Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1824-1866, 1930
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TIRR, v.2, n.2 [tɪr]
I. v. To beat, vibrate, thump (Ags. 1972).Ags. 1930 A. Kennedy Orra Boughs xxxvi.:
Soond sent my hert loupin' and tirrin' against my Adam's aipple.
II. n. A thumping, shaking; the nickname of a half-witted character in Montrose who used to seize and shake children who teased him.Ags. 1824 J. Bowick Characters 12:
"Tirrhoebuck! Gie's a tirr" — the urchins cried, Whene'er they saw him passing near their way.Ags. 1866 D. Mitchell Hist. Montrose 142:
When he made his appearance the boys would have cried, "Here's Tirr, let's seek a tirr." I once sought one, but never another, for he stood in behind me, put his great big hands on my shoulders, and nearly shook the soul out of the body.
