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

To TODLE, TODDLE, v. n.
1. To walk with short steps, in a tottering way, S.
Burel.
2. To purl, to move with a gentle noise, S.
Ferguson.
3. It denotes the murmuring noise caused by meat boiling gently in a pot, Fife; more generally tottle, S.
A. Douglas.

Isl. dudd-a, segnipes esse; Su. G. tult-a, minutis gressibus ire.

TOFALL, TOOFALL, s.
1. A building annexed to the wall of a larger one.
Wyntown.
2. It now properly denotes one, the roof of which rests on the wall of the principal building, S.
Spalding.

Teut. toe-vall-en, adjungere se, adjungi.

TO-FALL, TOO-FALL, s. The close.
To-fall o' the day, the evening, S.

Teut. toe-val, eventus; toe-vall-en, cadendo claudi.

Pop. Ball.

TOFORE, prep. Before.
Douglas.

A. S. to-for, ante, coram.

Tofore, adv. Before.
Douglas.