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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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TYPE, n.2 A low conical hill, freq. in place-names in central Dumfriesshire (Dmf. 1935 E. Johnson-Ferguson Place-Names, Dmf. 1973).
[From Eng. †tipe, a small cupola or dome, of obscure orig.]