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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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TICHLE, n., v. Also tichel, -il, tychile. For the modern form see Tuckle. [tɪçl]

I. n. 1. A troop, a number of persons or animals thought of as forming a file, column or row one after the other, gen. used contemptuously, a string, a tail of stragglers. Freq. in Hogg.Slk. 1822 Hogg Perils of Man I. 246, III. 407:
A tichel o' wallydraggle tup hoggs rinning after her . . . a tichel o' tikes set after her.Slk. 1823 Hogg Perils of Woman II. 120:
An the swan should caickle in the gainder's nest, there wad be a dainty tichel o' gezlings.Slk. a.1835 Hogg Tales (1837) I. 309:
We had a tichel of dogs with us, and from their marking on a snow wreath, we dipped and killed one sleeping bear with great difficulty.

2. “Any thing that is attached to another whether from design or by accident” (Fif. 1825 Jam.).

3. Any article which is kept secretly (Lnk. 1825 Jam.). Phs. a different word.Lnk. 1818 A. Fordyce Country Wedding 57:
Yet I've whiles hidden tychiles, it's needless to lie.

II. v. To join hands, esp. in a game to form a circle or a chain (Fif. 1825 Jam.).