Dictionaries of the Scots Language
Dictionars o the Scots Leid

A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

Hide Quotations Hide Etymology

Abbreviations Cite this entry

About this entry:
First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Tippit, -et, -ed, p.p. and ppl. adj. Also: typit. [ME and e.m.E. tipped, typped (both Chaucer), typte (1555), ON typptr f. typpa to tip.] Tipped or having a tip of some particular sort or the sort specified. Also tippet wand one of the insignia of a herald. c1409-1436 Kingis Q. § 157.
The chalk-quhite ermyn, tippit as the iete a1500 Henr. Fab. 1991.
‘Schir’ said the foxe ‘ … My tippit twa eiris and my twa gray ene Garris me be kend' 1574 Reg. Privy C. II 365.
That nane suld tak upoun hand to execute ony chargeis without his blason, blawing horne and tippet wand a1578 Pitsc. I 174/19.
His horne was typit witht fyne gould 1585 Whitelaw Sc. Arms Makers 295.
Ane dozen of cheinȝeit bittis … Tua dozan of tippit bittis; … thrie millit bittis 1610 Aberd. Sheriff Ct. II 158.
[The claim was for a] blak hors quhyt tippit 1612 Bk. Rates (Halyb.) 316.
Landiers of irne large tipped with brase the pair iiii li.