152 Conlribuiions towards a Wiltshire Glossary. 



that land wer all full o' trump'ry that high) we could ha' done." — Jonathan 

 Merle, xxxvii., 412. 



Tuck. (2) Add:—?,yf. 



Add : — (3) To blow gustily. " The wind be so tucking to-day, i.e., 

 gusty, blowing from all quarters, uncertain. N.W. (Clyffe Pypard.) 



*Tufwort. "Between Crookwood and what is called 'The Folly,' they ob- 

 served a large cluster in one of the fir-trees .... which turned out to be a 

 wasps' nest. The nest, which was nearly as large as a quartern measure, 

 was fully matured, and is described by an expert in taking wasps' nests as 

 what is known as ' the tufwort' nest. It consisted of three splendid cakes 

 of comb, enclosed in a web." — Local Papers, July, 1893. Probably the 

 nest of Vespa JBritannica, which in hot summers has occurred frequently 

 in our hedges in some parts of the county. 



Tulip-tree. Acer pseudo-platanus, L., Sycamore, the smell or taste of the 

 young shoots being supposed by children to resemble that of the tulip. S.W. 



(Salisbury.) 



Tump. Add:-S.W. 



TuD. " To tun," or " to tun in," to pour liquid through a " tun-dish " into a 

 cask. N.W. (Clyffe Pypard ; Devizes ; Huish.) 



Tun- dish or Tun-bowl, A kind of wooden funnel, like a small bucket 

 with hoops round it, and a tube at the bottom, used for pouring liquids into 

 a cask. N.W. (Devizes ; Clyffe Pypard ; Huish.) 



*Turn. A spinning-wheel. N.W. (obsolete). 



This word frequently occurs in the Mildenhall parish accounts, as :— 

 " 1793. To Box and Spokes to Torn, Is 2d. To a Standard, hoop 4 spokes 

 to Torn, Is. 3d. To a Hoop 3 spokes to a Torn, lid. To 4 legs and standard 

 a hope 5 spokes to Sal's Torn, 2s 7d. To Mending Bery's Torn, Is 6d„ 

 1784. Paid John Rawlins for a Turn, 38." 



In 1809-10 the word Turn gives place to Spinning-wheel in the overseers' 

 accounts. 



*Tut-WOrk, Piece work [Slow). S.W. 



Twinge. Add -. — A piece of dough moulded for making into bread. S.W. 



(Deverill.) 



Twitch. " At every twitch and turn " (or " tan "), now and again. N. & S.W. 



T'year. Add :— Also To-year. 



Under-creeping. Underhanded. S.W. 



Unempt. Add :— S.W. 



Unked. Add :— " Another use of uncouth={V) unknown, (2) strange, un- 

 canny, lonely." — Smy the- Palmer. 

 Up-along. A little way up the street or road. See Down-along. N. & 



S.W. 



