Here are the results for the letter t
- TALLOW
- Tallow is a rendered form of beef or mutton fat, processed from suet. It is solid at room temperature and is used to make candles, soap and animal feed.
- TALLOW CHANDLER
- One who makes, or sells, tallow candles.
- TANIST
- Tanaiste in Irish, meaning "heir presumptive to the chiefly title". In Ireland the Tanist was not always the son of the chief but was elected by the sept.
- TANNER
- A Tanner works with the process of treating skins and hides of animals to produce leather
- TARLETAN
- A thin, stiff, transparent muslin
- TENANTRY
- 1. tenants collectively, esp those with the same landlord
2. the status or condition of being a tenant
- TENANTS AT WILL
- A tenancy at will is one method of granting occupation of a property without the tenant acquiring security of tenure. It is suitable only for a very temporary arrangement. It should not be construed as a replacement for granting a lease. A tenant who is renting a building, etc. legally and with the owner's permission but without a formal agreement.
- TENEMENT
- Literally - something which is subject to tenure. For example, land or buildings - in contrast to hereditaments (q.v.), which are wider in scope.
- TERRITORIAL ORIGIN
- A surname is of territorial origin when the original bearer took the name from his own lands or the area which he ruled.
- TERRTENANT
- Literally - landholder. A person who haas seisin (q.v.) of land.
- TESTAMENT
- The act by which a person determines the disposition of his or her property after death
- TESTATE
- Adjective, having left a valid will. When he has died testate, or leaving a will that has been probated, the property passes by devise to the person or persons so designated in the will.
- TESTATOR
- A person who dies leaving a will or testament in force
- TESTIS
- A witness.
- TINKER
- Itinerant mender of kettles and pans
- TITHABLE
- A person subject to a tax
- TITHE
- A tenth part of something paid as a voluntary contribution or as a tax especially for the support of a religious establishment.
- TOLVET
- A measure, holding half a bushel
- TOPONYMIC
- A surname formed from a place-name.
- TOWNLAND
- The territorial sub-division of a parish, each townland greatly varying in size, commonly averaging 250 to 400 acres. The term has no relation to a town or city, being derived from the Old-English word tun signifying enclosure. There are more than 64,0000 townlands in Ireland. Anything from five to thirty townlands maybe grouped together to form a civil parish.
- TRIBUS MENSIBUS
- Three months
- TRIBUTARY
- A sept subject to a larger sept which was required to pay tribute to, and take part in, the wars of the larger sept.
- TUBBER
- A well.
- TURBARY
- The legal right to cut turf or peat for fuel on common ground or on another person's ground.
A place where turf or peat is dug or cut under the right of turbary.
plural noun: turbaries
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