Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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¶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.]
