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_To_ TARVEAL, _v. a._
1. To fatigue, S. B.
_Ross._
2. To vex.
_Gl. Sibb._
Fr. _travaill-er_, to vex, to trouble.
~Tarveal~, _adj._ Fretful, S. B.
_Journ. Lond._
_To_ TASH, _v. a._
1. To soil, S.
_Ritson._
Fr. _tacher_, id.
2. To injure by calumny, S.
3. To upbraid, S. B.
~Tash~, _s._
1. A stain, S. Fr. _tache_.
2. An affront, S.
_Wodrow._
TASK, _s._ Angel or spirit of any person, Ross-s.h.i.+re. Gael. _taisc_, ghosts.
_Stat. Acc._
TASKER, _s._ A labourer who receives his wages in kind, for a certain task, E. Loth.
_Stat. Acc._
Ta.s.s, Ta.s.sIE, _s._ A cup, S.
V. ~Tais~.
~Ta.s.ses~, _s. pl._
V. ~Tishe~.
_Sir Gawan._
TASTER, _s._ A sea-fowl.
_Sibbald._
TATE, TAIT, TEAT, TATTE, _s._
1. A small portion of any thing not liquid, S.
_Ramsay._
2. Lock, applied to hair.
_Douglas._
3. Division, applied to a precept.
_Skene._
Isl. _taeta_, lanugo; minimum quid; Sw. _tott_, _totte_, handful of lint or wool.
TATH, TAITH, TAITHING, _s._
1. Cow's dung, S.
Isl. _tada_, dung, manure.
2. The luxuriant gra.s.s arising from the application of manure, S.
_To_ ~Tath~, _v. n._ To dung, S.
_To_ ~Tath~, _v. a._ To make a field produce gra.s.s in rank tufts by the application of any manure, S.
_Stat. Acc._
~Tathing~, _s._ A raising of rank gra.s.s by manure, S.
_Stat. Acc._
