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TAK, TAKE, see Tack, sb.3

TAKE, v. and sb. Var. dial. and colloq. uses in Sc.
Irel. Eng. Amer. and Aus. [tēk, tiək; tak, tek; tē, tī.]
I. v. Gram. forms. 1. Present Tense: (1) Ta, (2) Taake,
(3) Taayke, (4) Tack, (5) Tae, (6) Taen, (7) Taigh, (8)
Taik, (9) Taiuk, (10) Tak, (11) Tay, (12) Teak, (13)
Teake, (14) Teayk, (15) Teck, (16) Tee, (17) Teeak, (18)
Tek, (19) Tey, (20) Teyk, (21) ? Theayk, (22) Tik, (23)
? Toon, (24) Ty, (25) Tyek. [For further examples see II
below.]
(1) w.Yks. Ta it wi the'h, Banks Wkfld. Wds. (1865); w.Yks.1 Ta
that, and be off; w.Yks.2 w.Yks.3, ne.Lan.1, e.Lan.1, Chs.3, Der.1 Der.2, nw.Der.1
(2) Wxf.1 Taake heed. n.Lin.1, s.Wor. (H.K.) Dev. Phillpotts
Striking Hours (1901) 162. (3) Brks.1 (4) Sc. (Jam.), Bnff.1,
N.Cy.1, Dur.1 Cum. An' I med tack my kick amang o' there about,
Gilpin Ballads (1874) 77. Wm. Aad twa-three lile cheeses ta
tack ta aald Aggy Birkett, Spec. Dial. (1885) pt. iii. 5. n.Yks.
(I.W.) e.Yks. Ah wop you're tackin yer pigs tiv a feyn markit,
Wray Nestleton (1876) 209; w.Yks.1 w.Yks.2 w.Yks.5, Chs.2 Chs.3, Stf.1, Der.1, Nhp.1,
Oxf.1 MS. add. (5) Nhb. Taein soun brass oot o' his pouch, Jones
Nhb. (1871) 65. Yks. Tae it out, Howitt Hope On (1840) viii.
e.Lan.1, s.Lan.1 Chs. Owd Peter, iii. Der.2 Not. Tae ode
(J.H.B.). Shr.1 Tell Sal to tae some bread an' cheese to the owd
mon. (6) Gall. Mactaggart Encycl. (1824). (7) Chs.2 Chs.3 (8) Ess.
Downe Ballads (1895) 41. (9) Ken. (G.B.) (10) Sc. (Jam.),
Sh.&Ork.1, Cai.1 Abd. Aw'll tak' the siller, Alexander Johnny
Gibb (1871) i. Ayr. To tak me frae my mammie, Burns Owre
Young, st. 1. Wgt. They say it taks a lang spune tae sup wi' the
deevil, Saxon Gall. Gossip (1878) 51. N.I.1, n.Cy. (B.K.) Nhb.
Sae don your plaid an' tak your gad, Coquet Dale Sngs. (1852) 59.
w.Dur.1, Lakel.1 Lakel.2, Cum.1 Cum.4 Wm. Let us give and tak, Hutton
Bran New Wark (1785) l. 478. n.Yks.1 n.Yks.2 n.Yks.4 ne.Yks.1 Tak ho'd
on't. e.Yks.1 m.Yks.1 Introd. 42. w.Yks.3, Lan.1, n.Lan.1,
ne.Lan.1, e.Lan.1, s.Lan.1, Chs.1, s.Chs.1 s.Stf. Pinnock Blk. Cy.
Ann. (1895). Der.2, nw.Der.1, Not. (L.C.M.), n.Lin.1, sw.Lin.1
Shr.1 Tell John to tak the bottle to the fild. Sur. It's the traäde
loafers taks to, Bickley Sur. Hills (1890) I. xiii. Hmp. (H.R.)
Dev. Ford Postle Farm (1899) 142. (11) w.Yks.1 Tay hod on't.
Lan.1, s.Lan.1, Chs.1 Chs.2 Chs.3, s.Chs.1 Shr.2 Tay hout on it wunne?
(12) Cum.1 Wm. Caan't tëak a plain order? Ward Elsmere
(1888) bk. 1. iii. (13) Sc. Murray Dial. (1873) 208. Dor. To
teake the bread from our mouths, Hare As We Sow (1897) 122.
Som. Teäke a drop mwore water, Raymond Good Souls (1901)
318. Dev. Te-ake es tha voxes, Baird Sng. Sol. (1860) ii. 15.
(14) Nhb. He might teayk a fancy tiv us, Robson Bk. Ruth (1860)
ii. 2. (15) Cum. Him wad I gladly teck, Rayson Ballads (1858)
4. Lan. Accrington Obs. (Feb. 2, 1895). n.Lan.1 (s.v. Tean).
(16) Chs.1 (17) w.Dur.1 n.Yks. Tha teeak trew pains, Castillo
Poems (1878) 57. (18) Cum.1 e.Yks. Flit & Ko Reel of No. 8,
38. Lan. Kendal News (Mar. 23, 1889). Der. I'ld tek et very
kindly, mam, Gilchrist Peakland (1897) 4. Not. Tek my word
for it, Prior Renie (1895) 177. n.Lin.1, Lei.1, War.2 Brks.
When you teks your wages, Hayden Round our Vill. (1901) 28.
Dor. Let us... tek a walk, Windsor Mag. (Mar. 1900) 420.
e.Dev. Tek yer aies away vrom me, Pulman Sng. Sol. (1860) vi.
5. (19) s.Lan.1 (20) Nhb. Teyk heed, Robson Evangeline (1870)
Introd. 8. (21) Nhb. Thou theayks a vast oh caaling on, Bewick
Tales (1850) 12. (22) Dor. Tik ut, my bwoy, tik ut, Agnus Jan
Oxber (1900) 59. (23) Yks. Bookfolk tooneth naw heed o' what
we do, Blackmore Mary Anerley (1879) xvii. (24) Lan. He 'ur
to tyth Hoyde [to take the Hide], Tim Bobbin View Dial. (ed.
1808) 19. (25) Nhb. Thre bonny Sodgers, canna tyek a buzzum
maker, Dixon Whittingham Vale (1895) 249; Nhb.1
2. Preterite: (1) Taaike, (2) Tack, (3) Tade, (4) Taed,
(5) Taen, (6) Taid, (7) Tak, (8) Take, (9) Taked, (10)
Taken, (11) Tane, (12) Tayed, (13) Tayk, (14) Teaak,
(15) Teak, Teakk, (16) Teeak, (17) Teeak'd, (18) Tek, (19)
Teuk, (20) Teuk't, (21) Tewk, (22) Tik, (23) Tock, (24)
Toke, (25) Tooked, (26) Tooken, (27) Tuck, (28) Tuik,
(29) Tuk, (30) Tuke, (31) Tyak, (32) Tyuk.
(1) w.Yks. I went back t'next day and taaike a pair o' pincers
wi' me, Lucas Stud. Nidderdale (c. 1882) 73. (2) n.Lan. Her āld'st
dowter fand it, an tack off wi't, Morris Siege o' Brou'ton (1867) 5. (3)
w.Yks. They tade him aht at watter, Tom Treddlehoyle Bairnsla
Ann. (1847) 51. Shr.2 Tade him whoäm. (4) w.Yks.3, Shr.1 Introd.
55. (5) Frf. Willock Rosetty Ends (1886) 63, ed. 1889. Gall.
(A.W.) n.Ir. We taen him intil the hoose, Lyttle Paddy
McQuillan, 92. (6) w.Yks. As if he taid hizsen for sumbody else,
Dewsbre Olm. (1866) 5. s.Chs.1 85. (7) Wm. She picked up the
bits as he let 'em fall and tak 'em down, Rawnsley Remin. Wordsworth
(1884). w.Yks. Leeds Merc. Suppl. (Oct. 29, 1898). (8)
w.Yks. After some scruples he consented, an' take it home, Cudworth
Dial. Sketches (1884) 27. (9) Shr.2 (10) Nhp.1 I taken it.
War.2 I taken the horse to be shod, isterday. Hrf.1 I taken it
away; Hrf.2 [Amer. Carruth Kansas Univ. Quar. (Oct. 1892).]
(11) Fif. My first visit... tane place, Latto Tam Bodkin (1864) ii.
w.Yks. (J.W.), Not.1 Lei.1 Ah tane 'im. (12) Yks. Deeame tayed it
varry mitch ti heart, Fetherston T. Goorkrodger (1870) 17, in
Leeds Merc. Suppl. (Oct. 22, 1898). (13) Wm. (E.W.P.) (14) Cum.
Sargisson Joe Scoap (1881) 3. (15) Cum.1, n.Yks. (I.W.) w.Yks.
Heeame he wistlin' teak his way, Ingledew Ballads (1860) 261.
n.Lan. He teak an ald man up for stealing em, N. Lonsdale Mag.
(Jan. 1867) 270. (16) Cum. Gilpin Ballads (1874) 216. n.Yks.4,
ne.Yks.1 (17) e.Yks. A sparro'-hawk... teeak'd lahtle thing
away iv his claws, Wray Nestleton (1876) 85. (18) m.Yks.1 Introd. 42.
(19) Bnff. Syne a hearty drink we teuk, Taylor
Poems (1787) 64. Nhb. She teuk the lead, Bewick Tales (1850)
14; Nhb.1, Cum.3 1. Wm. Teuk the alarm, Whitehead Leg.
(1859) 7. n.Yks.2, ne.Yks.1 35, e.Yks.1, m.Yks.1 Introd. 42.
w.Yks.1 He teuk 'em... for round bits o' leather, ii. 300. (20)
Cum. Dickinson Lamplugh (1856) 5. (21) e.Yks. He tewk
off his hat, Nicholson Flk. Sp. (1889) 36. (22) m.Yks.1 Introd.
42. (23) Cum.3 I tock her seàf heām, 39. (24) Cum. Tha toke an
yilp like mice, N. Lonsdale Mag. (Feb. 1867) 312. Shr.2 (s.v.
Quoke). (25) Dor. I be main glad as us tookt the babe to chu'ch,
Hare Dinah Kellow (1901) 22. w.Som.1 Dev. 'Twas for the lad
her tooked the money, Zack On Trial (1899) 247. Cor. The
gentlefolks comed after her... and tooked her off, Baring-Gould
Gaverocks (1887) iii. (26) e.Dev. He tooken off his coat, Jane
Lordship (1897) 21. (27) Ir. I tuck his horse, Paddiana (ed.
1848) I. 60. War. (J.R.W.), Ess.1 (28) Sc. Murray Dial.
(1873) 208. Nhb. He tiv whiskey tuik, Oliver Local Sngs.
(1824) 7; Nhb.1 Cum. Tap Caldew tuik my way, Anderson
Ballads (1805) 66. (29) n.Ir. A gruppit my hat an' tuk oot, Lyttle
Paddy McQuillan, 49. w.Ir. He tuk up the goose, Lover Leg.
(1848) I. 10. Cum. Farrall Betty Wilson (1876) 3. w.Yks.
Hartley Clock Alm. (1896) 7. Lan. T'walk she tuk, Harland
& Wilkinson Flk-Lore (1867) 60. s.Lan.1 Der. Gilchrist Peakland
(1897) 165. Brks. Hughes Scour. White Horse (1859) vi.
Cor. We tuk en to church, ‘Q.’ Three Ships (ed. 1892) 71. (30)
Sc. (Jam.), Dur.1, n.Yks. (I.W.), w.Yks.1 w.Yks.5 (31) Wm. Yesterday
he tyak his bed, Carey Herriot's Choice (1879) II. xii. (32) Nhb.1
3. Pp.: (1) Taan, (2) Taed, (3) Taen, (4) Taend, (5)
Tain, (6) Takken, (7) Tan, (8) Tane, (9) Taned, (10)
Tayn, (11) Tean, Teann, (12) Teane, (13) Teean, Teeann, (14) Teenn,
(15) Tekken, (16) Teun, (17) Tocken, (18) Ton, (19)
Tooan, (20) Took, (21) Tooked, (22) Tooken, (23) Tuck,
(24) Tuk, (25) Tuke, (26) Tukkan, (27) Tune, (28) Tyen.
(1) Cum. Hutton Bran New Wark (1785) l. 293. w.Yks.1 Sud
they be taan nappin by't owerlooker, ii. 305. (2) Shr.1 Introd. 55.
(3) Sc. (Jam.), Cai.1 Abd. As muckle again as I've ta'en, Alexander
Johnny Gibb (1871) v. Slk. Ye hae taen guid care o' her,
Thomson Drummeldale (1901) 11. N.I.1 Nhb. He's... wiv him's
taen maist aw greet folk, Oliver Local Sngs. (1824) 6. Wm.
Wheeler Dial. (1790) 113, ed. 1821. n.Yks.1 n.Yks.4 ne.Yks.1 Ah've
ta'en it. e.Yks.1 m.Yks.1 Introd. 42. w.Yks.1 w.Yks.3 w.Yks.5, ne.Lan.1,
e.Lan.1, s.Lan.1, Chs.1, Not.1, n.Lin.1, sw.Lin.1, Rut.1 Nhp.1 The
child was ta'en ill, so I ta'en it home. Shr.1 They'n taen that
cowt out o' the leasow, I see. (4) Gall. Mactaggart Encycl. (1824).
(5) m.Yks.1 Introd. 42. w.Yks. Tain aht a these humble circumstances,
Shevvild Ann. (1851) 6. Chs.2, Not.1, Lin.1 (6) Wm.
Hutton Bran New Wark (1785) l. 302. n.Yks.1 n.Yks.2 n.Yks.4, e.Yks.1, s.Lan.1
I.Ma. Nora was that tak'n aback, Rydings Tales (1895) 35. Dev.
Longman's Mag. (Feb. 1899) 335. (7) Sc. (Jam. Suppl., s.v. Ton).
ne.Lan.1, e.Lan.1, s.Lan.1 Chs. Hasta tan aw tha wants? Clough B.
Bresskittle (1879) 14. (8) Sc. (Jam.) Or.I. To be tane and hangit be
the craige quhill he die, Peterkin Notes (1822) App. 33. Abd.
He's tane the lassie by the hand, Kinloch Ballad Bk. (1827) 9,
ed. 1868. Cum. Dickie's tane leave at lord and master, Gilpin
Ballads (1874) 92. w.Yks.1, Chs.2, Der.1, nw.Der.1, Not.1, Rut.1,
Lei.1, War.3, Shr.2 (9) Sc. The runner places his hand upon their
heads when they are said to be taned. The game is continued
till all are taned, Chambers Pop. Rhymes (ed. 1870) 124. (10)
Wm. En wen I gat hame, en meh seat I 'ed tayn, Blezard Sngs.
(1848) 18. s.Lan.1 (11) Per. If they get me but once tean They'll
have me down to Aberdeen, Smith Poems (1714) 3, ed. 1853.
Cum.1, Cum.3 13, Cum.4, n.Yks. (W.H.), n.Lan.1, s.Lan.1 (12)
Sc. Murray Dial. (1873) 208. (13) Wm. Spec. Dial. (1877) pt. i.
9. n.Yks.2, e.Yks.1 (14) Cum.1 (15) Per. McAulay Black Mary,
219. Wm. When t'pi war tekken oot a t'uven, Robison Aald Taales
(1882) 9. Not. Tekken by surprise, Prior Forest Flk. (1901) 118.
n.Lin.1 se.Lin. He was tekken up last Friday (J.T.B.). Cor. I've
tek'n 'ee back, ‘Q.’ Ship of Stars (1899) 227. (16) Nhb. Had teun
his-sel off, Forster Sng. Sol. (1859) v. 6. e.Dur.1 (17) Cum.
(E.W.P.) (18) Sc. (Jam. Suppl.) (19) ne.Lan.1 (20) Ayr. The
Laird from wham the lan' was took, Ainslie Land of Burns (ed.
1892) 185. Ir. Ould Widdy Dempsey... had took up, Barlow
Shamrock (1901) 27. Wm. Ollivant Owd Bob (1898) 14. Lan.
I mun hate him if my little baby's took from me, Saunders Abel
Drake (1862) i. s.Stf. Pinnock Blk. Cy. Ann. (1895). Der. He's
been took fro' me, Gilchrist Peakland (1897) 73. Not.1, n.Lin.1, Lei.1,
Nhp.1, War.2 War.3, s.Wor. (H.K.), Glo.1, Oxf.1 MS. add. Brks. Hayden
Round our Vill. (1901) 87. Suf. Mr. Flindell... has took you up in
his gig, Betham-Edwards Lord of Harvest (1899) 155; Suf.1 Ken.
I didn't ought to ha' took it now, Carr Cottage Flk. (1897) 278.
Sur.1, Sus.1, Hmp. (H.C.M.B.), I.W.2 Dor. Her be that proud an'
took up wi' the babe, Hare Broken Arcs (1898) 215. n.Wil.
(E.H.G.) Som. Unless that word's a-took back I'll go to once,
Raymond Men o' Mendip (1898) ii. Dev. He will be took, Baring-Gould
Furze Bloom (1899) 22. Cor.3 [Amer. Maybe you'd been
took prisoner, Harris Tales, 164.] (21) Hrt. You've tooked a
lot o' matches, Geary Rur. Life (1899) 48. s.Hmp. He's tookt
hisself off for good, Verney L. Lisle (1870) xxix. Dor. You'd
tookt she a traipsin', Hare Dinah Kellow (1901) 30. Som. When
the soldiers had a-tookt my sheep, Raymond Smoke, 69. w.Som.1
Dev. That there stuff what they've been and took'd dun to the
church, Reports Provinc. (1883). Cor. They do say he's tookt et
weth 'im, Harris Wheal Veor (1901) 116. [Amer. They've tookt
it afore the hoss got it tho', Sam Slick Clockmaker (1836) 3rd S.
xvi.] (22) Lnk. Poetry had ‘tooken’ Johnny's brain, Murdoch
Readings (1895) I. 42. Yks. I've tooken a deal o' pains, Dyke
Craiktrees (1897) 168. s.Chs.1 Stf. T'child's tooken what he sent,
Cornh. Mag. (Jan. 1894) 35. n.Lin.1, Shr.1 e.Dev. I should beg
pardon, and get tooken on again, Jane Lordship (1897) 47. Cor.
For fear I should be tooken faint like, Forfar Pentowan (1859) 1.
(23) Don. MacManus Bend of Road (1898) 240. Glo. Gibbs
Cotswold Vill. (1898) 90. (24) Lnk. Murdoch Doric Lyre (1873)
101. n.Ir. A had tuk an early brekfast, Lyttle Paddy McQuillan
13. Dwn. As if someyin the saddle had tuk, Savage-Armstrong
Ballads (1901) 201. Don. I was tuk by Willie-the-Wisp, MacManus
Chim. Corners (1899) 86. Ker. If money's offered it should
be tuk at wanst, Bartram Whiteheaded Boy (1898) 83. Yks. Dyke
Craiktrees (1897) 34. I.Ma. Had to be tuk down to Ramsey for
repairs, Brown Yarns (1881) 23, ed. 1889. Der. Gilchrist Peakland
(1897) 81. Glo. 'E weren't tuk to the workus, Longman's
Mag. (May 1900) 40. Brks. She wur tuk in a carriage, Hayden
Round our Vill. (1901) 57. Ess. Burmester John Lott (1901) 110.
Cor. Lee Widow Woman (1899) 56. [Amer. Ef they was a
breastwork to be tuk, Lloyd Chronic Loafer (1901) 9.] (25) Nrf.
Spilling Molly Miggs (1902) 89. Dev. What's tuke 'e? Phillpotts
Sons of Morning (1900) 63. (26) Cum.1 (27) e.Dur.1 (28)
Nhb. But then the road's se het, it's tyen, Wilson Pitman's Pay
(1843) 3; Nhb.1
II. Dial. uses. 1. v. In comb. with adv. and prep.: (1)
Take about, (a) to take care of; to make firm and secure;
to see to; esp. to nurse a dying person and see to the
funeral; (b) to cut and house a crop; (c) to kill and make
an end of; (2) Take after, (a) to run after, pursue; (b) to
copy, imitate; (3) Take again(st, to take a dislike to; to
thwart; (4) Take at, to resemble; (5) Take away, (a) of cattle:
to remove from pasture; to unstock; (b) to go fast; to
make straight for; (c) to partake of food; (d) to hide from
view; (e) to deprive of sensation; (f) to take the sheaves
from the wagoner and give them to the man who builds
the stack; (6) Take by, (a) to grieve; to be much affected by
any melancholy event; (b) to put on one side or away;
see below; (7) Take down, (a) to reduce in circumstances;
to lessen; to make bankrupt; (b) to reduce in health; to
emaciate; to lay low in sickness; (c) to weaken by
dilution; (d) to launch a boat; (e) to take to pieces; (f)
to convert; to convince of sin; (8) Take for, (a) to go towards;
(b) to be fond of; (9) Take hence, to carry off by death; (10)
Take in, (a) to enclose waste land and bring it under cultivation;
to improve land; (b) to store; to house cattle or
crops; to strip apples off a tree; (c) to take corn into the
barn to be threshed; (d) of a stack: to decrease the width
of the courses in order to form the roof; to make concave;
(e) to admit water, &c.; to leak; (f) see (5, c); (g) to
capture, subdue; (h) to draw in a wagon; (i) to enter; of
a congregation: to assemble for service; (j) to receive
lodgers; (k) to get up with; to overtake; to get over the
ground quickly; (l) to accept as a member of a Dissenting
church or of a society; (m) to understand; (11) Take in about,
to bring into a state of subjection; to bring under
proper management; (12) Take in for, to defend; ‘to stand
up for’; (13) Take in o'er, to take to task; (14) Take in with,
(a) to associate and become intimate with; (b) to overtake;
(15) Take of, (a) see (4); (b) to deserve; to accept as
one's deserts; (16) Take off, (a) to go off hastily or furtively;
to abscond; to set out on a journey or expedition; (b) to
leap from a mark; (c) to separate lambs, calves, or foals
from the mother; to reduce the amount of milk received
by a calf from the mother; (d) to drink off; (e) to turn
off; to stop; (f) to cease work; (g) of the weather: to
clear up; to cease raining or blowing; (h) to diminish;
of the daylight: to shorten; (i) to take a likeness; to
draw, photograph; (j) to fail, give way, break down; (k)
to match against; (l) to slaughter, murder; (m) to mock,
befool, jeer at; (n) to reprove, rebuke, chide; (17) Take on,
(a) to grieve, lament; to get excited; (b) to assume; to
feign, pretend; to act as a hypocrite; (c) of cattle:
to fatten; (d) to succeed to an inheritance or business; to
take charge of; (e) to begin; (f) to buy on credit; to get
into debt; (g) to enlist; to adopt a profession, &c.; (h) to
become attached to; to sympathize with; (i) to ache, be
painful; (j) to begin to get fuddled; (k) to be left alone,
to be left to oneself; to take what may come; (l) see
below; (m) see (15, b); (n) to engage; (18) Take on with,
(a) to engage oneself to; to consort with; to engage; (b)
to like; to be attracted by; (19) Take out, (a) to receive
payment in kind; (b) to copy; to write out; (c) see (16, d);
(d) to go, depart; (e) to grieve over; (20) Take out from, to
buy from; (21) Take ower, to go, esp. to ascend; (22) Take til,
to like; to take a liking for; (23) Take to, (a) to shut; (b) to
capture, arrest; (c) to enter on; to take possession of;
(d) to serve as food; (e) to countenance, assist; (f) to
adopt; (g) to attack; (h) to marry; (i) to own, acknowledge;
to answer for the truth of anything; to stand to
a bargain; (j) to scold, punish; (k) to deceive, ‘take in’;
(l) to astonish; to take by surprise; to put out of countenance;
(m) to detect; (24) Take up, (a) to lift the coffin
and start the funeral procession; (b) of cream: to skim
off; (c) of potatoes: to dig, plough up and earth down;
(d) to clean out the ditches of water-meadows; (e) to bind
corn into sheaves; (f) to take on lease; (g) to prepare
fish for curing or cooking; (h) to borrow; (i) to take in,
as a newspaper; (j) to collect, gather up; (k) to stop a
runaway horse; (l) see (16, g); (m) to improve in health
or character; (n) to answer shortly and hastily; to interrupt
in order to correct; to defeat in an argument; (o)
see (19, d); (p) see (10, m); (q) to short-coat a baby; (r)
to begin to re-open; (s) see (10, e); (25) Take up about, to
interest in; to absorb; gen. in pass.; (26) Take up for, to
defend; to give surety for; to protect, assist; (27) Take up in,
(28) Take up of, see (25); (29) Take upon, to take effect on;
to act on; (30) Take up with, (a) to consort with, esp. with
a view to matrimony; ‘to keep company with’; to make
friends with; (b) to delight, attract; to absorb; gen. in
pass.; (c) to adopt as an idea; (31) Take with, (a) to kindle;
to catch fire; (b) to please, captivate; gen. in pass.; (c) to
begin to thrive after a temporary decay; to sprout, take
root; (d) to acknowledge as one's own, esp. to acknowledge
a child; (e) see (23, i).
(1, a) Sh.I. It's little a rivin' storm frichtens me whin my hoose
is ta'en aboot, Stewart Tales (1892) 54. Bnff.1 The servan' took-aboot
the aul' man wee a' care. Abd. They're crying out for want
o' batter, And I maun jump and take about it, Shirrefs Poems
(1790) 332. Ags. (Jam.) (b) Bnff.1 The corn crop wiz weel taen
aboot this sizan. (c) Sh.&Ork.1 (2, a) Cum.1 He teàkk efter
t'hares; Cum.4, n.Yks.2, Sus. (J.S.F.S.), Hmp. (F.E.) (b) e.Yks.1
(3) n.Yks. (I.W.); n.Yks.4 Ah've ta'en agaan her. ne.Yks.1 Oor
maastther's ta'en ageean ma. w.Yks. He allus teuk agean him
after that, Leeds Merc. Suppl. (Oct. 29, 1898). Der. First thing
hoo did... were to tek against children... Hoo couldna beer the
seet o' other fowk's, Gilchrist Peakland (1897) 182. (4) n.Yks.
He tacks at me (I.W.). (5, a) w.Som.1 'Tis time they there young
bullicks was a-tookt away, they baint doing no good. Dev. All
stock an' cattle took'd away, An' kip'd atwum 'pon strow an' hay,
Pulman Sketches (1842) 49, ed. 1853. (b) n.Yks. T'dog teeak
away efter it, Tweddell Clevel. Rhymes (1875) 44. Cor. The
‘ugly brute’ took right away down towards the fowling-pool,
Hunt Pop. Rom. w.Eng. (1865) 112, ed. 1896. (c) Cai. Ye maun
be hungry, lass. Sit doun an' tak' awa', McLennan Peas. Life
(1871) II. 175. (d) Sh.I. Doon cam a white mist 'at took awa' da
laand, Sh. News (June 8, 1901). (e) Abd. Suddenly striken in an
apoplexy, and his right side clean taken away, Spalding Hist. Sc.
(1792) I. 19. (f) n.Lin.1 You can't git women to tak awaay upo'
th' stack as thaay ewsed to do. (6, a) Dev.1 Her, poor homan,
took by upon the death of her husband, and never gooded arter,
16. (b) Nhb.1 ‘Tyek her bye.’.. A call from the banksman to the
breaksman, meaning that the cages are no longer required, and
may be removed to any part of the shaft most convenient to the
breaksman. n.Yks. Tack t'cups by (I.W.). (7, a) n.Sc. (Jam.),
Cai.1, Bnff.1, Cld. (Jam.) n.Yks. They teeak down wages (I.W.).
(b) Sc. He's sair tane doun wi' that host (Jam.). Cai.1, Bnff.1
Per. Gude grant he bena ta'en doon wi' a fivver on the tap o't,
Cleland Inchbracken (1883) 104, ed. 1887. Cld. (Jam.) Gall.
Feed onybuddy on bear-meal and buttermilk, an' it'll tak them
doon, Saxon Gall. Gossip (1878) 64. w.Yks. (J.W.) Lan. She wur
takken doun a week sin', Burnett Haworth's (1887) xl. (c) Sc. (A.W.)
(d) ne.Sc. Not so many years ago the launching or ‘takin' doon’
was invariably accomplished by the fishermen themselves turning
out in scores or hundreds. ‘The hail toon is requestit to turn oot
eynoo to tak' doon the boats at Futtrit-neuk,’ Green Gordonhaven
(1887) 31. (e) Frf. It's naething ava’ the takin'-doon o' a clock...
an' Meggie's a din-makin' body to raise sic a sang aboot takin'
her doon, Mackenzie N. Pine (1897) 146. (f) Cor.3 John Smith
preached up to Wesley las' night. There was one or two took
down, I hear. (8, a) Hrf.2 The fox took for Westhide Wood. (b)
I.W.2 He takes vor that bwoy terribly, now his mother's dead.
(9) e.Dev. The early days before the taking hence of brother John,
Jane Lordship (1897) 99. (10, a) Bnff.1 Frf. ‘Taking in' in the
dialect of the Mearns means really ‘breaking up’ moorland for
the first time, Inglis Ain Flk. (1895) 78. s.Sc. The moor and
the moss they hae a' ta'en in, Watson Bards (1859) 5. n.Yks.
He teeak in a entack (I.W.). w.Yks. A gardin taen in is mah
sister, Littledale Sng. Sol. (1859) v. 12. Chs.1 Dor. All thik
land wur our common as you took't in, Hare Broken Arcs (1898)
100. w.Som.1 (b) Bnff.1 We took-in twa rucks. He's oot at the
tackan-in o' the nout. w.Som.1 Mr. Bird've a-tookt en all his
apples. (c) Sc. (A.W.) Sh.I. Da girsie corn aff o' da sooth ditches...
hit's a bit skrövlin, an' 'll be da first taen in, Sh. News (Oct. 20,
1900). Brks.1 w.Som.1 We be gwain to take in a whaiten rick
to-morrow. (d) Sc. (A.W.) n.Yks. Tack t'stack in a bit (I.W.).
s.Not. Y'uv begun to tek in too soon; yer waint get all the stuff
on the stack (J.P.K.). (e) Sc. That boat taks in water (Jam.).
Cai.1 Ayr. The thatch took in the rain an' all that was vile, Cent.
Mag. (Sept. 1883) 755. n.Cy., w.Yks. (J.W.) (f) Dev.3 (g) Abd.
The estates... directed the earls of Montrose and Kinghorn to go
to the place of Airly, and to take in the same, Spalding Hist. Sc.
(1792) I. 228. nw.Der.1 (h) Hmp. (H.R.) (i) Sc. The church takes
in at twal' hoors, Wright Sc. Life (1897) 59. Lnk. (Jam.) n.Yks.2
He teuk in. [Amer. Dial. Notes (1896) I. 50.] (j) s.Not. P'raps
Mrs. Smith might accommodate you for a night or two; she takes
in. She thinks to addle a little with tekkin in (J.P.K.). (k) Sc.
(Jam.) Abd. Right cheerfully the road they did tak in, An' thought
that night to their tryst's end to win, Ross Helenore (1768) 86, ed.
1812. (l) n.Yks. They teak her in when ower awd (I.W.).
w.Yks. (S.K.C.) (m) n.Yks. He didn't tack me in (I.W.). (11)
Sc. (Jam.) (12) Sh.I. A'm no gaun ta tak' in fur da dog sae far,
Sh. News (Nov. 20, 1897). (13) Sc. (Jam.) (14, a) Cld. (JAM.) (b)
N.I.1 You'll soon take in with him. (15) Sc. He disna tak o' his
father, who was a gude worthy man (Jam.). Cai.1 (b) Bnff.1 He's
lost the maist o's siller; he can tack o't, for it didna cum in an
honest wye. (16, a) Sc. Noo, I maun tak aff hame (Jam. Suppl.).
Ayr. Then homeward all take off their sev'ral way, Burns Cotter's
Sat. Night (1785) st. 18. Ir. If iver I do aught to disoblige it, off
it takes, Barlow Martin's Comp. (1896) 114. N.I.1 Nhb. The
horse took off at a rapid pace, Richardson Borderer's Table-bk.
(1846) V. 354; Nhb.1 Cum.1 If he doesn't pay his debts he'll hev
to tak hissel off or lang; Cum.4 Wm. We teuk off, Southey
Doctor (1848) 559. n.Yks.1 ne.Yks.1 He went ti pleeace; bud
afoor a week was owered he teeak off. e.Yks.1, m.Yks.1 Lan.
The bwoath tuk off up stears, Scholes Tim Gamwattle (1857) 22.
s.Not. Yer can tek off; y'are not wanted 'ere (J.P.K.). n.Lin.
He teks off to look fer his hook, Peacock Tales and Rhymes
(1886) 66. sw.Lin.1 Shr.1 As soon as the Bobby shewned up yo'
shoulden a sin 'ow they tooken off. (b) War.2 Take off, taw.
(c) n.Yks. We've tean t'cow off ti milk her yance a day. We've
tean t'cauf off ti yah feed a day (I.W.). n.Lin.1 (d) Sc. (Jam.
Suppl.) Abd. Tak off your dram, Dominie, Ruddiman Sc. Parish
(1828) 33, ed. 1889. Per. Tak' off your glasses a', Spence Poems
(1898) 73. Lnk. Black Falls of Clyde (1806) 174. (e) Sc. To tak
aff the mill (Jam. Suppl.). (f) s.Not. He'll dig mappen a few
yards an' then tek off for a hour or two (J.P.K.). (g) Sc. The
rain is taking off (A.W.). Sh.I. Whan is dis gales an' sleet gaein'
ta tak' aff? Sh. News (Jan. 27, 1900). Cai.1 (h) Nhb.1, n.Yks.
(I.W.), n.Yks.2 e.Yks.1 Days begin tĭ tak-off. Cor. As the tides
would ‘take off’ he didn't blame them, Harris Our Cove (1900)
148. (i) Som. Volks never didn live long arter they be a-tookt
off, Elworthy Evil Eye (1895) 86. w.Som.1 Father bin a-tookt
off, but 'tidn a bit like'n. Dor. He took off the church, Barnes
Gl. (1863). Dev. Old and curious enough for... sketching young
ladies to visit and ‘take off,’ Hartland Forest, 189. (j) Sh.I. ‘I
faer me back 'ill tak' aff.’ ‘Lamb, if doo canna boo dee, doo'll
hae ta leave,’ Sh. News (July 7, 1900). (k) Cor. The sides [at
‘hurling’ at St. Ives] are formed in this way ─ ‘Toms, Wills, and
Jans, Take off all's on the san's’ ─ that is, all those of the name of
Thomas, John, or William, are ranged on one side, those of any
other Christian name on the other, Hunt Pop. Rom. w.Eng.
(1865) 400, ed. 1896. (l) Edb. You were in the house at the time
of his taking off, Beatty Secretar (1897) 266. (m) Sc. (Jam.),
Sh.&Ork.1, Bnff.1 (n) Dor. He took en off, so quick, Barnes Gl.
(1863). (17, a) Sc. John took on very ill about it, Whitehead
Daft Davie (1876) 269, ed. 1894. Sh.I. He's wirkin an' takin on
laek a dog i' da feerie, Sh. News (Nov. 24, 1900). Cai.1 e.Sc.
Dinna tak' on like that, Setoun R. Urquhart (1896) xxiii.
Per. Dinna tak on like this, Drum, Ian Maclaren Auld Lang
Syne (1895) 156. Nhb. Divvent take on like that, Lilburn
Borderer (1896) 335; Nhb.1, Cum.1 Cum.4 n.Yks.2 A whent takking
on about it; n.Yks.4 He did tak on when he gat ti knaw.
ne.Yks.1 Whisht, honey; thoo maun't tak on leyke that. e.Yks.1
Deeant tak-on seeah; it'll all cum reet iv end. w.Yks. Dunnot
tak' on, father, Snowden Tales Wolds (1893) vii. Lan.1 Tha
munnot tak-on o' thattens ─ tha'll only mak thisell ill. s.Lan.1,
Chs.1, Stf.1 Der.2 Hur ta'es on so. Not.1; Not.2 It's no use
takin' on about it. n.Lin.1 She'll tak' on tremendious if iv'ry
thing is n't just dun to suit her. Lei.1, Nhp.1, War.2 Shr.1 'Er
took on sadly w'en a toud'n 'er as Yedut wuz djed (s.v. On).
Oxf.1, Brks.1 Bdf. Ward Bessie Costrell (1895) 84. Hnt. (T.P.F.),
e.An.1 Cmb.1 Don't take on so about him. Nrf. (E.M.) Suf.1 'A
take on wemmently. Ess. I carn bear you taikin' on, Downe
Ballads (1895) 41. Ken. He took on for a bit, Longman's Mag.
(July 1891) 272. Hmp. He do take on so (H.C.M.B.). Wil. Her
took on ter'ble 'bout th' ould zow a-dyin' (G.E.D.). Dor. Don't
'ee take on, Susie, my dear. There don't 'ee cry, Francis
Pastorals (1901) 50. w.Som.1 Dev. You was struck all of a heap,
and took on terrible, Baring-Gould Furze Bloom (1899) 110;
Dev.1 Cor. He says nothing, but takes on, ‘Q.’ Three Ships (ed.
1892) 118. [Amer. It took on so they took it off, Lowell Biglow
Papers (1848) 118.] (b) w.Yks.1 Shr.1 ‘'Er took on as 'er wuz
mighty bad.’ ‘'E took on 'im soft.’ ‘To take on soft’ is to
assume an air of hopeless stupidity (s.v. On). Hrf.2 (c) Sc.
Thai stots are fast takin on (Jam.). (d) Sh.I. A'm no sae auld ─
lest no auld aneugh to tak' on a hoos, Sh. News (May 25, 1901).
Abd. There's sorrow in the mansion, an' the lady that takes on Is
young to hae sae muckle on her han', Murray Hamewith (1900)
25. (e) Sc. Rosmer hame frae Zealand came, And he took on to
bann, Jamieson Pop. Ballads (1806) I. 215. (f) Sc. (Jam.) Fif.
To get into debt was to tak on, Colville Vernacular (1899) 18.
Edb. Thae wha shine Wi' unpaid feasts and ta'en on wine, Macneill
Bygane Times (1811) 8. (g) Sc. (Jam.); To take on for a
soldier, Monthly Mag. (1798) II. 436. Abd. To be sogers do
take on, Anderson Poems (ed. 1826) 70. Wxf. And get a
protection for having taken on as a true Catholic, Barrington
Sketches (1830) III. xx. e.An.1 (h) Nhb.1 Bella an' him's tyen
on. n.Yks.2 w.Yks.1 To tack on him. (i) e.An.1 Nrf. My
rheumatics dew take on (E.M.); My missus ha' scrushed her
little finger, it finely ache and take on, Cozens-Hardy Broad Nrf.
(1893) 74. (j) Sc. (Jam.) (k) Sh.I. We stickit hir [a boat] att far
enough, an' he's [it's] ebbin', so lat her tak' on, Sh. News (July 3,
1897); (J.S.) (l) n.Sc. He'll tak' on to the town loan Fan she takes
on her fickie fickie, Buchan Ballads (1828) I. 250, ed. 1875. (m)
Bnff.1 (n) w.Yks. (J.W.) Cor. I took on a new servant yesterday
(M.A.C.); Cor.3 Carriers attend and offer prices for work, the
lowest being taken on, i.e. engaged. Driving ends, excavating,
&c. are let in the same way, the men who will do it for least
per fathom being taken on. (18, a) Cai. Engaged her to take on
with him, Andrews Bygone Ch. Life (1899) 180. n.Yks.1 n.Yks.4,
ne.Yks.1 w.Yks.1 Shoe'l tack on wi ony body. Oxf. I won't
take on with that job at any price (G.O.). Suf. I'd like to see
myself a takin' on with you chaps, Betham-Edwards Mock
Beggars' Hall (1902) 148. Dor. The widow Fiander be a-takin'
on wi' the new love before she is off wi' the old, Francis Fiander's
Widow (1901) pt. II. vii. (b) n.Ir. She wur terbly taen on wi'
McGurk, Lyttle Paddy McQuillan 93. N.I.1 They're greatly
taken on with him. (19, a) Ayr. I had to content mysel' with
takin't oot in fother for my horse, Service Dr. Duguid (ed. 1887)
121. w.Yks. (J.W.), Oxf. (G.O.) w.Som.1 I zells my butter to
Mr.---- into shop; but I baint gwain to no longer, cause I never
can't get no money, [I am] always forced to take it out. (b) w.Yks.1,
Nhp.1 War.3 Take out those accounts from the day book and let
me see them. w.Som.1 Take out Mrs. Jones's bill to once. (c) Kcd.
Bids them a' ‘tak' oot their drams,’ Grant Lays (1884) 71. Rnf. Tak'
out yer toothfu', Clark Rhymes (1842) 20. (d) Don. Phelim tuk
out to the fair, Pearson's Mag. (May 1900) 478. n.Yks.2 (e) Wm.
Kitty took it [her lover's death] terribly out, Briggs Remains
(1825) 57. (20) Abd. Ye never saw sic trash: to tak it out frae
R---- M---- But troth we'll need to gie him o'er, He's really sic
a fash, Beattie Parings (1801) 31, ed. 1873. (21) Cum.4 It teukk
ower be t'Cleugh-gill, Dickinson Lamplugh (1856) 6. w.Yks. (J.W.)
(22) Sc. (A.W.), n.Yks.1, ne.Yks.1 w.Yks. Ah hevn't ta'en tul 't
yit, onyhah, Leeds Merc. Suppl. (Nov. 5, 1898). (23, a) Sh.I. Da
strangers rose an' gied oot, takin' tü da door efter dem, Ollason
Mareel (1901) 84. Abd. Fan yer throu' jist tak' ye tee the yettie
ahin ye, Alexander Ain Flk. (1882) 83. (b) Shr.2 The bum took
to him clos agen the Bridge. (c) War.2 We shall take to the other
house next week. Shr.1 'E'll tak to the farm at Lady Day;
Shr.2 Tak to it as nest Newyus day. w.Som.1 'Tis all a-signed
'bout takin' o' the farm; but they baint gwain to take to 'im 'gin
Lady-day. (d) w.Yks.3 He's nowt to tak to. s.Lan.1 They
hannot getten mitch to tak' to, 29. Suf. Give me something to
take to (C.L.F.). Ess. I haven't enough to take to (S.P.H.). (e)
n.Yks.2 They teuk tiv him. (f) War.2 I'm gooin' to tek to
Sarah's little boy, now the father's dead. Shr.1 Uncle Ben said
'e'd take to one; an' then the three others tooken to the rest.
Glo. Very good it wur o' the parson to take to the child,
Buckman Darke's Sojourn (1890) ii. w.Som.1 Her know'd 'twadn
'er own calve, and 'er never widn take to un. (g) w.Cy. Grose
(1790). (h) Shr.2 He had her afore I took to her. (i) n.Cy.
Grose (1790) MS. add. (P.) n.Yks. (I.W.) w.Yks. Aye, Ah'll
tak' to that, Leeds Merc. Suppl. (July 1, 1889); w.Yks.1, Nhp.1,
Hnt. (T.P.F.) (j) Not.1 Lei.1 Nivver wur so took-to in all my
loife. (k) Nhp.2 A's got took-to finely with them ship a bote this
marnin. (l) Lan. He'll be takken-to when he comes a-whoam!
He'll scarce know what to think on't, Longman's Mag. (1896) 262.
Chs. Th' sheep stealin gawfin were just as much takken to as
aw were, Croston Enoch Crump (1887) 15. s.Chs.1 Ahy woz
tóoΉkn tóo wen ahy séed im ston·din ŭt)th dóoŭr, ŭn mey thingk·in
ée wŭz i Liv·ŭrpóol au· dhŭ weyl. s.Stf. He was soo took tu at
seein' her, he hadner a word to say, Pinnock Blk. Cy. Ann.
(1895). War.2; War.3 I never was so took to. Shr.1 I never
wuz so took to in all my life w'en I 'eärd they wun gwun clane
away. Glo.1 Oxf.1 MS. add. Sur.1 Sus.1 I was quite took-to
when you come in. I.W.2 I thought he'd be took to zomewhen
or nother. Dor.1 He's a-took-to at lāste then. (m) Dev. You
was took-to, young feller, Pulman Sketches (1842) 150, ed. 1871.
(24, a) w.Yks. I wer bidden, an they wer to take up at three
(A.C.). (b) Cor. (M.A.C.); The basin of clotted cream, ─ which
had been ‘taken up’ with unusual care, Hunt Pop. Rom. w.Eng.
(1865) 375, ed. 1896; Cor.3 We scald our cream so that it rises in
a thick solid mass at the top of the pan. It is a great point to
take this up in a neat unbroken piece to fit the basin in which
it is served at table. It is done with a special skimmer, thin, flat,
round, and perforated. (c) se.Lin. (J.T.B.) (d) Dor. It was the
season for ‘taking up’ the meadows, Hardy Tess (1891) 253, ed.
1895; (C.V.G.) (e) s.Not. Bill's tekkin up for Mester Brown
(J.P.K.). (f) Som. I aimed to gie up a-working undergroun'
an' take up a bit o' lan', maybe, an' live out in the light,
Raymond Men o' Mendip (1898) ix. [Aus. We want it took up
on a proper lease, Longman's Mag. (Nov. 1901) 17.] (g) Sh.&Ork.1
(h) ne.Lan.1, Chs.1 s.Chs.1 Dhi aad·n taak· ùp ŭ rùk ŭ
mùn·i wen dhi wen·tn tŭ)th plai·s, ŭn dhŭr)z ŭ daayt iv dhi)n
got·n streyt yet. Wil. He was obliged... to ‘take up’ ─ i.e. to
borrow ─ a thousand pounds, Jefferies Hodge (1880) I. 65. (i)
w.Som.1 We've a tookt up the Magnet 'is tain year. (j) Kcd. He
got a beggin' paper drawn... An' took a soud o' siller up,
Grant Lays (1884) 9. (k) Suf.1 (l) Sh.I. He's [it's] takin' him
up i' da wadder, Sh. News (Oct. 16, 1897). Gall. The weather's
taking up now, For yonder is the weather-gaw, Mactaggart
Encycl. (1824) 468, ed. 1876. Nhb.1 Lakel.2 Ah wish t'wedder
wad tak up. Cum.2; Cum.4 It'll seun tak up, for't wind's gaan
roond. n.Yks.1 n.Yks.2; n.Yks.4 If it dizn't tak up seean, t'hay 'll be
nut wo'th leading. e.Yks.1 We've had a lang spell o' wet, bud
weather seems tĭ be takkin up noo. w.Yks.2 ne.Lan.1, s.Lan.1,
Chs.1 Chs.3, Stf.1, nw.Der.1, Not.1 n.Lin.1 It raain'd iv'ry daay e'
Maay-munth, but when Jewne cum'd it took up. Rut.1 Lei.1 It
lukes loike tekkin oop fur a frosst. Nhp.1 If, after a thaw, there
is an appearance of renewed frost, it is said, ‘The frost will not go
yet, it will take up again.’ War.2 Shr., Hrf. Bound Provinc.
(1876). Hnt. (T.P.F.), Ess.1, Wil.1 Dor. It be a-goin to take up
to-night, Francis Fiander's Widow (1901) pt. 1. x. (m) Per.
Gin ye dinna tak yersel' up, she'll ne'er be yours ava! Cleland
Inchbracken (1883) 242, ed. 1887. Wgt. Awake tae a sense o' yer
shame; Tak' up, and ye'll soon get anither bit hame, Fraser
Poems (1885) 143. Don. Isn't it the rammed shame for ye, ye
oul' grey-headed reprobate,.. that ye wouldn't think of takin'
yerself up? MacManus Bend of Road (1898) 228. n.Yks.1 He's
nobbud bin a ragally chap; bud mebbe he'll tak' oop yet; n.Yks.2 n.Yks.4,
Chs.3, nw.Der.1 s.Not. P'raps she'll tek up a bit now it's warmer
(J.P.K.). Suf.1 Ah ─ yah ─ 'a mah take up binebine ─ tha's no woo in
'em as yit. (n) Sc. (A.W.) w.Yks. He's allus takin' me up i' mi talk
(S.K.C.); To take one up in an argument is to beat them therein;
also to remind them especially of something of an unpleasant
character. ‘Ah'd a goa at him on t'Reights o' Woman, an' then
Ah teuk him up abaht t'Local Veto,’ Leeds Merc. Suppl. (July 8,
1899). War.2 Shr.1 Well, yo' nee'na tak' one up so sharp,
jest gi'e a body time to spake. Yo' touden the paas'n wrang,
Molly ─ but I didna like to tak yo' up afore 'im. w.Som.1 Well,
you no 'casion vor to take anybody up so short; you mid harky gin
anybody 've a-zaid what they got to zay. (o) Lan. They'd taen
up th moorside, Waugh Heather (ed. Milner) I. 40. sw.Lin.1
He took up the street as hard as he could go. (p) Sc. I gied him
several hints, but he coudna, or woudna, tak me up (Jam.).
s.Sc. Ye had juist taen up the tale wrang, Wilson Tales (1839)
V. 55. (q) Oxf.1 MS. add. (r) Abd. Aw hear the skweel's takin'
up neist week, Abd. Wkly. Free Press (Nov. 1, 1902). (s) Nrf.
‘Dew she [a wherry] take up much, Breezer?’ ‘She dew suck
a little juice inter her 'tween wind and water,’ Longman's Mag.
(Nov. 1902) 42. (25) Sc. He's just real taken up about the
lad, Keith Lisbeth (1894) vi. Sh.I. He wis awfil taen up aboot
his midder, Sh. News (Oct. 20, 1900). Frf. I dinna care to
mention it, but the neighbours is nat'rally taen up aboot it, Barrie
Thrums (1889) vii. (26) w.Yks.1, ne.Lan.1 Cor. When John
come home, like a husband always should, he took up for his
wife, Hunt Pop. Rom. w.Eng. (1865) 318, ed. 1896. (27) s.Dev.
They'm powerful took up in them pickters, Longman's Mag.
(1901) 44. (28) s.Wor. A wuz allus took up ov 'em [bees],
Vig. Mon. in Berrow's Jrn. (Oct. 1897). (29) Lnk. It took
upon her hameart heart, An' she begoud to spew, Murdoch
Doric Lyre (1873) 53. (30, a) Sc. (Jam.) Sh.I. Takkin' up wi'
a lipper laek Donal’? Sh. News (May 28, 1898). Frf. When a man
o' forty tak's up wi' an auld hizzy o' sixty, Willock Rosetty Ends
(1886) 37, ed. 1889. Per. For this end [she] took up wi' Johnny,
Spence Poems (1898) 184. Ayr. Grannie Dickson, the howdie,
who had ta'en up with him in his younger days, Service Dr.
Duguid (ed. 1887) 113. Gall. To tak' up wi' a silly partan o' a
bairn like this, Crockett A. Mark (1899) xx. Ir. She's very apt
to ha' took up wid somebody else, Barlow East unto West (1898)
193. Uls. He'll be taking up with some one else before the
[marriage] day, Hamilton Bog (1896) 11. Cum.3 Does t'e think
I'll tak up wid Ann Dixon's oald sheun? 41; Cum.4 n.Yks.4
He'll tak up wi' onny lass. e.Yks.1, w.Yks. (J.W.) Der. Hoo
tuk up wi' th' chap fro' Gressbrook Dale, Gilchrist Peakland
(1897) 165. Not.1 n.Lin.1 Why, squire, I niver thoht as you'd
hev taa'en up wi' him. Lei.1, War.3 s.Wal. If Johnnie George
hadn't took up with me, Longman's Mag. (Dec. 1899) 144. Oxf.
She'll take up with any new face (G.O.). Brks. Jim be wunnerful
changed sence a took up wi' they, Hayden Round our Vill.
(1901) 168. Ken. I'd as lief see her take up with him as with
any one, Longman's Mag. (Feb. 1897) 377. Dor. He's took up
wi' Rosie now, has he? Francis Pastorals (1901) 269. Som.
I've never been able to please ee since you took up wi' her so
thick, Raymond Men o' Mendip (1898) viii. w.Som.1 Cor. The
giant's last wife... thought it the wisest course to ‘take up’ at
once with Tom, Hunt Pop. Rom. w.Eng. (1865) 59, ed. 1896.
[Amer. It can't be you're thinking of taking up with David Prince
Cent. Mag. (Oct. 1882) 827.] (b) e.Sc. He began to look at Beauty,
an' it was plain he was gey taen up wi' her, Strain Elmslie's
Drag-net (1900) 21. Per. It's thriving weel, its leaves is green,
and it's like to be a paying crop wi' fruit, and he's fair ta'en up
wi' it, Sandy Scott (1897) 31. Fif. Some o' us is that ta'en up
wi' oor particklar kirk, we fair forget our neebour! Heddle
Marget (1899) 4. Ir. He'd be apt to ha' tuk up wid somebody
else and let your lesson pass, Barlow Ghost-bereft (1901) 88.
n.Yks. He was sair teean up wi' t'presents (I.W.). w.Yks. (J.W.)
Lan. Aw'm most takken up wi these styem engines, Clegg
David's Loom (1894) ii. Lei.1 A's that took up wi' them crowlin'
things. War.3 s.Wor. He was quite took up 'uv my John,
Porson Quaint Wds. (1875) 10. Brks. The young 'uns be so
took up wi' one another, Hayden Thatched Cottage (1902) 193.
Ken. I never see a girl so took up with a chap as she was with
him, Longman's Mag. (July 1891) 268. Dor. They be all took up
wi' theirselves ─ never a thought for we, Cornh. Mag. (Sept. 1900)
311. Som. I can't think why you be so much a-tookt up wi'
he! Raymond Sam and Sabina (1894) xii. w.Som.1 Our Jim's
terr'ble a-tookt up way raidin. Dev. You're terrible took up wi'
my brother Tom, Baring-Gould Idylls (1896) 222. (c) Ir. Ne'er
a raisonable body'd ever ha' took up wid the notion of livin' that-a-way,
Barlow Shamrock (1901) 38. (31, a) Sc. The kill took
low, and the mill likewise took wi't, Steamboat (1822) 347 (Jam.).
(b) Sc. I didna tak wi' him (Jam.). Cld. (JAM.) Ayr. Nanny Fulton
was so ta'en with the sturdy reaver, Service Dr. Duguid (ed. 1887)
9. e.Yks. Jack seems to be takken wĭ Smith lass (R.S.). w.Yks.
Tha'rt ower ta'en wi' thi' fancy man, Snowden Tales Wolds (1893)
vii. n.Lan. T'auld body was takken wi' a bit o' finery, Wilson
Bacca Queen (1901) 14. Chs. Chs. N. & Q. (1881) I. 173; Chs.1
Aw'm no ta'en wi' him, aw con tell the. Der. Took wi' a devil's
fine cloäthes an' rings, Gilchrist Milton (1902) 16. Dor. First he
were quite took wi' the notion, Francis Fiander's Widow (1901)
pt. II. iii. Dev. I beant a bwoy no longer, tu be takken wi' a
show, Longman's Mag. (Feb. 1899) 335. (c) Sc. It is said that
corn has not ‘tane wi'’ when it has not sprung up; a tree is said
to be beginning to ‘tak' wi'’ when it begins to take root (Jam.).
(d) n.Sc. Nabody's taen wi' that buke yet (JAM.). Abd. Now that
the child was born, Jock... desired to know articulately from the
man himself whether he was to tak' wi' 't an' pay for't, Alexander
Ain Flk. (1882) 221. Per. She having sworn that it was his only,
he took with the bairn, Maidment Spottiswoode Miscell. (1844-1845)
II. 248. Lnk. No even your bystarts to my bairn, for he'll ne'er
tak wi' 't, Graham Writings (1883) II. 18. (e) Sc. I was not
drunk; I'll no tak wi' that (Jam.). Per. ‘Will ye tak' wi' 't then?’
asked the keeper. ‘I maun,’ said Tam, Haliburton Furth in
Field (1894) 85.
2. Comb. (1) Take-away, a capacity for eating; an
appetite; (2) Take-bannets, a game; see below; (3) Take-off, (a)
a satirical valentine; (b) a mimic; a satirist; a punster;
(4) Take-on, a woman living with a man who is not her husband;
(5) Take-up, (a) a boy's leather ‘sucker’ (q.v.); (b)
a tuck.
(1) w.Yks.1 Our new sarvant's a good tack-away. s.Chs.1 Ée)z
ŭ rae·r taak·-ŭwee·, aan·i-aay; ŭn sey dhŭ mee·t ŭz ée pùt aayt ŭ
seyt ŭt sùp·ŭr, yŭ)d thingk· ée)d bin tlemt fŭr ŭ fau·rtnit. Nhp.1
Our servant has got a famous tack-away. War.2 That lad's got a
pretty good take away; War.3 He has a fairly good take-away.
Shr.1 That chap's a rar' tak-away, 'e ete two cantle o' suppin' fur
'is supper, an' a great lownder o' bread an' cheese. (2) Knr. A
game in which wads or pledges are deposited on both sides, which
are generally bonnets; and the gaining party is that which carries
off, one by one, all the wads belonging to that opposed to it (Jam.).
(3, a) s.Not. She hed three vollentines, but they were all tek-offs
(J.P.K.). (b) Sc. (Jam.) N.I.1 Dear! but you're a sore take off.
Cum.1 Cum.4, n.Yks.1 n.Yks.2 e.Yks.1 MS. add. (T.H.) (4) Cum. (E.W.P.)
(5, a) Lan. Leathern ‘tak'-ups’ for sucking up stones, Brierley
Cast upon World (1886) i. s.Lan.1 We'n stick true to t'other like
a tak'-up to a dur-flag, 32. (b) Dmf., Gall. (Jam.)
3. Phr. (1) be taen dem wha laiks, whoever may have
taken them; (2) to be ill taken, to be anxious, disturbed, or
mentally upset; (3) be taken (away, to die; (4) taken back, to
be taken aback, to be surprised, startled; (5) taken bad or
taken badly, to be taken ill; (6) taken by the face, to be put to the
blush; (7) taken for death, to be seized with a mortal illness;
(8) taken off, see (3); (9) taken on one, to be taken from one by
death; (10) taken to the door, to be taken by surprise; (11)
taken worse, to be suddenly seized with illness; (12) to be well
taken out or (up) with, to be popular; to receive much
attention; (13) to take a bite, to partake of food; (14) take a
breath, to recover one's breath; (15) take a Burford bait, to
make a greedy meal; (16) take a draw of one's pipe, to
smoke; see Draw, 36; (17) take a heave, a tin-mining term
to lose the trace of a vein of metal by the shifting of the
earth; (18) take a person, to take a person's bet; (19) take a
prayer, to offer up a prayer; (20) take a spot, to take a situation;
(21) take a talking to, to rebuke severely; (22) take
amends of, to punish; (23) take bad, to take ill; (24) take badly
with, to dislike, to get on badly in work, &c.; (25) take bite
and sup, see (13); (26) take boggart or take the boggart, to take
fright; used esp. of animals; (27) take by the hand, to
patronize, assist; to marry; see Hand, 2 a (44); (28) take
by the head, to intoxicate; (29) take by the heart, (a) to gain
the affections; (b) to affect; to overcome by emotion;
(30) take by the large, to take as a whole; (31) take company, to
walk out together when courting; to ‘keep company’;
(32) take count of, to pay heed to, to regard; (33) take day
about, to work on alternate days; see Day-aboot, s.v.
Day, 1 (1); (34) take ease, to be quiet; (35) take fat, to take
offence; (36) take fear, see below; (37) take foot or take one's feet,
to take one's departure, to make off; (38) take from a person,
to inherit from a person, to derive by heredity; (39)
take good-bye, good-night, &c. of or with, to say good-bye,
&c. to; (40) take harm, to suffer harm; (41) take hold, (a) to
undertake an office, &c.; to help in any work or duty;
(b) to catch fire; (42) take hold on, (a) to cause pain or
illness; to move; to affect painfully; (b) of the soil: to
exhaust; (43) take ill, see (5); (44) take ill with, see (24); (45)
take in one's own hand, obs., to make free with; to use no
ceremony with; (46) take in over one's chair and sit down,
see below; (47) take in the preacher, see below; (48) take it
favourable, to take it as a favour; (49) take it ill out, to take
offence; (50) take it to do, (a) to take it in earnest; (b) see
below; (51) take it tul oneself, to accept an innuendo; (52)
take it with a finger, see below; (53) take joy, to be pleased;
(54) take law on, to take legal measures against; see Law,
sb.1 2 (10); (55) take neighbourhood, to accept assistance;
(56) take nicks at, to take aim at; (57) take occasion of, to take
advantage of; to befool; (58) take off a person, see (38); (59)
take off of one's feet, see (37); (60) take on hand, to undertake;
(61) take one, to be necessary for one; to require an effort
for one; (62) take one above the knee, &c., of water: to reach
above the knee, &c.; (63) take one in over, to call to account;
to bring to trial; (64) take one in the head, of an idea, &c.:
to come into one's head; (65) take one till, to try one's hand
at anything; to begin upon a job; to exert oneself, make
an effort; (66) take one to the knees, &c., see (62); (67) take one
with, to require from one; (68) take one's bag of bones home,
to depart, ‘get out’; (69) take one's bed or take the bed, to go to
bed, esp. on account of illness; (70) take one's breath, to
deprive of breath; (71) take one's civil, to take one's
departure without ceremony; see Civil, 1; (72) take one's
death, to be seized with a mortal illness; to expose oneself
to death; (73) take one's eye, to meet the gaze of one;
(74) take one's (fair) end at a person, to be amused at him;
(75) take one's fling, to do as one likes; (76) take one's fun off
a person, see (74); (77) take one's hands off, to decline or
repudiate a bargain; (78) take one's hurry, to take one's
time; to wait; (79) take one's kite, see (37); (80) take one's
length, to stretch out at full length; (81) take one's pumps off,
to lay aside all restraint; (82) take one's purpose, to do as one
thinks fit; (83) take one's push, to go away; (84) take one's
wind, (a) see (70); (b) see (14); (85) take oneself (again, (a)
to correct one's language; to recall what one has begun
to say; (b) to bethink oneself; to recollect something
which induces a sudden change of conduct; (86) take oneself
out of a society, to leave a society; (87) take order for, to
provide for or against; (88) take over short, to take up one's
words too severely; (89) take rheumatics, to get rheumatism;
(90) take scathe, see (40); (91) take sick, see (5); (92) take
strength, to regain strength; (93) take that way, to behave in
a certain way; (94) take the air, (a) to go out for an airing;
(b) of frost: to turn to rain; (95) take the better of, to get the
better of; to cheat; (96) take the Book (up, to hold family
prayers; (97) take the cow, to lose heart; (98) take the door, (a)
to shut the door; (b) see (68); cf. Door, sb. 2 (9); (99) take
the door over one's head, to leave a room; (100) take the floor,
(a) to stand up ready to dance; (b) to walk; (c) a skittle-playing
term: see below; (101) take the foot, of a child: to
begin to walk; (102) take the frunts, see (35); (103) take the
gap, to yield, to give in; to beat a retreat; (104) take the
hunger, to become hungry; (105) take the lanes, to rent the
right of grazing the highways and by-lanes of the surveyors
of highways; (106) take the nearest, to take the
shortest way; (107) take the pot, obs., to take the scum off
the liquor in a pot; (108) take the road, take road, or take to the road,
to set out or resume a journey; to become a vagrant; (109)
take the sands, to flee the country; to take safety in flight;
(110) take the shine off of, to excel; (111) take the stadh, to become
restive; (112) take the wife, to marry; (113) take through
hands, (a) to reprimand; see Hand, 2 (45); (b) to undertake;
(114) take till it, to acknowledge, admit; to confess;
(115) take till one, to apply a censure to oneself; (116) take to
church, to marry; (117) take to do, to rate, reprove; see
Doing, 4 (2); (118) take to one, see (115); (119) take to one's
beaters, to run away; (120) take to oneself, (a) to take a hint;
to apply to oneself; (b) to take everything or too much;
to steal; (121) take to the books, to take to reading; (122) take
to the heather, obs., to live as an outlaw on the moors; (123)
take under hands, see (60); (124) take up mould and stone, obs.,
to take permanent possession; (125) take up the psalm, to
start a psalm; to act as precentor; (126) take upon one, to
assume airs of importance; (127) take well, to be attractive;
to command a good price or ready market; (128) take with
it, to feel; to regard it; (129) take with one, to drink with
one; (130) take with the ground, of plants: to begin to thrive
after a temporary delay; (131) take witness, to charge to
bear witness; (132) when a thing takes one, when one feels
inclined to do anything.
(1) Sh.I. Da shaeves is awa, be taen dem wha laeks, Sh. News
(Oct. 14, 1899). (2) s.Lan.1 Hoo's ill ta'en abeawt loazin' that
chylt. (3) Sc. If I sud be ta'en awa' afore I see ye again, Ford
Thistledown (1891) 97. Ayr. What if it should be ta'en awa' before
it was kirstened? Johnston Glenbuckie (1889) 107. Don. She
suffered terrible, the crathur, afore she was tuck, MacManus Bend
of Road (1898) 240. Nhb. Bein' ta'en sae sudden-like, Pease
Mark o' Deil (1894) 25. Wm. Took he was ─ took in the pride o'
his prime, Ollivant Owd Bob (1898) i. w.Yks. (J.W.) Der.
Gilchrist Nicholas (1899) 16. n.Lin.1 Buried is he? Well, I thoht
'at he'd be tooken afoore long when [I] seed him last Scotter-shaw.
s.Oxf. You never knows when you may be took, Rosemary
Chilterns (1895) 65. Brks. What hever thee'll do, Thomas, when
I be took, Hayden Round our Vill. (1901) 87. Ess. They were
my mother's, and I got 'em when she was took, Burmester John
Lott (1901) 51. w.Sus. My wife was took two years ago, Gordon
Vill. and Doctor (1897) 105. Dor. He were took very unexpected,
Francis Fiander's Widow (1901) pt. 1. i. Som. Not since poor
mother were a-tookt, Raymond Men o' Mendip (1898) i. Dev.
O'Neill Idyls (1892) 11. Cor. Phillpotts Prophets (1897) 271.
(4) w.Yks. Ah wor reight ta'en back when Ah seed him comin',
Leeds Merc. Suppl. (Oct. 29, 1898). Dev. I never was so took back
in my life, Windsor Mag. (Apr. 1900) 738. (5) Sc. (A.W.) w.Yks.
Yond child mud be takken badly ageean, Hartley Blackpool (1883) ii.
I.Ma. Tuk very bad, Brown Doctor (1887) 4. Der. Hoo were took
bad wi' the bronkittus, Gilchrist Milton (1902) 22. Not. She's took
very badly, Prior Forest Flk. (1901) 282. Lei.1, Brks.1 Ess. I'm
tuk so wonderful bad with the lumbago, Burmester John Lott
(1901) 110. Wil. I were took so bad that time, Tennant Vill.
Notes (1900) 63. Dev. Poor Kitty Comer was ‘took bad’ more
than a week ago, O'Neill Idyls (1892) 33. Cor. He's took bad,
Lee Widow Woman (1899) 35. (6) Lan. (Hall.) (7) s.Oxf. He's
main an' bad, and I believe as ee's took for death, Rosemary
Chilterns (1895) 163. n.Wil. (E.H.G.) (8) Lnk. Peter an' Kate
were taen off, ane by ane, An' auld Janet was left by the ingle her
lane, Watson Poems (1853) 32. (9) Ir. Me poor father was tuk
on us... And we waked him and buried him, Barlow Ghost-bereft
(1901) 45. (10) s.Lan.1 (11) Brks.1 Sur.1 A person seized with
illness is universally said ‘to be took worse.’ Dev.3 (12) Sc.
This must be viewed as primarily denoting the attention paid to
one in the way of frequent invitations (Jam.). Nhb. Tom, therefore,
was a general favourite, being ‘well ta'en up wi,’ Newc. Dy.
Leader (Jan. 1, 1897) 5, col. 2. e.Dur.1 (13) Ayr. Ye wudna
mind me asking him to tak a bite wi us o' what was gaun, Johnston
Congalton (1896) 87. n.Cy., w.Yks. (J.W.) (14) Ayr.
Pedlar chaps... Here aft sit doon to tak a breath, White Jottings
(1879) 189. (15) Oxf. Murray Hndbk. Oxf. (1894) 202. (16)
Sc., Ir. (A.W.) I.Ma. You'll be takin' a draw of your pipe,
which I see in your coat pocket, Rydings Tales (1895) 25; (S.M.)
(17) Cor.1; Cor.2 A mineral lode is said to ‘take a heave’ when a
‘fault’ has shifted or broken its course. (18) Sc. (A.W.) Nhb.
‘I'll... gie thoo 3 to 1.’ ‘I'll tak' thoo,’ I says. ‘An' I'll tak'
thoo,’ says he, Pease Mark o' Deil (1894) 90. w.Yks. (J.W.)
(19) I.Ma. When the Pazon heard it he fell on his knees and he
took a shockin prayer, Brown Doctor (1887) 82. (20) e.Yks.1
(21) e.An.1 I wish, sir, you would be so good as to send for my
Tom into your study, and take a talking to him; I hope ta would
daunt him. (22) Ayr. It was an awfu' like trick an' ane we could
been ta'en amen's o', Service Dr. Duguid (ed. 1887) 204. (23)
N.I.1 (24) Sc. (A.W.) n.Yks. He tacks badly wi't (I.W.).
(25) Nhb. We'll tak' bite and sup thegither, Clare Love of Lass
(1890) I. 13. (26) w.Yks. Jim Baldwin's horse 's ta'en t'boggard,
an' it's goane dahn Wilsdin like mad, Leeds Merc. Suppl. (Nov. 5,
1898). Lan. That seet him off as tho' he'd taen boggart, Kay-Shuttleworth
Scarsdale (1860) I. 56. (27) Sc. (A.W.), n.Yks.2 (28)
Yks. It took [ti·h'k] him by t'hêad (C.C.R.). n.Yks.1 n.Yks.2 w.Som.1 I
never didn drink but about of a pint o' it, but I'll be darned if I
wadn most a-tookt by th' head. (29, a) n.Yks.2 You mun first tak
her by t'heart, an then tak her by t'hand. (b) n.Yks.1 So: ─ give
na mair, she's got her part; She's weak; 'twill take her by the
heart, Joco-Ser. Disc. 49. w.Yks. (C.C.R.) (30) Gall. Ye had
cuttit yoursel' faa'in' doon thae dreadsome rocks, an' ta'en by the
large, ye werena bonny to look upon, Crockett Dark o' Moon
(1902) 90. (31) Dev. When young farmers first begin to walk out,
their usual mode of address is, ‘Will you take company, my
pretty?’ Reports Provinc. (1902). (32) Sur. Folk here don't take
much 'count on he, Bickley Sur. Hills (1890) II. xv. Som. Nobody
took much count of this slip of a maid, Raymond No Soul (1899) 29.
(33) Sc. (A.W.) Nhb. Aw tuik for some time day about, Wilson
Pitman's Pay (1843) 30. (34) I.Ma. He couldn' never take aise
couldn' that chap, Brown Doctor (1887) 141. (35) w.Yks. If a
playmate take offence at another, he will cross or clasp his little
fingers, and, with outstretched hands, will snappishly cry out,
‘Tak' fat an' lean, An' niver speyk to me agean.’ The one to
whom the remark is uttered then understands that enmity exists
between them, Leeds Merc. Suppl. (Oct. 29, 1898). (36) Cor.3
There are occasional cases of miners who suddenly ─ with or without
evident reason ─ contract a sudden horror of working underground.
It is said of such a man, ‘He took fear.’ (37) Sc. The
children took their bare feet and went to the sands, Glasgow
Herald (Apr. 3, 1899). Kcd. Meerie's men took fit an' ran Whene'er
they saw the lowe, Grant Lays (1884) 29. (38) Ayr. A bit shilpit
callan' of Laird Speckie's, who took the sma' banes from the
mother of him, Service Dr. Duguid (ed. 1887) 123. (39) Abd.
Now, Johnny, tak good nicht o's an' rin awa to yer bed (G.W.);
At the gude nicht taking with sum strangers from Edinburgh,
0l. 18s. 0d., Abd. Burgh Rec. (40) Ir. He's took no harm, only
the pair of thim's frightened out of their sivin sinses, Barlow
Shamrock (1901) 55. n.Cy., w.Yks. (J.W.) (41, a) n.Yks.1 He
wur ex'd t'stan' judge, last Cattle Show; bud he wur desper't shy
o' takkin' ho'd. w.Yks. Ah teuk ho'd an' helped him wi' his books
hauf-an-hahr or more, Leeds Merc. Suppl. (Oct. 29, 1898). (b)
n.Yks. T'kindlin' tacks hod (I.W.). w.Yks. (J.W.) (42, a)
n.Lin.1 I could n't ha' beleäved 'at onything wo'd ha' took hohd on
him as bairn's death did. When wind fra th' eäst cums in at that
kitchen door it taks hohd o' me sorely I can tell yĕ. (b) n.Yks.
Lahn tacks hod o't land sair (I.W.). n.Lin.1 I allus reckon line
takes hohd on th' land moore then oht else we graw. (43) w.Sc.
Mrs. McFarlane, puir pody, she teuks very ill, Carrick Laird of
Logan (1835) 79. Fif. It was promisin' braw when I took ill,
Robertson Provost (1894) 30. w.Yks. (J.W.) Shr.2 Tane ill.
Hmp. He was took ill (H.C.M.B.). Dor. Be the maid took ill?
Francis Pastorals (1901) 30. Dev. He took ill hisself wi' burn-gout,
Phillpotts Striking Hours (1901) 155. (44) Sc. He took
very ill wi't at first; but he's beginning to tak better wi't now
(Jam.). Per. Weemen tak ill wi' changes when they're gettin' up
in years, Maclaren Auld Lang Syne (1895) 27. Slg. Ye'll tak'
ill wi't for a wee while, but ye maun juist tak' things easy, Harvey
Kennethcrook (1896) 238. (45) Sc. To man I can be answerable
and for God I will take him in my own hand, Walker Peden
(1727) 48 (Jam.). (46) Bnff.1 A phrase to signify that a person
has got everything prepared for him to settle him in trade, marriage,
&c. ‘Nae thanks t'him for bein' weel aff; he hid naething a-dee
fin he got that fairm bit tack in our's chair an' sit doon. Ony
bodie cud dee that.’ (47) w.Yks. (J.W.) n.Lin.1 A term used by
members of the Methodist bodies for giving hospitality, bed and
board, to the itinerant ministers. ‘I wish you was convarted;..
it wad do you a power o' good, an' th' connection an' all, 'cause
then you'd tak' in th' preachers,’ Peacock R. Skirlaugh (1870) II.
106. (48) Cor. Us takes it mighty favourable to see your butival
flags a hangin' out, Phillpotts Prophets (1897) 94. (49) e.Lth.
Ye needna tak it ill oot;.. faithfu', ye ken, are the woun's o' a
frien', Hunter J. Inwick (1895) 200. (50, a) n.Lin.1 He's straange
an' fierce oher the job, he's real taa'en it to do. (b) When a person
makes a series of blunders, or several misfortunes happen in
succession, he is said to have ‘taa'en it to do.’ ‘Well, if you'll
beleäve me, when I cum'd in fra th' barn, George hed tum'led
doon graainry steps, Sarah Ann hed cutten her sen, an' theäre
was Polly, she'd fall'd doon wi' her heäd ageän fender, an' I says,
‘’ Well, really, Sarah Ann," says I, ‘’ I think all on yĕ mun ha'
taa'en it to do,"’ n.Lin.1 (51) Sc. (A.W.), n.Yks. (I.W.) (52) Wm. A
derisive phr. for those who require a great deal of persuasion ─ an
allusion to the method a very young calf is taught to feed on milk.
‘Ah wad'nt bodder wid seck like, next thing they'll want ta tak it wi
a fingger mebby’ (B.K.). (53) I.Ma. Allis in a friendly way with
them, and takin joy, Brown Yarns (1881) 219, ed. 1889. (54)
n.Lin. Boggard mun tek law on him, Peacock Tales and Rhymes
(1886) 67. (55) Cum.1 Cum.4 (56) Dmf. Standing tirling at the door-pin,
with Mistress Jennie taking nicks at us the while with her bit
dags, Hamilton Mawkin (1898) 218. (57) Frf. Dinna ye try to
tak' occasion o' the minister, Inglis Ain Flk. (1895) 80; (J.B.)
(58) Per. Ye tak' your leanness aff your mither, Haliburton
Dunbar (1895) 88. (59) Sh.I. When I wis flitted da kye, I took
aff o' my feet, an' fir da hill I set, Sh. News (July 2, 1898). (60)
e.Lth. I'll tak on han' to tell ye what your poseetion is, Hunter
J. Inwick (1895) 205. (61) Per. It just takes me no to run round
the town, Sandy Scott (1897) 12. Don. The bank will fall in today
and kill two men close beside you; it'll take you to be on your
guard and watch well, Cornh. Mag. XXXV. 177. (62) Wgt. The
sea took him abune the knees, Saxon Gall. Gossip (1878) 15. (63)
Sc. (Jam., s.v. Ourtane). (64) n.Yks. It teak him i' t'head ti dea't
(I.W.). (65) Sh.I. Doo niver took dee till ta pit a handle ta da
bit o' fleeter, Sh. News (Feb. 10, 1900); Shü hed twise to tak till
her afore shü wan till her feet, Sh. News (May 15, 1897); (J.S.) (66)
Dev. Mrs. Coaker... walked slap through the stream, as took her
to the knees, Phillpotts Striking Hours (1901) 77. (67) Sh.I.
Hit 'ill tak him wi' a' his sense ta confuit dee, Sh. News (July 17,
1897). (68) w.Yks. A derisive phr. used to an ill-favoured person
whom it is intended to order away and insult at the same time.
‘We want nowt wi' thah here, sooa tak thi bag o booans
hooam’ (B.K.); (J.W.) (69) Sh.I. Shü cam hame frae da bridal,
an' took hir bed, an' niver wis oot fil shü wis taen oot ta be
streekit, Sh. News (Dec. 15, 1900). ne.Sc. He wud actually tak'
the bed an' gie up the ghost for my sake, Grant Keckleton, 10.
Edb. She fell sick and took her bed, Pennecuik Helicon (1720) 162.
Gall. To take his bed for some time after, being so stinged, Mactaggart
Encycl. (1824) 272, ed. 1876. n.Cy., w.Yks. (J.W.) (70)
Sh.I. Ta tink ipun it tak's mi breth, Da nesty snüls, Sh. News (Jan. 29,
1898). Elg. The thocht o' his wraith,.. Amaist took my breath,
Tester Poems (1865) 141. (71) n.Cy. Ah waited tell Ah was stalled,
than Ah thowt Ah wad tak mi civil if ther was nowt tull it (B.K.).
(72) Don. When Father Eddy... took his death, the Bocca Fadh
was one of the picked half-dozen who were started over the mountains
to fetch his brother, whom he wanted to see before he'd close his
eyes, MacManus Bend of Road (1898) 138. w.Yks. (J.W.) Cor.
Tell Gunner Spettigew to put on his hat at once. Ask him what
he means by taking his death and disgracing the company, ‘Q.’
Wandering Heath (1895) 43. (73) Ayr. It chanc'd his new-come
neebor took his e'e, Burns Brigs of Ayr. (1787) l. 87. (74) Uls.
He looked so queer you would have taken your fair end at him
(M.B.-S.). Ant. Ballymena Obs. (1892). (75) n.Yks. They may
tak ther fling, Tweddell Clevel. Rhymes (1875) 38. w.Yks. (J.W.)
(76) Wgt. He... determined to take his fun off him, Saxon Gall.
Gossip (1878) 58. (77) Chs.1 He was to have had th' farm; but
he took his hands off it, and then I took it. (78) Lan. Tay yer
hurry a minute an' we'll gooa wi ye (B.K.). Chs.1 Chs.3 (79) Nhb.1
(80) Slg. He'll tak their length wi' broken croon Upon the sod,
Buchanan Poems (1901) 36. (81) Ir. We took our pumps off,
Carleton Traits Peas. (ed. 1881) 102. (82) w.Yks. He gav him a
gooid sahnd threshing ─ ‘nah,’ he sez, ‘thah can tak thi purpose, 'an'
left him (B.K.). (83) w.Yks. Thah's done, tak thi push (B.K.). (84, a)
Sc. (A.W.) n.Yks. He hat my sahd and teak my wind (I.W.). (b) I.W.
Let t'horses rist and tack their wind (I.W.). (85, a) Sc. (Jam.); He
said, ‘But treason is fact,’ and taking himself again, he said, ‘It is
true, it is but treason in their judgment,’ Thomson Cloud of Witnesses
(1714) 138, ed. 1871. (b) Sc. (Jam.) Abd. When hunger now
was slaked a little wee, She takes hersel, and aff again she'll be,
Ross Helenore (1768) 30, ed. 1812. (86) n.Yks. He teak his sel
out o' t'society (I.W.). (87) Sc. (A.W.) n.Cy. Grose (1790) Suppl.
(88) Abd. Gie's nae mair o' that; Ye tak' the lad o'er short, Cock
Strains (1810) II. 132. (89) Nrf. I don't see why I should take
rheumatics, Forbes Odd Fish (1901) 17. (90) Lnk. The sheep tak'
nae skaith, Fraser Whaups (1895) xii. Edb. Benjie might
take skaith from the night air, Moir Mansie Wauch (1828) xiv.
(91) Ir. Thin the wife tuk sick, Barlow Bogland (1892) 58, ed.
1893. (92) n.Dev. Mary Amelia was slow to take strength, and
one might zay that her niver rightly got back to herzulf again,
Zack Dunstable Weir (1901) 244. (93) s.Hmp. I'm main glad
she've a took that way, Verney L. Lisle (1870) xi. (94, a) Sc.
The tall gentleman who preferred to take the air at that untimely
hour, Keith Indian Uncle (1896) 257. Edb. Out they gae a wee
to tak' the air, Aikman Poems (1816) 171. Gall. A guid heartsome
evening to you, Betty! Ye are takin' the air? Crockett Kit
Kennedy (1899) 116. (b) Lnk. The chitterin' birdies patient wait
To see you tak' the air, John [Frost], Nicholson Idylls (1870) 61.
Gall. (A.W.) Uls. The frost has taken the air (M.B.-S.). (95)
Lnk. I canna bear the thocht o' bein' ta'en the better o' a'thegither
by a perfect, even-doon scoun'ril, Fraser Whaups (1895) 177.
(96) Gall. Had I bidden more at home o' nights and ever been at
the ‘taking of the Book,’ Crockett Love Idylls (1901) 308; It was
her father ‘taking the book’ up at Lochryan, CROCKETT Love Idylls 227. (97)
Cum.4 (98, a) Sc. She went out and did not take the door with
her, Ramsay Remin. 100. Abd. ‘Tak the door to ye, Mistress
Crathie,’ indicating which side he wished it closed from, MacDonald
Lossie (1877) lxiii. Ayr. Taking the door on my back I
left them, and the same night came off on the Fly to Edinburgh,
Galt Provost (1822) vii. (b) Abd. Some, by chance, the door
had took, Wha scarce cud see, Cock Strains (1810) I. 131. Lnk.
I baud Conscience tak' the door, An' leave me to my fancy,
Murdoch Doric Lyre (1873) 68. Edb. Mavius gave short salutes,
and took the door, Pennecuik Helicon (1720) 7. s.Lan.1 (99)
Sh.I. Withoot sayin' a word, ye may weel tink he wis blyte ta tak
da door ower his head as fas as he cud, Stewart Tales (1892) 70.
(100, a) Sh.I. A'm tinkin' hit wid a been da trid day afore dey wid
a' been able ta tak da flöre, Sh. News (Dec. 1, 1900). Kcb. When
at Can'lemas he took the floor He tripped to the lilt o' the chanter,
Armstrong Ingleside (1890) 216. Uls. I'm after inviting you to
take the flure with me, Hamilton Bog (1896) 89. (b) Rnf. A
towmont gane, or little mair, The wee things baith had ta'en the
flair, Young Pictures (1865) 51. (c) Nrf. The groom proposed
skittles at eventide. I was fortunate enough to take the floor the
first shot ─ you must strike the foremost pin on the right or left
cheek. Voilà the secret, Emerson Lagoons (ed. 1896) 25. (101)
Sc. (Jam.), Cai.1 Lnk. He begins to tak the fit, Burning his hands,
and getting clyties, McIndoe Poems (1805) 40. (102) Cum.3 Many
a fellow wad tak t'frunts if his wife spak till him i' that way, 19.
(103) s.Lan.1 (104) Don. He began to take the hunger, and when
he looked at the fine skillet of ripe strawberries he was carrying
home... his teeth began to water, MacManus Chim. Corners
(1899) 23. (105) n.Lin.1 (106) Ayr. She thro' the yard the
nearest taks, Burns Halloween (1785) st. 11. (107) Yks. I've
tane the pot (K.). (108) Sc. So ye hae taen the road again,
Scott St. Ronan (1824) xiv. Sh.I. Shü hed made up her mind fir
ta tak' da road, Ollason Mareel (1901) 9. Abd. Ready to tak'
road again, Alexander Ain Flk. (1882) 195. w.Sc. What garred
ye take the road? Buchan Lost Lady (1899) 37. Lnk. Noo,
neebors, ance mair, wi' my stick i' my haun, I'll tak' to the road
─ to the northward I'm gaun, Hamilton Poems (1865) 149. Rxb.
We took the road early next morning, Dibdin Border Life (1897)
81. Ir. That same [vagrant] must be Nell o' Flynn, sorra a worse
ivir tuk the road, Lawson Sacrifice (1892) 176. (109) Sc. (Jam.
Suppl., s.v. Sands). Ayr. Auld-light caddies bure sic hands, That,
faith, the youngsters took the sands Wi' nimble shanks, Burns
W. Simpson (1785) st. 26. (110) Sc. (A.W.) Cum.1 He teuk
t'shine off o' t'rest; Cum.4, w.Yks. (J.W.) (111) Ir. Some of the
young horses took the stadh, Carleton Traits Peas. (ed. 1881) 58.
(112) Ayr. They tell me, Peter, ye're gaun to tak the wife, Service
Notandums (1890) 122. (113, a) Sc. (A.W.), Nhb.1 n.Yks. They
teak him through hands (I.W.). (b) n.Yks. He teak t'job through
hands (I.W.). (114) w.Yks. As for mysen, I'll tak tul't an' mak' no
boans abaht it ─ I've been a reg'lar rascal, Cudworth Dial. Sketches
(1884) 12; Wi' ta tak' tull 't Ah seed tha o' Monda' neeght? Leeds
Merc. Suppl. (July 1, 1899); I tak tult, Yksman. (1878) 151, col. 2.
(115) Sc. (Jam.) (116) Suf. Honour bright, Priss, some day, I'll
take you to church, Betham-Edwards Mock Beggars' Hall (1902)
85. (117) e.An.1 (118) Sc. (Jam.) (119) N.I.1 (120, a) Sc.
(A.W.) n.Yks. David didn't at first tak Nathan's parable tiv his
sel (I.W.). (b) n.Yks. Tack t'pie te yer sel [don't divide it]. He teak
tiv his sel [he stole] (I.W.). (121) ne.Sc. Sin' I took to the buiks,
whether I like the place or no', I get on very weel, Grant
Keckleton, 133. (122) Gall. It became at last a word in Scotland
that ‘to take to the heather was to be in the way of getting
grace,’ Crockett Moss-Hags (1895) xxvi. (123) n.Yks. He can
tack nowt onder hands (I.W.). (124) Sh.I. (J.S.) (125) Sc.
He tuke up the psalm in the kirk (Jam.). Bnff. To read in the
kirk and take up the psalm every Sabbath, Cramond Cullen Ann.
(1888) 39. Ayr. For ‘taking up the Psalm,’ Grey received an
allowance of £ 16 Scots per annum, Edgar Old Church Life (1886)
II. 107. (126) Abd. There's fowk 'at it sets weel to tak upo' them!
MacDonald Lossie (1877) xv. (127) Sc. She's a braw lass an' taks
weel. Ne'er saw cowts tak better (Jam. Suppl.). (128) Abd. Foo
wud ye 'a ta'en wi't gin onybody had speer't that at you? Alexander
Ain Flk. (1882) 77. (129) Ir. By my song, we took
decently with him, anyhow, Carleton Traits Peas. (ed. 1843) I.
65. (130) Sc. (Jam.) (131) Abd. With the approval of the police
sergeant, and the concurrence of certain persons inside the tent,
who had been ‘ta'en witnesses,’ Alexander Ain Flk. (1882) 112.
(132) Sc. (A.W.) w.Yks. He'll do it when it takes him, and not
before (C.C.R.).
4. Used redundantly with and and another v.; in gen.
colloq. use.
Ir. Her cherished Nellie ‘took and died on her’ of some mysterious
malady, Barlow Shamrock (1901) 17. N.I.1 Take an' do that at
once. w.Yks. (J.W.) s.Stf. He tak's an' gi'es her his hond
friendly like, Pinnock Blk. Cy. Ann. (1895). sw.Lin.1 He took
and did. He took and went. Oxf.1 Take and do it, MS. add.
Brks. Tuk and carried 'un down ther', Hughes Scour. White Horse
(1859) vi. Suf. Dew yew take and give me that 'ere (C.T.). Ken.1
He'd better by half take and get married. Sur.1 He'd better by
odds take and give up the farm. Hmp. Taäke and goo long to bed
with, do, Gray Ribstone Pippins (1898) 18. Som. Do take an'
speak out, Raymond Men o' Mendip (1898) xvi. Cor. To think that
they shud take an' rob A widder, Daniel Budget, 28. [Amer. He
took and hit him, Dial. Notes (1896) I. 212.]
5. To take root; to grow.
ne.Lan.1 w.Som.1 I put on all the grafts, but they did'n take,
not one of them.
6. Of a lamb: to suck from a strange ewe.
Dor. Mistress and man were engaged in the operation of making
a lamb ‘take,’ which is performed whenever a ewe has lost her
own offspring, one of the twins of another ewe being given her as
a substitute, Hardy Madding Crowd (1874) xviii.
7. To sketch, draw. Not.1 Lei.1 A's tekkin' the choo'ch.
8. To marry; to accept as husband or wife.
ne.Sc. Folks warna slack to say that I took him for the sake of
a couthie doonsit, Grant Keckleton, 10. Cai. I will take Robert
Oman, Horne Countryside (1896) 128. Frf. Wha did he tak? Barrie
Thrums (1889) iii. Slk. He maun look for perfection in the lass
that takes him, Thomson Drummeldale (1901) 131. Kcb. Whun
women's silly aneuch tae tak men... they whiles hae a deal tae
pit up wi', Trotter Gall. Gossip (1901) 73. Dev. I've... axed
Mother Loney's maid to taake me, Phillpotts Striking Hours (1901)
162. Cor. The maidens mus be quait persest, For noan ov mun
wul take ther rest Ontil they take a man, Daniel Mary Anne's
Troubles, 9.
9. To enclose land. w.Yks.2 10. To charge; to
accept as the price.
Sh.I. Kins doo what Jeemson is takkin' for hit da year? Sh. News
(Apr. 20, 1901).
11. To cost time.
Frf. It'll tak's, I'm sure, to get them partit, Sands Poems (1833)
87. Lnk. Mony an hour stown frae her sleep My wifie they did
tak', Miller Willie Winkie (ed. 1902) 41.
12. Of fish: to rise to bait readily.
Sc. The trout 'll no tak ava the day (Jam. Suppl.). n.Yks.1
‘Weel, d' they tak' at all, the moorn?’ ‘Neea matters. Ah rose
a few, yah bit, but they's gien ower agen’; n.Yks.4
13. Of water: to begin to freeze. Chs.1 Chs.3 14. To smite,
strike; to deliver a blow.
Sc. I'll tak you over the head wi' my rung (Jam.). Sh.I. Taking
him a crack on the shin, Burgess Sketches (2nd ed.) 51. Abd.
Took him on the chafts therewith, Ritchie St. Baldred (1883) 113.
Ayr. My grannie... got haud o' the tangs, an' took them alang
my mother's cuits, Service Dr. Duguid (ed. 1887) 202. Lnk. I
takes her a civil nap on the nose, Graham Writings (1883) II. 101.
Gall. A pebble... took Bowie Fleemister on the elbow joint,
Crockett A. Mark (1899) xii. N.I.1 A stone just took him in the
eye. n.Cy. N. & Q. (1880) 6th S. i. 274. Nhb.1 He tyuk him sic
a bat. Ane tuik him on the heed. n.Yks. He teak him a bat ower
t'lug (I.W.). w.Yks. Shoo dibbled [sic] up her neive as if shoo
wor bahn ta tak ma between t'een, Hartley Clock Alm. (1874) 31.
Nhp.2 I took him such a flick o' th' yead. Brks.1 I took un a knock
on the yead wi' this yer stick. Dev. It [bullet] took'n in the
shoulder, Norway Parson Peter (1900) 318.
15. To strike against; to catch in.
Ayr. Something took his foot, and he stumbled and fell to the
ground, Galt Gilhaize (1823) xix. Lnk. When I got tae the door,
losh, ma fute took the mat, An' awa' I gaed sprauchlin' the tap o'
my hat, Thomson Leddy May (1883) 138. Dmf. His tae took
Nelly's corner stane, Whilk gart him i' the gutter grane, Quinn
Lintie (1863) 226. Lan. I think you'd better get on th' box and
see as Gib doesn't take th' stoop, Westall Birch Dene (1889) II.
58. e.An.1 Driving a carriage against a large stone, or taking a
post in brisk motion.
16. To seize, as with pain or sudden illness; to affect;
to happen to.
Abd. What's ta'en ye the nicht, 'at ye speyk sae to me
MacDonald Warlock (1882) 1. Dmf. What can hae ta'en ye ─ if I
may spier, ─ That ye suld bide i' the muirlan' here? Reid Poems
(1894) 181. Gall. What's ta'en ye, Rab, since ye gaed awa'?
Crockett Love Idylls (1901) 345. Ir. ‘What's took me?’ he said,
with a start, Barlow Martin's Comp. (1896) 55. w.Yks. (J.W.)
n.Lin.1 It's a munth sin' I was taa'en, an' I've niver been oot o' bed
sin'. Suf.1 Ken. If you or me, Dimmick, was to be took with a
stroke or a fit, Cornh. Mag. (Jan. 1894) 56. w.Som.1 The pain
tookt her in the back. Her was a-tookt fust in the zide, and tho
the pain urned all over her. Dev. I b'ain't sure but what death's
a-took me! Ford Postle Farm (1899) 206. [Amer. A month or
two ago, when Peter was first took, Cent. Mag. (Feb. 1885) 554.]
17. To burn brightly. Cai.1 18. To blight; to blast, as
if by witchcraft; to infect.
w.Yks. (C.C.R.) Nhp.1 ‘The potatoes are tacked again.’ ‘The
cankers have tacked the gooseberries and currants.’ Particularly
applied to the early stage of consumption, ‘He's tacked.’ Applied
to the effect of heat or frost on vegetation. ‘The frost has took
the greens.’ ‘The blight has took the apple trees.’ War.2 The
frost took the blossoms last night. The blight has took the fruit
trees; War.3 The blight in its course has taken the apple trees.
Shr.2 The fly has taen the turmits. Hnt. (T.P.F.), w.Cy. (Hall.)
19. To go; to betake oneself to; to frequent, haunt.
Abd. He taks the hill wi' gun an' tyke, Ogilvie J. Ogilvie (1902)
114. Frf. The body who took the hill for twelve hours on the day
Mr. Dishart, the Auld Licht minister, accepted a call to another
church, Barrie Thrums (1889) xv. Per. We took the braes, We
left the toun like hunted raes, Haliburton Ochil Idylls (1891) 13.
Lnk. An eerie path... That thro' a plantin ta'en, Orr Laigh
Flichts (1882) 11. Gall. He took through the door as if the dogs
had been after him, Crockett Standard Bearer (1898) 96. N.I.1
They took down the old road. w.Yks. An when safe thear besuar
an' tack Throo Temple Bar, Tom Treddlehoyle Thowts (1845) 26.
s.Chs.1 Th)ky'aat· tóok aayt ŭ dhŭ baa·rn ŭt ŭ praat·i baat·. Ey
tóok oa·r)dh ej. I.Ma. If there's ghoses takin anywhere it's in
trees it is, Brown Yarns (1881) 103, ed. 1889. War. The fox
was headed and took along the metals, Evesham Jrn. (Dec. 11, 1897).
20. To undertake to do work; to take a contract for.
Kcb. It was him took thae drains;.. the factor's gaun tae tak
them fae him if they'r no dune next month, Trotter Gall. Gossip
(1901) 373. n.Cy., w.Yks. (J.W.) Lan. Came and took 20 falls
of delving of me at a 11 shillings, Walkden Diary (ed. 1866) 103.
w.Som.1 We tookt it to low. I widn take it again vor double the
money.
21. To contest; to engage in combat.
w.Yks. We three 'll tak ye three, Leeds Merc. Suppl. (Oct. 29,
1898). Oxf. (G.O.)
22. To acknowledge.
Wgt. He... said he wouldn't believe the wean was his, and
wouldn't take it when it was born, Saxon Gall. Gossip (1878) 224.
23. To understand.
Abd. I hardly take ye... but I may, if ye will be plainer, Cobban
Angel (1898) 22. Slk. Do you take me? Hogg Tales (1838) 191,
ed. 1866. w.Yks. Ah teuk it soa (Æ.B.). ne.Lan.1 Dev. ‘Do
you take me?’ Young Reed nodded, Phillpotts Sons of Morning
(1900) 161.
24. To think; to take for granted; to consider.
Sh.I. Even dan I tak', my lamb, Dey kenna whedder Shem, or
Ham, or Japheth be's dir clue, Ollason Mareel (1901) 95. n.Yks.4
If thoo nobbut taks it this road, 230. w.Yks. (J.W.)
25. To determine; to induce; to cause to come.
ne.Sc. Fat i' the name o' Gweed tak's ye here this time o' nicht
Green Gordonhaven (1887) 52. Ir. What tuk her to go was her
mind bein' bent To earn us a trifle, Barlow Ghost-bereft (1901) 43.
26. sb. The amount taken, esp. used of a haul or catch
of fish; the act of catching fish; also used fig.
Sc. A gude tack (Jam.). Sh.&Ork.1 Bnff.1 We hid a gey gueede
tack o' haddocks the day. s.Sc. The take of herrings appears in
different seasons in different places, sometimes in one loch or arm
of the sea, sometimes in another, Wilson Tales (1836) II. 70.
Lnk. Though ae trout meltit frae a tak, Ye didna often squeel,
Wingate Poems (1862) The Deein Fisher. Gall. Mactaggart
Encycl. (1824) 443, ed. 1876. Wgt. The fishings are let to a few
individuals at such rent as necessitates them disposing of their
‘takes’ at the highest market, Fraser Wigtown (1877) 192. Nhb.
It was an old habit of mine to carry a book when I went fishing,
and many a long hour's reading I have done on Skelter banks
when the take was off, Graham Red Scaur (1896) 271. n.Yks.2
What kin o' tak hae ye had? Dev. Cider won't gie me my June
swarm back again, nor my next year's take o' honey, Zack On
Trial (1899) 78.
27. A lease; a renting; a holding; a small farm; land
demised. Also used fig.
Sc. (Jam.); A contract between a proprietor of lands or houses
and a tenant for the use of them is, in Scotland, called a tack; in
England, a lease, Mitchell Scotticisms (1799) 81; Nae man has
tack of his life, Ferguson Prov. (1641) No. 662. Sh.I. If doo wirks
hard ipo yon tack o' Pettister doo'll be able to mak a good livin'
an no mistake, Burgess Sketches (2nd ed.) 17. Or.I. Heritaiges,
takis, and possiouns, above vrettin, Edb. Antiq. Mag. (1848) 62.
ne.Sc. Ye canna think o' votin' against the Laird, an' you sae near
the end o' yer tack, Grant Keckleton, 110. Cai.1 Frf. Come from
the hills where your tacks are a-grazing, Sands Poems (1833) 154.
Per. Death brings their tack o't to amane, Haliburton Dunbar
(1895) 13. Fif. He has a life's tack o' his present place, Meldrum
Grey Mantle (1896) 294. s.Sc. Enabled them to stock the little
farm of Rummledykes ─ of which they were so fortunate as to
obtain a tack, Wilson Tales (1839) V. 56. Lnk. A new tack o'
life is lent ye, Miller Willie Winkie (ed. 1902) 67. N.I.1, N.Cy.1,
Nhb.1, Dur.1, Cum.4 n.Yks.1 Almost equivalent to lease, except
that taking for a set term of years is very seldom implied. ‘Weel,
he's getten t'faarm, an' a desper't good tak' an' all.’ ne.Yks.1
e.Yks.1 We've getten farm on a good tak. w.Yks.1 w.Yks.2, ne.Lan.1,
Chs.1 Chs.2 Chs.3 s.Chs.1 It)s dhŭ best taak· ŭz ev·ŭr ahy seyd. Ée·)z
got·n ŭ taak· on it fŭr ŭ gùd men·i ĕeŭr. nw.Der.1 sw.Lin. ‘It's
in two taks,’ i.e. the land is in two portions, taken from different
owners or held under different agreements, as e.g. under the
Lincolnshire and Notts. custom as to tenant-right, &c. (R.E.C.)
Lin.1 I have got a take of the premises. n.Lin.1 Thomas Windle
must hev gotten a rare cheäp tak o' that Greenhoe farm; why, it's
as good as thof it was his awn. Lei.1 Called a ‘Lady-Day take,’
or a ‘Michaelmas take,’ according to the time of its commencement.
In the agricultural districts, Midsummer and Christmas ‘takes’ are
unknown. Nhp.1 It's a good take. War. The grass opposite his
take, Evesham Jrn. (Aug. 13, 1898). s.Wor. (H.K.), Hnt. (T.P.F.)
Hence (1) Tack-duty, sb., obs., rent; (2) Tack-house, sb. a
farm-house; (3) Tack-man, sb., obs., a manorial officer whose
duty it was to collect the rents and fines due to the lord;
(4) Tack-'s-man or Taxman, sb. a lessee; a tenant of a higher
class; (5) Take-rents, sb. pl., obs., rents received by the
manorial ‘tack-man’; (6) to stand to one's tack, phr., obs., to
keep to one's bargain.
(1) Edb. Three hundred fifty five pound thirteen shilling four
pennies as tack-duty, Hume Domestic Details (1697-1707) 106, ed.
1843. (2) Arg. We were never near this tack-house before,
Munro J. Splendid (1898) 222. (3) n.Lin.1 (4) Sc. (Jam.); I am
only, in copartnery with others, a tacksman or lessee, Scott Redg.
(1824) Lett. vi. Sh.I. Who was both a considerable landholder
himself and a tacksman, Hibbert Desc. Sh. I. (1822) 227, ed. 1891.
Or.I. The present farmers and taxmen have it for eighteen hundred
pounds sterling, Wallace Descr. Ork. (1693) 242, ed. 1883. ne.Sc.
Ritchie Cameron, tacksman of the farm of Muirhead, Grant
Keckleton, 108. Abd. The multures of the town's milns of Aberdeen,
whereof he was but tacksman, Spalding Hist. Sc. (1792) I. 217.
Per. There's Caution, tax-man of Burnhaugh, Nicol Poems (1766)
142. Arg. When a man takes a lease of a whole farm, and pays
£50 sterling, or upwards, of yearly rent, he is called a tacksman;
when two or more join about a farm, and each of them pays a sum
less than £50, they are called tenants, Statist. Acc. III. 186 (Jam.).
Kcb. The tacksmen were as ‘good’ gentlemen as the lairds, to
whom they were generally near of kin, Sarah Tytler Macdonald
Lass (1895) 2. s.Sc. Sandy Crawford had been promoted to be
tacksman at Gairyburn, Wilson Tales (1839) V. 57. Nhb.1 (5)
n.Lin.1 (6) Ayr. Now stand as tightly by your tack, Burns
Author's Cry (1786) st. 6.
28. An enclosure on a moor.
Dev. The wall of a ‘take’ or enclosure, Evans Tavistock (1846)
163, ed. 1875; A house surrounded by fields and new takes,
Baring-Gould Idylls (1896) 65.
29. Piece-work; work undertaken by contract; also in
comp. Take-work.
Wm. On-bi-t-tak (B.K.). n.Yks.4 ‘Hez ta ta'en 'em byv t'yacckker
or by t'week?’ ‘Neea, he wadn't be on byv t'week, seea Ah've
ta'en 'em byv t'tak this go.’ ne.Yks.1 A'e ya ta'en it by tak?
w.Yks. It depends whether tha wor on be th' tak or doin day-wark,
Sad Times (1870) 87. n.Lin.1, War. (J.R.W.) Shr.1
Well, 'e's on'y nine shillin' a wik, reg'lar wages, but the Maister
'e lets 'im 'ave a bit o' tack-work sometimes. Bdf. (J.W.B.)
30. A tin-mining term: a bargain of work.
Cor. I am told it is the habit with dishonest miners when they
have a good ‘take’ to hide away, when they have the opportunity,
some of the ore, so that they may not appear to have been getting
too high wages the next setting-day, Bourne Billy Bray (ed.
1899) 97; Cor.2
31. A situation. Or.I. (S.A.B.) 32. A trick at cards.
Cum.1 Cum.4, e.An.1 Suf.1 I've got six tacks.
33. A sudden catch in the side, &c.; a sudden illness;
esp. an attack of sciatica. Cf. taking, 9.
Nhb.1 Aa've getten a tyek i' me side. Wil.1 Dor. Gl. (1851).
34. A whitlow. Dor. (W.B.) 35. A state of excitement,
grief, fluster, &c. Cf. taking, 2.
Sc. The auld leddy was in an unco take when he gaed awa',
Keith Indian Uncle (1896) 64. Bnff.1 The're in an unco tack
aboot nae gettin' awa'. Rxb. He's in an unco take the day (Jam.).
Cor. Oh, my Guy Faux, Polly! I'm in a reg'lar take to be here,
Phillpotts Prophets (1897) 255.
36. Disposition. n.Yks.2 Of a queer take.

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