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

C. B. tywarchen, a covering, a stratum, Owen; clotty, Richards.

TURDION, s. A species of galliard or gay dance; Fr. tordion.
Compl. S.

TURKAS, TURKES, TURKESSE, s. Pincers, nippers, S.
Dunbar.

Arm. turcques, turkes, id.

TURN, s. To do the turn.
1. To perform any piece of work or business, S.
Reg. Maj.
2. To be sufficient for any purpose; to give satisfaction, S.
Ross.

TURNER, s. A copper coin, formerly current in S., in value two pennies Scots money, and equivalent to a [Bodle].
Spalding.

Fr. tournois, the tenth part of a penny Sterling.

TURNGREYS, s. A winding stair.
Wallace.

Fr. tourn-er, to turn, and gre, a step.

TURN-TAIL, s. A fugitive.
Spalding.