An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

TALTIE, s. A wig, Angus.

TAMMEIST, L. rammeist.
V. [Rammis].
Montgomerie.

TAMMY-HARPER, s. The cancer araneus, Loth.

TAM-TARY. To hold ane in tamtary, to disquiet him, S. B.
Ruddiman.

Perh. originally a military term, q. to keep on the alert; from Fr. tantarare, a word formed to represent a certain sound of the trumpet.

TANE, TAYNE, adj. One, after the, S.
Douglas.

TANE, part. pa. Taken, S.
Douglas.

Tane-awa, s. A decayed child, S.

TANG, s. Large fuci, Orkn. Shetl.

Su. G. tang, Isl. thang, id.