tear - Hamely Tongue
Source: The Hamely Tongue: A Personal Record of Ulster-Scots in County Antrim
Author: James Fenton
Comments: ‘The Hamely Tongue’ has been widely acclaimed as the authoritative record of contemporary (surviving) Ulster-Scots in its heartland of County Antrim where James Fenton faithfully recorded his dictionary items among a network of other native speakers over a 30-year period. This searchable online version of his book takes its text from ‘Part One’ of the fourth edition of 2014 and includes over 3000 word entries. The book preliminaries, supplementary word lists and end matter have been excluded.
tear ~ v. (as in) rip an tear work frantically or blunderingly (Rippin an tearin an killin himsel, an whut’s it a’ for?). tear away work hard and without interruption; set off hurriedly or rashly. Tear away! Go ahead! Have your own way! tear in the pluckin fig. be of tender years (usu. neg.: Noo A wudnae think she’ll tear in the pluckin). n. a large number (a big tear o wains); a large amount (a wile tear o money); a sudden burst or action (flung the dorr open an come in wae a tear). on the tear on a drinking spree. pt., pp. tore.
