan, a working mechanic. In Ireland the word is hardly ever applied to a shopkeeper.


 * Trake; a long tiresome walk: 'you gave me a great trake for nothing,' (Ulster.)


 * Tram or tram-cock; a hay-cock—rather a small one. (Moran: Carlow.)


 * Trams; the ends of the cart shafts that project behind. (North.) Called heels in the South.


 * Trance; the name given in Munster to the children's game of Scotch hop or pickey.


 * Traneen or trawneen; a long slender grass-stalk, like a knitting-needle. Used all over Ireland. In some places cushoge.


 * Travel; used in Ulster for walking as distinguished from driving or riding:—'Did you drive to Derry?' 'Oh no, I travelled.'


 * Trice; to make an agreement or bargain. (Simmons: Armagh.)


 * Triheens; a pair of stockings with only the legs: the two feet cut off. It is the Irish troigh [thro], a foot, with the diminutive—troighthín [triheen]. In Roscommon this word is applied to the handle of a loy or spade which has been broken and patched together again. (Connaught and Munster.)