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

A. S. teor-ian, to fail, to tarry.

TARTAN, s. Cloth checkered with stripes of various colours, S.
Chr. S. P.

Fr. tiretaine, linsey-woolsey.

Tartan, adj. Of or belonging to tartan, S.
Ritson.

Tartan-purry, s. A pudding of red colewort mixed with oat-meal.
Forbes.

Tartan, q. parti-coloured colewort, and Teut. purreye, jus, sive cremor pisorum.

To TARTLE at ane, v. n.
1. To view as not recognising with certainty, Loth. Perths.
2. To boggle, Loth.
3. To hesitate as to a bargain.
Ramsay.
4. To scruple.
Cleland.

Perh. allied to Isl. tortallit, difficult to reckon.

TARTUFFISH, adj. Sulky, stubborn, Renfrews.

Fr. tortu, perverse; or tartuffe, a hypocrite; tartuffi-er, to assume a false appearance.