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TALE-PIET, _s._ A talebearer, S.
Perhaps from _piet_, the magpie, because of its chattering.
TALER, TALOR, _s._ State, condition, S. B., Fife.
O. Fr. _taillier_, disposition, etat, pouvoir.
TALLOUN, _s._ Tallow, S.
_Acts Ja. V._
_To_ ~Tallon~, _v. a._ To cover with tallow or pitch, to caulk.
_Douglas._
TALTIE, _s._ A wig, Angus.
TAMMEIST, L. _rammeist_.
V. ~Rammis~.
_Montgomerie._
TAMMY-HARPER, _s._ The cancer araneus, Loth.
TAM-TARY. _To hold ane in tamtary_, to disquiet him, S. B.
_Ruddiman._
Perh. originally a military term, q. to keep on the alert; from Fr.
_tantarare_, a word formed to represent a certain sound of the trumpet.
TANE, TAYNE, _adj._ One, after the, S.
_Douglas._
TANE, _part. pa._ Taken, S.
_Douglas._
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