Glossary
| Name | Term description |
|---|---|
| Name Tack |
Term description
Lease |
| Name Tacksman |
Term description
A person who holds a lease and sublets land to others. (tacksmen were found mostly in the highlands from the 17th century, and were often a close relative of the chief. Although some of them farmed the land themselves, most lived off the difference between the low rent they paid to the chief and the rents they charged to sublet the land.) |
| Name Tailor |
Term description
One who makes men's clothing |
| Name Tailor burges |
Term description
One who makes men's clothing |
| Name Tailzeour |
Term description
One who makes men's clothing |
| Name Tallor |
Term description
One who makes men's clothing |
| Name Talor |
Term description
One who makes men's clothing |
| Name Tambourer |
Term description
Embroiderer (using hoops to hold the cloth in place) |
| Name Tanner |
Term description
A person who cures hides to produce leather |
| Name Tapestrier |
Term description
One who weaves tapestry |
| Name Tapsman |
Term description
A head servant, the person in charge of a drove |
| Name Tapster |
Term description
One who draws and serves alcohol |
| Name Tasker |
Term description
Pieceworker |
| Name Tavernor |
Term description
Innkeeper |
| Name Tax-gatherer |
Term description
One who collects revenue locally |
| Name Taxman |
Term description
Tenant of land, who sub-lets rents or tacks |
| Name TD |
Term description
Trust Disposition |
| Name TD |
Term description
Testament Dative |
| Name TD&I |
Term description
Testament Dative and Inventory |
| Name TDeed of S |
Term description
Trust Deed of Settlement |
| Name Tea merchant |
Term description
One who buys and sells tea |
| Name Teacher |
Term description
One who instructs, usually in a school |
| Name Teind |
Term description
Tithe |
| Name Teller |
Term description
Bank clerk |
| Name Tenant |
Term description
One who rents property from another and inhabits it |