Word origins

• tattie sconeA scone made from mashed, boiled potatoes and flour, often baked in a large circular shape on a griddle and cut into slices for serving; it may be eaten as an accompaniment to savoury food such as bacon, fried eggs, and Lorne sausage, or with jam.
• teindA tithe.
• toddickA dish upon which the miller's share was measured as compensation for milling the farmer's meal.
• troakTo barter or trade, especially outside a government monopoly.
• UllansA variety of the Scots language spoken in Northern Ireland (Ulster).
• Up Helly AaAny of a variety of fire festivals held in Shetland, in Scotland, to mark the end of the Yule season.
• vendaceEither of two types of whitefish, Coregonus albula and Coregonus vandesius.
• wallydraigleA feeble or underdeveloped person or animal.
• wanrufeDisquietude; unrest.
• wapinschawAn exhibition of weapons, according to the rank of the individual, by all persons bearing arms; formerly made at certain seasons in each district.
• weather-gawAn instance of some phenomenon in the sky said to signal bad weather, such as an incomplete or secondary rainbow, or a parhelion or sun dog; a weather-gall or water-gall.
• wee small hoursSynonym of wee hours.
• weirdlessUnfortunate, ill-fated, inept, incapable.
• winceylinsey-woolsey
• -yAdded to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives meaning “having the quality of”, either “involving the referent” or “analogous to it”.