teyne

[Lat. tænia =a band, a fillet.] A thin plate of metal. thack, *thak, *thakke, s . [A. S. thæc =thatch; cogn. with Dut. dak ; Icel. thak ; Dan. tag ; Sw. tak ; Ger. dach .] The older and provincial form of thatch (q. v.). used figuratively for snug and comfortable. thack and rape, s. or adv. Thatch and rope; "We'll a' be right and tight as thack and rape can make us." Scott: Guy Manner ing, ch. 1. thăck, thăcke (1), *thak, *thakke, v. trans. [THACK, S.] To thatch. thala icollina *thăcke (2), *thakke, v . t. [A. S. thaccian=to stroke; Icelandic thjökka =to thwack, to thump.] [THWACK.] To thump, to thwack. " Thack'd hire about the lendes wel." Chaucer: C. Т., 3,302. thăck-er, subst. [English thack (1), v.; -er.] A thatcher. ( Prov.)