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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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TEEP, n., v. Sc. form of Eng. type, a representation, prefiguration, a die, stamp, letter(s) or figure(s) in printing, etc. (Ags. 1833 J. S. Sands Poet. Effusions 92, wm.Sc. 1854 Laird of Logan 343; Fif. 1862 St Andrews Gazette (25 July); Abd. 1868 G. MacDonald R. Falconer i. xii.; Gsw. 1892 R. Alison Anecdotage Gsw. 166, Edb. 1897 T. Thomson Rhymes 39; Abd. 1929 J. Alexander Mains & Hilly 137, m.Sc. 1972). Sc. usages: to stamp a letter, figure or design on wood or metal with a die (m.Sc. 1972); to print a pattern from a block on a piece of cloth to be embroidered (Ayr. c.1850). [tip. See P.L.D. § 45.]