A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1500-1512, 1629
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Towdy, Towdie, Toudie, n. [Obscure. Cf. ME toute (1305).] a. The female genital organs. b. The buttocks. Also towdy mowdy, a term of endearment. —a. c1500-c1512 Dunb. (OUP) 42/48.
Quhen that our mowthis dois meit at ane My stang dois storkyn with ȝour towdy [M. towdie] —b. 1629 Dauney Anc. Sc. Melodies (1838) 369.
Whip my toudie [sc. The name of a tune in the Straloch lute-book] —c1500-c1512 Dunb. (OUP) 41/46.
My tirly mirly, my towdy mowdy [M. crowdie mowdie]
