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 108 ANTRIM AND DOWN GLOSSARY. Tory, sh. a deceiving person, usually applied in banter; a term of endeannent for a child, thus — ' Ah I you're a right tory.' ' A rayl tory.* * A sore tory,* &c. Tofhan, sb. a silly person. To the fore, in existence. Totfherry, adj, untidy ; ragged. Touch, sb, a loop of cord put round a horse's tongue or lip. Touch an' hail, sb. (touch and heal), the St. John's wort, Hyporieum perforatum. Prunella vulgaris is also so-called. Tours, sb, pi, peat sods used in firing. ToTO, V, to boast or brag. ToTor, tb, a boaster. ToTOy, Toyed, adj. puffed up ; silly ; self-important. Tovy eedyot, sb, a puffed up fool. Towarst, adv, towards. Town stinker, sb, a boy's game, played with a ball. The 'tot^n' is marked by a circle on iSie ground, and two parties of boys take possession of it alternately, according to their success in striking the ball in certain directions. Track, sb. In playing marbles, a boy who hits one marble may Traik, (1) ^5. a long, tiresome walk. (2) v. to be sickly ; not to thrive. Train, v. to travel by train. * He'll have to train it every day.' Tramp cook, sb. a hay- cock, which has been tramped to make it more solid. Trams, sb. pi. the portions of the shafts which project behind the body of a cart. They are also called Back-trams. Trash, Oreen trash, «6, unripe or bad fruit. Trayel, v. to walk. * I travelled it every fut o' the way/ Treadwuddy, sb. an iron hook and swivel used to connect a single or double tree with a plough or harrow. Trench, v, to dig land down to the sub-soil. Trig, (!) sb, the line from which persons jumping start from, when making the jump. (2) adj neat; trim. Trigged up, v. trimmed up ; settled. Trinket, v. a small artificial water-course.
 * take track off it,* i, e. he gets another shot.