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

TUSK, s. The torsk of Pennant, S.

Isl. thosk-r, asellus.

Martin.

TUSKER, s. An instrument made of iron, with a wooden handle, for casting peats, Orkn.

Perhaps, q. twaeskaer, Sw. twae, two, and skaer-a, to cut.

TUSSOCK (of wheat), s. A tuft of wheat in a corn-field, generally owing to the vegetating of the nest or granary of a field-mouse, Loth.

C. B. tusw, a tuft; tuswawg, having a wisp or bundle.

To TUTE, v. n. To jut out, to project, S. B.

Tute, s. A jutting out, a projection, S. B.

Su. G. tut, Teut. tuyte, rostrum, a beak.