Truckle-cheese. A small barrel-shaped cheese of about 6 or 8 lbs.—N. & S.W.
Truckles. (1) 'Sheep's-truckles,' sheep dung; the usual term in N. Wilts. Cf. 'trottles' in Linc., and 'trestles' in Sussex.—N.W. (2) 'To play truckles,' to roll anything, such as a reel, the top of a canister, &c., from one player to another, backwards and forwards.—S.W.
Trumpery. Weeds growing in cultivated ground.—N.W.
'If he'd a-let us have it rent free first year ('cause that land wer all full o' trump'ry that high) we could ha' done.'—Jonathan Merle, ch. xxxvii. p. 412.
Tuck. (1) 'To tuck a rick,' to pull out the uneven hay all round the sides, until they look smooth and even.—N.W. (2) To smart with pain (H.Wr.).—N. & S.W. (3) To blow gustily. 'The wind is so tucking to-day,' i.e. gusty, veering, blowing from all quarters, uncertain.—N.W. (Clyffe Pypard.)
Tuffin, Tuffin-hay, Tuff-mowing. Late hay made of the rough grass left by the cattle. Turvin (Great Estate, ch. iv).—N.W.
*Tufwort. Probably the nest of Vespa Britannica, which in hot summers has occurred frequently in our hedges in some parts of the county.
'Between Crookwood and what is called "The Folly," they observed a large cluster in one of the fir-trees ... which turned out to be a wasps' nest. The nest, which was nearly as large as a quartern measure, was fully matured, and is described by an expert in taking wasps' nests as what is known as "the tufwort" nest. It consisted of three splendid cakes of comb, enclosed in a web.'—Local Papers, July, 1893.
Tugs. Pieces of chain attached to the hames of the thiller, by which he draws.—N.W.