156 Contributions towards a Wiltshire Glossary. 
Terrify. (1) v. To worry, irritate, annoy; used especially of very trouble- 
some children. ‘The vlies be terrible terrifying.” N. & S.W. 
(2) m. A source of worry or trouble. A bed-ridden woman who has to 
get her neighbours to do everything for her is ‘‘a terrible terrify ” to 
them. N.W. 
* (3) o. To injure, as a hailstorm does apple-blossom. (Wilts Arch. 
May., vol. xxii., p. 113.) N.W. (Cherhill.) 
Tewley, Tuley. Sickly, weak, tired-looking. S.W. 
There-right. “Go straight forward,” order to a horse at plough. (A). N.W. 
Thert. »v. Toplough land a second time, at right angles to the first ploughing, 
so as to clean it more effectually. NEW 
Thetches. Vetches. Lent thetches are an early spring kind. N.W. 
Thill, or Dill. The shaft of a cart. N.W. 
Thiller, Diller, Thill-horse. The shaft-horse of a team. N.W. 
Th orough -pin.The pin which fastens the waggon-bed to the carriage.(D.)N.W. 
*Three-pound-tenner. The name given by bird-catchers about Salisbury 
to the “Chevil” variety of Goldfinch, it being more valuable than the 
ordinary kind. (Birds of Wilts, p. 203.) S.W. 
Threshles. A pair of threshles, drashols, or flyals make a flail. (D.) The 
usual term for a flail. f N. & S.W. 
Throw. (1)’m. ‘‘A throw of timber,” the quantity felled atany one time. N.W. 
(2) v. To fell timber. (Bevis, ch. 1.) N.W. 
(3) ‘To throw a gin or snare,” to spring or set it off. (Amateur 
Poacher, ch. 6.) N.W. 
Thunder-bolts. (1) The concretionary nodules of iron pyrites so fre- 
quently found in the chalk. N. & S.W. 
(2) Fossil belemnites. N. & S.W. 
Thunder-flower. Papaver Rheas, etc., Red Poppy. S.W. 
Thunder-fly. A black midge. (Great Estate, ch. 5.) N. & SW. 
*Thurindale. A flagon holding about three pints. (H.) Obsolete. 
Thurtifer. Unruly, self-willed. (H.) S.W. 
Ticky Pig. The smallest pig of a litter. N.W. (Clyffe Pypard.) 
Tid. *(1) Lively, playful. (B.) 
(2) Childish, affecting simplicity (A.), shy. N.W. 
Tiddle. To bring up a lamb by hand. (A.) (Wilts Tales, pp.5, 6.) N.W. 
Tiddlin’ lamb. A lamb so brought up. (A.) N.W. 
Tide-times. Christmas, Easter, etc. “He do have a drop, tide-times and 
that.” N. & S.W. 
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