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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1632
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Tip-toed, ppl. adj. [17th c. Eng. tip-toed (1682).] fig. Stretching upwards, rising aloft. —1632 Lithgow Trav. x 499.
Meandring forth from tip-toed Snadoun the prospicuous mirrour for matchlesse maiesty
