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

Su. G. totte, a handful of flax or wool.

To TOTTLE, v. n.
1. A term used to denote the noise made by any substance, when boiling gently, S.
A. Nicol.
2. To purl, applied to a stream, Dumfr.
V. [Todle].
Nithsdale Song.

To TOVE, v. n. To talk familiarly, prolixly, and cheerfully, S., often, to tove and crack.
A. Scott.

Norw. toeve, to prattle, to be talkative.

Tovie, adj. Tipsy, Loth.

TOUK, s. A hasty pull, a tug, S.

A. S. twicc-an, vellicare.

Ruddiman.

To TUCK, v. a. To beat.
Spalding.

Teut. tuck-en, icero.