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

TORRIE, s. A term applied to peas roasted in the sheaf, Fife.

Lat. torreo, q. what is scorched.

TORRY-EATEN, adj. Torry-eaten land, poor moorish soil, exhausted by cropping, very bare, and bearing only scattered tufts of sheep's fescue, S. B.

Isl. torgiat-r, aegre reparabilis; or Fris. torre vermis, and eet-en, q. worm-eaten.

TORRIS, pl. Towers.
Gawan and Gol.

TORT, part. pa. Tortured; distorted.

O. Fr. tort, Lat. tort-us.

Douglas.

TOSCH, TOSCHE, adj. Neat, trim, S.
Douglas.

O. Fr. touzé, clipped; Belg. doss-en, to clothe.