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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
¶TYTE, v. “To make a thing move by sudden jerks” (Sc. 1825 Jam.).
[The source and date of this are untraced. The word is presumably a by-form of Tit, v.1, of which the variant tyte is found in the 15th c.]You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Tyte v.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 19 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/tyte>
