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TEAR, v.1 and sb.1 Var. dial. forms and uses in Sc.
Irel. Eng. and Amer. Also written taer Sh.I. Cor.1 Cor.2;
tare Sc. (Jam.) Ir. Nhp.1 Hrf. w.Cy. Dor. Som. Dev.1; and
in forms taar Sh.I.; teear n.Yks.2; teer Nhb.1 I.W.1 Cor.;
tir Sh.I. [tēr, teə(r, tiə(r.] I. v. Gram. forms.
1. Preterite: (1) Tar, (2) Tare, (3) Teared, (4) Tord, (5)
Tored, (6) Tuer, (7) Tuir, (8) Tuore, (9) Ture. [For further
examples see II below.]
(1) w.Yks.1 He tar his breeks to fatters. (2) w.Yks. (J.W.)
(3) w.Yks. (J.W.), Stf. (F.R.C.), Shr.1 Introd. 55. (4) w.Som.1
Thick there bwoy hained a stone and tord the winder. Cor. He...
tord un up in bits, Daniel Mary Anne Troubles, 9. (5) Glo.
Her run'd and tored her 'air, Buckman Darke's Sojourn (1890) viii.
Dev. Tim... tored off his leather apern, Phillpotts Striking
Hours (1901) 122. (6) Sh.I. Sh. News (June 19, 1897). (7) Sc.
Murray Dial. (1873) 208. Sh.I. Dey loupit up an' tuir an'
peegh'd, Burgess Sketches (2nd ed.) 127. (8) Sc. Murray Dial.
(9) Sh.I. Samson türe a lion within da merest bruck ae time,
Stewart Tales (1892) 259. Frf. I rugg'd, I rave, I stealt, I ture,
Frae high and low, frae rich and puir, Sands Poems (1833) 26.
2. Pp.: (1) Tard, (2) Teared, (3) Tore, (4) Tored.
(1) Shr.1 I've tard my throck. (2) Shr.1 Introd. 55. (3) Peb.
Stinking, soil'd, and tore, He got away, Lintoun Green (1685) 33,
ed. 1817. Gall. The stratas stiff by you are tore, Mactaggart
Encycl. (1824) 247, ed. 1876. Ir. They might have tore it to
pieces, Barlow Martin's Comp. (1896) 191. I.W.1 Dor. Her
frock an pinny... all tore to rags, Hare Dinah Kellow (1901) 30.
Dev. There's a great piece tore out o' the tail, Baring-Gould
Idylls (1896) 191. [Amer. He's tore three aprons and two dresses
offen me this week, Cent. Mag. (Mar. 1901) 676.] (4) w.Som.
Dhae·ŭr nuw! dhee-s u-taord dhu púch·ur [There, now! thou
hast broken (torn) the pitcher], Elworthy Gram. (1877) 32.
Dev. [Of fowls destroyed by foxes] They wad'n all a car'd away,
but they was all a killed and a tor'd abroad, Reports Provinc. (1882)
23. Cor. Just a rag tored off a petticoat, Phillpotts Prophets
(1897) 60.
II. Dial. uses. 1. v. In phr. (1) to tear along, to succeed
or get on; see below; (2) tear in, to reclaim and
cultivate land; (3) tear over, to stir or poke vigorously; (4)
tear soul and body sindry, fig. to work and strain to the
utmost; (5) tear the moor, to get very drunk; (6) tear to mammocks,
to tear in pieces.
(1) w.Cy. ‘How do hare tare along?’ how does she go on, or
succeed in the world? Grose (1790) Suppl. n.Dev. Go zee old
ont Nell: ─ And how do hare tare along? Exm. Crtshp. (1746) l.
541. (2) Sc. The waters shall wax, the wood shall wene, Hill
and moss shall be torn in, Chambers Pop. Rhymes (1890) 217.
(3) Sh.I. Shü took da tengs aff o' da hertstane an' töre ower da
fire, Sh. News (Apr. 13, 1901). (4) Sh.I. I wiss sae hed been da
wye whin we tüer saul an' body sindry wi' da aires [oars], Sh.
News (June 19, 1897). (5) Brks. About Hungerford. ‘They tore
the moor bitterly,’ Ray MS. add. (U.); (Hall.) (6) Hrf. Duncumb
Hist. Hrf. (1804-1812).
2. Comb. (1) Tear-away, (a) one who is smart or striking
in any way; (b) one who works or plays with great
energy and violence when gentler methods would be
more efficacious; (2) Tear-back, a romping child; a romping,
hoydenish person; (3) Tear-brass, rowdy, boisterous; (4)
Tear-em-rough, see (1); (5) Tear-in-two, violent, savage; (6) Tear-rag,
a rude, boisterous child; a romp, one always getting into
mischief and tearing his clothes; (7) Tear-tathers, torn shreds.
(1, a) Ir. Now that lassie's a tear-away, Bullock Pastorals
(1901) 100. (b) Lakel.2 (2) n.Yks.1 n.Yks.2 (3) Dor. Ah! when I be
gone he won't find another old man to... provide goods for his
breaking, and house-room and drink for his tear-brass set, Hardy
Trumpet-Major (1880) ix. (4) Wm. He's a tear-em-rough an's gaan
ta be owder ower er through (B.K.). (5) Ayr. They stampit an'
flet, at a tear-in-twa rate, An' bann'd whan they couldna win in,
Ainslie Land of Burns (ed. 1892) 244. (6) Ken.1 (7) Rxb. Tam
got naething for his fechtin' but his coat into tare tathers (Jam.).
3. To break. Also with abroad and up.
Hrf. Bound Provinc. (1876). Hmp. Wheeler's Mag. (1828) 481.
Wil.1 In n.Wil. old folk used formerly to tear their crockery, and
break their clothes, but ‘tear’ now seems obs. in this sense there.
At Deverill this is still used of breaking crockery, &c. s.Wil. Monthly
Mag. (1814) II. 114. Dor. (W.C.), Som. (W.F.R.) w.Som.1
Mind you don't tear the pitcher. Who've a-bin an' a tord the
winder? He wadn a-tord 'smornin'. Dev. Joan's pitcher is tore,
and cannot be mended again, Horae Subsecivae (1777) 427; Dev.1
I... ruged away the tea-tackle, or a woud a het all off the board
and tore it all in shords, 4. n.Dev. That cloam buzza... was
tored abroad to-day, Rock Jim an' Nell (1867) st. 119. nw.Dev.1
4. To pull down; to demolish. Gen. with down.
Dev.1 Slam'd the door arter en as thof a wid a tore down the
darns, 5. s.Dev. An old house is always ‘torn down,’ not ‘pulled
down’; so is a fence that has to be removed (G.E.D.).
5. To romp, behave boisterously; to handle roughly in
sport; to tease. Also with about.
Sh.I. If doo wid gie him less aff-taks, he widna taer dee sae
muckle, Sh. News (Aug. 18, 1900). w.Yks. (J.W.) n.Lin.1 Gi'e
oher teärin' aboot e' that how, bairn; its enif to sicken a dog to
hear the.
Hence Tearation, sb. romping; noisy, boisterous play.
n.Lin.1 6. To move fast; to hurry along; to make rapid
progress. Gen. with along. In gen. colloq. use.
Sc. (A.W.) Ir. Tearin' along like that's the very way to make them
run at him, Barlow East unto West (1893) 199. N.I.1, Nhb.1 Cum.
It's no use tearan like a crazy thing, Caine Shad. Crime (1885) 187;
Cum.1, w.Yks. (J.W.) Lan. They went tearing across th' yort,
Staton Loominary (c. 1861) 18. n.Lin.1 When I met him he was
teärin' along, raate o' five or six mile an hooer. Lei.1, Nhp.1
War.2; War.3 I tore madly to the station. se.Wor.1 Hrf.
Bound Provinc. (1876). Ess.1 Hmp. ‘I sim'd as if I could just
teer along.’ Of the buds coming out on the trees in spring-time,
‘If it keeps like this the trees will very soon teer out’ (W.H.E.).
I.W.1 Where bee'st thee teerun to? w.Som.1 Sober! 'tidn no
good to tear along like that is. Dev. Zo vrim the kitchen then es
tares, N. Hogg Poet. Lett. (1858) 1st S. 48. Cor. (M.A.C.), Cor.2
7. To bustle about; to make a great stir or commotion.
Sc. (A.W.) w.Cy. Grose (1790) Suppl. Dev. Horae Subsecivae
(1777) 428. Cor.2
8. To work hard and strenuously; to do anything with
great speed and energy.
Sc. Hoo aften hae I wairned ye no' to tear yersel' dune as ye've
been daein' a' yer days, Swan Gates of Eden (ed. 1895) xiv. Sh.I.
I töre at fil I got da kirn brokkin', an' dan I left hir ta mam, Sh.
News (June 22, 1901); I kent shü wis tirrin', fir her face wis
red, Sh. News (Oct. 26, 1901). Abd. (Jam.) Wgt. They... found the
father busy threshing the barley with the big flail, and tearing on
fearful, Saxon Gall. Gossip (1878) 33. Ir. It was well known that
he could not tare off mass in half the time that Father Con could,
Carleton Traits Peas. (ed. 1843) I. 156. Ant. Fishin' an' fightin'
an' tearin' away, O'Neill Glens (1900) 31. Nhb.1 He's tearin
through wi'd. Hrf. He went taring at it, Bound Provinc. (1876).
s.Oxf. I on't 'ave your mother tearin' and workin' 'erself to pieces
when I'm gone to make a livin', Rosemary Chilterns (1895) 64.
Dev. Wan gude lady come i' tha marnin'... When I was tearin'
wi' work, an' wanted tü zit an' pray, Salmon Ballads (1899) 71.
9. To eat voraciously.
Nhb.1 He'll tear through his bait. Tearin an' eatin.
10. To knock or ring violently at a door. N.I.1
11. To rage; to get in a passion or rage.
Dmb. He came to me in my laboratory afterwards and raged
and tore about, Strang Lass of Lennox (1899) 34. Cum. T'girt
fella startit noo teh rip, an tear, an curse an swear, Sargisson Joe
(1881) 20; Cum.1 Cum.4 w.Yks. Shoo coom abaht An flang, an
tare an rave, Preston Poems (1864) 8. Midl. She stamped and
foamed, and swore and tore, Bartram People of Clopton (1897)
132. n.Dev. Tha wut lustree... and tear and make wise, Exm.
Scold. (1746) l. 292. Cor. Cussing and sweering,.. and larving
and teering, Trenhaile Dolly Pentreath 43; Cor.2
12. sb. pl. Rents, cracks.
Sh.I. I tink hit's grey paper, in place of ledder. See foo hits a'
in taars, Sh. News (Sept. 15, 1900).
13. A great hurry; a frantic rush. Also in phr. at
full tear.
Sh.I. Aald Hackie cam' up in a tear dis mornin', Nicolson
Aithstin' Hedder (1898) 26. N.I.1 ‘There's a tear in yer e'e like a
threv'lin' rat,’ saying. w.Yks. (J.W.), Dev.3
14. A passion, rage, temper.
Wil.1 He wur in just about a tear. Dor. I dunno why us be all
in zich a tare, Hare Vill. Street (1895) 203. Som. Me do get in a
fine tare, I tell e'e, Raymond Gent. Upcott (1893) vi. w.Som.1
Maister's in a purty tear, sure 'nough, 'cause the bulliks brokt out
into the trefoy [trefoil]. Dev. He raged off in a proper tear to
find 'e, Phillpotts Striking Hours (1900) 284. nw.Dev.1 Cor.1
She got into a pretty taer; Cor.2 Vaather's in a putty taer.
[Amer. He's on one of his tears, Carruth Kansas Univ. Quar.
(1892) I.]

TEAR, sb.2 and v.2 Sc. Irel. Dev. [tiə(r.] 1. sb. In
phr. the tears were running down his cheeks like beetles up
a hill, said in ridicule of a child who is crying for nothing.
N.I.1 2. Comp. Tear-blob, obs., a tear-drop.
Dmf. She wiped the tear-blobs frae her ee, Cromek Remains
(1810) 244.
3. v. To shed tears; to weep.
Abd. I fell in wi' Geordy Brown, And he, poor saul, was tearin'.
I ferlyt fat cud ail the gowk, Cock Strains (1810) I. 103. Hdg.
Mak ane mock of repentance by putting sneishen in his eyes to
mak them tear, Ritchie St. Baldred (1883) 88.
Hence Teared, ppl. adj. in comb. Fluent-teared, easily
moved to tears.
Dev. ‘A fluent-teared child-bearing woman,’ she called her,
Zack On Trial (1899) 44.

TEAR, sb.3 Irel. [tēr.] In phr. tears and ages or
ayjers, an exclamation or mild oath.
Ir. Tear and ages, but you're going right for the clock, Lever
C. O'Malley (1841) viii. Lns. Tear and ayjers! what ill luck I
had, Croker Leg. (1862) 244.

TEAR, see Teer.