taten.¹

Brit.

/teɪt/, U.S.

/teɪt/, Scottish English

/tet/

Forms: 1600s–1800s tait, 1700s teat, tet, tett, 1500s– tate.

Etymology: Origin obscure; probably Norse: compare Icelandic tæta to tear to shreds, to tease, tæta a shred; also, fluff of wool, etc., a particle of anything.

Scottish and northern dialect.

1. A small tuft or lock of hair, wool, or other fibrous material, consisting of only a few fibres; a small handful of grass, hay, or corn.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > an assemblage or collection > [noun] > tuft

tuftc1405

tate1513

tuffet?1553

thrum1578

muchet1601

tassel1609

whisk1845

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vi. v. 11 Apon his chin feill cannos haris gray, Lyart feltat tatis.

1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Civ^v/2 A Tate, fibra.

1618 Trial Marg. Barclay in W. Scott Lett. Demonol. (1831) ix. 318 He was found..strangled and hanged [in his cell]..with a tait of hemp, or a string supposed to have been his garter.

a1774 R. Fergusson Poems (1785) 172 Auld Reekie's childer now Maun stap their lugs wi' teats o' woo, Thy sound to bang.

1786 R. Burns Poems 64 Wi' taets o' hay an' ripps o' corn.

1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian x, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. II. 247 There's a chield can spin a muckle pirn out of a wee tait of tow!

1856 R. Simpson Covenanters of South 332 The wool..was to be found here and there in handfuls, or in tates, as they are called, lying on the heath. [In Eng. Dial. Dict. Northumb., to N. Lanc. and Yorks.]

2. gen. A small piece; a particle or morsel (of anything); in quot. 1722 adverbially = ‘a bit’, a little.With tate of meal, etc., cf. the common Scottish a hair of meal, of salt, etc. in same sense.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > a small quantity or amount

speckc725

littleOE

somethingc1200

lutewihtc1230

little whatc1384

ouncec1387

lap1393

smalla1400

modicumc1400

nekedc1400

spota1413

tinec1420

nieveful?a1425

handfulc1443

mouthful?c1450

smatchc1456

weec1480

quern1503

halfpennyworth1533

groatsworth1562

dram1566

shellful1578

trickle1580

snatch1592

sprinkling1594

fleck1598

snip1598

pittance1600

lick1603

fingerful1604

modicum1606

thimbleful1607

flash1614

dasha1616

pipa1616

pickle1629

drachm1635

cue1654

smack1693

starn1720

bit1753

kenning1787

minikin1787

tate1805

starnie1808

sprat1815

harl1821

skerrick1825

smallums1828

huckleberry1832

scrimp1840

thimble1841

smite1843

nattering1859

sensation1859

spurt1859

pauchlea1870

mention1891

sketch1894

sputterings1894

scrappet1901

titch1937

tad1940

skosh1959

smattering1973

1722 A. Ramsay Tale Three Bonnets i. 10 Observing Jouk a wee Tate tipsy.

1805 G. M'Indoe Million of Potatoes in Poems But to disperse them a' in taits, Through different hands, at different rates,..I ne'er could wi' be troubled.

1891 ‘H. Haliburton’ Ochil Idylls 68 O' winter snaw there's but a tate remainin'.

1910 N.E.D. at Tate Mod. Sc. No a tate o' meit was left.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† tatetathn.²

Forms: Also 1600s tathe.

Etymology: In Irish taite ; but held to be a borrowed word: compare Joyce Ir. Names of Places I. 246. Some think it derived < tate n.¹

Obsolete.

A measure of land formerly used in Ireland, equal to 60 Irish acres.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of area > [noun] > a system or process of measuring land > Irish units

townlanda1500

ballyboe1550

quarter1585

poll1591

cartron1598

tate1607

quartern1679

subdenomination1720

1607 J. Davies Let. in Hist. Tracts (1787) 229 Every ballybetagh..containeth sixteen taths; every tath containeth three-score English acres or thereabouts.

a1660 in J. T. Gilbert Contemp. Hist. Ireland (1879) I. 339 Every ballyboe, quarter, pole, or tathe of land.

a1660 in J. T. Gilbert Contemp. Hist. Ireland (1879) I. 349 Twoe tates of the three tates of Ballagh.

1842 S. C. Hall & A. M. Hall Ireland II. 354 The lesser divisions were known by the various appellations of quarters, half quarters, ballyboes, gneeves, tates, &c.

1861 W. Reeves in Proc. Royal Irish Acad. 1857–61 (1862) 7 484.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

† tateadj.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: tait adj.

Etymology: Variant of tait adj.

Scottish. Obsolete. rare.

Wanton, brisk, untamed; = tait adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > bull > [adjective] > wild or untamed

tatec1480

c1480 (a1400) St. James Great 328 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 106 For scho had bulis wilde and tate, þat scho nocht trewit mycht ȝakkit be In carte, na wane, be ony degre.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

n.¹1513

n.²1607

adj.c1480

单词	tate
释义	taten.¹ Brit. /teɪt/, U.S. /teɪt/, Scottish English /tet/ Forms: 1600s–1800s tait, 1700s teat, tet, tett, 1500s– tate. Etymology: Origin obscure; probably Norse: compare Icelandic tæta to tear to shreds, to tease, tæta a shred; also, fluff of wool, etc., a particle of anything. Scottish and northern dialect. 1. A small tuft or lock of hair, wool, or other fibrous material, consisting of only a few fibres; a small handful of grass, hay, or corn. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > an assemblage or collection > [noun] > tuft tuftc1405 tate1513 tuffet?1553 thrum1578 muchet1601 tassel1609 whisk1845 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vi. v. 11 Apon his chin feill cannos haris gray, Lyart feltat tatis. 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Civ^v/2 A Tate, fibra. 1618 Trial Marg. Barclay in W. Scott Lett. Demonol. (1831) ix. 318 He was found..strangled and hanged [in his cell]..with a tait of hemp, or a string supposed to have been his garter. a1774 R. Fergusson Poems (1785) 172 Auld Reekie's childer now Maun stap their lugs wi' teats o' woo, Thy sound to bang. 1786 R. Burns Poems 64 Wi' taets o' hay an' ripps o' corn. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian x, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. II. 247 There's a chield can spin a muckle pirn out of a wee tait of tow! 1856 R. Simpson Covenanters of South 332 The wool..was to be found here and there in handfuls, or in tates, as they are called, lying on the heath. [In Eng. Dial. Dict. Northumb., to N. Lanc. and Yorks.] 2. gen. A small piece; a particle or morsel (of anything); in quot. 1722 adverbially = ‘a bit’, a little.With tate of meal, etc., cf. the common Scottish a hair of meal, of salt, etc. in same sense. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > a small quantity or amount speckc725 littleOE somethingc1200 lutewihtc1230 little whatc1384 ouncec1387 lap1393 smalla1400 modicumc1400 nekedc1400 spota1413 tinec1420 nieveful?a1425 handfulc1443 mouthful?c1450 smatchc1456 weec1480 quern1503 halfpennyworth1533 groatsworth1562 dram1566 shellful1578 trickle1580 snatch1592 sprinkling1594 fleck1598 snip1598 pittance1600 lick1603 fingerful1604 modicum1606 thimbleful1607 flash1614 dasha1616 pipa1616 pickle1629 drachm1635 cue1654 smack1693 starn1720 bit1753 kenning1787 minikin1787 tate1805 starnie1808 sprat1815 harl1821 skerrick1825 smallums1828 huckleberry1832 scrimp1840 thimble1841 smite1843 nattering1859 sensation1859 spurt1859 pauchlea1870 mention1891 sketch1894 sputterings1894 scrappet1901 titch1937 tad1940 skosh1959 smattering1973 1722 A. Ramsay Tale Three Bonnets i. 10 Observing Jouk a wee Tate tipsy. 1805 G. M'Indoe Million of Potatoes in Poems But to disperse them a' in taits, Through different hands, at different rates,..I ne'er could wi' be troubled. 1891 ‘H. Haliburton’ Ochil Idylls 68 O' winter snaw there's but a tate remainin'. 1910 N.E.D. at Tate Mod. Sc. No a tate o' meit was left. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † tatetathn.² Forms: Also 1600s tathe. Etymology: In Irish taite ; but held to be a borrowed word: compare Joyce Ir. Names of Places I. 246. Some think it derived < tate n.¹ Obsolete. A measure of land formerly used in Ireland, equal to 60 Irish acres. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of area > [noun] > a system or process of measuring land > Irish units townlanda1500 ballyboe1550 quarter1585 poll1591 cartron1598 tate1607 quartern1679 subdenomination1720 1607 J. Davies Let. in Hist. Tracts (1787) 229 Every ballybetagh..containeth sixteen taths; every tath containeth three-score English acres or thereabouts. a1660 in J. T. Gilbert Contemp. Hist. Ireland (1879) I. 339 Every ballyboe, quarter, pole, or tathe of land. a1660 in J. T. Gilbert Contemp. Hist. Ireland (1879) I. 349 Twoe tates of the three tates of Ballagh. 1842 S. C. Hall & A. M. Hall Ireland II. 354 The lesser divisions were known by the various appellations of quarters, half quarters, ballyboes, gneeves, tates, &c. 1861 W. Reeves in Proc. Royal Irish Acad. 1857–61 (1862) 7 484. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2021). † tateadj. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: tait adj. Etymology: Variant of tait adj. Scottish. Obsolete. rare. Wanton, brisk, untamed; = tait adj. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > bull > [adjective] > wild or untamed tatec1480 c1480 (a1400) St. James Great 328 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 106 For scho had bulis wilde and tate, þat scho nocht trewit mycht ȝakkit be In carte, na wane, be ony degre. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.¹1513n.²1607adj.c1480
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