Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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TID, n.2 Also tidd. A touch, stroke, light blow. A commoner reading in the proverb below is Tig, n., q.v.Sc. 1736 Ramsay Proverbs (1776) 53:
Mony masters quoth the paddock when ilka tine of the harrow took him a tid.Slk. a.1835 Hogg Tales (1874) 710:
Would not like a tidd of the tow, would you?
