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 ANTRIM AND DOWN QL0S8ART. 107 Time, (1) ' If I can make time' = if I have time. (2^ * Tou kept time between you and the day/ i. e. you kept putting off the eyil day. Time o' day. To * bid the time o' day,* is to salute a person with < good morning ' or anything similar. Timmersome, adj. timorous. Tin, eb. What is known as ' a h'n/ i8 a tin mug or porriuger. Tinker's toast, sb, the crust at the side of a loaf which has been one of the outside loayes of a batch. Tint, adj. one-third rotten, applied to wood that has been kept seasoning till it begins to decay. Tip, sb. a ram. Tirl, Thirl, v. to turn up something. ' The wun' thirled the thatch las* nicht.' To, (1) adv. used for till. ' Come here to I kiss you.' (2) prep, used for /or. * You can get a bit to yourself.' Toardst, adv. towards. Tod, sb. a fox. To-morrow was a year, a year ago from to-morrow. Tom pudden, sb. the little grebe; also called, ' penny-bird,' ' drink a penny;' * Willie Hawkie.' Tongne, (1) * Has a tongue wud clip clouts.' ' Has a tongue wud clip iron or orass,' applied to a great talker, or to a person who has * a cuttin' UmgtLe.^ (2) V. to scold. Tongne fhrash, v. to scold. Tongne-thrashing, ab. a scolding. Tongning, »b. abuse; a violent scolding. Too big riggit, adj. over rigged, as a boat Took, (1) struck or caught. ' A stone just took him in the eye.' (2) V. went. ' They tock down the old road.' Took 0% V. ran away. Toom, adj. empty. Tooth. Children when they are losing their first teeth, are told when a tooth is taken out, that if they do not put their tongue into the hole, a gold tooth will grow. Top, V. to lop off the top branches in pruning a hedge. Top piokle. ' The tap pickle of all grain belongs to the gentry/ i. e. to the fiEuries.