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

Tasses, s. pl.
V. [Tishe].
Sir Gawan.

TASTER, s. A sea-fowl.
Sibbald.

TATE, TAIT, TEAT, TATTE, s.
1. A small portion of any thing not liquid, S.
Ramsay.
2. Lock, applied to hair.
Douglas.
3. Division, applied to a precept.
Skene.

Isl. taeta, lanugo; minimum quid; Sw. tott, totte, handful of lint or wool.

TATH, TAITH, TAITHING, s.
1. Cow's dung, S.

Isl. tada, dung, manure.

2. The luxuriant grass arising from the application of manure, S.

To Tath, v. n. To dung, S.

To Tath, v. a. To make a field produce grass in rank tufts by the application of any manure, S.
Stat. Acc.

Tathing, s. A raising of rank grass by manure, S.
Stat. Acc.