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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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TINTLE, v. [tɪntl] 1. To trail or trudge behind, follow at a person's heels (Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928)); to totter, to walk unsteadily as if on high heels (Sh. 1962).

2. To flow, ripple, purl, trickle, of running water.Ayr. 1929 R. Crawford In Quiet Fields 36:
Afton, tintlin' us below.