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

TUMFIE, s. A dumpish sort of fellow.

Tumfie, adj. Dull and stupid, S. O.

Dan. dumt-fae, a blockhead.

TUP, s.
1. The common term for a ram, S.
2. A foolish fellow, S.
3. An unpolished store-farmer, S. A.
Mannering.

TUQUHEIT, TEUCHIT, s. The lapwing, S.
Houlate.

Probably meant to imitate the sound made by this bird.

TURBOT, s. The name commonly given, in our markets, to halibut, S.
Stat. Acc.

TURCHIE, adj. Short and thick, squat, Perths.

Gael. dorcha, gross; or radically the same with [Durgy].

TURCUME, s. Clotted filth.
Lyndsay.