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

TURNE-PYK, TURNEPECK, TURNPIKE, s.
1. The winding stair of a castle.
Wyntown.
2. Any stair of a spiral form, built without a house, S.
Cant.

Teut. torn, a tower; baecke, a place for observation.

To TURS, TURSS, v. a.
1. To pack up in a bale or bundle, S.
2. To carry off hastily.
Wallace.
3. To take one's self off quickly.
Doug.
4. To turss furth, to bring out what has been kept in store.
Wallace.

Tursable, adj. What may be carried away.
Spalding.

TURTOUR, TURTURE, s. The turtle-dove.

Lat. turtur.

King's Quair.

TUSCHÉ, s. A girdle.
V. [Tische].

To TUSH, v. n. To express displeasure.
Rutherford.

E. tush, Su. G. tyst, silens; tyst-a, silere.