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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1513
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Tep(p)it, Tepyt, Teppet, adj. [Late ME teped (c1400), 17th c. Eng. tepid (1626), L. tepidus.] Lukewarm. Also fig. —1513 Doug. ix vi 59.
The erth grew warm with teppet [Sm. teppit] blude —fig. 1513 Doug. xi Prol. 60.
Gyf Crystis … knychtis lyst ws be … Than mon we … Nowder be abasyt, tepyt [Sm. tepit], nor ȝit blunt