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~Thair up~, _adv._ Out of bed.

_G. Buchanan._

THAK, _s._

1. Thatch, a covering of straw, rushes, &c., _thack_, S.

_Douglas._

_Thack and rape_, the covering of a stack, S.

_Burns._

_In thack an' rape_, in order.

_Burns._

_Out of aw thack and raip_, applied to one who acts quite in a disorderly way, S.

2. The covering of a roof, whatever be the materials.

_Acts Ja. V._

A. S. _thac_, _thaec_, Isl. _thak_, Lat. _tectum_.

_To_ ~Thak~, ~Thack~, _v. a._ To thatch, S.

~Thakburd~, _s._ The thatch-board, the roof.

_Barbour._

THAN, _adv._ Then, at that time, S.

_Barbour._

_Be than_, by that time; _Or than_, before that time.

V. ~Be than~.

THANE, THAYNE, _s._

1. A t.i.tle of honour, used among the ancient Scots, which seems to have been at first equivalent to Lat. _comes_, as denoting presidency in a county, and sometimes in a province; as well as the command of the forces, and collection of the royal revenues raised in the district.

_Wyntown._

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