Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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TYPE, v.1, n.1 [təip]
I. v. 1. To become weary with hard work, to toil, labour, to walk with difficulty from weakness or weariness (Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff. 202). Ppl.adjs. typin, toilsome, laborious (Abd. 1973), typit, -ed, worn out, exhausted, overwhelmed by hard work (Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff. 202; Bnff., Abd. 1973).Abd. 1929 J. Alexander Mains & Hilly 95:
It wis a caul', typin' job.
II. n. 1. Hard laborious work, walking with difficulty due to weakness (Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff. 202).
2. A weak unskilful person, one who is constantly toiling in an ineffectual way, freq. applied to women (Id.).
[Orig. doubtful. Phs. the same word as n.Eng. dial. tipe, Mid.Eng. type, to overthrow, overturn, knock down, to be overthrown, topple, now in Eng. in the modern form tip with the sense of ‘to tilt, incline '.]
