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Gael. Ir. _teachdaire_, a messenger; _teachdairacht_, a message.
TOSIE, _adj._
1. Tipsy, intoxicated in some degree, S.
_Meston._
2. Intoxicating.
_Hamilton._
Mod. Sax. _dosig_, giddy; Isl. _dus_, drunken.
TOSt.i.t, _part. adj._ Tossed with severe affliction, S. B.
TOT, _s._ A fondling designation for a child, S.
V. ~Toyte~.
_Ramsay._
TOTHIR, TOTHYR, _adj._
1. The other, S. p.r.o.n. _t.i.ther_.
_Wallace._
2. The second.
_Wyntown._
3. Indefinitely, in the sense of another, or posterior.
_Barbour._
TOTTIE, _adj._ Warm, snug, Perths.
Gael. _teoth-am_, to warm.
TOTTIS, _s._ Refuse of wool.
_Leg. St Androis._
Su. G. _totte_, a handful of flax or wool.
_To_ TOTTLE, _v. n._
1. A term used to denote the noise made by any substance, when boiling gently, S.
_A. Nicol._
2. To purl, applied to a stream, Dumfr.
V. ~Todle~.
_Nithsdale Song._
_To_ TOVE, _v. n._ To talk familiarly, prolixly, and cheerfully, S., often, _to tove and crack_.
_A. Scott._
Norw. _toeve_, to prattle, to be talkative.
~Tovie~, _adj._ Tipsy, Loth.
TOUK, _s._ A hasty pull, a tug, S.
A. S. _twicc-an_, vellicare.
_Ruddiman._
_To_ TUCK, _v. a._ To beat.
_Spalding._
Teut. _tuck-en_, icero.
_To_ ~Touk~, ~Tuck~, _v. n._ To emit a sound, in consequence of being beaten.
_Evergr._
~Touk~, _s._
1. A stroke, a blow.
_Douglas._
2. _Touk of drum_, beat of drum, S.
