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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1560-1577, 1641-1662
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Ticht, Thycht, v.2 [e.m.E. tight (1581); Ticht adj.] tr. To draw together (the staves of a barrel) so as to make it secure and watertight. — 1560 Treasurer's Accounts XI 33.
To ane cowper … tichtand and mendand puncheonis 1577 Crail B. Ct. 26 Aug.
Ane last guid and sufficient heryng … full pakit Flemishe bynd sufficientlie thychtit 1641 Acts V 417/2.
The said barrelles to be weell tichted and double girthed befor the transporting therof to forrane nationes 1662 Old Ross-shire I 182.
Be contract [etc.] … sufficient herreine tries weill tichted
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