Dictionary: TAI – TAIZ

• TAIFFLIE
adj. of material: thin, shoddy …1972 Sc.

• TAIG
n. 1. an Irishman …M17
n. 2. a Roman Catholic …1971 Anglo-Irish sl., derogatory

• TAIGLE
n. 1. a hindrance, delay, or cause of delay …1880 Sc.
n. 2. a tangle, a muddle; tangled fishing line …1925 Sc.
n. 3. an idle, lounging person; a dawdling slut …1930 Sc.
vb. 1. to entangle, to impede, or to hinder in course or action; to keep back, to retard, to detain, to delay …1635 Sc.
vb. 2. to linger, to tarry, to delay; to dally, to loiter …a1700 Sc.
vb. 3. to tire, to make weary, to fatigue …1814 Sc.
vb. 4. to ‘catch’ or entangle in talk; to embarrass …1865 Sc.
vb. 5. to confound or get the better of in an argument; to quiz; to bamboozle, to outsmart; to perplex …1874 Sc.
vb. 6. to walk slowly or heavily, to drag oneself, to trudge …1886 Sc.
vb. 7. to tangle, to confuse, to entangle, to muddle …1898 Sc.

• TAIGLED
adj. tired, wearied …1814 Sc.

• TAIGLEMENT
n. delay, cause of delay …1830 Sc.

• TAIGLESOME
adj. 1. time-consuming, retarding, delaying …1825 Sc.
adj. 2. wearisome, tiring, tedious …1912 Sc.

• TAIGLE THE CLEEK
vb. to hold things up, to hinder progress; to shirk one’s work …1951 Sc.

• TAIGLE WITH
vb. to dally in the company of, to hang around, to follow about, esp. a woman …1827 Sc.

• TAIGLIN
adj. 1. delaying, hampering …1793 Sc.
adj. 2. of the feet: dragging, halting …1915 Sc.
n. a hindrance, delay, or cause of delay …1880 Sc.

• TAIL
n. 1. shape, fashion, bodily form or appearance …a1300 obs.
n. 2. the buttocks, the backside …1303
n. 3. a tally; a stick or rod of wood marked on one side with transverse notches representing the amount of debt or payment; hence, a score, an account …a1325 obs.
n. 4. account, reckoning …c1330 obs.
n. 5. the sexual member; the penis or, more often, pudendum …1362
n. 6. the vagina …M15 sl.
n. 7. a piece or ‘slip’ of irregularly bounded land jutting out from a larger piece …1472 Sc. obs.
n. 8. the tail of a man’s coat, usually in the context of pickpocketing …16C UK criminals’ sl.
n. 9. the stern of a ship or boat …1553 obs.
n. 10. the inferior, least influential, or least skilful members of a body; e.g. of a profession, a political party, sports team, etc. …1604
n. 11. the stalk of a fruit …1613 obs.
n. 12. the stalk of a mushroom …1613 Eng. dial.
n. 13. a sword …1698 UK criminals’ sl. obs.
n. 14. a twisted or braided tress of hair; a pigtail …1799
n. 15. an entourage or retinue of a highland chief and his henchmen …1814 Sc.
n. 16. a pheasant …1841 poachers’ usage
n. 17. a woman, regarded as a sexual object; women, collectively, categorized with the same regard …1846 UK sl.
n. 18. a prostitute …1869 UK sl.
n. 19. the skirt of a woman’s dress …1888
n. 20. the long handle of an implement, as a rake …1892
n. 21. in fishing usage: a fish …1901 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 22. the pendulum of a clock …1911 Sc.
n. 23. one who carries out a surveillance, esp. when following the target in the street …1914 sl., orig. US
n. 24. an act of surveillance …1910s sl.
n. 25. a rake …1914 Amer. dial.
n. 26. an act of sexual intercourse or sexual intercourse in a general sense …1933 UK sl.
n. 27. a reward for information leading to the arrest of a criminal …1934 US sl.
n. 28. young boys viewed collectively as suitable for homosexual relationships …1940s sl.
n. 29. a woman …1950s sl.
n. 30. in hot rodding: a fox tail or raccoon tail tied to the car …1960 US sl.
n. 31. a tagalong; a hanger-on; one who lags behind …1965 Amer. dial.
n. 32. an informer …1970s US prison sl.
n. 33. the long-term effect of a drug, as opposed to the initial ‘rush’ …1990s drug culture sl.
n. 34. the term of a prisoner’s parole …1992 US sl.
vb. 1. to decide or determine in a specified way; to settle, to arrange, to fix a matter …c1315 obs.
vb. 2. to put into shape, to trim, to make ready …c1330 obs.
vb. 3. to cut up, to cut to pieces, to slaughter …c1330 obs.
vb. 4. to mark or record on a tally; to charge with a debt …1377 obs.
vb. 5. to cut, esp. to a certain size or shape; to shape, to fashion …c1400 obs.
vb. 6. to tally or agree with; to equal …1638 obs.
vb. 7. to possess carnally; to have sex …1778 sl.
vb. 8. to follow, drive or tend sheep or cattle …1844 Aust.
vb. 9. to set a trap or snare; to bait a trap …1862
vb. 10. of a stream: to flow or fall into …1889
vb. 11. to beat someone in a game by an overwhelming margin …1891 Amer. dial.
vb. 12. to follow a criminal, suspect, etc. secretly …1907 sl., orig. US

• TAILAG
n. the poorest or weakest of a brood, litter, flock, etc., esp. of sheep or pigs …1972 Sc.

• TAIL AND TOP
n. the whole, everything without exception …1558 obs.

• TAIL-BEHIND
n. a tagalong; a hanger-on; one who lags behind …1965 Amer. dial.

• TAILBONE
n. the buttocks …20C US sl.

• TAIL-BOX
n. the female genitals; the vagina …20C US sl.

• TAIL-BUZZER
n. a thief who specializes in the picking of coat pockets …1851 UK criminals’ sl.

• TAIL-BUZZING
n. theft, stealing from gentlemen’s coat pockets …1893 UK criminals’ sl.

• TAIL-CASTLE
n. the poop of a ship …1585 obs.

• TAIL-CHASER
n. a womanizer …1940s US sl.

• TAIL-DIP
n. a thief who specializes in the picking of coat pockets …M19 UK criminals’ sl.

• TAIL-DIVER
n. a pickpocket specializing in removing snuff-boxes, purses, pocketbooks, etc. from gentlemen’s coat pockets …1859 UK criminals’ sl.

• TAILDRAFT
n. an idler, one who holds back …20C Irish sl.

• TAIL-DRAWER
n. a thief who steals gentlemen’s swords from their sides …1698 UK criminals’ sl.

• TAIL-DRAWING
n. privately taking a sword a from a gentleman’s side, either in a crowd, or as he walks along the streets at night …1714 UK criminals’ sl.

• TAILEND
n. a tagalong; a hanger-on; one who lags behind …1965 Amer. dial.

• TAIL-END CHARLIE
n. 1. a rear-gunner in an aircraft …1941 Royal Air Force sl.
n. 2. the person or vehicle that comes last in a queue; one who comes at the end …1941 sl.

• TAILENDER
n. 1. a term of contempt for one who is habitually late in everything he undertakes  …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
n. 2. someone or something coming at the end …colloq.
n. 3. a scrawny or poor-quality animal …1941 Amer. dial.
n. 4. the smallest pig in a litter …1969 Amer. dial.

• TAILER
n. 1. the member of a criminal gang who remains on guard at a railway station, impersonating a policeman, for the purpose of bullying any victim who discovers he has been swindled, and returns to try to recover his money …1898 US criminals’ sl.
n. 2. a stool pigeon in a jail …1930 US prison sl.
n. 3. a tagalong; a hanger-on; one who lags behind; a follower …1942 Amer. dial.

• TAILET
n. a minute tail or tail-like appendage …1817 rare

• TAIL-FEATHERS
n. pubic hair …M15 sl.

• TAIL-FRUIT
n. children; offspring …19C Brit.

• TAIL-GAP
n. the vagina …M15 sl.

• TAIL-GATE
n. 1. the vagina …M15 sl.
n. 2. a tagalong; a hanger-on; one who lags behind …1965 Amer. dial.
n. 3. the heel of a loaf of bread …1967 Amer. dial.
vb. 1. to drive a car closely (too closely) behind the one in front …1950s sl.
vb. 2. to follow, esp. of things that are endlessly repetitive …1970s sl.
vb. 3. to watch women passing by …1990s US college sl.
vb. 4. to eat and drink clustered in a parking lot before a sports event …1995 US sl.
vb. 5. to walk very slowly behind another person …2003 UK sl.

• TAILGATER
n. 1. a hijacker …1960s US sl.
n. 2. one who drives too close to the car in front …1960s US sl.

• TAILGATING
n. holding on to the back of a car as it drives over snow or ice …c1980 Amer. dial.

• TAILGUNNER
n. a male homosexual …1940s US sl.

• TAIL HOLD
n. a firm grip …1874 Amer. dial.

• TAIL-HOLE
n. the vagina …M15 sl.

• TAILING
n. 1. the end or latter part …1646
n. 2. sexual intercourse …L19 sl.
n. 3. the least desirable segment of a herd of animals; a weak or slow animal …1936 Amer. dial.

• TAILING A WHOLE FRONT
adj. said of a pickpocket who ‘cleans a victim right out, watch, money, etc.’ …1929 US criminals’ sl.

• TAIL IT
vb. to die …1920s sl.

• TAIL JOB
n. an act of surveillance …1910s sl.

• TAIL-JUICE
n. urine …20C sl.

• TAIL KICK
n. the pocket in a tailcoat …16C UK criminals’ sl.

• TAILLIE
n. 1. arrangement, fixture …c1425 Sc. obs.
n. 2. a cut piece, a cut or slice of meat …c1470 Sc. obs.
n. 3. an account or reckoning …1497 Sc. obs.

• TAIL LIGHT ALLEY
n. a Lover’s Lane, used by ‘parking’ couples …1940s Aust. sl.

• TAIL LIGHTS
n. 1. copper coins …1937 US tramps’ sl.
n. 2. LSD …1998 UK sl.

• TAILMAN
n. a womanizer; a sexual athlete …1960s US college sl.

• TAIL-‘N’-HORNS
n. the devil …1969 Amer. dial.

• TAIL-OFF
n. a lowering of demand, a withering away …1970s sl.
vb. (tail off’) to follow or shadow a person …1931 UK sl.

• TAIL ON END
adv. headlong; precipitately …1790 obs.

• TAILOR
n. 1. a daddy-long-legs …1840
n. 2. a caterpillar …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
n. 3. the best man at a wedding …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
n. 4. a factory-made cigarette, whether prison-issue or commercially produced …1924 Aust. & US prison sl.
n. 5. in gin: a win without the opponent scoring …1950 US sl.
vb. 1. to beat someone in a game by an overwhelming margin …1891 Amer. dial.
vb. 2. to shoot badly at birds so as to wound rather than actually kill them …L19 sl.

• TAILORAGE
n. tailor’s work …1858 rare

• TAILORESS
n. woman who works as a tailor; a woman tailor …1654
vb. to follow the occupation of a tailoress …1865 nonce word

• TAILORISM
n. tailor’s work; a tailor-made dress or garment …1839

• TAILORIZATION
n. acting as a tailor; tailoring …1853

• TAILORIZE
vb. 1. to do tailor’s work, to act the tailor …1829
vb. 2. to sit cross-legged like a tailor …1829

• TAILOR-LEGGED
adj. having the knees bent by sitting cross-legged …1767

• TAILORLY
adj. like or befitting a tailor …1836

• TAILOR-MADE
n. 1. a personally tailored garment …L19 US sl.
n. 2. a ready-made cigarette, as opposed to a hand-rolled one …1924 sl., orig. US

• TAILOR-MAKE
vb. to design to suit exactly …1898

• TAILOR’S BLOW
n. a knock with a thimble …1673

• TAILOR’S HELPER
n. a vicious dog …1930s US tramps’ sl.

• TAILOR’S MEASURE
n. a $50 bill; $50 …1937 US tramps’ sl.

• TAILOR’S NIP
n. a playful pinch given to a child wearing new clothes for the first time …1880 Sc.

• TAILOR’S RAGOUT
n. bread soaked in the dressing in which cucumbers have stood …L18 sl.

• TAILOR’S SWEAT
n. a drop of mucus at the nose …1972 Sc. jocular usage

• TAILOR’S THIMBLE
n. one that has no tip; hence, the bottomless pit, Hell …1827 Sc.

• TAILOR-TARTAN
n. a daddy-long-legs or crane-fly …1896 Eng. dial.

• TAILORY
n. 1. the art, craft, or occupation of a tailor …c1449
n. 2. a tailor’s workshop or establishment …1480
n. 3. tailor’s work, tailors’ wares; costumery …1610

• TAIL OUT
vb. 1. to run away, to depart hurriedly, to make one’s escape …L19 US sl.
vb. 2. to go fast …Bk1942 Amer. sl.

• TAIL PEDDLER
n. a prostitute …1942 US sl.

• TAIL-PIECE
n. a term of three months imprisonment …1859 UK criminals’ sl.

• TAIL-PIKE
n. the penis …M14 sl.

• TAIL-PIN
n. the penis …M14 sl.

• TAIL-PIPE
n. 1. the penis …19C sl.
n. 2. the anus …1990s US sl.
vb. (usually as ‘tailpipe’) to tie a tin can or similar object to the tail of a dog to frighten or annoy it

• TAIL PIT
n. the side pocket of a coat …1937 US pickpockets’ sl.

• TAIL-PRESSED
adj. hard-pressed, closely pursued …1911 Sc.

• TAIL-RAGEOUS
adj. lustful …Bk1905 Eng. dial.

• TAILS
n. 1. the inferior, less valuable, or refuse part of anything; dregs, sediments …1542
n. 2. the inferior animals of a flock or herd …1844
n. 3. inferior sheep drafted from a flock …1844 Sc.
n. 4. onion leaves…1896 Sc.
n. 5. a formal tailcoat …L19 sl.

• TAIL-SHOT
n. a fart …17C Brit.

• TAILSMAN
n. a ploughman …1867 rare

• TAIL SPIN
n. a state of utter confusion …Bk2002 Aust. sl.

• TAIL-TACKLE
n. the penis …19C US sl.

• TAIL-TAGGER
n. a tagalong; a hanger-on; one who lags behind …1965 Amer. dial.

• TAIL-TICKLING
n. copulation …19C Brit. sl.

• TAIL TIMBER
n. lavatory paper …L19 sl.

• TAIL-TODDLE
n. sexual intercourse …1790 Sc.

• TAIL-TRADER
n. a prostitute …19C sl.

• TAIL-TRADING
n. prostitution …M15 sl.

• TAIL-TREE
n. the penis …18C Sc.

• TAIL-TRIMMER
n. the penis …M14 sl.

• TAIL-TWISTER
n. a tagalong; a hanger-on; one who lags behind …1965 Amer. dial.

• TAIL UP
vb. to follow, as a detective follows a criminal …c1910 UK criminals’ sl.

• TAIL-WAGGER
n. 1. a dog …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
n. 2. a general insult for a person …1940s sl.

• TAIL-WAGGING
n. sexual intercourse …M15 sl.

• THE TAIL WAGGING THE DOG
phr. a situation in which the less important element or factor controls or influences the more important …20C colloq.

• TAIL WATER
n. 1. urine …18C sl.
n. 2. semen …20C sl.

• TAIL-WORK
n. copulation …19C Brit. sl.

• TAIL-WORKER
n. a prostitute …19C sl.

• TAILY
n. the penis …1982 US sl.

• TAILYE
n. 1. arrangement, fixture …c1425 Sc. obs.
n. 2. a cut piece, a cut or slice of meat …c1470 Sc. obs.
n. 3. an account or reckoning …1497 Sc. obs.
vb. 1. to determine, to settle, to appoint, to arrange …1375 Sc. obs.
vb. 2. to keep account or tally of …1497 Sc. obs.
vb. 3. to cut; to cut to shape …1581 Sc. obs.

• TAILYEVEY
vb. to reel from side to side, to move to and fro …1513 Sc. obs.

• TAILYIE
n. 1. a covenant or agreement …1808 Sc.
n. 2. a cut or slice of meat or boiling or roasting …1811 Sc.

• TAILZIE
n. 1. arrangement, fixture …c1425 Sc. obs.
n. 2. a cut piece, a cut or slice of meat …c1470 Sc. obs.
n. 3. an account or reckoning …1497 Sc. obs.
vb. 1. to determine, to settle, to appoint, to arrange …1375 Sc. obs.
vb. 2. to keep account or tally of …1497 Sc. obs.
vb. 3. to cut; to cut to shape …1581 Sc. obs.

• TAIMA
n. marijuana …1998 UK sl.

• TAIN
vb. to obtain, to get …1501 obs. rare

• TAINGHLE
vb. to harass or weary with hard work; to struggle on, to toil laboriously …1803 Sc.

• TAINT
adj. 1. convicted, condemned …c1330 obs. rare
adj. 2. full of emotion …c1330 obs. rare
adj. 3. exhausted, weary …c1380 obs. rare
adj. 4. infected, corrupt …1620 obs. rare
adj. 5. spoiled, tainted …1934 Amer. dial.
n. 1. a knock, a blow …c1410 obs.
n. 2. a conviction; the conviction of a jury for having given a false verdict …1530 obs.
n. 3. colour, hue, tint; tinge; dye …1567 obs.
n. 4. a very dirty slattern or slut…19C Brit.
n. 5. the perineum, the space between the vagina and the anus (t’aint pussy and t’aint asshole) …1970s sl., orig. US
vb. 1. to convict, to prove guilty …c1375 obs.
vb. 2. to colour, to dye. to tinge …1471 obs.
vb. 3. to touch, to strike, to hit …1525 obs.
vb. 4. to apply balm or ointment to a wound, etc. …1579 obs.
vb. 5. to dip, to bathe …1594 obs. rare
vb. 6. to affect with weakness; to cause to lose vigour or courage …1600 obs.
vb. 7. to affect injuriously; to cause detriment to; to hurt, to injure, to impair …1601 obs.
vb. 8. to lose vigour or courage; to become weak or faint; to wither, to fade …1605 obs.
vb. 8. to sully, to stain, to tarnish a person’s honour …1613 obs.
vb. 10. to accuse of crime or dishonour …a1619 obs.
vb. 11. to become spoiled …1986 Amer. dial.

• TAINTED
adj. tinted, stained …1797 obs. rare

• TAINTMEAT
n. the perineum, the space between the vagina and the anus (t’aint pussy and t’aint asshole) …1970s sl., orig. US

• T’AINT NO CRACK, BUT A SOLID FACT
phr. what I am saying is the truth …1973 US sl.

• TAINTOR
n. 1. one who brings legal evidence against another for conviction of some crime; an accuser, an informer …1451 obs.
n. 2. a dyer …1889 rare

• TAINTURE
n. 1. colouring …1490 obs.
n. 2. tainting, staining, stain, defilement, pollution, infection …1593 obs.
n. 3. accusation, charge …1621 obs.

• TAINTY
adj. tainted, spoiled …1966 Amer. dial.

• TAIPO
n. a vicious horse; often used as the name of a dog …M19 NZ sl.

• TAIRDIE
adj. peevish, ill-humoured, sulky, sarcastic …1825 Sc.

• TAIRDY
n. a din, clamour, hullabaloo …1930 Sc.

• TAIRGE
vb. 1. to question closely, to cross-examine …1786 Sc.
vb. 2. to reprimand, to scold loudly; to beat, to strike, to thrash …1825 Sc.

• TAIRGER
n. a termagant; a scold; a shrew …1822 Sc.

• TAIRGLET
n. an icicle …1923 Sc.

• TAISEY
adj. 1. fretful, fractious; ill-tempered …1866 Eng. dial.
adj. 2. teasing, troublesome …1901 Eng. dial.

• TAISLE
n. 1. a buffeting or knocking about, rough handling, a severe brush or tussle …1808 Sc.
n. 2. a bamboozling with persistent questions …1825 Sc.
n. 3. a state of disorder or the causing of disorder, confusion, muddling up …1866 Sc.
n. 4. a vexing or teasing …1866 Sc.
vb. 1. to tease, to irritate, to vex …1825 Sc.
vb. 2. to toss, to throw or buffet about; to stir up, to turn over hay …1825 Sc.
vb. 3. to entangle, to twist inextricably; to mix up, to put or get into disorder …1866 Sc.

• TAISTER
vb. to dodge work, to slack, to be lazy …1893 Sc. obs.

• TAISTREL
n. 1. a gawky, slovenly, or unmethodical person; often applied to a girl who tears her clothes from carelessness …1825 Sc.
n. 2. a mischievous boy; a rascal; scoundrel …1923 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.

• TAISTRILL
n. a gawky, slovenly, or unmethodical person; often applied to a girl who tears her clothes from carelessness …1825 Sc.

• TAIT
adj. cheerful, lively, active, nimble …c1300 obs.
adv. somewhat …1722 Sc.
int. an exclamation of remonstrance …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
n. 1. a small amount or portion of anything …1824 Sc.
n. 2. a game of seesaw …1894 Eng. dial.
n. 3. a lock of hair …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
n. 4. an untidy head of hair …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
n. 5. the top of a hill …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
vb. 1. to lift up, to raise; to get into a high position …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to play at seesaw …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
vb. 3. to shake about; to stir, to toss about …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
vb. 4. to tilt; to overturn …Bk1905 Eng. dial.

• TAITE
n. gladness, alacrity …a1300 obs.

• TAIT OFF
vb. to dress up smartly …Bk1905 Eng. dial.

• TAIT UP
vb. to dress up smartly …Bk1905 Eng. dial.

• TAIVER
vb. 1. to roam about aimlessly or idly; to dally, to trifle, to waste time …1808 Sc.
vb. 2. to wander in mind or speech; to talk foolishly or incoherently; to rave; to become confused through weariness or exhaustion …1808 Sc.
vb. 3. to annoy, to vex, to irritate; to bewilder or confuse with much talking or questioning; to lead astray …1861 Sc.
vb. 4. to wander; to delay …1876 Sc.
vb. 5. to talk idly, foolishly, or wildly; to rave …Bk1905 Sc.
vb. 6. to eat sparingly and without appetite; to toy with one’s food; to be fastidious about eating …1929 Sc.

• TAIVERED
adj. boiled to shreds …1825 Sc.

• TAIVERS
n. 1. rags, tatters, tears …1846 Sc.
n. 2. idle, foolish talk; wild, raving words …1871 Sc.

• TAIVERSOME
adj. tedious, wearisome; annoying, vexatious …1808 Sc.

• TAIVERSUM
adj. tedious, fatiguing …1808 Sc.

• TAIVERT
adj. 1. bewildered, mentally confused or played out, esp. through exhaustion or harassment …1808 Sc.
adj. 2. stupefied with drink, intoxicated …1818 Sc.
adj. 3. idle, foolish, senseless, half-witted, raving …1818 Sc.
adj. 4. boiled to shreds …1825 Sc.
adj. 5. wandering, exhausted with work, fatigued …1879 Sc.

• TAIVERTNESS
n. stupidity …1913 Sc.

• TAIVERTY
n. a stupid person …1833 Sc.

• TAIZIE
n. a cup, a glass; a bowl, a goblet …1808 Sc.