Tang. (1) 'To tang the bell,' to pull it (A.).—N.W. (2) 'To tang bees,' to follow a swarm, beating a fire-shovel or tin pan (A.).—N.W. (3) v. To make a noise (S.).—S.W. (4) n. A small church bell is a Ting-Tang.—N.W.
Tankard. A sheep-bell.—N.W. It is said that the whole of the 'tankards' in use in England are made at Great Cheverell.
'Hilary ... turned back, remarking, "It's Johnson's flock; I know the tang of his tankards." The flat-shaped bells hung on a sheep's neck are called tankards, and Hilary could distinguish one flock from another by the varying notes of their bells.'—Great Estate, ch. vi. p. 123.
*Tasker. A tramping harvester or casual labourer who works by the piece (Agric. of Wilts, p. 24).
*Tawney, Ta'aney. The Bullfinch, Pyrrhula vulgaris.—N.W.
Tazzle. n. 'Her hair be aal of a tazzle,' in great disorder, all tangled and knotted and tousled.—N.W.
Tear. (1) A rage. 'He wur in just about a tear.'—S.W. (2) In N. Wilts old folk used formerly to tear their crockery, and break their clothes, but tear now seems obsolete in this sense there.—N. & S.W.
Teart. (1) Painfully tender, sore, as a wound (A.).—N.W. (2) Stinging, as a blister.—N.W. (Rowde.) (3) Tart, as beer turning sour (S.): acrimonious. See Addenda.—S.W.
Ted. To throw about hay for the first time (D.S.).—N. & S.W.