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tack    -    (1) a bad or musty flavour (2) a leasing "He's gotten                 a tack on it for a good many 'ear" 

tad, just o'th tad    -     just about, referring to (1) unstable                                          equilibrium, something o'th tad is                                            about to topple over (2) time, just                                            o'th'tad of midnight = just before                                            (3)starting something, "Ah'm just upo'                                    th' tad" = I may start any moment.

tain    -    town or parish 

tak-awee     -   appetite "He's a rare tak-awee" = He has a big                        appetite 

tak up   -    to borrow

tall-boy    -    a tall, narrow ale glass with a stem. 

tallock     -     a good for nothing idle person 

tally     -     in concubinage "They bin livin' tally" 

tan      -     to worry on the same thing over and over, to harp                    on one string

tantaddlin'    -      unsubstantial confectionery designed to                                  tickle the palate rather than satisfy any                                  appetite 

tantaddlement     -    a trifle, trivial pursuits without any real                                   solid value 

tantrel     -    a tantrum

tap     -    (1)rate of speed "Hoo was comin' dain th'rood at a                  pratty owd tap" (2) to re-sole shoes or boots.

taper     -     (1)to moderate or dilute (2)to reduce gradually 

tassel-rag    -   a mild term of reproach used to a female 

tassock    -    a good for nothing person 

tatherum-a-dyal    -     complicated or unintelligible language

taty/tatty/tatur/tato    -   potato

tatoe-trap     -    the mouth (slang) 

tattarat   -   an unruly person, or one wanting in stability 

taxy-waxy     -   a portion of meat, consisting mainly of gristle

teegle up    -   to entice, lead on from step to step 

teeler    =   a caterpillar 

tell-tale-tit    -      a tell-tale, tale bearer 

thack    -   thatch

thatchpricks     -    sticks used in thatching

thick an' three-fowld     -    thickly, and with little                                                            intermission 

thickyed    -      a stupid fellow (thick head)

thin     -        piercing, said of the wind "It's a very thin weind                     this mornin'"

thinkins     -     opinions 

thistletake    -      money paid when animals have eaten even                            so much as a thistle from common ground

thrave     -     a quantity of harvested corn, consisting of                             twenty-four sheaves or three 'hattocks'

threeap-dain    -     to contradict, maintain an opposite opinion                              to "I towd her o'er an' o'er agen as Kitty'd                              never bin at chapel, but hoo wud threeap                                me dain as hoo had" (from Anglo -                                          Saxon (th)reapian) 

three-cornered   -     irritable 

threek      -      a cluster of thistles growing in a field

threeweek, threewik    -     three weeks, like a fortnight

thrid-thrum    -    a tangle "This clookin's aw in a thrid-thrum" 

throg, throggy, throstle    -    a thrush, throg and throggy used                                             mainly by boys (throstle is an                                                 Anglo Saxon word) 

throttle    -     the throat

throw    -    to hinder, "It'll throw me terribly wi' th' work" 

thruff & thruff    -     through and through

thruggil     -     a short, stunted person 

thrumble up    -     to tie or fasten clumsily

thrummell     -      a large, clumsy lump of a fellow

thrummock, thrummy     -    a tangle, tangled 

thrunk     -    thronged, crowded (Anglo-Saxon (th)rungen =                           close, thronged) 

thrutch      -    to squeeze

thrutchins      -     the moisture thrutched out of a cheese                                  under press. It is very salty and                                              proverbially nasty! 

thrutch-puddins     -    a chubby person or animal 

thump     -     indeed! "Yo wanna gow Maxfield toneight?" "I                          wull, thump!" 

Thunderbowt    -     a corn-poppy

thunge    -      (1)a loud hollow sound, as of thunder, used                            like bang, (2)a heavy fall, producing a loud                              noise 

thunk     -       a leather thong, or a shoe lace 

tickle     -    (1)ticklish, nice, delicate "It's a tickle job; yo'n                        ha' be careful" (2)sensitive "Theise scales binna                    very tickle; the rust must ha' gotten i'th                                  jeints"

tickle-stomached    -   squeamish 

tidy     -      (1)neat (2)decent, honest (3)good "Yo bin here i'                       pritty tidy time" (4)considerable 

                  tift, tiftyill-temper, touchy in temper

timber-toed     -     with toes turned inward 

time ago, time back    -     some time ago 

time an' agen     -     repeatedly 

tine    -     to close up a gap in a hedge (Anglo-Saxon tynan =                   to close)

tipe      -     (1)to turn (2)to knock over (3)to fall over 

tippin'     -     excellent 

to an' agen     -     to and fro 

toddlish    -     slightly intoxicated, half tipsy (I wonder if a                           "toddy" comes from this?)

to-do   -    (1)a fuss (2)trouble (3)an occurence of a public                         kind, like a fair 

tooad    -       (1)as an insult (2)"as full of (emotion) as a blown                      tooad" 

tooken to    -    astonished, taken aback "Ah was tooken to                            when I seed him stondin' at th'door, an' mey                            thinkin' he was i'Liverpool aw the wheile" 

toony-throny    -     (1)inconsistent (2)in confusion, in the                                      wrong place 

toot    -      to pry curiously "He was hootin' an' tootin' aboot                    aw the wheil we wun talkin'" (Middle                                      English toten = to spy)

tooth-warch    -     tooth ache 

tooty pot    -   a hole in the road or pavement, full of water

top    -    (1)to snuff (2)to cut off the leaves and fibrous roots                 (3) to "top up" a stack of asomething is to complete               the top of it

topper, toppin'   -     a term of commendation applied to a                                      person or a thing 

tops and bottims    -     cultivation of cottage gardens. Tops                                      (fruit) and bottoms (vegatables)

top-sawyer      -     the head or chief 

topteels       -    head over heels

toss a baw   -    toss up a small ball 

tossicated   -    harrassed, worried 

tot    -     a little cup 

tother    -    a tangle

totherment     -     (1)finery (2)a tangle, a complicated mass 

                            tousleto jostle, use roughly 

traddle     -    to work a treadle "Hoo'd traddle a tricycle, if                         yo'd get her one" 

tragwallet   -     to wander about in a slovenly fashion

trallock    -     a dowdy looking woman or girl 

trammil   -      (1)to tramp generally along dirty roads (2)of dirt                       - to cling to the feet or lower garments "Raly,                         wench, hai tha' art trammiled" (3)to deposit                             dirt from shoes or lower garments onto floor                           and furniture "Ah wish ye wouldna leyav aw                           this dirt abawt; it does so trammil i' the cleyan                       places"

tranklibobus      -    describing an implement which is                                           unkempt and makeshift in appearance 

tranklibobs, trankliments      -      belongings, gear, odds and                                                      ends  (trinkets?)

trapessing, trapes   -     wandering without aim, trespassing?

trashers     -     worn out shoes

trashed    -    having one's garments wet and dirty, a person                       wearing such clothes is called a trashbag 

traunce      -        a long and aimless journey

trazzle    -       to walk through wet and slush "I do wonder at                         yo, comin' trazzlin' through th' muck a dee like                       this" 

tree    -    the handle of a spade, timber, a piece of wood                        (Anglo Saxon treow = timber) 

tricklins    -    sheep's dung

trindle, trundle   -     the wheel of a barrow 

trollock     -    an old coat or other garment 

trossle, trull   -    a woman with a bad reputation

troose    -     a noise, stir, fuss, a commotion

(noo) truck     -   no dealings "I'll ha' noo truck wi' a mon like                            that" 

trump!!!!!    -    yup, same in the old dialect :-)

tub-guts     -      a pot-bellied person 

tuffock    -    a tuft

tuft   -    to vex 

tummuzz    -     a toad

tumbril     -    a dung cart 

tummy    -    food

tumnowp     -     a tom-tit "Yander's a tumnowp i'th'                                          gooseberry bushes; ah dait hey's peffilin'"                              (Middle English word nope= a bullfinch) 

tun      -      to fill a barrel by means of a wooden funnel "Hoo                     was a bit shakazin' abowt her work, an' a despert                   body for cant; an' hoo'd stond theer talkin' a                           wheile,an' then hoo'd see 'Bur I mun gow tun' and                   then hoo'd set agate o'talkin' agen, an' just noo                       hoo'd see agen 'Bur I mun gow tun', an' theer                           hoo'd bey th' hooal dee, an' never did noo tunnin'                     nor nowt else, on'y taked abowt it!" 

tungled    -    plagued by something

tuppenny    -    a term of familiarity or endearment 

turmit     -     turnip, also used as a turmit-lantern

turn     -     season 

twarly    -     peevish or cross

twattle     -     to loiter, trifle 

tweak     -      a pinch, a sharp pain 

twintered     -    withered, shrivelled 

twist    -     appetite

twizzle    -     (1)to twist, flourish (2)to writhe (3)to twine 

twitchel      -     (twice child) a simpleton

twothry     -     a few