A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Tit(t, Tyt, n. [ME tuht (a1240), tyht (Manning), OE tyht.] A pull, jerk, snatch; motion of this sort.c1420 Wynt. iii 289.
Wytht a tyt thare [he] brak alle Thai rapys in tyll pecys smalle c1420 Wynt. viii 2037.
Ane a tyt made at hys swerd … ‘Hald stylle thi hand and spek thi worde’ 1560 Rolland Seven S. 4528.
Scho … vprais, And with ane tit tuik with hir the buird clais 1581 Sempill in Sat. P. xliii 75.
Fortoun … with ane tit sho turnis the quheill … Doun gois their heid, vp gois their heillis 1570 Sat. P. xxii 53.
O monstrous bird … Or rauinnis thé rug with bludie beik in bittis The pyet pyke thye ene … with tittis 1633 Rutherford Christ's Napkin 11.
When he pullet it … he garreth it come down with a titt
