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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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‡TEED, adj. Of a cow: in full milk (Sh. 1899 J. Spence Folk-Lore 166, Sh. 1972). Cf. Tidy, 2.
[Norw. dial. tid, of a cow: about to calve.]
