Terrify. (1) v. To worry, irritate, annoy; used especially of very troublesome children. 'The vlies be terrible terrifying.'—N. & S.W.
''Twer mostly losing of a hoss as did for 'em, and most al'ays wi' bad shoeing. They gived 'em scant measure—shoed 'em too tight, they did, a-terrifying o' the poor beasts.'—Jonathan Merle, ch. xlviii. p. 520.
'Her own folks mightn't a-like so well to come and stay, if ther was al'ays a terrifying old woman to put up with.'—Ibid, ch. liv. p. 596.
'Her husband, who had been out in the fields, came home and began to "terrify" her.'—Marlborough Times, November 26, 1892.
'I be turrivied wi' rheumatics.'—Dark, ch. x.
(2) n. A source of worry or trouble. A bed-ridden woman who has to get her neighbours to do everything for her is 'a terrible terrify' to them.—N.W. *(3) v. To injure, as a hailstorm does apple-blossom (Wilts Arch. Mag. vol. xxii. p. 113).—N.W. (Cherhill.)
Tewley, Tuley. Weakly (S.). Sickly, tired-looking.—S.W.
Thatches. See Thetches.
Thauf. Although, or although if; as 'A never vound un, thauf he'd gone dree lug vurder on, a cudden a bin off seein' on un.' Cp. Sauf.—N.W. (Malmesbury, etc.)
Theave. A ewe of the third year.
'We have wether hogs and chilver hogs, and shear hogs, ram tegs, and theaves, and two-tooths, and four-tooths, and six-tooths.'—Wilts Arch. Mag. ch. xvii. p. 303.
There-right. (1) 'Go straight forward,' order to a horse at plough (A.).—N.W. (2) On the spot.—N.W.