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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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†TIMTY, n. Also timidh. A method of agriculture used in the Isle of Lewis. See lazy-bed s.v. Lazy, I.w.Sc. 1703 M. Martin Descr. W. Islands 3:
Digging the ground with spades, and in most places they turn the ground so digged upside down, and cover it with sea-ware. . . . This mode of labouring is by them called Timty.Hebr. 1795 Stat. Acc.1 XIX. 248:
There is a general mode of turning the ground, called timidh, or making lazy-beds, at which two persons are employed on each side of the ridge; of these, two are cutting, and two lifting the clods.
