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

TOP OUR TAILL, adv. Topsyturvy.
Lyndsay.

TOP ANNUEL, a certain annuity paid from lands or houses.
Acts Marie.

To TOPE, v. a. To oppose.
Baillie.

TOPFAW, s. Soil that has fallen in, or sunk from the surface, Fife.

TO-PUTTER, s. Taskmaster.
Ramsay.

TOR (of a chair), s. Perhaps the round, or the semicircular arm of a chair of state.
Knox.

Fr. tour, Teut. toer, circulus.

TORE (of a saddle), s. The pommel, the forepart of which is somewhat elevated, S.
Colvil.

A. S. tor, a tower, an eminence.

To TORE, v. a. To tear.
Douglas.