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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1575
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(Tip,) Tuipe, n. [ME and e.m.E. tippe (Ancr. R.), typpe (Prompt. Parv.), tip (1613-16), MLG, MDu. tip.] A decorative end-piece of a wand or baton. — 1575 6th Rep. Hist. MSS App. 658/1.
To ane goldsmyth to mak … ane blasane and tuipe and wande with ane unce and ane halff of silver at 45 s.
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