TATH

Etymology 1

Noun

tath (countable and uncountable, plural taths)

(UK dialectal, Scotland) The dung of livestock left on a field to serve as manure or fertiliser.

(UK dialectal, Scotland) A piece of ground dunged by livestock.

(UK dialectal, Scotland) Strong grass growing around the dung of kine.

Etymology 2

Verb

tath (third-person singular simple present taths, present participle tathing, simple past and past participle tathed)

(UK dialectal, Scotland) To manure (land) by pasturing cattle on it, or causing them to lie upon it.

Anagrams

• hatt, that

Source: Wiktionary


Tath, obs.

Definition: 3d pers. sing. pres. of Ta, to take.

Tath, n. Etym: [Prov. E.; of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. ta dung, ta the grass of a manured pasture, te to manure. *58. Cf. Ted.]

1. Dung, or droppings of cattle. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

2. The luxuriant grass growing about the droppings of cattle in a pasture. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

Tath, v. t.

Definition: To manure (land) by pasturing cattle on it, or causing them to lie upon it. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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