Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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¶UNTIGABLE, adj. Not liable to be tigged or touched at the game of Touch. See Tig, n., 2.Ags. 1934 G. M. Martin Dundee Worthies 187:
“High Tig” was played in similar fashion, but if the boy or girl was able to get to some object higher than the ground he or she was “untigable”.
