STYME—Its as dark as pick an’ Ah cart see a styme.
TANTWIVVY—At a gurt speed. He was gaan efter t’ hoonds at seck a tantwivvy.
THUNJE, THUNJEN—A heavy fall or thump. It fell wi’ seck a thunje on t’ loft fleear. An awkward manner. Thoo’s thunjen aboot gayly rough, but Ah’ll pare thi doon, thoo gurt lungious brute.
THERE-AWAY—Theer er theer aboots, e’ that direction. He was gaan tull a sial at Kendal er theer-away.
TEDDERINGE—Yan’s teddered bi t’ teeth, anudder bi t’ tongue, an’ some bi t’ snoot. Some hev far ower mich tedder, an’ udders nut half eniuf. They gah a gay lang way back when dikes wasn’t as common an ther was belly mezzur fer t’ lot. Ah gat thisn frae oot amang some auld kirk papers at Moorlan’.
TIAD-AN’-BATTLIN-STIAN—A laal chap on a gurt nag—like a tiad on a battlin stian, and these e former days war tweea stians ta bray line inta fettle fer spinnin. Noo-a-days they’re mainly used fer brayin sand fer t’ kitchen fleear.
TAIL-ENDER—Yan ’at’s a bit back wi’ owt they hev in hand.
WALK-MILL—A mill where fulling, dyeing, and shrinking (walking-up) was done. Most of the walk-mills would seem to have changed their functions and been provided with grinding machinery.
WIDN’T—Will not. Ah widn’t gah anudder stride seea noo than.
YAH, YAN—One. When yan’s deun what yan can, what mair can yan deea?