Tuley. See Tewley.
Tulip-tree. Acer pseudo-platanus, L., Sycamore, the smell or taste of the young shoots being supposed by children to resemble that of the tulip.—S.W. (Salisbury.)
Tump. A hillock (A.B.).—N. & S.W.
Tumpy. Hillocky, uneven (A.)—N.W.
Tun. (1) n. Chimney, chimney-top (A.B.C.). 'Chimney-tun' (Wild Life, ch. viii).—N. & S.W. (2) v. 'To tun,' or 'to tun in,' to pour liquid through a 'tun-dish' into a cask.—N.W. (Clyffe Pypard, Devizes, Huish.)
Tun-dish, or Tun-bowl. A kind of wooden funnel, like a small bucket, with hoops round it, and a tube at the bottom, used for pouring liquids into a cask.—N.W. (Devizes, Clyffe Pypard, Huish.) See Measure for Measure, iii. 2.
Turf. Refuse oak-bark from the tanner's, made into cakes for firing (B.H.Wr.).—N.W. (Marlborough, &c.)
*Turn or Torn. A spinning-wheel.—N.W. (obsolete). This word frequently occurs in the Mildenhall parish accounts, as:—
'1793. To Box and Spokes to Torn, 1s. 2d. To a Standard, hoop 4 spokes to Torn, 1s. 3d. To a Hoop 3 spokes to a Torn, 11 d. To 4 legs and standard a hope 5 spokes to Sal's Torn, 2s. 7d. To Mending Bery's Torn, 1s. 6d. 1784. Paid John Rawlins for a Turn, 3s.'
In 1809-10 the word Turn gives place to Spinning-wheel.