Glossary (words starting with T)
t'avouch
to confirm, quarantee, certify, vouch for (OED v. II 5 and 6)
t'other
the other (of two) (OED A. 1)
t'other
other
ta'en
taken
tablebook
a book of writing tablets, a notebook (OED 1)
tables
notebook
tackling
the rigging of a ship
tail
pudendum
tailed
joined on behind, annexed
taint
spoil; weaken; infect; tarnish
tainted
infected, corrupted
take
take off: take away (off my hands)
take
find (someone in a specific place)
take
undertake, begin
take
(of a plan, scheme) to have the intended result; to succeed, be effective, take effect, ‘come off’ (OED v. 11a)
take
take possession of (my capacity for wonder)
take
learn (OED v. 30)
take
understand, apprehend, interpret (someone’s condition)
take
make a measurement (OED v. V 32b)
take heed
be careful
take licence to
take the liberty of or dare to
take my leave
leave you; bid you farewell
take of
take after; resemble
take out
withdraw, exchange; receive (OED, take, v. 87a and i)
take sense
feel, perceive
take such courses
follow the lines by which things run; go with the flow (originally referring to the course of a river); behave by taking the path of least resistance
take up
raising of a woman's skirts for sexual activity
take up
pulls (someone) to standing position
take up
receive (payment)
take you in hand
undertake the disciplining of you (that is: hit you till you agree with me)
take...in hand
discipline, correct
taken
delighted
taken
made use of, appropriated; also legally entered into possession of (OED 15a and b)
taken’t
taken it
takers
officers who exact supplies for the sovereign (OED taker, 2c); thieves (OED taker, 2d)
takes
two senses are relevant in this context: is received, appreciated, esteemed; also, achieves its objective
takes past
overtakes, surpasses
taking up
lifting of a woman's skirts for sexual activity; sexual possession
tale
talk, information
tall
well-grown; fine; valiant
tall
brave, bold
tame
insipid, weak (OED a. 5.a.): in this context seems to mean ‘easily achievable’
tame
domestic, domesticated; familiar; insipid
tame
curb, discipline
tame
insipid, weak (OED a. 5.a)
tangle
give out a quick succession of ringing sounds (OED v2. where the instance in The Queen's Exchange is one of only two listed)
tanners
artisans who make leather out of hide by the process of tanning
tansy
a pudding, omelette, or the like, flavoured with juice of tansy, a bitter-tasting but aromatic garden herb (tansy n, 3a)
tantalizing
proferring something desired but preventing its ever being grasped. In classical Greek mythology, Tantalus both betrayed divine secrets and butchered his son Pelops into a meal for the gods. For these horrendous crimes Tantalus was punished by being eternally dangled, upside down, just out of reach of water and food.
tantivy
(v) ride full tilt; hurry away
tape-purls
loops or twists in narrow strips of material, a row of which were used to decorate the edge of lace, braid, ribbon, etc. (OED purl, n.)
tapster
a person who draws ale; a keeper of a tavern
targeteer
a footsoldier armed with a target or light, round shield
targets
shields
tarriance
delay (OED 1)
tarry
wait, hold on, delay
tart
sour
Tassel Gentle
male falcon (tassel is an obsolete form of 'tercel')
taste
test; check the wholesomeness of, act as a taster for
tauntingly
insultingly, mockingly
tavern
taverns normally sold wine but not food (as opposed to an ordinary, which primarily sold food), and provided lodging
tawny
tanned or brownish
tax
censure, accuse
taxation
charging with a fault or offence; accusation; censure, reproof, blame (OED 3)
taxed
accused
tedious
exhausted: the witches are literally fed up with excessive amounts of food (OED 3)
tedious
long, tiresome
tell
say (with the sense of 'know')
tell
disclose, reveal (OED v. 5a)
tell
count
tell a thousand
count out a thousand in payment (Haaker)
tell-troths
people who tell the truth
teller
money-counter(OED 2a, where this instance is cited)
telling
talking, gossiping (OED tell v, 15); counting out pieces of money (OED tell v, 22a)
telling
tallying, counting
tells
checks or adds up
temper
regulation, adjustment (OED n. 2); constitution, character (OED n. 4a); ‘The relative condition of a body in respect of warmth or coldness’ (OED n. 7); bodily constitution, condition (OED n. 8)
temper
constitution, character (OED n. 4a); prevailing weather conditions; condition of the atmosphere in terms of heat, cold, etc. (OED n. 6)
temper
temperament, constitution
temper
(n) mental constitution, temperament (see OED n. 3)
temper
(v) regulate, control, restrain
temper
(n) mental balance, constitution
temperate
restrained, moderate
temperately
without excess, with moderation (OED adv. a); soberly (OED adv. c)
templum
temple (Latin)
temporal
secular
tempt
try, make trial of, put to the test or proof (OED v. 1)
tempted
tested; tried
tender
offer, especially an offer of money (OED n2. 1b)
tender
offer for formal acceptance
tender
young; meek; mild
tender
mild, gentle; thoughtful; sensitive
tender
offer (for acceptance)
tender
offer, proffer
tender
value, prize, have a tender regard to (OED v2. 3)
tender
solicitous
tender
proffer payment
tender
(n) offer
tendered
offered or presented formally for acceptance
tendered
offered for approval and acceptance (but with a suggestion of contractual obligation)
tendered
laid down (in payment), proffered
tenderlings
young people
tenders
offers (for acceptance)
tending
attending to, looking after (OED tend v1, 2 and 3a); relating to, concerning (OED tend v2, 9)
tenor
largest bell in a peal or set of bells (OED n1. B 1)
tenters
(literally) hooks (tenterhooks) or bent nails set into a frame (tenter) on which cloth is stretched to ensure that it dries evenly; something causing anxious suspense or suffering
tercel
the male of any kind of falcon, especially the peregrine
term
one of the four periods of the year during which London’s law courts were active
term
'each of the periods (usually three or four in the year) appointed for the sitting of certain courts of law, or for instruction and study in a university or school' (OED n. 5a) which also dictated busy periods in London in terms of business and pleasure
term times
there were four terms a year when the law courts sat (functioned professionally): Michaelmas, Easter, Trinity and Hilary
termagant
boistrous, overbearing, bullying
terrible
terrifying, fearsome
terrible
strikes fear, inspires terror
terror
terribleness, with the power to incite terror
testate
witness, piece of evidence (OED n1. 1)
tester
sixpence
testimony
evidence, proof
testimony
assurance
Testing
“Test” ‘Testing’
testudineous
slow, like a tortoise
testy
short-tempered, irritable
the old game
prostitution (Brome uses this phrase in the same way in The Queen and Concubine [QC 5.2.speech1134])
the old game
prostitution
the while
meanwhile
thence
from there
there's the devil
expression of irritation or vexation (OED, devil, 20)
thick
in reference to hearing: dull of perception; not quick or acute (OED 9a)
thief's mark
‘A sign, badge, brand ... imposed on a person’ (OED, mark, n1. 12a), e.g. on thieves (Ben Jonson was branded on his thumb for murder)
thin
flimsy
thing
contemptuous or euphemistic term for genitals (OED thing n1, 11c)
thing
used to refer to someone with contempt, amusement or pity (OED thing n1, 10b)
thing
a pejorative term for a woman (OED n1. 10a)
think’t
think it
thither
up to that time; until then; between now and then (OED 3a)
thither
(go) there, to that place
thitherward
towards it, in that direction
thonk
thank (dialect)
though
even if
Thou’lt
thou wilt: you will
thraldom
captivity
threat'nings
threatenings: threats
three-score
sixty years old
three-score
sixty (years old)
threefold
consisting of three parts; three times as great
threescore
sixty
thresh
separate grains of wheat or corn from the husks or straw
thrice
three times
thrice
three times (in succession)
thrift
frugality, stinginess
thrift
industry, labour (OED n. 1 1b); economical management, frugality (OED n. 1 3a)
thriftless
wasteful, improvident, spendthrift (OED 3)
thrifty
economical, provident (OED adj. 4)
thrip-sisters
fellow-spinners (seemingly a Brome coinage, and otherwise unattested)
thrive
be successful, prosper
thrive
fare, prosper
through
by means of
throughly
completely, absolutely
throughly
thoroughly, rigorously
thrust
push or force their way through, jostle (with sexual innuendo)
thrust
forced, pushed
thrusting
pushing, forcing
thumb-ring
ostentatiously large ring (usually bearing a signet for sealing documents); such were frequently associated with aldermen
thumper
anything ‘thumping’ or strikingly big of its kind (OED 3, where the earliest example given for usage in this colloquial sense dates from 1660)
thunderer
one who thunders, or causes thunder, such as Jove (Jupiter)
thwack
to crowd (to a place) (OED 3b, where usage is deemed rare, but cites this example from The City Wit 2.2.)
Th’art
thou art
Tib and Tom
the ace and the knave of trumps in the game of gleek (OED Tib n, 2; Tom n1, 2)
Tib of the buttery
goose (OED Tib, 3)
tick-tack
old version of backgammon which used pegs placed in holes along the board for scoring (hence it being used as a euphemism for sex)
tickle
please, amuse
tickled
pleased, made eager, excited
tickling
itching, tingling
tidings
news, intelligence
tidings
news
tie
to be bound in marriage
tie
A figurative usage meaning to prevent someone from speaking, to compel them to be silent, tongue-tied.
tie
bond of union, obligation, hold (upon) (OED n. 8b)
tight
water-tight
tight
(figuratively of a person, expressing somewhat indefinite commendation) competent, capable, able, skilful; alert, smart; lively, vigorous, stout; (OED tight a, 3); often with sexual connotations
tilt
compete with lances (used with sexual innuendo)
tilt
to engage in a combat, for exercise or sport, in a manner where two armed men on horseback with lances ride on opposite sides of a barrier and score by attaints [hits to the body] and the number of lances broken
tilting stock
a target in jousting
time enough
soon enough, in good time (OED time n, 36)
time was
once, formerly
timeless
untimely, premature
timely
in good time
timist
'a time-server'; 'one who follows or complies with the humour of the time' (OED 1, which dates such a usage as occurring till 1658); one who tries to be a man of the moment (the word seems to have been coined by Thomas Overbury in his A wife...Whereunto are added many witty characters [1613])
timorous
fearful
timorsome
subject to or characterized by fear; timorous, timid (OED adj. 1)
tinct
to dye, to tint (OED v. 1)
tincture
quality, hint, smattering (OED 5b)
tincture
colouring
tincture's
pigment's
Tinctured
coloured, stained, tinged
tinder-box
box in which materials for making fire were kept
tipstaff
court officer
tire
get dressed
tires
(derived from attire): coverings, modes of dressing, or ornaments for a woman's head; head-dresses
tiring-house
In renaissance theatres, this was the term used to describe the backstage area used for dressing, awaiting entrances and, as here, for the storing of the company's stage props, costumes and effects.
tiring-house
communal dressing room (though large enough to allow for dance rehearsals)
tissue
rich cloth, often interwoven with gold or silver threads
tit
horse, nag: originally used to describe a small breed of horse, or an immature horse (OED n3. 1a); also used to refer to a girl or young woman (OED n3. 2a)
tit
hussy, minx, jade
tit
may (used as a verb); this appears to be a Brome coinage
tit
a girl or young woman: often qualified as little: cf. chit; also applied indiscriminately to women of any age:(a) usually in depreciation or disapproval: esp. one of loose character, a hussy, a minx; or (b) sometimes in affection or admiration, or playful meiosis (common in 17th and 18th c.; now low slang) (OED n. 3 and 2a)
title
right, claim; ‘an appellation of honour pertaining to a person of high rank’ (OED n. 5a)
tittle-tattle
idle chattering
to be let
to be rented out; available for rental
to bedward
going to bed
to boot
in addition, moreover
to boot
also
to discharm
in order to remove the magic, or undo the enchantment
to set my rest upon
to stake, hazard, or venture all I have on; to set my final hope or trust upon; to place my whole aim or end in (OED rest n2, 7a, d); the phrase, alternatively, may be an allusion to the card game primero: to make a final gamble with the stakes kept in reserve, which were agreed upon at the beginning of the game, and upon the loss of which the game terminated (6a).
To sunder beds
to sleep apart in separate rooms
to the height
‘To the highest or utmost degree; to the extremity; to the utmost’ (OED n. 19)
toast
dried and toasted bread, floated on the ale as a snack or taste-treat
tobacco-merchant
a tradesman who sells tobacco: tobacco is often assumed to be an essential purchase for gallants in early modern drama
together
continuously, without stopping
toil
(v) tire
toils
traps, snares
token
farthings -- either the smallest coins of the realm or tradesmen's tokens of that value, worth a quarter of a penny
token
fact or event (OED 1a)
tokens
"a stamped piece of metal", similar to a coin, issued by tradesmen, "who engage to take it back at its nominal value, giving goods or legal currency" in exchange
told
counted
told it
counted it
tone
the one (of two)
tongue-tie
oath of silence, of the 'cross my heart and hope to die' variety that children swear by
tonied
cheated or swindled; OED cites only The Demoiselle for ‘tony’ as a verb, but notes the connection with the noun, ‘a foolish person; a simpleton’ (Tony, n1, 1), which may have its origin in Middleton and Rowley’s The Changeling (first performed by Lady Elizabeth’s Men in 1622, and revived by Queen Henrietta Maria’s Men in 1635; in 1639 it was owned by Beeston’s Boys)
tonight
that is, last night
took th'affront
took offence, was insulted
tooth-drawer
person who extracts teeth; dentist (OED 1)
top full
full to the brim
top gallant
top sail (in a metaphorical sense, the peak or pinnacle)
tormentings
instances of torment (OED tormenting, vbl. n.)
torn
in tattered clothing, shabby
tossed
disordered; disturbed, troubled.
tother
the other
tother
other (of two)
totter
swing from the gallows (OED v. 1b)
touch
injure, hurt
touch
little bit, with pun on the physical sense
touch
(of a wound) medically examine by feeling (OED v. 2d)
touch
affect (OED v. 21)
touch
touch on, represent
touch
drop by; stop in briefly for a visit; to call in passing (OED 11a)
touch
act or action of touching (OED n. 1a); ‘an impression upon the mind or soul; a feeling, sense’ (OED n. 13b)
touched
injured or hurt in any or the least degree (OED touch v, 12b)
touching
regarding
Tour out
look out or around (see Richard Head, The Canting Academy (1673) in LEME)
touseth
to rumple, or tumble, bed clothes (OED 2)
tousing
pulling (a woman) about indelicately, or in horse-play; tussling; dishevelling (the hair, dress, etc.)
tow
a bundle of fibres, often soaked in some flammable substance like pitch
towardly
promising, eager to learn
towards
to contribute, to go to meet (the cost of something)
towards
on the way
town
'without article, after prepositions and verbs, as in, out of, to town, to leave town, etc.: i.e. the particular town under consideration, or that in or near which the speaker is at the moment; the town with which one has to do, the market-town, the chief town of the district or province, the capital; in England since c 1700 spec. said of London' (OED 4b)
town-trick
a trick played on an unsuspecting country visitor to the town
towry-lowry
dialect expression, possibly from Cumberland (cf. 'tirra-lirra'), meaning 'all in disorder' (OED notes this as the first usage)
toy
trick, entertainment
toy
(trivial) entertainment
toy
whim, foolish fancy
toy
trinket, plaything or entertainment
toy
trinket, plaything or entertainment (in context all meanings are possible: there has just been talk of the ring on Diana’s finger; Martha with her fixation on becoming a mother interprets the word simply as a means to amuse a child; but Letoy could be referring to his play-within-the-play, which is designed both to delight and effect a cure of folly)
toy
trick (OED n. 2)
toying
playing, trifling, esp. amorous dalliance
toys
tricks
toys
foolish things, fancies, nonsense
to’t
to it
trace
to take one's course, make one's way; to proceed, pass, go, travel, tread (OED v. I 1)
traced
followed (in the sense of tracked or pursued) but, within the terms of Brome’s metaphor about writing, there is too the sense of ‘imitated’
tract
trace or track
tracts
paths, routes (OED tract n3, 8); (figuratively) manners of proceeding (OED tract n3, 9)
trade
occupation, business
trade
course of action (OED n. I 3a)
trading
sexual dealing (Williams).
trading
buying and selling
traffic
trade
tragedian
stage-player who performs in tragedy (OED 2)
train
retinue, entourage
train-scents
a method of training hounds for the hunt by trailing some strongly smelling object over distances along the ground for them to follow
trains
leads, brings in train, draws after
traitorling
petty or contemptible traitor (OED); young traitor (this appears to be an invention of Brome’s; I have not found any examples elsewhere)
tramples
stamps on; treats with contempt (OED trample v, 3b; the earliest citation is John Hall, Horae Vacivae, or, Essays. Some Occasionall Considerations [London, 1646]: ‘trample not on the imperfections of any, but modestly dissemble them’ [93])
transgress
offend, disobey (a rule of conduct)
translated
to change in appearance and/or function
translated
transformed; changed in appearance
translated
conveyed, transported
translated
transformed or re-used as leftovers in another dish
transmute
take out of one's self
transportable
capable of being transported
transposition
transference; movement from one position to another
trappings
ornaments, embellishments, decorations (OED)
trash
rubbish, dross
travail
exertion and suffering of childbirth
travail
effort, exertion
travail
effort, suffering (with a possible pun on ‘travel’)
travail
suffering
travail
travel
travail
suffer
travails
efforts, travels
tread
(v) step (as in a dance or measure)
tread
of the male bird: to copulate with the hen (OED 8a)
treads
steps on; crushes, beats down; oppresses; possibly puns on ‘tread’ meaning copulation between birds (OED tread v, 8)
treads
steps on; crushes, beats down; oppresses
treat
treat of: speak about; negotiate over
treat
(v)
treat of
speak about; negotiate over
treated
negotiated, consulted with
trench
encroach (OED v. 7b)
trench
to approach, affect, have a bearing on (OED v. 7c)
trench on
infringe upon (OED v. 7b)
trencher-fees
scraps of food given in alms (OED trencher 7)
trenchers
plate or piece of wood (flat or circular) on which food was served (OED II 2)
trespass
rudeness
trespass
(n) offence (OED n. 1); minor violation of the law (OED n. 2); crime
trespass
an infringement of the law or one’s duty
tribulation
affliction, distress
tributary
paying tribute
tribute
tax, usually paid by one state to another
trick
hoax, practical joke (OED n. 2a)
trick
stratagem, crafty or fraudulent device (OED n. 1a)
trick
stratagem, crafty or fraudulent device (OED n. 1a), punning on ‘sexual act’ (Williams, 3: 1421)
trick
stratagem, crafty or fraudulent device (OED n. 1a); hoax, practical joke (OED n. 2a); thoughtless or stupid act (OED n. 2b)
trick
thoughtless or stupid act (OED n. 2b)
trickly
smartly, finely
tricks
stratagems, wiles (OED n. 1a); feats of dexterity (OED n. 5a)
tricks
stratagems, crafty or fraudulent devices (OED trick n, 1a)
tricks
ingeniously constructed toys or pieces of artifice, baubles
tried
tested (sexually)
tried
tested, endeavoured to seduce; have sexual experience of (Williams)
tried
ascertained, found out (OED try v, 5a)
tried
proved or tested by examination
trifle
waste (time) in frivolity (OED v1. 5)
trifle
worthless person (OED n. 2c)
trifles
testicles (ironic paraphrasis)
trifles
trivial things
trifling
frivolous waste of time (OED vbl. n.)
trilly-bubkins
used generally in alliterative collocation, such as "tricks and trillibubs"; "trilly bubkins" is a nonce diminutive (OED cites Brome's usage in this play)
trim
sardonic praise: 'another fine mess'
trim
sarcastic: competent, fit; clever
trim
make firm, strengthen (with pun on 'cut')
trim
well-equipped; competent; excellent, fine (OED adj. 1); elegantly dressed (OED adj. 2); good looking (OED adj. 2c); fine (said ironically) (OED 3)
trim
fine, neat, smart (said sarcastically)
trim
fine, excellent (said ironically) (OED adj. 1 and 3)
trim
fine, neat, smart (clever)
trim
furnish with what is necesary for a wedding; dress up
trim
make firm, strong, strengthen
trim
elegantly or finely dressed (OED `trim' a and adv, 2)
trim-tram track
piece of nonsense or absurdity (OED 4)
trinkets
trifles, usually inexpensive (paste) jewels
tripe-wife
a woman who prepares and sells tripe as a business (OED 'tripe' 4, citing The City Wit 4.2)
triple tree
gallows (Haaker), based on its three parts
tripping
stumbling, erring
trips
lively, light movements (OED I.1a)
triumphs
(here) a private celebration
triumphs
public celebrations, pageants, processions
trollop
untidy or sluttish woman
trolly-lolly
refrain of a song, expressing careless gaiety or jollity; sometimes expressing contempt
trope
a figure of speech where a word or phrase is used figuratively or unusually (OED n. 1)
trot
old woman, hag
troth
truth
troth
promise (especially of marriage)
troth
in truth, truly (in this context, means something like ‘in that case’)
troth
(in) truth
troth
loyalty (OED n1. I 1)
troth-plight
(n) solemn promise (especially of marriage, betrothal)
troth-plight
(pa, pple, ppl. a.) affianced, engaged by a covenant
trothplight
betrothal
trouble
cause for distress, worry, vexation
troubled
disturbed or afflicted, in this case by bad weather: the oldest meaning of ‘troubled’ is ‘physically agitated; of the sea, sky, etc., stormy; of water, wine, etc., stirred up so as to diffuse the sediment, made thick or muddy, turbid’ (OED ppl. a, 1)
trounce
beat, flog (OED v1. 2); punish (OED v1. 3a); sue (OED v1. 3b)
trounce
trouble, harass, upset
trow
do you suppose?
trow
I wonder?
trow
has trust (in/with)
trow
do you think
trow
do you think?; I wonder?
trow
'do I believe it?' (OED v)
trow
I wonder
trow
believe
truck
to exchange
truckle-bed
a low bed running on castors and usually pushed beneath a higher bed when not in use, often used by servants or children
trudge
walk laboriously or wearily (OED v1. 1)
true
loyal, faithful
true
honest
true
accurate (OED adj. 4a); genuine, not counterfeit (OED adj. 5a)
true-hearted
loyal
trull
a low prostitute or concubine; a drab, strumpet, trollop (OED)
trumpery
trifles, rubbish
trumps
loud proclamations, triumphant comments (OED, trump, n1. 4)
trunk
pea shooter
trunk
a box for storage (in this particular context there may also be a reference to 'trunks' as an item of clothing, especially given that Cash is changing his attire to assume his character as a man-about-town)
truss
be tied up (i.e. imprisoned) or hanged
truss
send packing, cause to flee (OED v. 4c)
trussed
tied up
trussed
compactly framed or formed (Obs.)
trust
confidence in or reliance on some quality or attribute of a person; credulity (if trust is misplaced)
trusty
trustworthy
truth
'true religious belief or doctrine' (OED n, 10a); 'That which is true, real, or actual (in a general or abstract sense); reality; specifically in religious use, spiritual reality as the subject of revelation or object of faith (often not distinguishable from 10)' (OED n. 11a); 'The fact or facts; the actual state of the case; the matter or circumstance as it really is' (OED n. 12a)
truth
truthfulness
truth
honesty, virtue, integrity (OED n. 4)
truth
loyalty, fidelity, steadfast allegiance (OED n. 1a); honesty, virtue, integrity (OED n. 4); true religious belief (OED n. 10a)
try
put (your integrity) to the test
try
prove, demonstrate (OED v. 13)
try
test
try conclusions
test a theory to see if it works; or test which of two opponents is the stronger (OED conclusion 8b)
try out
determine, thrash out, decide, argue out, resolve (OED try v, 5a and 5c)
tuition
(sexual) teaching, instruction (in carnal knowledge)
tumble
perform or dance acrobatically; hence to have sexual intercourse (OED 9a)
tumblers
acrobats
tumour
swelling, bubble (OED 4)
tun
large cask or barrel, usually for liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer (OED n. 1)
tup
a male sheep or ram (here applied to a person)
turmoils
disturbances, trouble
turn
scheme, plan, trick
turn
change in affairs, vicissitude (OED n. 18a)
turn
the use here is punning on various meanings of the noun, "turn": as need, requirement, objective; "turn" as meaning strategy, trick; or, drawing on hunting and farming terminology (where the reference is to coupling beasts), it can mean a sexual romp, "the best turn in the bed", though the tone is often denigratory (OED turn, n. 30a, 21, 15c)
turn
change, alter, deflect (OED v. 13)
turn head
turn to confront the enemy (opposite of turn tail)
turn off
to dismiss from employment
turn tail
to turn away, run away, a term drawn from falconry
turned
converted
turnspit
boy whose office was to turn the spit in the kitchen, the lowest ranked job apart from carrying coals; also used as a term of contempt
twattle
chatter, babble (OED v. 1)
tweaks
whoremongers (OED n2)
twel’
twelve
twice and once
repeatedly, more than just once, often (but with the overtone of "for the last time", "once and for all")
twink
wink an eye (OED v. 1)
twit
taunt (OED v. 1)
tympany
swelling (often relating to pregnancy); figuratively may mean inflated, puffed up, bursting with (ideas or information)
tyranness
female tyrant (OED)