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tathe, tath, v. Sc. and dial.
Also 5 taþin, 8 taith, 8–9 teath.
[f. tath n.: cf. ON. teðja to manure.]
1. trans. To manure (land) by turning sheep or cattle upon it (usually said of the cattle); also, by extension, by flooding it (to water-tathe).
c1440Promp. Parv. 487/2 Tayin [v.r. tathyn] londe wythe schepys donge,..rudero,..stercoro. 1628Coke On Litt. 57 As if I lend to one my Sheepe, to tathe his land. 1743Maxwell Sel. Trans. Soc. Improv. Agric. Scot. 38 It has..been in Pasture these twelve Years... It is well tathed. 1799J. Robertson Agric. Perth 64 The out⁓fields lying farthest from the townships, were taithed or dunged by confining the cattle in folds, over night, during summer and autumn, upon that particular portion..which was to be ploughed next spring. 1808J. Walker Econ. Hist. Hebr. & Highl. Scot. (1812) I. 167 There is yet another way in which the sediment of water may be applied as a manure,..this is, by..Water-tathing. Ibid. 168 When a field has been water-tathed..but for one winter, the growth of grass upon it is more early. 1843Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc. IV. i. 122 Teathing the barley-stubble which is intended for turnips will cause the anbury.
2. intr. Of cattle, etc.: To drop dung upon land so as to manure it.
1743Maxwell Sel. Trans. Soc. Improv. Agric. Scot. 123 The Dung of Horses is not proper for sandy Grounds, being too hot, as may be observed from the Grounds they tathe upon in Summer.
Hence ˈtathing vbl. n. (also concr.).
c1440Promp. Parv. 487/2 Taynge [v.r. tathing] of lond, ruderacio. 1529Anc. Deed A. 13557 (P.R.O.) To fynd the tenauntz..tathyng to ther londes. 1792Statist. Acc. Scot. II. 404 A priest..who had a right to every seventh acre of Ladifron, and to the tathing (dung as left on the ground) every seventh night. 1793Ibid. VI. 268. |