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

Teut. teer-ghe-selle, id., from teer, sumptus, and selle, ghe-selle, socius.

TESTOON, TESTONE, s. A Scottish silver coin, varying in value.
Cardonnel.

O. Fr. teston, capitatus nummus.

To TETE, TEET, v. n.
1. To peep out, to look in a sly or prying way, S. teet.
Ruddiman.
2. v. a. To cause to peep out.
Douglas.

Su. G. titt-a, inspicere, per transennam veluti videre.

Teet-bo, s.
1. Bo-peep, S.
Ferguson.
2. Used metaph. to denote inconstancy, or infidelity.
Morison.

TETH, s. Temper, disposition.
Ill-teth'd, ill-humoured, Fife.

A. S. tyht, instructio, teting, disciplina.

TETHERFACED, adj. Having an ill-natured aspect, S.

Isl. teit-a, rostrum beluinum.