tiftn.¹

Brit.

/tɪft/, U.S.

/tɪft/, Scottish English

/tɪft/

Etymology: History obscure; ? related to tift adj. and tift v.¹

Scottish and northern dialect.

Condition, order; condition of mind, mood, humour.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > [noun]

ferec1175

statea1325

casec1325

likingc1330

plighta1393

dispositionc1400

health1509

disease1526

affection?1541

affect1605

valetude1623

tift1717

situation1749

condition1798

fix1816

shape1865

fig1883

the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > state of feeling or mood > [noun]

moodOE

cheerc1225

affecta1398

statec1450

mindc1460

stomach1476

spiritc1480

humour1525

vein1577

frame1579

tune1600

tempera1628

transport1658

air1678

tift1717

disposition1726

spite1735

tonea1751

1717 A. Ramsay Elegy Lucky Wood vii Beef, dry fish, or cheese, Which kept our..health in tift.

1722 R. Wodrow Hist. Sufferings Church of Scotl. II. iii. iv. §4. 140 The King's Horse being in good Tift.

1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd i. i I'm in tift to hear you play and sing.

1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. 449 A poet's muse is in tift when she sings well; corn also is in tift when it is dry, viz., in tift to lead.

1904 in Eng. Dial. Dict. cited Cumberld., to Cheshire, and n.-w. Derbysh.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

tiftn.²

Etymology: apparently variant of tiff n.³

Scottish and dialect.

1. A slight fit of ill-humour or offendedness; a petty quarrel or disagreement: = tiff n.³ 1, 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > [noun] > petty quarrel

feudc1565

squabble1602

prabble1603

squabbling1611

bangling1612

pickeering1650

squabblement1731

tift1751

tiff1753

spat1804

tracasserie1812

the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > [noun] > fit of

gloominga1400

terret1515

momurdotesc1540

the sullens1580

pirr1581

pet1590

snuff1592

mulligrubs1599

mumps1599

geea1605

mood1609

miff1623

tetch1623

frumps1671

strunt1721

hump1727

tiff1727

tift1751

huff1757

tig1773

tout1787

sulk1792

twita1825

fantigue1825

fuff1834

grumps1844

spell1856

the grumbles1861

grouch1895

snit1939

mardy1968

moody1969

strop1970

sull1972

cream puff1985

mard1998

1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle IV. xcviii. 65 It [sc. his intimacy] was now checquered with many occasional tifts.

1761 F. Sheridan Mem. Miss Sidney Bidulph II. 178 She supposed he married in a tifft, upon my refusal of him.

1808 E. Sleath Bristol Heiress III. 81 My wife and I have often a bit of a tift.

1887 P. McNeill Blawearie 61 The last time we met—Bob and I—we had a ‘tift’, ye ken what that is.

2. A puff, breath, or slight blast (of wind).

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > puff of

pufflOE

breathc1400

fuff1535

whiff1603

whift1614

tifta1765

cat's paw1769

skift1808

flaff1827

skiff1827

whiffle1842

whisp1884

quiff1912

a1765 Ld. Thomas, etc. xvii, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1885) II. iii. 183/1 Four and twanty siller bells Wer a' tyed till his mane, And yae tift o the norland wind, They tinkled ane by ane.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

† tiftadj.

Etymology: Goes with tift v.¹

Scottish. Obsolete.

Prepared, ready; set in order; provided, furnished.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [adjective] > prepared or ready > ready or set in order

tifta1400

trim?a1513

fixed1638

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 1761 Quen al was tift [Fairf. wroȝt, Gött. don] was þar na bide, þe stormes ras on ilka side.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 24807 Wit triffor [read trissor] son his scipp was tift.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 5089 Mas your gere al redi tift, Your seckes sal i fil o gift.

c1480 (a1400) St. Mary of Egypt 870 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 321 I cane fond to þat flume.., & wesche In yt bath handis & face; syne come agane, & with schryfte & contryt hart mad me tyfte.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2020).

tiftv.¹

Etymology: Origin uncertain; in quots. c1425, 1600 it appears to be a variant of tiff v.¹; but in the rest it may be a different word: compare tift n.¹, tift adj.

Obsolete exc. dialect.

transitive. To prepare, make ready, put in order; to dress.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautify (the person) [verb (transitive)]

highta1200

atiffe?c1225

tiff?c1225

wyndre?a1366

kembc1386

picka1393

prunec1395

tifta1400

varnishc1405

finea1425

tifflea1425

quaint1484

embuda1529

trick?1532

trick1545

dill1548

tricka1555

prink1573

smug1588

sponge1588

smudge1589

perk1590

primpc1590

sponge1592

tricksy1598

prime1616

sprug1622

briska1625

to sleek upa1625

trickify1678

prim1688

titivate1705

dandify1823

beflounce1824

befop1866

spry1878

lustrify1886

dude1899

doll1916

tart1938

youthify1945

pansy1946

spiv1947

dolly1958

zhuzh1970

the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare [verb (transitive)] > prepare or put in order

tailc1330

ordain1340

disposec1375

appoint1393

fettlea1400

tifta1400

richc1400

tiffc1400

orderc1515

instruct1534

prune1586

compose1612

to make up1759

fix1783

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 19425 Steuen tifted him al bun [Fairf., Trin. Cambr. made him redi bun], And þan bigan a gret sarmun.

c1425 St. Mary of Oignies i. i, in Anglia VIII. 135/34 Tressynge and tifting of here [= hair].

1600 Abp. G. Abbot Expos. Prophet Ionah 591 Beholding a woman most curiously trimmed, and exquisitely tiffted up.

a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 34 There are many things belonge to tiftinge of hay, as spreadinge and..turninge, rakinge and cockinge.

a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 35 If it [sc. hay] bee eyther wette or greene when yow cocke it, yow are not to lette it stande above three dayes afore yow throwe it out againe and gette it well tifted [printed tifled] in.

a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 65 For tiftinge of a newe hive.

1790 D. Morison Poems 25 The fidler tifted ilka string.

1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby ‘Tifted up’, cleansed and put into order.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

tiftv.²

Etymology: variant of tiff v.²

Scottish and dialect.

transitive. To drink, quaff; = tiff v.² (also intransitive).

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [verb (transitive)] > drink intoxicating liquor

pulla1450

to crush a cup of wine1592

to take one's rousea1593

crack1600

whiff1609

bezzle1617

bub1654

tift1722

bibulate1767

lush1838

do1853

lower1895

nip1897

sink1899

1722 W. Hamilton Life of Sir William Wallace iii. i. 18 They..tifted canty wine.

1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 101 The siller stoups, on heigh upliftit, Were tootit in a whip, and tiftit.

1833 M. Scott Tom Cringle's Log I. x. 285 The Captain was stowing his cargo with great zeal, and tifting away at the fluids as became an honest sailor.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

tiftv.³

Etymology: < tift n.²

Obsolete or dialect.

intransitive. To have a tiff; = tiff v.³

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > quarrel [verb (intransitive)] > in petty manner

squabblea1616

tift1780

flicker1809

tiff1859

naggle1863

frip1921

1780 R. B. Sheridan School for Scandal i. ii. 11 We tifted a little going to church, and fairly quarrelled before the bells were done ringing.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

n.¹1717

n.²1751

adj.a1400

v.¹a1400

v.²1722

v.³1780

单词	tift
释义	tiftn.¹ Brit. /tɪft/, U.S. /tɪft/, Scottish English /tɪft/ Etymology: History obscure; ? related to tift adj. and tift v.¹ Scottish and northern dialect. Condition, order; condition of mind, mood, humour. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > [noun] ferec1175 statea1325 casec1325 likingc1330 plighta1393 dispositionc1400 health1509 disease1526 affection?1541 affect1605 valetude1623 tift1717 situation1749 condition1798 fix1816 shape1865 fig1883 the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > state of feeling or mood > [noun] moodOE cheerc1225 affecta1398 statec1450 mindc1460 stomach1476 spiritc1480 humour1525 vein1577 frame1579 tune1600 tempera1628 transport1658 air1678 tift1717 disposition1726 spite1735 tonea1751 1717 A. Ramsay Elegy Lucky Wood vii Beef, dry fish, or cheese, Which kept our..health in tift. 1722 R. Wodrow Hist. Sufferings Church of Scotl. II. iii. iv. §4. 140 The King's Horse being in good Tift. 1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd i. i I'm in tift to hear you play and sing. 1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. 449 A poet's muse is in tift when she sings well; corn also is in tift when it is dry, viz., in tift to lead. 1904 in Eng. Dial. Dict. cited Cumberld., to Cheshire, and n.-w. Derbysh. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). tiftn.² Etymology: apparently variant of tiff n.³ Scottish and dialect. 1. A slight fit of ill-humour or offendedness; a petty quarrel or disagreement: = tiff n.³ 1, 2. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > [noun] > petty quarrel feudc1565 squabble1602 prabble1603 squabbling1611 bangling1612 pickeering1650 squabblement1731 tift1751 tiff1753 spat1804 tracasserie1812 the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > [noun] > fit of gloominga1400 terret1515 momurdotesc1540 the sullens1580 pirr1581 pet1590 snuff1592 mulligrubs1599 mumps1599 geea1605 mood1609 miff1623 tetch1623 frumps1671 strunt1721 hump1727 tiff1727 tift1751 huff1757 tig1773 tout1787 sulk1792 twita1825 fantigue1825 fuff1834 grumps1844 spell1856 the grumbles1861 grouch1895 snit1939 mardy1968 moody1969 strop1970 sull1972 cream puff1985 mard1998 1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle IV. xcviii. 65 It [sc. his intimacy] was now checquered with many occasional tifts. 1761 F. Sheridan Mem. Miss Sidney Bidulph II. 178 She supposed he married in a tifft, upon my refusal of him. 1808 E. Sleath Bristol Heiress III. 81 My wife and I have often a bit of a tift. 1887 P. McNeill Blawearie 61 The last time we met—Bob and I—we had a ‘tift’, ye ken what that is. 2. A puff, breath, or slight blast (of wind). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > puff of pufflOE breathc1400 fuff1535 whiff1603 whift1614 tifta1765 cat's paw1769 skift1808 flaff1827 skiff1827 whiffle1842 whisp1884 quiff1912 a1765 Ld. Thomas, etc. xvii, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1885) II. iii. 183/1 Four and twanty siller bells Wer a' tyed till his mane, And yae tift o the norland wind, They tinkled ane by ane. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2019). † tiftadj. Etymology: Goes with tift v.¹ Scottish. Obsolete. Prepared, ready; set in order; provided, furnished. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [adjective] > prepared or ready > ready or set in order tifta1400 trim?a1513 fixed1638 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 1761 Quen al was tift [Fairf. wroȝt, Gött. don] was þar na bide, þe stormes ras on ilka side. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 24807 Wit triffor [read trissor] son his scipp was tift. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 5089 Mas your gere al redi tift, Your seckes sal i fil o gift. c1480 (a1400) St. Mary of Egypt 870 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 321 I cane fond to þat flume.., & wesche In yt bath handis & face; syne come agane, & with schryfte & contryt hart mad me tyfte. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2020). tiftv.¹ Etymology: Origin uncertain; in quots. c1425, 1600 it appears to be a variant of tiff v.¹; but in the rest it may be a different word: compare tift n.¹, tift adj. Obsolete exc. dialect. transitive. To prepare, make ready, put in order; to dress. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautify (the person) [verb (transitive)] highta1200 atiffe?c1225 tiff?c1225 wyndre?a1366 kembc1386 picka1393 prunec1395 tifta1400 varnishc1405 finea1425 tifflea1425 quaint1484 embuda1529 trick?1532 trick1545 dill1548 tricka1555 prink1573 smug1588 sponge1588 smudge1589 perk1590 primpc1590 sponge1592 tricksy1598 prime1616 sprug1622 briska1625 to sleek upa1625 trickify1678 prim1688 titivate1705 dandify1823 beflounce1824 befop1866 spry1878 lustrify1886 dude1899 doll1916 tart1938 youthify1945 pansy1946 spiv1947 dolly1958 zhuzh1970 the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare [verb (transitive)] > prepare or put in order tailc1330 ordain1340 disposec1375 appoint1393 fettlea1400 tifta1400 richc1400 tiffc1400 orderc1515 instruct1534 prune1586 compose1612 to make up1759 fix1783 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 19425 Steuen tifted him al bun [Fairf., Trin. Cambr. made him redi bun], And þan bigan a gret sarmun. c1425 St. Mary of Oignies i. i, in Anglia VIII. 135/34 Tressynge and tifting of here [= hair]. 1600 Abp. G. Abbot Expos. Prophet Ionah 591 Beholding a woman most curiously trimmed, and exquisitely tiffted up. a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 34 There are many things belonge to tiftinge of hay, as spreadinge and..turninge, rakinge and cockinge. a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 35 If it [sc. hay] bee eyther wette or greene when yow cocke it, yow are not to lette it stande above three dayes afore yow throwe it out againe and gette it well tifted [printed tifled] in. a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 65 For tiftinge of a newe hive. 1790 D. Morison Poems 25 The fidler tifted ilka string. 1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby ‘Tifted up’, cleansed and put into order. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online September 2018). tiftv.² Etymology: variant of tiff v.² Scottish and dialect. transitive. To drink, quaff; = tiff v.² (also intransitive). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [verb (transitive)] > drink intoxicating liquor pulla1450 to crush a cup of wine1592 to take one's rousea1593 crack1600 whiff1609 bezzle1617 bub1654 tift1722 bibulate1767 lush1838 do1853 lower1895 nip1897 sink1899 1722 W. Hamilton Life of Sir William Wallace iii. i. 18 They..tifted canty wine. 1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 101 The siller stoups, on heigh upliftit, Were tootit in a whip, and tiftit. 1833 M. Scott Tom Cringle's Log I. x. 285 The Captain was stowing his cargo with great zeal, and tifting away at the fluids as became an honest sailor. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2019). tiftv.³ Etymology: < tift n.² Obsolete or dialect. intransitive. To have a tiff; = tiff v.³ ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > quarrel [verb (intransitive)] > in petty manner squabblea1616 tift1780 flicker1809 tiff1859 naggle1863 frip1921 1780 R. B. Sheridan School for Scandal i. ii. 11 We tifted a little going to church, and fairly quarrelled before the bells were done ringing. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.¹1717n.²1751adj.a1400v.¹a1400v.²1722v.³1780
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