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OF THE GAELIC LANGUAGE.
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toirnichte, foetid, "high" (Wh.):
toirp, a sod (M'A.); from Norse torf, Eng. turf.
toirrcheas, conception (Bible):
toirsgian, a peat-cutting spade, toirpsgian (M'A.); a hybrid from Norse torf, turf, peat, and G. sgian. Cf. Norse torf-skeri, peat-cutter.
toirt, respect, value, taste, Ir. toirt, quantity, value:
toirt, giving; for tabhairt. See tabhair, thoir.
toiseach, the beginning, front, Ir. tosach, O. Ir. tossach, initium. See the next word.
tòiseach, a beginning, a chief, Ir. toiseach, a captain, O. Ir. tóisech, praestans, leader, W. tywysog, dux, princeps, Welsh Ogmic tofisac and tovisaci (Lat.): *to-vessiko-s, root ved, lead, bring; Lit. wedù, lead, Ch. Sl. vedą, duco; Zd. vádhayeiti, bring, lead. O. Ir. has also do-fedim, I lead.
toisg, an occasion, opportunity, Ir. toisg, circumstances, state, journey, business, M. Ir. toisc, business, O. Ir. toisc, necessity: *to-sech, root seq, follow, as in seach.
toisgeal, the left, unlucky:
toisgeal, reward for finding a lost thing; see taisgeal.
toit, smoke, fume, Ir. tóit, M. Ir. tutt, smoke: *tutto-, root tu, stu, Eng. steam? See toth.
toitean, a little heap; from Eng. tuft. In the sense of "piece of flesh", Ir. tóiteán, this is from tóit, roast, smoke (see toit), scarcely to be derived from Fr. tôt, hastily roasted, from Lat. tostus.
tolg, tulg, a hollow in metal, dent, Ir. tolc, hole, crevice, E. Ir. tolc, W. tolc. Rhys says W. is borrowed.
toll, a hole, Ir., E. Ir. toll, W. twll, Br. toull: *tukslo-, root tuk, pierce, punch; Gr. τúκος, hammer; Ch.Slav. root tuk, pierce, is-tŭknati, effodere, tŭkalo, cuspis.
toll-dhubh, tollbooth, a gaol; from the Eng.
tolm, a hillock of round form; from Norse hólmr, a holm, islet, "inch", Sc. holm, Eng. holm, Ag. S. holm, mound, billow, Ger. holm, hill.
tom, a hillock, Ir. tom, M. Ir. tomm, W. tom, Br. das-tum, to heap: *tumbo-, hillock; Gr. τúμβος, cairn, mound, Eng. tomb; Skr. tunga, high, hight; further Lat. tumulus. W. tom has been regarded as from the Eng. tomb. But stom, Skr. stamba, "busch".
tomad, tomult, bulk; see somalta.
tomh, offer, threaten, M. Ir. tomaithim, O. Ir. tomad, g. tomtho, minationes: *to-mat-, root mat, throw, Lit. metù, throw.
