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104 Thirl, thill; lean.

Tho', then; at that time. In common use among the older poets. E.g.:—

Thumb beend, thumb band. The band for a bundle of hay.

Tiddlywink, sometimes Kiddlywink, a small inn only licensed to sell beer and cider.

Tiddy, the breast or teat ; sometimes the milk. Tifling, the frayed-out threads of a woven fabric. Tig, a cliild's game ; a game of touch., Timberin, made of wood. Tine, the tooth of a harrow. Qy. from dynSy teeth, C. L. dens. Tink, the chaffinch. Onomatopoeitic from its call-note. Tittivate, to make neat ; dress up. Tom-bony, a sea-bird. The common name of two or three species of skua. Tor, Tarr, the rocky top of a hilL The word is chiefly used in the central granite ridges of Cornwall and Devon. Toteling, silly ; demented. Town, Town-place, applied to the smallest hamlet, and even to a farm-yard. Here is an instance of the retention of the primitive use of a word. '*The town or ioum-place, farm or homestead indosure, is derived from tynanj to inclose, denoting its primary sense," says Sir F. Palgrave, ** the inclosure which surrounded the mere dwelling or homestead of the lord." — EnglUh Commonwealth, p. 65. Trade, stuff; material. Medecine is "doctor's trade" Train-oil, expressed fish oil. Trapse, to walk slovenly ; to slouch. Tribnte. A consideration or share of the produce of a mine, either in money or kind, the latter being first made merchantable, and then paid by the takers or trihutors to the adventurers or owners for the liberty granted of enjoying the mine or a part thereof caJled a pitch, for a limited time. — Fuyce. Trig, to set up ; to support " To trig the wheel" " To put a trig " on the sole of a shoe worn on one side. TroU-foot, clubfoot. Trone, a ^oove or furrow ; a trench. Qy. a line. In describing heavy ram a oountr3nnan said the streams were " like irones from the iids of a cow,"