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 TREADLE, v. n. To go frequently and with difficulty, Fife.

TREE, s. A barrel, S.
Acts Ja. V.

Su. G. trae, mensura aridorum.

TREE and TRANTEL, a piece of wood that goes behind a horse's tail, for keeping back the [sunks] or sods, used instead of a saddle, Perths.

TREGALLION, s. Collection, assortment, Dumfr.

C. B. treigliant, a strolling; treiglian-nu, to effect a circulation; O. Fr. trigalle, a lodging-house.

TREIN, TRENE, adj. Wooden; treein, S.
Bellenden.

A. S. treowen, arboreus, ligneus.

Trein mare, a barbarous instrument of punishment, formerly used in the army.
Spalding.

To TREISSLE, v. a. To abuse by treading, Loth.