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

TEUCH, TEUGH, TEWCH, adj.
1. Tough, S.
Douglas.

A. S. toh, id., from Moes. G. tioh-an, to draw.

2. Tedious, lengthened out, S.
3. Dry as to manner, stiff in conversation, S.
Bannatyne Poems.
4. Pertinacious, S.
A. Douglas.
5. To make any thing teuch, to do it reluctantly.
Gawan and Gol.

TEUCH, s. A draught of any kind of liquor, S.

Su. G. tog, haustus, potantium ductus; from tog-a, trahere; Teut. teughe, haustus.

TEUG, TUG, s. A rope, a halter, Loth.

Su. G. tog, Isl. tog, taug, id.

TEUKIN, adj. Quarrelsome, including the idea of fraud, S. B.

Teut. tuck, fraus; Isl. tulk-a, pellicere.

To TEW, v. a. To make tough, S. O.
V. [Taave] and [Taw], v. 1.